Wicked Woman!!
Episode 6
When I appeared with an aide in the Duke's office, a question was seen in Duke Seymour's eyes.
“What made you come to the workspace?”
Seeing the Duke ask in a cold way, I clenched and then opened my cold hand.
Every time I faced those cold eyes, I felt like my body was shrinking.
‘It's not scary. That's water. What is a bottle of water? You have to look good. ‘
Many times I hypnotize myself and greet properly.
“It's late at night, but the stone where it is in the study still hurts, so I brought tea and drinks. I heard you are exhausted because a lot of work has to be done lately.”
“Since when did you worry about me?”
The snorting Duke knocked on the pipe gracefully clearing the contents that had become ashes.
‘You look cool lately.’
It was like a scene from a movie, so I almost fell in love with her.
“Why are you standing with a dazed face? Sit.”
As if to immediately issue a congratulatory order, Duke Seymour got up from his chair and sat down at the tea table.
Judging from how cold the reaction was due to my sudden appearance, the letter from the Duchess seemed to have played a role to some extent.
I immediately sat in front of him.
Once seated face to face with the Duke, the adjutant carrying the tea paraphernalia placed the thickened tea and drinks on the table and retreated.
I could feel the anxious gazes of the aide standing behind the Duke's head.
‘I won't get in trouble. You really don't believe me.’
Last time, I asked the aide I met in front of the flower garden to tell me when Duke was so tired.
After two days of no response, he suddenly came to see me this afternoon.
‘Thursday. It's the most exhausting day of the week.’
“Daughter, you have tea time from eleven to one in the morning to wake up. It's the most exhausting time. Do not contradict your mood. Please.”
“Good.”
“I tell you because I believe in you.”
“I've told you seven times.”
Although I repeatedly vowed not to cause an accident, the aide seemed anxious that I would do something unreasonable.
Meanwhile, the Duke started sipping tea without saying a word.
I was waiting for my business to show up.
‘I never thought you came here with the intention just to drink tea.’
As expected, Duke was a terrible class.
I stuck out a dessert plate in front of him.
“You must be hungry. Be eating. It's a tart that I bought at the most popular dessert store in the Yones district lately.”
The lemon tart I brought today is a memorable meal for the Duke.
He doesn't like sweet, so he just seems to eat lemon tart, which is more sour than sweet, when he goes on a date with his wife downtown.
‘The daily book is very useful.’
“Sweet food in the middle of the night. I don't like it because it's uncomfortable.”
The Duke muttered in a pouting voice like a child.
“Tart this will suit your taste.”
“Why don't you even know dad's food until you're this big?”
Despite grumbling with a disapproving face, Duke ended up splitting the tart into small pieces and biting it.
After tasting it, the silent, expressionless Duke opened his mouth once with tea.
“I'm sure there's a reason why you came late at night. Do you want to be rewarded for a letter you found in the park?”
He opened his thin mouth with curiosity. It was an expression that clearly showed his bad personality.
“Of course, the letters you find are priceless. But if you're here to get the pink diamond, you better come back. I don't want to say anything more. If I say no, then no.”
“I'm not here to ask for a reward.”
Looked a little frown on Duke's forehead.
“Then?”
“I'm here to give you something.”
“Give me something?”
Maybe because Deborah never said she wouldn't ask for anything, Duke looked suspicious.
I carefully put down the teacup and took out the letter from my pocket.
As soon as I saw those light purple letters, I turned to Duke's eyes, which were full of fatigue.
“This, impossible, mail?”
“Iya.”
“Why this....”.
The Duke asked while thinking of something.
“The letter you found is not one, but several?”
He was happy with a cheerful face.
“Iya.”
The number of letters in the box is quite large.
The Duchess, who is poor at expressing affection and few words, expressed her feelings in writing.
His diary says that he did not dare and that Duke was so busy that he just kept piling up the letters because he did not have time to leave.
However, there were also words that said that one day he wanted to erase the faded memories with Duke and color it again.
Perhaps the Duchess was thinking of burying the letter like a time-cap alcoholic beverage, and taking it out of her place of memory as she grew older.
A kind of rich letter writing to yourself for 10 years, continues to be opened 10 years later.
“...Letter. How many pages do you have?”
The Duke asked in a shrill voice out of excitement.
“...You will know how many pages you have in time.”
He raised his eyebrows at my careful answer.
“What do you mean?”
“Literally.”
“You mean you won't give me a letter? Until I give you that diamond?”
It meant that I would slowly hand over the letters one by one with a time difference, which sounded like a threat to Duke's ears.
“I mean not that stupid thing.”
He reached out his hand taking the tea as he looked into my eyes.
“..That doesn't sound like you. “
Not like me.
I was so upset by the sharp remark that I changed the subject by pouring some lumps of sugar into the tea.
“This tea is bitter and fragrant is strong, so in my opinion the type of madeleine will be more delicious than lemon tart.”
“I'll open it next time. I'll tell you to get ready for tea or chocolate. It's boiled tea, so you won't be able to sleep well if you drink too much.”
‘Cannot be. Are you worried about me? ‘
Right now, I feel a little hope that my relationship with the Duke will be a little better.
“I will drink half of it. Thank you for your attention.”
The Duke snorted by my words and immediately brushed off my words.
“Worry? Because I'm afraid later you'll say something else that my skin is broken because I can't sleep well.”
