Chapter 75: Change
When the next day came, Sigren’s “sleep well” words put me to shame because I had stayed up all night. It became very clear to me that yesterday was not a dream. Read the translation only on itsladygrey.com.
Abel made a puzzled face when he saw me at breakfast.
“Where do you feel pain?”
“No…”
Abel looked at me with doubtful eyes.
“What happened with Sigren yesterday?”
His words made me accidentally choke on my water. He was really quick-witted.
“No… nothing.”
Abel didn’t even listen to me. “Which one?”
“What?”
“One, you heard a confession. Or two, Sigren did something that offended you.”
Did he really not see us yesterday?
“….”
Abel smiled generously at my expression.
“If it’s the former, then he lives. If it’s the latter, his death would be disguised as a natural death.”
Who? Sigren?
“I’m… the former!”
“Really?”
Abel looked disappointed. Read the translation only on itsladygrey.com.
Wait, what’s wrong with him?
I covered my face.
“Can you tell?”
“Yeah, your face is red.”
“….”
“You have fair skin, so when your face turns red, it shows up quickly. It’s fine in front of me, but try not to show that in front of other people.”
“Yes…”
He was right.
Ah, I felt like I was going to die of embarrassment, really.
Abel then said in a confused tone, “But I thought you’d kick him with a smile when you heard him confess.”
How bad did he think of me?
“I’m not that bad, am I?”
“I’m sorry, but you seem like that.”
Sigren, your master is really something!
Abel slowly drank his tea. “You can handle his confession, but anything more than that, I’ll take care of.”
Ah, it looked like I was going to have a stomachache.
Because of the disturbance created by my adoptive father in the morning, I laid my head down on the table, feeling melancholic.
“If it was easy, I wouldn’t be like this… I really don’t know how to handle this.”
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Sigren didn’t like having a tie around his neck. More accurately, he didn’t like anyone touching his neck at all. The reason was obvious. In his troubled childhood, there were some scumbags who enjoyed seeing a child’s face turn red from strangulation. Read the translation only on itsladygrey.com. So, even now, no one, not even a servant, could touch his neck. He fastened the top button and tied the tie himself.
Only Fiona could reach his neck. If anyone else tried, he would reflexively break their wrist. To Sigren, Fiona was different—an existence that made him forget the abuse etched in his memory. Just being by her side was reassuring.
‘How would she feel if we got closer than we are now?’
For him, holding her hand or kissing her on the forehead like a child wasn’t enough. It only left him wanting more.
‘But I can’t do anything more as I wish.’
Sigren thought deeply. Fiona wasn’t slow-witted; she just didn’t focus on his feelings. Interestingly, though, she cared about him a lot.
“Anyway, let’s just do one thing first.”
If the fact that she didn’t care about his feelings didn’t overlap with how much she cared about him, he would have given up. But because these two facts coexisted, he couldn’t back down. Read the translation only on itsladygrey.com.
Anyway, he couldn’t go back now. The die had been cast. Fiona must have realized she could no longer live the way she used to.
Sigren glanced down at his hands. They bore calluses like a swordsman’s hands, honed through long battles. He clenched his fist.
“I’ve been chasing you all this time, so now it’s time for me to catch you….”
He made up his mind and was honestly confident. He had known Fiona for several years and had a rough idea of what she might think and how she would react. She would never completely push him away, as she never had before.
He burst into laughter as he recalled Fiona’s stiff face from yesterday’s shock.
“Shall I go see you?”
Once he had made up his mind, he had no reason to hesitate. He really wanted to see Fiona. Read the translation only on itsladygrey.com. What expression would she have? He was curious about the face of that kind and cruel young lady who loved him deeply yet remained indifferent to his feelings.
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