"Now guess," Liam said with a smile. He pulled a letter that had been opened from his jacket pocket and showed it to Harriet.
Harriet took it and read the letter. Her eyes widened as she realized what was written on the letter.
“His Grace and Her Grace are visiting?!” Harriet gasped in surprise. “S-you mean, Old Duchess will…?”
Liam smiled widely. “That's right, Grandma finally decided to get out of the Great Forest. It seems that this was also due to the previous war… but mainly because she wanted to get to know you.”
"Ah!" Harriet opened her mouth wide. She gasped loudly and her face began to turn pale.
Seeing Harriet so panicked, Liam laughed. "Why do you react like that?"
"Oh! We have to clean the house—no, we have to change the window curtains and carpets!” cried Harriet.
On that freezing cold morning, Abby slowly opened her eyes.She woke up in a wide bed… which felt cramped. Where was she?The girl looked around, and gasped when she saw five other women lying around her… naked.And once she came to her senses, she found herself completely naked too without being covered by a single blanket."AAH!"Abby screamed in fear.What happened to her?!“AAH—! MMHP!” she was about to scream again, but one of the women suddenly covered her face with a pillow."SSSH! You want to kill us all?!”Abby stopped screaming and struggling. She released herself from under the pillow and glared angrily at the woman who had just forcefully stopped her screaming.“WHAT ARE YOU—MMPH!”“
The sun had climbed up into the horizon by the time Old Duke Rayleigh reached Obsidian Port City. At first, he wanted to go to his grandson's house first, but he cancelled his intention after hearing the advice of his wife who was riding next to him.“You'd better finish all the formal business before visiting Liam and his wife. Liam is recuperating, and his wife is heavily pregnant. You want to involve them in government affairs?”Alameida's voice was soft and sweet, but in Rayleigh's ears, who knew her tone of voice, it was nagging.“I know,” Rayleigh said in a low voice.“Oh, Ray… don't be so stiff like that. It has been a long time since I see you. Chat with me,” Alameida blinked her green eyes, and her long eyelashes fluttered gently.The woman with long neatly braided blonde hair lightly pinched Rayleigh's waist coquettishly, smili
From upstairs, a woman's high voice was heard.Everyone lazily looked up the stairs, seeing a woman yelling harshly and condescendingly.Seeing her, Otto turned pale. He ran up his residence's gorgeous marble steps with his fat body and quickly slapped the young woman—his own daughter, Laurel.SLAP!In response to her father's frantic and harsh treatment, Laurel exploded. “WHY DID YOU HIT ME, FATHER?!”In her entire life, Laurel had never received a beating from anyone. Even his father never touched her with the tip of his finger.One could say it was neglect, but as she grew older, Laurel realized it was a relief. She was glad her father never touched her at all seeing the way her father touched women her age or under.But how could this time, the first time her bastard of a father touched her, was to deliver a hard sla
In front of the Old Duke that day was a terrified and trembling girl, with a lowered pale face. Next to the Old Duke, Alameida fell silent. The woman did not comment at all."What do you want to show me?" Old Duke asked Otto who was smiling blandly at him.“Th-this child is my daughter's maid. She found something in her old house that is now occupied by someone else. She noticed some oddities in the house and she even suspected that something very big was going on behind it all…” Otto explained quickly and nervously."Suspicious? What do you mean?" Old Duke furrowed his brows deeply.“S-s…” Otto didn't say it right away. He brought his body close to the Old Duke's tall body and whispered. “S-sorcery, Your Grace!”The Old Duke's gaze instantly turned cold. He could hear the whispers from Otto and his daughter upstairs before, but h
Even though the girl was just an ugly and thin girl who used to be weak and sickly, why now she grew prettier than her with her beautiful clothes and adorable accessories?“You don't know what you're saying, sister! Master Zaha, Yesha and Yelan are good people! Don't talk like that about them!" cried Molly, sad and angry. Why couldn't her sister understand and see their kindness?Even after what her sister had done, Mrs Gold still gave her half of the money on the sale of the house. But how could her sister come with these scary people and accuse Mr and Mrs Gold and Master Zaha and his two servants with such accusations?“SHUT UP!” snapped Otto who was getting tired of seeing the drama. He immediately ordered his men to start breaking through the front door and dragging the couple out of there.But of course, everyone didn't realize how strange the expressions of the Old Duke and Du
Abby wouldn't stop at that. She continued."And you! You hired me at your residence because you wanted to spy on this place! It was you who asked me to come to this place and tell you everything I saw!” Abby pointed at Laurel.And instantly, Laurel lifted her face. She, who was just kneeling and shaking on the ground, immediately tried to defend herself. "Nonsense! Why are you telling lies?! T-That's not true, Your Grace!”While defending herself, Laurel accidentally saw the expression on Harriet's face.And instantly, she felt her hairs stand on ends looking at the woman's warm and gentle gaze, which didn't change a bit from usual. Even in front of this kind of chaos, the woman decided that it wasn't enough to show an expression other than her default warm and reserved face.Laurel then understood why she felt so annoyed with Harrie Gold.It was
Harriet spoke very softly, and the Old Duke smiled faintly at that. He said, “You're right. But as a leader, there can't be any excuse. A leader must always be perfect in their duties.”And the old man continued, "That's why I knew you are the most worthy of standing as the new ruler of the north."The two of them stared at each other. Not long before today, less than a year ago, the two made a deal.Back then, winter was almost over in the north when the Old Duke left Almandine Castle to defend the Western Fortress against the Lycan forces from the Western Continent.Harriet knelt before him, atop the walls of the western fort, and the Old Duke gave her an irresistible deal.In the twilight of that day, the Old Duke felt he was very lucky to find this woman.And he was happy that his decision was right.Harriet Goldlane was a
"In the early days after I left home, I always told myself that 'I am going to find a way for my grandson to recover'. But year after year… my failure to find a method that works for you is pushing me away from you.”Liam was silent. His gaze became gloomy, and the light in his golden eyes dimmed slightly.“And I don't know when… I started to give up. Until it makes me unable to face you and see your face even more."The two of them stopped walking.The woman slowly removed her hand from Liam's arm and looked up to see the face of her grandson who was taller than her.“Liam… will you forgive Grandma?”Alameida's green eyes stared straight at Liam. It took so long for Alameida to muster up her courage and express her guilt to her grandson whom she loves so much.Her grandson… who had suff