As expected, he was not an easy person.
True, Duke Seymour in the novel firmly turns a blind eye to the case of his late daughter who was tried for blasphemy.
‘That's how deep the emotions are.’
It is not a good time for women to recover from a single letter.
‘Fieh.
I took a sip of the intensely scented black tea, which alternated sweet and bitter flavors, and when there was about half the tea left, I opened my mouth.
“Dad, it's late, so I'll be in.”
“Good.”
The adjutant, who had been anxious the entire time for fear that I would fight the Duke, said with a more relaxed face.
That was.
Duke Seymour suddenly got up and followed me out of the study.
“I've been sitting and working for a long time so I have to take a walk.”
‘I didn't ask.’
Of course, I didn't spit it out of fear.
“I think it's a little warmer. Isn't that right?”
The Duke suddenly spoke to his adjutant.
“Ya, this weather is good for sightseeing.”
A white dew gushed out from the aide's mouth like a breath.
‘It's very cold. What did you say?’
I accelerated my steps with wide steps.
Silence occurs on all sides.
The duke took a walk to the building that separated me, and with his adjutant returned towards the workspace.
“Rest. And let's meet often.”
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From that day on, I kept asking my secretary for help.
Call me if Duke Seymour is exhausted from the hard work.
After that I went to the Duke twice more, and handed him a letter.
“I've given you two letters in the past week.”
From the beginning I had no desire to obtain materials by mail.
Since the number of letters is so many, I think the priority is to increase the chances of facing Duke and restore the relationship between father and son.
But I wasn't close to him, and I thought I wrote too many letters.
‘In the meantime, the dessert is delicious.’
While eating the melted chocolate cake in his mouth, Duke smiled faintly as he read the letter I had brought.
He doesn't seem to care about me sitting right in front of him because he's a fan of his wife.
‘It feels like being a postman...’.
The duke suddenly dropped the letter, as only the large chocolate on the cake melted in his mouth.
Then he looked at me drinking tea for a long time.
The feeling in his eyes was different from before, so I was restless for no reason.
Why do you see me like that?
“Deborah. There's no way you come to me and give me a letter every time I'm tired, right?”
“True.”
“Why? Because you want to get the only diamond in the capital?”
He asked for my answer like a test.
‘You must answer well.’
If I speak too flatteringly here, the Duke will again doubt my intentions.
I thought hard and opened my mouth.
“Because I am the daughter of Georges Seymour and Marien Seymour. I think I should be the liaison between the two of you. “
I used the first greeting from the letter here to say it.
“……!”
The Duke seemed to be surprised by my words.
Since then the atmosphere has been quiet for a while. I fidgeted, gulped dry and played my hand.
It was Duke Seymour who first broke the long silence.
“Do you have any free time this weekend?”
It's time, of course.
This was not a schedule when he could not get out because he was on guard under Duke's orders.
But staying home doesn't mean you're frustrated.
As a homebody, this place is heaven on earth.
Life eats delicious food, sleeps if sleepy, rolls back in a soft bed, takes a walk in the garden like a palace, and receives aesthetic treatments.
‘It's thrilling and fun every day. A rich unemployed person is the best. ‘
“I have time.”
I gave a quick answer.
“Then let's go out and eat.”
“...Exit?”
“Iya.”
“Then trial period ...”
“The weather is a little warmer, so you definitely want to go out. I'll be watching you very carefully.”
“...Yes. Thank you.”
“Any. You're not as happy as I thought.”
The Duke's sharp eyes made me feel pierced. My hands are sweating cold. I rubbed the handle of the cup nervously and made an unclear excuse.
“I am very happy. Actually, I was a little surprised by your generosity. Even if I don't have to go out, I enjoy tea time with my father at home.”
Surprised, a blatant flattery emerged from my mouth to correct.
The duke also coughed and frowned a few times, as if he thought it was a word from his lips.
“Is there anything you want? If you want something, be honest. I'm starting to feel uncomfortable.”
“I don't mean that.”
“Then, come out....”.
The duke, who was about to say something, stopped his tongue and directed his eyes at the watch as he heard a knock.
It appears the meeting was scheduled with the followers in the afternoon.
Duke had to think about the agenda of the meeting, so I left the office first.
‘The mood today has progressed like never before. That's a positive sign that my probation will be over. ‘
I just feel a little tired.
It was not easy to face a duke with a cold atmosphere.
‘I'm flattered. I will try my best to rest today. ‘
I also told the waiter who told him to go to buy a novel that was popular lately.
As I trudged through the corridors of the study, thinking I should read a romance novel, I could hear sounds from the opposite side.
Belleck Seymour and his followers walked in groups towards me.
“Poor running post. That's pathetic.”
Belleck, who made my heart go up and down, said to me in a low voice.
“Don't wander here and there and stay calm. Is this how you go through probation?”
Belleck whispered it in my ear, then patted my shoulder and passed by.
Belleck's followers welcomed me as a princess with no manners and then disappeared far away.
‘Fuck basic, what's wrong with you?’
I can't believe I felt annoyed before I considered him handsome.
In a sense, he is a great man.
I saw Belleck's back in a silly mood, before he entered his residence.
The study room was full of romantic books and novels that I asked the waiter to run errands.
‘I found it!’
Sitting in the study room for half a day, I smiled with regret.
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