"…Do you want me to prove that?"
His last remarks completely rendered me speechless. The Duke liked me? He fell in love with a peasant?
He fell in love with a dirty, malnourished, and cowardly girl? How the bloody hell did he think I'd believe that?
It was impossible.
All my life, I've just been a part of the background. I was someone who would kneel before the nobles. Someone who begged for my life, and someone whose dreams would just remain as dreams.
Never once in my life, I've thought about what kind of future was there for me. I was too busy surviving every day.
Now, he was telling me he wanted me not just as a servant? Was he trying to trick me?
I looked at him in disbelief. Unlike usual, he didn't seem he was deceiving me. I would be more glad if he was.
My heart was racing faster than ever. My breathing was growing slower and heavy.
I felt sick.
