Chapter 52
It was a strange feeling to be chasing after a woman one head shorter than himself. Rafel watched the glimmer of sunlight fall on her round crown of her. It would be nice to be able to stretch out my arms behind my back, hug that slender body, and rub my lips against the sun's warm hair. But when Annette stopped and looked back, Lafel was taken back.
“What do you mean?”
Lapel bit his lip.He was prepared to reveal it to some extent, but when he faced Annette, his mouth she did not come off.After much thought, he decided to say what he wanted to say first.
“Annette, I…… I did not know. It's the first time you've heard that Ben worked as your coachman, and that he framed you.”
Lafel was worried that Annette might suspect him of being an accomplice with Ben.It was true that she was an over-deserved marriage wife compared to her own.
Annette of Bavaria was the noblest woman in Deltium. By taking her as his wife her, Rafel's weakness her to her lineage was compensated. So I was worried for some reason that Annette might not suspect that this was a fraudulent marriage. Annette, who had been quietly listening to Rafel's words her, responded before long.
“I thought so too. You will have nothing to do with the incident. Ivan, no… It was shocking that Ben is your blood relative, but he doesn't suspect you or anything like that.”
“Are you trusting me?”
Lapel's hard words softened with a little hope.Unfortunately, Annette did not say this out of trust in him, as Lafel thought.Annette lowered her golden eyelashes and calmly expressed her thoughts of her.
“You are too much to be considered an accomplice…… Because he was reluctant to marry me. If you hated me so much, there's no way you would have gotten involved in something like that to marry me. Unless you have a strange tendency to enjoy pain.”
Rafel's naughty mouth jammed more effectively than ever. I had too many criminal convictions to insist now. It was true that he did not want to marry Annette, so he had nothing more to say. Even if her biological father her, King Selgratis, had n't resented, 'This is all for you,' she would never have married Annette of her own will her.
While Lafel said nothing and broke into a cold sweat, Annette raised her head and looked up at him.Her kind smile and careful considerationHer she were all gone,and her faceHer lookin' rather tired.
“Are you done talking now? I'll just go in.”
Lapel's eyes, with her good body vision her, saw Annette's back her her her turned slowly Her slender blonde hair fluttered in the air, and the lonely pink eyes beneath her lowered eyelashes her turned him away Rafel could n't just let Annette go like this.
“Wait a minute.”
Fortunately, as always, Annette did not turn away from his call. Annette, who had completely turned her back, looked back at him softly as if she still had something to say. The moment he met those pretty eyes, Rafel's mouth suddenly moved wildly and a date request came out of nowhere.
“That, great. If you don't mind, let's go to the party next week. Why, you mean a party for married couples at the Rusini family?”
Annette said nothing, but her head tilted slightly to the side. He must have been thinking, 'Why me?'. The moment she met Annette's eyes her, where her reluctance her was evident, Lapel intuitively knew that he would be rejected. Her heart sank from her sense of danger. At this time, in her lapel's head, what Harold had said suddenly came to mind.
'Don't build up your pride, if you're serious, at least pretend to be pitiful!'
Yes, the die was cast anyway. If so, she had to accept the answer that she would go by any means necessary. Rafel lowered his eyes involuntarily and murmured while avoiding Annette's gaze at her.
“You must attend that party. There…… Because someone like my benefactor will come. I couldn't attend our wedding due to circumstances, but he asked me to introduce you. It is a very important position.”
Rafel actually didn't know if Harold would attend the party or not. To be honest, he was more likely not to attend. The name was a party for married couples, but it was because Harold was unmarried. , It was Harold himself who advised Rafel not to choose any means, so I won't complain now. Rafel decided to think of what he liked.
“Your benefactor?”
Fortunately, Annette took an interest in his improvised excuse her. This is because it was the 'personal history' that Lafel had first revealed to Annette. Although Rafel was not aware of this until now, he was encouraged by Annette's interest in her. , Lapel's babble was a little more persuasive.
“Okay. As you know I…… Because birth is a bit complicated. There are very few people I can call family. But he is a bit harsh to His Majesty when he says this…… He's like my real father .If it wasn't for him, I wouldn't be where I am today. So I'd like to introduce you. He is one of the few people who really cares about me.”
