Grand Duke, Please Stop Obsessing Over Your Wife! - Chapter 15

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15.

“I greet Your Highness Ramiere.”

Annelize bowed her head to Kukseo while hiding her smile.

‘Well, of course. His plans for his two children’s marriage got ruined because of me. He has every right to be angry.’

Seeing Kukseo’s expression secretly lifted her mood.

It felt like the resentment built up during her days as Crown Princess was melting away.

Ahem! Kukseo cleared his throat.

“Even so, wouldn’t it be better to exercise some restraint in the Imperial Palace?”

Kukseo covered his mouth with his hand as if finding it unseemly.

“There’s a limit to being passionate. Coming in while being held by your fiancé is going too far, I think.”

“I think so too, Your Highness Ramiere.”

Right. It was a bit much.

Annelize agreed leisurely.

Ramiere was flustered by her lukewarm reaction.

“I’m disappointed. I thought Lady Annelize would know court etiquette better than that. It’s hard to believe I once considered her as a match for my son.”

“Compared to His Highness the Crown Prince, I’m still quite lacking.”

Your son is so~ wonderful, isn’t he.

Kukseo’s eyebrow twitched as he caught her subtle sarcasm.

If your precious son was truly that excellent, there’d be nothing to worry about, would there? Annelize blinked innocently, pretending not to know.

Kukseo didn’t seem like he would back down anytime soon.

‘Isn’t there a way to naturally escape from this situation?’

Annelize subtly glanced in the Duke’s direction.

The Duke was standing a little distance away from her like an old tree.

As if he hadn’t even noticed Kukseo’s presence, his gaze remained fixed on Annelize throughout the conversation.

No, let me correct that.

‘That man is looking at my hand again.’

When Annelize moved her hand, the Duke’s gaze moved with it.

‘Let’s go home now.’

When their eyes met, Annelize quickly gestured toward the door with her eyes.

She couldn’t tell if the Duke understood properly.

She had to deal with Prince Ramiere before she could confirm his reaction.

“I didn’t know Lady Annelize was this kind of person.”

The build-up began as he indirectly criticized her, saying he had poor judgment of character.

Annelize offered a soulless apology.

“I apologize.”

And then, her body was suddenly pulled backward.

Annelize turned her head. It was the Duke, as expected.

She was nestled snugly against his broad chest, in exactly the same position as when they had entered.

‘That’s not what I meant when I gestured. Well, whatever.’

As long as the result was good, the process didn’t matter.

“Lady Annelize. What is the meaning of this!”

Prince Ramiere looked up at Annelize with a shocked expression.

The Duke was the one who made the sudden move, but the arrows were inevitably aimed at Annelize.

Even the mighty Kukseo seemed to be afraid of the Duke.

‘I didn’t ask to be held. But there’s no particular reason to ask to be put down either.’

Annelize pondered what to say in response, then simply answered like this.

“I apologize once more. Have a good night, Your Highness Ramiere.”

Kukseo was speechless, unable to say anything.

Annelize chuckled at the sight of the veins bulging on his neck.

The Duke walked past Kukseo without hesitation.

Even while greeting the Emperor, the shocked gazes of the nobles followed Annelize.

Over in the corner, the Crown Prince with a face like the world had ended, sniffling, and Kukseo glaring at her with a thoroughly displeased expression.

The Emperor with an intrigued face.

Various gazes swept past them.

Since rumors of her madness had already spread far and wide, this much should be fine.

As long as they got out somehow, wouldn’t that be enough?

Annelize rationalized to herself while being held in the Duke’s arms.

The Duke strode across the ballroom while carrying Annelize.

Annelize smiled. It was a smile of enlightenment that transcended everything.

The rose petals on the carpet that the Crown Prince had prepared were mercilessly trampled once again.

After leaving the ballroom and breathing in the night air, Annelize unconsciously let out a sigh of relief.

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