The Atrocious Duke'S Wife
{Season 2} Rain

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"wait. Have you seen Cassandra? I haven't seen him all day" said the man.

"I don't know very well, Sir. But I could see, Miss had changed clothes and then left with a young man" the maid explained.

"Comeone? Is that Count Beronald's son?"

"It doesn't seem like it, sir. Because that guy has blond hair."

"so." The man muttered, since when was his daughter close to a man other than the son of his best friend Count Beronald?

"You can go" he said.

The man then looked out the window, not knowing what he was thinking. All he did was remain silent and busy struggling with his own thoughts.

...~ The Atrocious Duke's Wife...

...Chapters...

...(6)...

Fyuh~

Finally finished. It turned out that practicing swords was not as easy as I had thought all along.

Before that you have to strengthen your physique first, learn complicated techniques, and many others.

Really tiring. After this, I better go to sleep.

Knock on the door of this house and wait a while until a servant will open it.

"Welcome, Miss. Do you want me to prepare a bath for you?"

"No need, I'll go straight to my room" I said and walked to my room.

"Miss!"

But before that, the waiter called me until I stopped in my tracks.

"Uhm... Mr. Viscount told you to confront him in his study" he said.

Instantly I snorted violently. I'm really tired right now.

"All right, thank you."

Soon I went to my dad's office. I just want this to end quickly, and hopefully he doesn't add any more wounds to my body.

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Geck! Geck! Geck!

"Lake in."

If there is a sound from the inside, I immediately enter and do not forget to say hello and bow respectfully.

"Good night, Dad. Did you call me?" ask me with my head down.

I could feel my father approaching me, right now I could only pray that the wound would no longer come to me.

"Dad hasn't seen you all day. Where the hell are you?"

I've guessed. He will only talk about things that he thinks are important. I have said hundreds of words of greeting, but even though it has never been answered.

I was always curious. Am I really dad's son? Because my father's attitude showed me as if I was just a collected slave that he would always use to gain advantage for himself.

Ah, nevermind. I don't want to rethink this and get lost in grief again.

"I just went to sword practice, Dad."

"Practicing swords? What the hell did you do that for? It should be a woman sitting sweet while beautifying herself so that there are rich men who want to marry her. Why do you always piss me off?" pussy daddy.

Let him speak with all his heart. He will also be tired himself.

"Dad can no longer hold you in this world. You should immediately find a man to marry and let that man support your next life."

I looked up at my face in disbelief. Did he just throw me out? Did he just say that he doesn't want to live me anymore? Own daughter?

"Who will you marry, father doesn't care. The point is that you should marry a noble higher than you. I'm tired of finding you a partner, because you've always turned it down. I'm sick of all your behavior that always shames me."

I gripped as hard as the tip of my dress to hold back the tears that tried to flow. I tried to be quiet with all my efforts so that these emotions would not just explode.

My heart is throbbing, my chest is tight, my throat is choking.

My whole life I've never had a thank you from my father.

My whole life I've never had the love of my father.

My whole life I've never had a compliment from my father.

All my life I've never had my smile.

Am I... really human in dad's eyes? Am I really his daughter in his eyes?

"If you don't get your partner soon, then you'll be in trouble yourself. Because I can't keep you in this house anymore. So...."

Dad walked slowly towards me then said a few words that left me feeling crushed just like that.

He said something I really didn't want to hear from him.

"... Get out of my life."

Blam it!

The sound of the door closing, I could only stand still.

Strange, I could only shut up. Not a single word came out. Not a single tear fell.

What's wrong with me?

...~•~...

The man who was silent when the meeting between the families immediately shot up when the meeting was over.

His childhood friend who had a beautiful and cute face was a little confused to see the man.

"You seem to be in a hurry, where are you going?" ask the girl named Anastasia.

"Just go to practice as usual" the man replied.

"Lied." The girl tilted her head while looking at the man ignorantly. "It's impossible just to train you to such a hurry like this."

The man had clucked very slowly then opened the stifling vest so that all that was left was a long gray sleeve shirt.

"As far as you go" Arlen replied and walked away leaving Anastasia behind him.

Anastasia was momentarily confused. His best friend is rarely in a hurry like this.

"You better be honest with me! Because soon you'll be my fiance!" exclaimed the girl from behind Arlen while chuckling.

Strangely, however, the man just kept quiet and continued walking.

Anastasia who is behind him can only smile at the departure of his best friend and prospective fiancee.

...~•~...

It's like this, where is he? Didn't he say eight o'clock would be back in training soon?

It was almost half ten, yet he did not show the straight strands of his hair.

The sky is cloudy. How'this? I didn't bring an umbrella, because I really wouldn't have expected it to rain in the summer.

Well, hopefully the cloud cloud is removed by the sunlight that is not sure will shine.

Mats... Mats...

As I feared. Water began to drip from the sky, and the longer it grew more and more swift.

But strangely, I did not immediately move to shelter. I just quietly enjoyed the water that flushed from my head to my feet.

My feeling this time was the same as the rain that was falling right now. Chaos balau. Unbalanced, and unguided.

Honestly, yesterday's events still make me cramped. Even though I tried not to think about it anymore, but my memory kept repeating it.

Saddened? Of course I'm sad. Which child is not sad when their own biological father says that their father does not want them?

That's how I am.

If only someone would embrace me now, and say. That everything's gonna be okay.

Right then, I felt the presence of someone behind me. I also felt the rain no longer hit my head.

As I looked up, he finally came too. He used his vest to protect me from the raindrops that hit me.

"What are you doing? You can have a fever," he said.

"sorry. There's something sudden, I can't be on time."

I nodded my head, then looked back at the ground.