Originally, the most persuasive lie was a lie with 50% truth added.Mixing it with his own real situation brought a slightly forlorn light to Rafel's face his.Seeing this, Annette hesitated.Rafel, instinctively realizing that this was his chance her her, grabbed her hand her.
“Please, Annette. Come with me Are you my wife?”
Rafel's reference to his wife's duties her was effective.Annette, who grew up surrounded by duties and responsibilities from a young age, was weak to such words.But her hesitation her was not just because she had to do her duty her as a wife.
Annette was taken aback by Lafel's expression her as he looked at her with desperate eyes right in front of his nose her. To hear the words 'Please, please' come out of those mean lips that always knew how to have a temper. That the benefactor must be really important to Rafel. My wife's head finally nodded.
'Yeah, I might be leaving Lapel soon anyway.
In fact, there was only one thing Lafel did wrong in Annette's current tragedy her. Her refusal her to communicate with her and to tell her nothing of her own personal history her. It on Lafel. What if he hates you and doesn't trust you?
The rest of the matter was vague enough to place the blame on Rafel. However, all of these were problems that would be solved once Annette left Lapel and Deltium. In order for her to do that, she had to meet Celestine Keers as soon as I don't know when it will be over, but before that, maybe you can do at least one request from Rafel.
“Thanks, Annette!”
Her lapel grinned at her, then picked her up and swung around her. It was as if Annette had become a paper doll, and her movements were very light. Surprised by this, Annette widened her eyes and grabbed him by the shoulder. Held Annette tightly to her for the last time, put her on the floor and said again.
“Thank you so much. For coming with me.”
“You are welcome.”
Annette, who did not know that Rafel would like it this much, replied bewildered. At this point, I was curious about who the benefactor was, that he had such a lapel. Ball.
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“That's what happened, so let's cooperate.”
“Eh, what a shameless bastard!!”
Harold, who was dragged out by Rapel's one-sided notification, expressed his anger. Suddenly, Harold attended the couple's party alone and is sad and angry. He's like an ungrateful guy anyway. In the survey, Lafel's smiling face was his while waiting for his wife made him even more angry. I had achieved my goal.
“Let's see, yes Inom! When my wife comes, I will blow out all the dark history of you very much.”
“If you can, try it.”
The lapel that stood in front of Harold with his arms folded was like a huge barrier. He was even more so because he was tall and muscular. If Harold started talking nonsense, he was determined to immediately drag him out. Sensing the fleeting flow of Time, Harold trembled and stepped on the shiny shoe of the lapel.
“What are you doing, old man!! These are brand new shoes!”
Rafel, frowning, quickly took out a handkerchief and wiped his shoe to a smooth finish. The ulterior motive was to finish his grooming quickly before Annette arrived. Harold, who was watching this, asked as if he had suddenly remembered.
“But why aren't you coming with your wife?”
“I don't know. I have something to do, so go first. They say they will follow soon.”
Lapel, who was still checking his shoe nose his, replied indifferently. Harold, realizing something from those words, began to laugh. Hearing his laughter of her, Rafel looked up to see why she was doing that, and Harold, who had been waiting For that moment, gave a sarcastic grin.
“Anyway, he seems like an ignorant bastard. I don't even want to go with you, so go first. That's what you're talking about.”
“It's not like that! He said he really had work to do.”
“Cancer, yes. Rather than riding in the same wagon as you, I should make something to do that didn't exist.”
Fuck. Unknowingly, slang words from when he was a commoner flowed from Rapel's mouth. Harold picked out and hit only the places that hurt so much that it seemed as if a thousand sounds would come out on their own. Smile returned to Harold's face after he finally got his revenge by being dragged out to the party. For the ungrateful black-headed beast, it was best to retaliate like this.
Seeing that nasty face, Rafel frowned. He was just about to say something to Harold. Rafel's keen eyes caught a face. Unfortunately, it wasn't Annette's pretty face.
'Why is he here?'
Rafel's face contorted sharply. The person who was greeted by people from afar was a very tall and handsome man. Tall, white face, sculpted features, and above all, long silver hair that shimmered like pure silver, he looked like a prince straight out of a fairy tale. Even really, the prince was right, so it was more unlucky.
'Prince Ludwig…!'
Rafel's blue eyes cooled coldly at the unexpected encounter with his half-brother his his.
