To be honest, today was the first time Lilian had really read Page Six.
An invented romance, cleverly mixed with the facts you want to know. It was realistic enough that she could believe it if it was someone else’s business.
“The person who wrote this article is definitely not a noble. I wonder where they got that information from.”
“I’m sorry, Your Highness, but I don’t think this is the time to admire such things…”
“Hm?”
Lilian raised her head. Rita winked softly at the door. At this place…
“Did you sleep well last night, Your Highness?”
There was Damian, smiling more than usual.
“Your Highness.”
Lilian folded Page Six twice and placed it on the table as calmly as possible. Damian smiled incomprehensibly as he slowly approached the sofa where Lily was sitting.
“I heard you were busy last night and got home late, but I didn’t get enough sleep…um.”
Damian rested his arm on the couch and only tilted his head back to kiss Lilian’s lips as she looked up at him.
“…”
“Mmm.”
Promiscuous, muddy breathing sounds.
Oh dear. The waiting ladies covered their mouths and shared glances at the carnal scene.
They never covered their eyes.
Judging by the circumstances, it seemed that an unexpected scandal would serve as an opportunity for the Grand Duke and his wife, separated for the night, to rekindle their love in the morning.
Well, he couldn’t go to the ball with her and only acted as a security guard, but as soon as Her Highness made her debut, a scandal broke out….
Even though His Highness is smiling, he should be upset.
‘Maybe he’ll punish her like the male lead in The Queen’s Pleasure!
‘Kyaa!’
The red-faced maids quickly cleared the drawing room.
Lilian accepted Damian’s actions as ‘good’. As soon as she opened her eyes, the next step was quick.
“Haa…”
After a long kiss, his wife’s cheeks were flushed. Damian left a kiss on those beautiful cheeks, eyelids and forehead.
Lilian was a little relieved. Damian must not have seen the article. Or he saw it and doesn’t care…
Hm?
Thinking that, her chest burned for some reason.
Why? Lilian was in a daze, but Damian smiled and asked.
“Did you have fun last night, my wife?”
It was still that bewitchingly soft smile and friendly voice, but strangely, the words were thorny.
“Your Highness?”
“I’m happy when my wife is happy, but this morning I felt lonely and sad…”
Ah. He saw it.
And he was very worried.
Her stinging heart healed. Lilian involuntarily reached out her hand to Damian.
Damian held Lilian’s hand with a sad expression on his face, trying to smile even though he was sad. Of course, he sat down next to Lily.
Perhaps depressed, the person who was trying this and that and clinging to her was just calmly fiddling with Lilian’s hand.
She felt sorry, even though she hadn’t done anything wrong.
“Your Highness.”
“My wife has done nothing wrong. Because it’s the fault of this person who left such a lovely person outside alone…”
Haa, the sigh exhaled was sweet and bitter.
Thanks to this, Lilian could not stop Damian from holding her in broad daylight.
It occurred to her that she was getting involved. But it’s also true that she’s sorry. After all, there was a scandal.
Since they sent him to seduce me, I should have expected that if I showed the slightest attachment, they would immediately publicize it like this.
It was the first time she had been framed for a relationship with the opposite sex, so she didn’t expect it.
After her ordeal, Lilian clumsily tried to change the subject.
“How was security yesterday? Did you have a lot of trouble?”
“No. Rather…it was lonely.”
It was lonely.
His eyes were moist as he stared at Lilian. Damian looked like a puppy who hadn’t seen his owner for a day or so. It’s also a golden retriever, with white golden fur, big ears, gentle and prone to loneliness…
If Ivan had heard, he would have shouted, “It’s the dog from hell, the dog from hell! One of Cerberus’ heads!” and vomit blood.
“I wanted to be with you at your first ball.”
“There will be many opportunities to attend together in the future.”
Wanting to somehow soothe the sullen Damian, Lilian kissed Damian’s cheek without realizing it.
Damian’s eyes widened slightly. Lily called, “Your Highness?” but he didn’t answer.
Ah, did she do something she shouldn’t have because he’s in a bad mood?
The moment Lilian thought that, Damian’s mouth twisted.
It was a strange expression. He looked like he was laughing, but also crying.
“Your Highness, why…”
“I’m glad.”
It was as if he was suppressing his emotions instead of being happy. Damian, however, did not give Lilian any more time to observe his expression and burrowed directly into Lilian’s neck.
It might be too much for her to believe that he was deliberately hiding his face.
Lilian began to awkwardly caress Damian’s neck.
She stammered as she apologized.
“Um… Your Highness, first of all, I’m sorry that such an article came out because of my careless behavior.”
“It’s nothing to apologize for. I’m upset, but…”
“No. I’m sorry I upset you.”
Damian thought as he listened to Lilian’s voice honestly apologizing for being fooled by the planned pathetic and pitiful pretense.
Did you know you were digging your own grave?
It seemed like a good time to get out.
“If you really feel sorry for me, I want to ask you something.”
Damian slowly stood and pulled Lilian into his arms.
As if she had been hugged by a puppy that was playing with her, Lilian was easily drawn into his embrace.
Perhaps because she felt sorry for Damian, today’s Lilian was much more innocent than usual.
“What are you curious about?”
“Will you answer me if I ask?”
“If I can give you an answer…”
A hasty answer, Lilian thought. Maybe Damian will ask what she talked about with Ethan Schmidt last night, if asked, she can say that Ethan was ordered to seduce Lilian from the enemy side, but Ethan had no intention to seduce her, rather she should explain that they had an open conversation about it.
Damian asked Lilian who had made that decision.
“What do you mean, you’re not dead yet?”
“…!”
The purple eyes that met hers had sunk a little.
It was like a bottomless well.
Lilian felt it for a moment.
Damian knew.
“Your Highness…”
Lilian thought. Rather, this could be an opportunity. A last chance to casually confess that she didn’t have much time left.
The moment she confessed her five-year time limit, she feared she might lose the value of her existence, but Lilian held on.
Whatever she was before, Damian now accepted her as his wife, at least as his own. No, she was more than that. Even the dull Lily couldn’t be unaware of that.
This person will not let me down.
If so, the best thing Lilian could do for him at this moment was to be honest with him.
The moment Lilian decided to open her mouth.
“Your Highness, I…”
The confession she made was actually swallowed by Damian’s kiss.
Lightly, then deeply.
It was a kiss that instantly stunned people. But what distracted Lilian more than the kiss was the mana that exploded out of Damian.
“Y, Your Highness…”
Her fingertips prickled as if electrified. Like a tsunami, Lilian’s body shook from the overwhelming mana.
She didn’t think Damian intended to hurt her, but she was afraid.
Lilian unconsciously grabbed the hem of Damian’s clothes. Then, to her surprise, Damian opened his mouth.
The concentration of his mana, which seemed to be suffocating her, gradually thinned.
“Your Highness…”
“Shh.”
Damian’s lips moved again, and Lilian was taken aback. In response, Damian laughed bitterly and kissed Lilian lightly on the forehead.
“Come to think of it, I think it’s better not to hear it. So don’t tell me.”
Lilian was frustrated. Damian had to know. This was not a disease that could be cured by hiding it like this. But then Damian gave a quiet warning.
“It’s not that I don’t want to hear it. It’s because I don’t know what to do when I hear it.”
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