"I took care of Miss Edith earlier... Miss Edith complimented me on my dress. I thought it was just a compliment at the time, so I was happy..."
Lizzy touched the hem of her dress. The dress she wore today it was Killian bought it for her. Also it was Killian who wanted her to wear that dress on his wedding day. She tried to refuse, telling him if she wear a white dress on his wedding day, that would be a bit out of place for her to wear. However, Killian earnestly asked 'It's ivory color, not white.' Beside, Edith's dress was white with a lot of gold threads, which looked so fancy and more gorgeous than the dress Killian bought for her. She thought the modest dress would be fine, that why she accept Killian's request. However, if Edith's compliment that 'the dress suits you well' is sarcasm. She even ends up laughing in front of her without even noticed it.
"Was Miss Edith offended?"
Killian grinned his teeth at the point that Edith had mentioned Lizzy dress and nothing else.
'It so ridiculous to argue with powerless Lizzy, when she also know the fact that it was Ludwig family prepared Lizzy's dress...'
However, He couldn't see Lizzy heartbroken by talking like this.
"Not really. think of the dress she wore today. You weren't sensitive to your dress, right?"
"Ah! Miss Edith was really beautiful today, wasn't she? It's really shiny and..."
"It was vulgar."
"What, what do you mean by that, Killian! Isn't it too much, saying vulgar to your own wife?"
Killian quickly eased his fierce look when Lizzy looked shocked.
"I'm sorry. Was it a bit harsh to use in front of you?"
"It's not something to feel sorry for me, but you should feel sorry for Edith! Aren't you not feeling sorry for her? She came here alone to the place where no one she knew, only trusting Killian. You should take good care of her."
However, Lizzy's request to take care of Edith, hurting Killian's heart. He grabbed Lizzy by the wrist and asked in a low voice.
"That word, are you serious?"
"Killian...!"
"You're so cruel, Lizzy. You don't know how much I endured my heart for today... or it is because you really don't know?"
Lizzy's blue eyes trembled anxiously. Killian was sure that Lizzy knew his heart. Knowing it, Lizzy was not the kind of person who couldn't express any opinion about this marriage. Perhaps this was a Lizzy way of soothing his heart. This is how it happened. She said to attach his heart to Edith... Don't be too sad...
"Lizzy..."
"Killian. I'm... I'm..."
Killian couldn't find anything to say and lifted Lizzy's chin in bewilderment. Lizzy's surprised face was so lovely. How comforting I was in that tenderness and innocence like the spring sunshine. Killian slowly approached Lizzy lips.
"Lizzy!"
If it weren't for the disturbers, Killian might have been able to kiss Lizzy today.
"Nice, Cliff!"
Lizzy, who was startled, moved away from Killian in a fit of rage, Lizzy waved to Cliff with an awkward smile.
"At any rate, that man . . ."
Killian growled low, but Liese tried to laugh as if she hadn't heard. The main character, who ruined Killian's precious moment, came up with a calm face as if he had never seen the scene where the two were about to kiss.
"It was late at night, and I was surprised that I wasn't in the room. But why are you out here, Killian? You left the bride alone?"
"If you feel sorry for her, you should go and comfort that woman,"
"I don't want to create a scandal about coveting my brother's woman?
With Cliff not backing down at all when it came to Lizzy, Killian had no choice but to turn away . If there was a rumor that the Ludwig brothers had a fight over Lizzy on the night of his wedding, she would be in trouble. I don't want to make it harder for Lizzy, who was still suffering from rumors that were troubling enough. Feeling the pain of a sharp knife cut his heart, Killian went into his bedroom and drew out a drink. It was a night when he felt like he had to drink to fall asleep.
* * *
I was going to sleep well until the sun rose in the middle of the sky, but my eyes opened naturally in the morning. Despite being possessed by Edith, the biological clock alarm for the office worker who woke up at 6 o'clock was still running.
"Oh, I'm tired... Huh?"
Contrary to what I expected, of course, my whole body was going to break and hurt. It was pretty well-suffing.
'Wow, this is the stamina of a 22-year-old, no healthy person!'
I wasn't this healthy even when I was 22, so this must be a basic stamina issue, not age.
"It's so good. It's really great!"
