Grand Duke, Please Stop Obsessing Over Your Wife! - Chapter 51

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51.

Finally, the monster’s form disappeared.

As the target to burn vanished, the flames gradually died down.

“Wow.”

‘Now I can really, truly relax, right?’

Annelize caught her breath.

“I almost bid farewell to life….”

Annelize clutched her heart with her hand.

‘How much did it want to kill me that it gathered its last strength to go straight for my vital spot.’

It was hatred too vast for Annelize, who had barely lived twenty-three years, to comprehend.

‘What exactly was it trying to tell me?’

In that brief time, all she had heard was ‘I, just, you, to you.’

And the last words she couldn’t hear.

That was all there was.

‘What could those last words have been about.’

Not hearing them made her even more curious.

At least from what she could guess, since ‘to you’ came before it, it would be something fitting for that.

‘To you I wanted to stab a knife. To you I wanted to cast a curse. To you I wanted revenge. Something like that, right?’

It would have been curses or harsh words anyway.

‘It’s actually fortunate I didn’t hear the last words.’

If she had heard such words in the Duke’s voice, even Annelize would have been somewhat hurt.

“But why isn’t the Duke coming to his senses yet?”

Annelize tapped the Duke’s cheek.

“Your Grace Duke. Wake up.”

This time she lightly slapped him.

“If you make me carry Your Grace’s massive body, I’ll sue you for spousal abuse. Your Grace!”

That’s when it happened.

The Duke’s skin sparkled with tiny lights.

Annelize turned her head and was horrified.

‘Fragments of the Frost Monster are seeping into the Duke.’

Annelize watched in horror as it was being absorbed.

‘No. Even when I try to block it with my hands, it passes right through and gets absorbed into the Duke.’

She could only helplessly watch as the Frost Monster and the Duke merged together.

When the traces of the Frost Monster had completely seeped in.

Finally, the Duke opened his eyes.

“Anel… Annelize?”

While his consciousness was wavering, he blankly cupped Annelize’s cheek with his hand.

“Your Grace Duke. It’s good to hear your voice.”

The Duke’s voice, not the monster’s voice, was welcome.

‘It’s the same voice but feels completely different. The Duke’s side is softer.’

“Mmm….”

The Duke pressed his face against her neckline like he was acting spoiled.

He frowned when he smelled the scent of burning instead of her familiar fragrance.

The Duke’s hand fumbled around the various injured spots.

After finally grasping the situation, he couldn’t contain his surging anger.

“Annelize, what is this state you’re in? Who is it. Who made you like this!”

‘Who indeed. If you’re curious, look in a mirror.’

At the Duke’s interrogation, Annelize gave a gentle smile.

“I fell and rolled around a few times. I’m fine. Your Grace.”

You don’t know, but I protected you.

Thinking that, Annelize hugged the Duke tightly.

“I’m glad you’re safe….”

The brief embrace ended.

She grabbed a handful of snow in her hand.

“Now I’ll make sure you’re not safe.”

With those words, Annelize threw the snow in her hand at the Duke’s face with all her might.

‘Take that. That’s punishment for making me suffer.’

The Duke flailed his hands as he brushed off the snow stuck to his face.

Annelize laughed at that sight.

“Annelize.”

Instead of retaliating, the Duke carefully grasped her wrist.

“What.”

His gaze lingered too long on her face, making Annelize nervous instead.

‘Even though he has snow powder iced on his face, he still has a damn handsome face.’

With his brow deeply furrowed, he asked.

“You. You’re trembling.”

Annelize caught her breath. It seemed the tension in her body still hadn’t been released.

Whose fault is this?

She replied curtly.

“I know.”

“Mm.”

He hesitated. He seemed to be pondering ways to stop her trembling.

“May I hold you?”

The Duke’s voice was very soft and gentle. It seemed like he would never hurt her.

Annelize sighed and leaned her upper body onto the Duke’s chest.

“…Yes.”

Shortly after, the Duke’s arms wrapped securely around Annelize.

Feeling the warm warmth, Annelize thought.

‘The Frost Monster melted and seeped into the Duke.’

What would happen if two completely different consciousnesses merged.

The Duke’s embrace was warm, but.

She still couldn’t completely let her guard down.

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