Wow. I was so surprised.
Perez’s face looks seductive enough to dazzle and suffocate at the mont.
I thought this is what beauty is like.
Hey, you’re really dangerous.
I could feel my heart pounding and my face turning red.
But, Perez was just obsessed with acting as my fiancé.
I tried to think so and cald myself down.
After my mind cald down a bit, the situation around started to beco clear again.
The Empress seed quite surprised by Perez’s rather brazen attitude.
Now that the empress’ composure has been broken.
I covered my mouth pretending to be ashad when I saw Perez, who had turned red.
"Oh, my God, the Prince..."
I was going to pull out my hand naturally.
But, Perez won’t let go.
I pulled my hand out and wiggled in it, but his big hand didn’t budge.
I turned my head and stared at him, pretending to lean close to Perez so it wouldn’t be seen by the Empress.
’Hey, don’t you let go of this?’
Then Perez quietly glanced at the Empress.
"Hahaha..."
When I checked the Empress with a smile, I could still see her watching and Perez.
Well, there’s nothing we can do.
It was a bit awkward to hold soone else’s hand, but if the Empress had so doubts, it should end here.
I tapped Perez’s shoulder that I was leaning on with my other hand, and looked at him with love and madness.
The Empress said as if she was displeased when Perez and I did not let go of our hands.
"That’s rude, Second Prince."
"I’m sorry, Empress. But as you can see, my fiancé is such a lovely person. Once you held it, you can’t let it go."
It was Perez’s sly answer, which seed to be furious even with watching from the side.
In addition, he added.
"Of course, the Empress will understand with a generous heart."
If Perez goes that far, the Empress has nothing to say.
If she says, ’I can’t see your affectionate behavior, so let go of your hand right now!’, it would make the Empress embarrassed.
Empress Rabini, well aware of that, so, had no choice but to smile coldly and pass the answer.
After all, Perez held my hand until dessert was served.
My hands are sweating.
It was ti for to give up because even when I looked at Perez, he just smiled at .
Tak.
What the servant put down in front of with the small noise of the plate was a strawberry cake in a familiar shape.
This...
"I have prepared sothing that Lady Lombardy likes to eat. Was it Caral Avenue, the na of the place?"
The Empress and I faced each other with a smile.
Now the Empress was talking to with a cake from Caral Avenue.
Like saying ’I’ve researched you this much and I know you.’
For most people, cold sweat would flow behind their backs.
I looked down at the cake with white whipped cream.
The Empress will not be completely bluffing.
The whipped cream cake with strawberries was actually one of the desserts I bought often.
But at the sa ti, I could feel the limitations of the Empress’s intelligence.1
The reason I bought this cake often was for Louryl.
Because this was Louryl’s favorite.
Marilyn, Louryl’s baby, also took a little bit of this sweet whipped cream and ate it deliciously when it was put in her mouth.
If the Empress’s intelligence was so good, this is not what I like, but chocolate cakes scattered with caral would be in front of .
If this was a dinner hosted by , it would have been not a cake but a fruit sprinkled with the finest honey in front of the Empress.
"Thank you, Empress."
I smiled and held a fork and ate the cake deliciously.
As if this were indeed my favorite.
I could see the Empress smiling satisfactorily.
And there’s another one in front of .
"Empress, this is..."
"It’s an engagent gift from to Lady Lombardy."
The Empress seems determined to win my heart, apart from doubting the relationship between and Perez.
You’re thinking of building a bridge through to my father.
There’s no more money to borrow from Sussew, so Angenas is looking for a host to put in a new straw.
If we look at it, it was my father who’s making the most money on the continent right now.
"Thank you, Empress."
When I opened the black box, there was a pair of erald earrings in it.
The antique design seed to be an old valuable at a glance.
Even though money dried up in Angenas, the Empress had money that the Imperial Family could operate individually.
But as far as I know, most of them are also invested in the business of Angenas.
As an Empress, she was quite generous.
The Empress smiled and solved my question.
"It’s a jewel that’s been handed down from the Imperial Family for generations."
That’s right.
It seed to be an item from the Imperial Treasury.
"It’s Lady Lombardy who will soon be a mber of the Imperial Family, so I thought it would be good to keep one of the Imperial Treasures in advance, so I paid so attention."
"I’m delighted, Empress."
I’ll give this back to Perez later.
It was a bit reluctant for anyone to have an Imperial Heirloom with no connection.
"By the way, there’s a lot to discuss, including the engagent of Lady Lombardy and the Second Prince, and the wedding. When will Lord Gallahan Lombardy return from Cheshire?"
I could notice it instinctively.
This question is why the Empress held a dinner today and made feel good with all kinds of complacency and jewels.
I closed the earring box back and looked at the Empress.
"Empress, please listen without misunderstanding my will."
And I said, making a really cautious expression.
"My father can’t afford to care about things other than Cheshire right now. Physically, tily, and above all financially."
The Empress’s eyes beca sharp.
I’ve done sothing to the detrint of that great pride.
But unexpectedly, she didn’t interrupt or yell at Perez for being rude.
