Grand Duke, Please Stop Obsessing Over Your Wife! - Chapter 43

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43.

When the Duke explained Annelize’s behavior to Alriksen, the old man chuckled and replied.

[The lady is acting cute for you.]

[Acting cute? Is that some kind of magic? She’s doing that to me?]

[Well, she wants to be loved by you, my lord.]

[She doesn’t need to act cute or anything. Annelize is just cute without doing anything.]

[She must want to be even cuter. Hehehe!]

‘Wanting to be even cuter. Is it possible to be cuter than this?’

That would be… wouldn’t that be too much, even for Annelize?

The Duke was worried.

He was worried, but he didn’t particularly stop Annelize. Rather, he enjoyed it to his heart’s content.

‘Intentionally acting cute is nice too. But if I had to say, what comes after seems even cuter to me.’

There was a specific point that drove him the most crazy.

‘Like when she acts cute nonchalantly and then avoids my eyes because she’s embarrassed. Or when she fidgets with her hands and grips her clothes, that was good too.’

She was really cute.

The Duke smiled contentedly.

So when Annelize said she would take a break from walks for a while, he was secretly disappointed.

“Aren’t you going for a walk to the village today?”

Annelize shook her head at the Duke’s words.

“I won’t be going for a while.”

Annelize glanced at him sideways.

‘This man. Does he even know what those walks meant up until now?’

“Your Grace seems to have calmed down too, and the construction has progressed to some extent now.”

“That’s disappointing. I was quite looking forward to seeing what you had prepared for this walk.”

‘He knew!’

“Unfortunately, there won’t be anything more to look forward to. I’m quitting.”

The cuteness vending machine is sold out as of today. Restock date: TBD.

‘Buildings like the Village Hall and clinic have all been newly built. The villagers should be able to handle the rest of the houses themselves.’

Annelize grumbled as she leaned her head against the Duke’s arm.

“Do you know how much of a headache it was to come up with new actions every time? I even went around asking Elli for ideas.”

“That was definitely a useless effort.”

‘What?’

The Duke calmly confessed the truth.

“I didn’t particularly care ‘what’ kind of cute thing you did up until now.”

Annelize looked shocked.

“Then you should have told me earlier. Don’t shamelessly enjoy it while knowing everything.”

The Duke subtly avoided her gaze.

“I admit my attitude was despicable. I knew you were trying to elicit a specific reaction from me. But.”

He covered his mouth with his hand awkwardly and continued.

“The way you tried so hard while enduring embarrassment was extremely cute. At first, I was going to enjoy it once or twice and then tell you the truth, but no matter how much I watched, I just couldn’t get tired of it.”

“Wow…”

‘His perspective really is different. I never imagined he’d find that kind of thing cute.’

Annelize put strength into her head and pushed against the Duke’s arm. It was a timid revenge.

His arm didn’t budge at all.

“Alright. Let me be frank.”

The Duke raised his arm and wrapped it around her shoulders.

“You don’t have to do anything. You don’t need to change for me.”

He continued.

“You’re cute enough just as you are.”

“…Really?”

“Yes.”

His words contained sincerity.

Phew. Annelize let out a sigh of relief.

“That’s a relief. I was running out of repertoire and was thinking about maybe giving you a kiss. But no matter how much I thought about it, that seemed a bit much, so I stopped.”

The Duke paused upon hearing her words.

“However.”

He instantly changed his tune.

“Considering how much you’ve been thinking about it, trying out new repertoire might be good too.”

“Excuse me? Didn’t you just say a second ago that it’s fine to stay still?”

“I’m really fine with it. But I can’t ignore your efforts.”

The Duke shamelessly bent down. He tapped his cheek with his finger.

“Go ahead and try it.”

Good grief.

Annelize pressed her lips to his cheek with an incredulous expression.

“There. Now?”

“Hmm.”

What? The Duke made a contemplative expression and brought his hand to his chin.

“Hmmmm.”

“What’s wrong with you?”

The Duke’s head silently turned to the other side.

‘He wants me to do the other side too?’

Annelize, understanding his intention, made an incredulous expression.

“Listen here.”

I absolutely won’t do it. She pushed the Duke’s face away with her hand.

The Duke raised his head with a disappointed look.

“How about a suggestion? Next time, puff up both cheeks with air and let me poke them.”

“No.”

When she flatly refused, the Duke clicked his tongue.

“Tch.”

Despite his dissatisfied words, he was wearing a faint smile.

“I’m joking. From now on, just tell me what you want. I’ll grant it.”

The Duke’s refreshing touch reached Annelize’s nose tip and fell away.

“You really do act cute though.”

Annelize blushed at the childish gesture that would be done to a little kid.

“I wasn’t acting cute!”

The Duke shook his head back and forth.

“That’s impossible. Don’t deny your essential nature.”

‘So annoying…’

Annelize roughly rubbed her nose with the back of her hand.

She looked into the air and calmed her mind.

‘Anyway, it’s a relief. It means I don’t have to worry about what cute action to do every day.’

She could just stay still. The Duke told her to do so.

While the Duke felt annoying, she was secretly relieved.

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