I was so glad that I didn't get sick even though I was going through. i had a hard time yesterday. As the saying goes, a healthy body has a healthy mind, so I saw the situation more positively because I didn't have any pain.
'If I do well, I may be able to live as a loving daughter-in-law." My husband is crazy about another woman, but your in-laws are different.'
They say that if you get married, you hate the 'poetry', but as long as I can be loved by people called 'parents', I don't care if it's my parents-in-law.
'Okay! Let's greet them first.'
It seemed like a Korean traditional culture, but it seemed that no parents-in-law would hate the daughter-in-law who came to greet them in the morning after the wedding. Besides, isn't one of the rules of survival for a romance novel being possessed by a villain? is to win the favor of the main supporting characters! Excitedly, I hurriedly got up and then stopped.
'Should I put some blood on the bed...?'
In a romance novel, a noble couple searched through the bedding where they spent their first night to see if there were blood stains. They will officially acknowledge as a marriage after confirmed it... But soon, I shook my head. If I had done something like on my own terms, Killian might be turned upside down his eyes. He was a man who would keep his virginity body for Lizzy.
'A Handsome virgin, that's good. But I think it's a bit too much to force his virginity even though he is just a sub male lead.'
Did the original Killian, who didn't give up his love even though he wasn't chosen by Lizzy, lived as a virgin until his death? I pulled the rope in mourning for Killian in my heart. When I pulled the "rope" that I had only read in writing, I couldn't help but laugh.
"Good morning, miss."
"Yes, I want to wash my face and help me dress up."
"Yes. I'll bring water to wash your face in a minute. "
Unlike Sophia, she couldn't even make eye contact with me and bowed her head. The right maid left without making a sound of her steps.
'Miss, no matter how many times I hear it, it's strange.'
Even though I was married, I was still called a miss. It was because if she was called Mrs. Ludwig, she could be confused with the Duchess. It seemed to me that sooner or later, Killian would be given part of the duchy's estate and a title of count, and only then would i be called a countess or something.
'The original Edith died without hearing her husband's voice.'
I took a deep breath, pondering the idea that if I did something wrong, I could follow her. With the help of a maid, i tried to transform myself into images, a true daughter-in-law. But the problem was the clothes. There were not a couple of dresses sent to me by the Rigelhoff showing off the wealth of the family, but they were all colorful and deeply dug in the chest, so there was no place to look.
"What's your name again?"
"It's Anna, Miss."
"Yes, Anna. Go to the room and ask them to cover the chest part of this dress in a more natural way, removing some of the fancy decorations. Hurry up!"
"Yes, Miss."
Anna did not complain to my instructions, but immediately took her dress and ran to the bedroom. Looking at that obedient manner, I felt how abnormal Sophia is, the maid of the Rigelhoff family, had treated me.
'Well, in het eyes, I was just the Riegelhof family's pet dog.'
It was truly great that she left Sophia, who was decorated with her pretty but was nothing more than a 'dog'. While Anna came back and touched my hair and put on light makeup, the quick-witted bedroom maids of the duke family mended my dress and sent it to me. When I asked them to cover the deep chest area, they even grabbed the frills in that short time and repaired it as if it was originally designed like this. I took out the fancy decorations, and now it's something I can wear.
'I'll have to get the rest of the dresses repaired as soon as possible. How do i wear those things?'
I sighed slightly as I looked at Edith's dresses piled up like a mountain. Even at first glance, it's flashy, so it's crazy. It was clear that if she wore something like that, the duke's people would firmly stamp her as 'luxurious and vainglorious Edith.'
Anyway, for now, greetings came first. I put on the modest dress and sent Anna to greet the them that i came to visit. Fortunately, the Duke and his wife did not refuse my visit.
"I think you can go right now."
"Is that so? I got it. But how do I look?"
"It's beautiful."
Even if AI answers, I think it'll be more sincere than that....
'Because people in this family must be wary of me...'
I don't know if the servants were also ordered to be careful what they said in front of me. I decided to be generous with Anna.
"If you say so, then it would be like that. Will you guide me to the duke's room?"
"Yes, miss,"
I straightened my back, with a slight smile on my face so as not to look too arrogant, I passed through the hallway and headed to the small drawing room connected to the duchess' bedroom.