Chapter 964 – #207_Albiereo’S Close Tutoring (4)
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The most renowned perfume shop in the Malcuth Gallery, a landmark of Lenomond Town, was bustling even at night.
Amelia had debts to repay.
If she had diligently made perfumes without any issues, she would have paid them off by now, but various problems had delayed her work.
As a result, Amelia had decided to complete a month’s worth of work in a week during this rare period of peace.
“Finally done! Ugh…!”
Sharon stretched, finishing her tiring day of work.
The work had started at 5 AM and only ended at 10 PM.
Amelia smiled faintly as she organized the shelves containing essential oils.
“You worked hard, Sharon.”
“You too, Amelia! Is it always this busy?”
“For a while. But thanks to your help, Sharon, it was much easier than usual.”
“Ahem, I’ll take that gratitude in the form of my pay!”
Sharon, the part-timer, answered energetically.
It wasn’t just a polite remark due to their friendship; Sharon was genuinely a great help.
The process of perfumery might sound elegant and relaxing, but a lot of care and energy is spent on the preparation.
Ordering raw materials, managing inventory, extracting essential oils, managing customer lists, and coordinating consultations, interviews, and feedback for custom-made niche perfumes…
There were countless things to take care of, separate from the actual perfumery work.
Sharon had neatly taken over all of that headache-inducing work.
While she might not have been involved in the perfumery itself, her meticulous and efficient work allowed Amelia to focus solely on the perfumery process.
And that wasn’t all.
The nose is a sensory organ that easily gets fatigued.
Sharon’s olfactory sense was so excellent that she could do the scent testing for Amelia when she had a headache and needed to rest.
In the midst of being swamped with work, she was an invaluable support.
“Sharon, here’s your pay for this week. I look forward to your help next week as well.”
Amelia handed over a pouch full of gold coins from the safe.
Sharon was surprised by its weight.
“I-is this much?”
She had rolled up her sleeves to help out, thinking she’d just earn some pocket money, feeling bad for Amelia working alone, but the pay was so good she wanted to make it her main job.
“Of course. My teacher always said that… even with friends, you have to be clear about money.”
“Hmm…?”
Sharon, who had been happily putting the pouch into her bag, paused.
Looking back, she saw Amelia pretending to be busy, organizing the shelves.
Before, maybe, but after their threesome, Sharon and Amelia were practically as close as could be.
She also knew that the seemingly cold and unapproachable woman was actually a huge softie and a bit of a prude.
“Amelia.”
“Yes, Sharon.”
“Are we friends?”
“What do you mean?”
See?
Just a moment ago, she had subtly mentioned that ‘even with friends, you have to be clear about money,’ but when Sharon pointed it out, Amelia pretended not to know.
“So, we’re friends, right? You and me?”
“…I won’t deny it.”
“What are we?”
“……”
It seemed that even though Amelia thought of Sharon as a friend, she was embarrassed to express it.
No wonder she always acted strangely businesslike…
So that was the reason.
“Hehehe.”
“W-what is it?”
“Of course. Amelia and I are rivals… but we’re friends.”
Amelia’s lips twitched at the word ‘friend.’
Cute!
Sharon’s eyes sparkled like a cat who had found a new toy.
“Friends! Friends! Amelia and Sharon are super close friends!”
“S-Sharon! Stop it!”
“Ah! You just smiled, didn’t you? You were so happy you almost giggled, right?”
“Stop, stop!”
Amelia, hiding her smile behind her hands, and Sharon, circling around her and teasing her.
Amelia, who was serious about everything, and Sharon, who was lively, were a good match, with Sharon having the upper hand.
If they were to tease each other, it would be a one-sided attack.
“Sharon.”
But Amelia had a temper.
At least, she wasn’t the type to just stand by and take it once she realized she was being teased.
Amelia grabbed Sharon’s wrist, who was being cheeky from behind the shelf.
The two’s faces were suddenly close.
This was something Amelia had learned from Siwoo.
When someone is being cheeky, act with power.
With these two things, even the twins and Luelle were defeated in one go.
“Uh…”
As expected, Sharon immediately quieted down.
Amelia’s noble beauty was suddenly so close.
“Sharon, if you keep teasing me like that…”
Another point Amelia had learned.
Create a strangely alluring atmosphere.
“…I’ll tease you too?”
Sharon was speechless at the sight of Amelia’s sky-blue eyes looking at her seductively.
What exactly did she mean by teasing?
Amelia’s words stimulated her imagination.
The first thing that came to Sharon’s mind was the memory of kissing Amelia, swept away by the heated atmosphere of the previous night.