"What's wrong with you? You got a problem?"

Is it that clear?

"That's how it is, but it's not something that matters too much" I replied with a bitter smile.

He was silent looking at me for a while, but who would have thought he was sitting next to me and tilting his head to look at me.

"I can be a place to hold a sigh" he said making my blood rustle.

Can I trust him? I don't know, but I really need a backrest right now.

My feelings.

"About my father. He said if I don't find a man who can save my life soon, he'll kick me out" I explained.

He silently listened, it turned out that he knew very well how to get people to trust him.

"He didn't want me. Honestly, I was a little sick when he said that. Come on, who wouldn't be sad to hear that from their dad?"

I started laughing blandly, and came back chattering while he was silent and watching all my grievances.

"I don't know why you hate me so much. I don't know why Dad didn't want me. I don't know what makes you think of me as her daughter."

So far, no words have come out of his lips. It's just that there's a lot hidden behind the blue iris view of the sky.

"Sad news, isn't it?" my many.

"If you're sad, how can you still smile. That's what I thought after hearing your story."

Now it's my turn to just be quiet listening to her words.

"Every human being has their own misery, so all we can do is accept and deal with it as best we can."

As best as I could, I digested his entire words. I dug up the meaning of his sentence.

"I'm gonna ask you now. What are you going to do now to deal with your sadness?"

My chest is back. My heart is very painful. With the addition.My eyes begin to heat up. And for a second, my tears fell.

Why me? All of a sudden I sobbed in front of him, why am I this weak?

But I really couldn't hold it until a sob came out of my lips.

"Your answer, I got it."

He said then pulled my head and leaned it on his right shoulder.

All I did was cry to the fullest, enjoying a glimmer of warmth from his faithful palm at the top of my head.

Keep crying uselessly like a fool.

...~•~...

"That was so embarrassing. Thank you for lending me your shoulder" I said, drying my hair with a small towel.

It's awkward! It's awkward! It's awkward!

Why is the situation like this, anyway?! It ends with drying the body in the man's room, yes man.

Right now I am sitting on a sofa in my room drying my hair and holding back any clenched feelings.

"I don't want my parents to know where you are, because they could have told your father" he explained.

I understand your good intentions. But I'm still nervous. We were like lovers who secretly met without any knowledge of our parents.

"Yes, it's okay. I see," I replied trying not to look at him directly.

He was busy turning on some candles to light up this room which was quite dark because the sky outside was still faithfully accompanied by rain.

"I'll find you a change of clothes, wait, wait" he said.

Think of what I can get out, because I still feel ashamed of the incident.

How not? I had seen his clothes hit my snot quite a lot, but he did not say anything about it.

Maybe he did deliberately not bring it up so that I was not ashamed, but still I felt that way.

Long enough I waited, he had finally returned with his suit neatly folded in his hand.

"wear. Looks like your size isn't much different than my sister."

"Alright, thanks. I'm sorry to bother you," I threw.

Eits! Wait a minute... He just said my sister.... right? Holy hooch! I even forgot about it!

I used to know his sister well. Daisy, that's her sister's name.

Daisy is beautiful just like her name. He was even very good with me first, I miss him.

But because of Anastasia, she had to suffer such a tragic fate. Actually, it wasn't Anastasia's fault entirely, it was also my fault.

But yeah, I don't want to bring it up again. For now, I will do my best to save Daisy.

I took the clothes he had brought for me, then walked towards the bathroom in this room.

Just change clothes, I won't take a shower. Because there's no way I'm going to take a bath in a guy's house that's not close enough to me.

For the time being.

When I was ready, I went out immediately. Turns out, Daisy's clothes fit quite well in my body.

He sat on the sofa staring at the window. With his serious and calm look, he looked very handsome. Even though I hate to admit it.

"You done yet?"

Instantly I was ripped from my daydream, and immediately responded to the words. "A-ah yeah! I'm done. Thank you for lending me this dress."

"Yes" he answered briefly.

I folded my lips because I was awkward. Clumsily, I walked up to him and sat down beside him.

"Uhm... Do you like the rain?" tanyaku. Try to eliminate a little awkwardness.

"Yes. Because it calms me down" he replied.

"so."

Silent. For a while, none of us made a sound. I could only stare at him who was busy looking out through the window of this room.

As she looked at me, I immediately pulled my iris and pupil out to stare at something else.

"What about you?"

"Hm?"

"Do you like the rain?" his tanyak made me think. Actually, I don't really like the rain.

"Actually not so. Because if it rains, somehow, I feel very happy" I said.

"If you feel sad and need a backrest, you can come to me," he suddenly made me a little surprised.

My heart rate was racing fast, even my face was hot. Even though the weather is very cold, why does my face even feel hot like this?

I shook my head back and forth to shake off the heat. And it worked, at least not as hot as it was.

"What's wrong?"

"Eh? Ah, it's okay," I lied with a smile. My index finger can't stay still to not scratch my jaw.

Yes, it is my habit to lie. I hope he doesn't realize it.

A thread thick enough in her hair made me attract my attention.

I leaned back a little and used my left hand to hold my weight.

"Excuse me for a minute" I said, still focusing on the thread. I extended my right hand to reach him.

Once I was able to, I suddenly lost my balance and could no longer hold my body.

Brugh!

Si.... What kind of situation is this?!

Oh my God, why did I fall! And even worse, my position is currently overriding him!

He rounded his eyes as well as mine, this was all beyond my expectations! This accident really pisses me off!

"Sister! I brought you some tea for you guys, du--"

When I heard the sound, I lamely turned my head to see who made the sound.

Shit... Why is it a coincidence like this?

...13.01.2021...