Grand Duke, Please Stop Obsessing Over Your Wife! - Chapter 67
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67.
Infrastructure development for the convenience of northern residents was also proceeding at full speed.
They were already building railways to connect village to village.
The icebergs scattered throughout the mountain passes were shattered to pieces by the Duke’s touch.
“Here.”
“Thank you.”
The Duke brushed off his hands covered in ice fragments and turned to look at Annelize.
Unlike his previous impatient outbursts, he seemed to be breaking things almost dutifully.
‘Now he doesn’t throw punches like he can’t stand me staring at him anymore.’
Annelize felt strange.
Each time, a question inevitably arose from a corner of her heart.
‘Am I less cute now?’
She had no idea why she cared about whether the Duke found her cute or not.
‘What does it matter if he finds me cute or not. We’re bound by contract anyway, so the Duke will help me regardless of his feelings. I knew it would fade quickly anyway.’
Yet she found herself strangely bothered by it. As if she regretted that the Duke found her less cute.
‘Have I gone crazy because the founding festival is approaching?’
Annelize made a cold assessment of herself.
She had graduated from being found cute after age seven.
She was an adult.
Whether someone found her cute or no longer found her cute was none of her damn business.
Besides, wasn’t the Duke still granting all her requests for the sake of her smile?
Annelize decided to stop thinking useless thoughts and focus on work.
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“I thought if I treated you with restraint, you’d be more comfortable around me. Strange. Your expression looks even more rigid.”
The Duke muttered while looking at the top of Annelize’s head as she buried her face in her desk, scribbling something.
Isaiah shrugged beside him.
“How would I know? The human heart is naturally complex, my lord.”
“Hmm.”
The Duke clicked his tongue.
“Isaiah. What do you think? Doesn’t her skin look a bit pale? I don’t know if she’s sleeping before working. Don’t humans usually need about ten hours of sleep?”
“Eight hours is normal. The lady does seem to be working too hard lately. Maybe it’s because of the founding festival.”
“Would it seem too excessive if I called for a healer? Would she find it burdensome?”
“I’m not sure.”
The Duke looked displeased. His gaze kept hovering around Annelize.
Annelize stood up from her desk. The moment she stepped forward, she swayed.
The Duke’s nonexistent heart dropped. In the blink of an eye, he rushed out and caught Annelize’s body.
“She’s breathing but… Isaiah! Bring a human healer immediately!”
“Yes sir.”
Isaiah waved his hand halfheartedly.
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When Annelize opened her eyes, several hours had already passed.
The sun was setting slowly, and beside her bedroom bed, the Duke sat on the sofa looking down at her.
“Are you alright?”
His hand touched her forehead and withdrew.
“You don’t seem to have a fever.”
The Duke looked relieved.
“I heard from your maid. You haven’t been sleeping properly. If you had too much work, you should have told me. I would have brought Isaiah or made someone else handle it.”
His scolding continued.
Annelize stared at the Duke sitting beside her with sleepy eyes.
She had a dazed expression.
“Does anything hurt?”
When the Duke remained silent, she shook her head.
Her mind wasn’t functioning properly due to fatigue.
Words spilled out of her mouth without passing through her brain.
“Duke. It’s cold, please lend me your outer garment.”
“Cold? I’ll have a maid bring hot water.”
“No. I just need Your Grace’s outer garment.”
It was the most resolute tone she could manage while half-asleep.
“If that’s all you want.”
The Duke obediently removed his clothing.
He was wearing a loose white shirt with a short cloak that reached his waist.
Soon the Duke’s black cloak was draped over Annelize.
Annelize scanned the Duke’s face as if expecting a reaction.
The Duke looked at Annelize wrapped in his cloak and wrinkled his nose.
His fist briefly tensed then consciously relaxed again.
That was all.
Annelize narrowed her eyes.
This wasn’t the reaction she wanted.
“Duke. Why aren’t you breaking things?”
“Huh?”
“Why aren’t you calling me cute over trivial things?”
“What?”
The Duke looked confused.
“Am I less cute now?”
“No, not at all. You’re still cute.”
As if it were a ridiculous question, the Duke answered immediately as soon as the sentence ended.
“Then why have you been like this lately?”
“You seemed burdened by it, so I was restraining myself.”
“It is burdensome. But don’t restrain yourself.”
Annelize was speaking without knowing what she was saying.
“When you do it then stop, it somehow makes me think too much and worry about it. Since I worry about it the same whether you do it or not, don’t consider me and just do it.”
“Really?”
Annelize was silent for a moment then added.
“Bringing the moon is not allowed.”
“You mean everything else is okay?”
“If you ask me first.”
“Understood.”
“And one more thing.”
Annelize’s hand grasped the Duke’s hand.
“Please only find me cute.”
The Duke made a dubious face.
“You’ve always had a talent for saying obvious things seriously.”
But Annelize was endlessly serious.
“Animals and objects are fine. But please don’t find anyone else cute besides me. Can you do that? At least until the contract ends.”
“Who else do I find cute besides you?”
“That’s a good attitude, Duke. Please keep going like that.”
Having said everything she wanted under the excuse of being tired, Annelize felt completely refreshed.
She fell asleep with a much more comfortable expression.
Though the next day she had to suffer through the human healer and several maids the Duke had summoned.
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