Looking back, it was a lewd act that she could only do when she wasn’t in her right mind.
Could it be that the teasing was a kiss? A kiss?
That was the only thing that could come from this position…
“Amelia… w-we’re friends, so we shouldn’t do that…”
Sharon was a Siwoo-lover, but there was a demonic atmosphere in this world that transcended even sexual orientation.
Sharon felt a creeping sense of crisis.
Amelia was pleased with the thought that she had gotten one over on her.
Just before a subtle lily note could spread through the perfume workshop filled with all sorts of fragrances.
-Clink!
The sudden arrival of a customer startled the two, causing them to jump apart.
Although nothing had happened yet, Sharon hurriedly straightened her clothes, and Amelia resumed the already finished tidying up.
“Siwoo!”
“Siwoo!”
The two, who had been calming their pounding hearts, recognized the identity of the customer and their faces lit up…
“Siwoo…?”
“Huh?”
…as they tilted their heads in unison.
“I am Shin Siwoo, the student council president.”
A black linen long-sleeved shirt and a cream-colored silk tie.
Thin wool white suit pants and burgundy Oxford shoes.
A light single blazer and a rugged luxury watch to finish it off.
It was the Northern Duke’s coordination from Flora’s Tailor Shop, which captured both the unique elegance of a witch and the sophistication of modern times.
With plenty of wax applied to his hair, he looked like a male suit model.
“Siwoo… has become a possessive psycho…”
No matter how great Siwoo’s original form was, he was still not as good as when he was dressed up.
Sharon’s eyes widened at Siwoo’s transformation, who had changed to the point where he seemed like he only drank Evian water and ate steak in a penthouse every night.
“Siwoo, you look… different today.”
Amelia felt the same way.
His soft impression had disappeared, replaced by sharpness.
His strong male muscles, which could not be hidden by the suit, seemed to emit hormones that charmed females just by breathing.
Yes.
Today, he was different.
Siwoo, having read the reactions of the two lovers, became arrogant.
The lessons seemed to have worked.
“You’ve worked hard until late at night. I’ll help you with the cleanup.”
“Ah, yes… yes…”
A moderately lowered voice and an indifferent tone.
Although it was homework, everything was perfect.
Just by looking at Amelia, who was rubbing her eyes, looking again, and opening her mouth in a daze, it was clear.
“Pfft…”
But just before he could congratulate himself on his successful debut, he heard laughter from Sharon.
“Why? Is there a problem?”
“Yeah, Siwoo is too cute.”
“Cute? Not handsome or charismatic? Think about it.”
“But he’s cute.”
To Amelia, who lacked various experiences, Siwoo was the perfect boyfriend who had completely transformed.
But to Sharon, he just looked like a little gentleman trying to act cool.
“Oh, that’s not good…”
“But what’s with you all of a sudden?”
Siwoo explained the whole situation.
“So that’s what it was? I thought you were going through puberty.”
“I’m not old enough to go through puberty…”
“Oh, you’re still a baby in my eyes.”
Sharon patted Siwoo on the back with a refreshing laugh.
It tasted bitter.
This reaction meant that, as the great mother-in-law had said, his acting was still 2% lacking.
“Amelia, isn’t Siwoo cute?”
“……”
“Amelia?”
“Yes? Yes….”
On the other hand, Amelia was still out of it.
Amelia was more used to Siwoo being ‘overbearing’ and was attracted to that side of him.
The script for the ‘submissive by day, dominant by night’ concept was actually a subtle reflection of that.
In that sense, Siwoo’s current concept, regardless of whether it was well-prepared or not, was a direct hit to Amelia’s taste.
Like a princess who had fallen in love at first sight with the Northern Duke who had visited the royal palace, Amelia approached him in a daze.
“Siwoo… are you busy today?”
“Today? I am busy, but…”
Amelia was not one to ask for intimacy first.
Her innate sex drive wasn’t that high, and she was a shy and prude assistant professor, wasn’t she?
“Because you have to be a cold and cool man in any situation… I’ll help you practice, Siwoo. At night.”
“A-at night?”
“At night, in bed…”
Yet, Amelia was throwing out a secret flirtation without any hesitation, even with Sharon next to her.
“M-me too! I want to help too!”
“I said it first. Sharon, you can try next time.”
Sharon was quite surprised by that and quickly tried to keep her in check.
They were friends, but they were definitely rivals.
She couldn’t possibly back out of a love fight.
The three of them were distracted for different reasons, so they didn’t notice that someone was watching them.