I peered at Perez, sitting quietly next to .
You said you have been busy.
You’ve got the Empress’s purse dried up, haven’t you?
"But I know a place that might help the Empress."
"...Where is it?"
"Pellet Corporation."
"Pellet... Corporation?"
The Empress seed quite surprised when a completely unexpected na ca out of my mouth.
As known, Pellet Corporation was pro-Lombardy and tends to pro-Perez.
In addition, there was a ti when Angenas and Pellet had a crash during the Triva tree business.
"These days, Pellet Corporation is looking for a place to invest in the long run because it has too much cash. It’s no big secret, as you know sotis I help Pellet Corporation with its work."
The Empress’s eyes flashed when I said, ’There is a lot of cash’.1
However, she asked vaguely.
"Well, let’s see if Pellet Corporation will listen to ."
"Clerivan Pellet is my teacher, but he’s a person who can forget about the past when it cos to money and business."
I think the Empress has been tempted by my words.
And it seed like she was thinking about putting in a word.
Feeling Perez’s gaze from the side, I suggested to the Empress.
"May I ask my teacher for the consultation, Empress?"
* * *
"Long ti no see, Caitlyn, Kylus! How are you?"
After dinner with the Empress, I ca to Perez and Poirak Palace.
"Lady Florentia."
Although Caitlyn sotis went to the mansion whenever the Lombardy Scholarship was held.
For Kylus, the last ti was when we had a brief conversation with the people of the Herrin family on my grandfather’s birthday.
As we were talking for a while, Perez said to the two.
"Bring a dessert with chocolate and warm tea."
"Yes, Your Highness."
Caitlyn and Kylus watched Perez for a while and then went outside.
"Tia."
"Huh?"
"Now sit down and rest."
"Oh?..."
It was a strange thing.
As soon as Perez said so, fatigue ca.
I must have been unknowingly nervous about dinner with the Empress.
I sat down on the sofa with a rattling sound.
"Thank you, Perez."
And as it was, I lie down on the sofa after a long ti as if falling to the side.
"Tia!"
Perez, who was taking off the buttons on his neck, frowning a little as he was frustrated, in surprise.
His eyes are big and his face is stiff.
"Hahaha! Look at your face, Perez!"
"Sigh. Tia..."
"Just kidding, kidding! Did you think I’d barely fall for sothing like this? Don’t you think I’m too fragile, Perez?"
When I burst into laughter, Perez washed his face dry with both hands and sat on the floor under the sofa where I lay.
There was no conversation between us for a while.
But that didn’t an it was awkward.
Rather, such a ti was convenient.
Because Perez is one of the few people who are ’can be’ comfortable for .
After a while, in a slightly hoarse voice, Perez asked .
"Are you sure you don’t mind?"
"What?"
"The Empress borrowing money from Pellet Corporation."
"Oh, that."
I answered with a big stretch.
"Don’t worry, I really don’t want to lend her money. Because if I do, your plan will fail."
Perez is not surprised that I know of his plans that he has never told .
Rather, it was close to a natural response.
"The Pellet Corporation will buy bonds for the construction cost of Lombardy by the Empress. Angenas will be in debt to Pellet Corporation, not Lombardy. It said she doesn’t have to repay it right away."
"A bond."
"Then I’ll be able to support you as you move, Perez."
Finally, Perez turned his head towards .
By the way, the distance was closer than I thought.
The distance between my face lying on the sofa and Perez’s face.
"Hmm."
I coughed deliberately and patted Perez on the shoulder of pretending to be fine.
"And you. You don’t have to overdo it."
"Overdo?"
"In front of the Empress earlier... Holding my hand. What would you say if she suspected it? Don’t you think so?"
I giggled, but Perez wasn’t.
He just looked down at with a deeply sunken face.
"Smile a little."
I grumbled but this ti Perez didn’t react.
"Sigh."
I sighed briefly, smiled, and said.
"Perez, you haven’t forgotten yet, have you? We’re just contractually engaged."
Perez and I can’t be more related.
No, it shouldn’t be.
Perez’s red eyes, which had yet to answer, contained only .
Uhk.
I had a sharp pain in my chest.
"Perez."
He conveyed his heart to again and again.
But I can’t agree with it.
I must not cross that line.
I can’t repay Perez’s feelings with a happy ending.
Because.
"Tia."
Perez ca up calling my na.
I could feel Perez’s shadow on my face as it moved.
Right. I was lying down.
A little vainly, I looked up at Perez, who was half-overlapping above .
"Tia."
Perez’s voice that closer was like chocolate.
It was deep, sweet, and dark sowhere.
Perez’s hand moved slowly, keeping eye-to-eye.
As if to avoid it.
The large palm warmly covered the flat area with the heart under my collarbone.
At that mont I realized.
That my heart is beating so fast.
Feeling the beating of the heart on the breastbone under the thin skin, Perez smiled deeply.
And said quietly.
"I think you’re overdoing it."
With that voice, my heart began to beat faster.
Then Perez ca closer to my ear and whispered.
"You don’t have to endure it, Tia."
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