I Got Engaged To The Blind Duke - Chapter 166

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I Got Engaged to a Blind Duke Episode 166

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“How should I do a proposal?”

 

Oliver, who had been listening to the conversation beside him, hurriedly took out his notebook and prepared to take notes.

 

Seeing the serious expressions of the two men, the butler suppressed his laughter and offered advice.

 

“My story probably won’t be of much help to Your Grace. The person is different, after all. Isn’t Your Grace the one who knows Lady Marine best?”

 

“That’s true…”

 

The Duke trailed off with an unconfident expression.

 

Oliver also put his notebook back with a deflated face.

 

“Then, the wedding ceremony will be after you succeed with the proposal—”

 

The Duke hastily interrupted the butler’s words.

 

“Succeed? Does that mean I could fail?”

 

At the Duke’s tense expression, the butler hurriedly continued.

 

“Since you two love each other, you will succeed. Shall we start preparing for the wedding ceremony after that?”

 

“Yes, let’s do that. You may leave now.”

 

Gerald said with a face lost in deep thought.

 

“Yes.”

 

Silence fell over the office after Sebastian left.

 

“Oliver.”

 

Gerald called Oliver with a very small hope.

 

“Yes.”

 

“You obviously don’t know either, right?”

 

“Yes…”

 

Oliver answered weakly.

 

“You may go.”

 

“Yes.”

 

Oliver left the office with drooping shoulders.

 

Gerald let out a deep sigh and turned his gaze toward the window.

 

He hadn’t thought about having to propose. He thought they could naturally get married since they had confirmed each other’s feelings.

 

One mountain after another, as they say.

 

 

 

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After returning to the Duke’s Castle, Marine was rolling around on her bed in a slightly tired state from comforting the people who had worried about her and spending time with them.

 

“Lady. You’re not doing anything again, but you want to do nothing even more intensely?”

 

“Yulia. How do you know my feelings so accurately?”

 

Marine asked with wide eyes as she rolled to the left.

 

Yulia smiled broadly and met Marine’s eyes.

 

“You always say that when you’re rolling around on the bed.”

 

“Did I?”

 

“Lady, if you want to do nothing, why are you exercising on the bed?”

 

Elmis, who had been listening to their conversation from the side, asked with a curious face.

 

“This isn’t exercise. I’m enjoying myself doing nothing. The joy of becoming one with the bed.”

 

Yulia and Elmis simultaneously met each other’s eyes and shrugged their shoulders.

 

One cannot understand all of their master’s intentions.

 

That’s when it happened.

 

Knock knock.

 

At the sound of knocking, Elmis slightly opened the door.

 

“The Lady says she wants to intensely do nothing right now.”

 

“Really? Then next time…”

 

At Dia’s gentle voice coming from beyond the door, Marine lifted her head from the bed.

 

“Dia? Come in.”

 

When Marine’s permission was given, Elmis stepped aside.

 

Dia, who entered the room, smiled slightly upon seeing Marine lying on the bed.

 

“Teacher, I didn’t want to disturb your rest.”

 

“No. It’s fine.”

 

Marine hurriedly got up from the bed and headed to the tea table.

 

“Yulia, could you prepare some tea?”

 

“Yes.”

 

Elmis also tactfully went outside with Yulia.

 

“Dia, is something wrong?”

 

At Marine’s worried gaze, Dia smiled lovingly.

 

“I just wanted to monopolize Teacher. I took advantage of the siblings being busy to be a little greedy.”

 

Marine burst into laughter upon hearing unexpected words from Dia, who was always mature.

 

Come to think of it, since returning to the Duke’s Castle, she had been surrounded by her young nephews or spending time with Mom, so she hadn’t spent time with Dia.

 

“I’ll accept that greediness anytime.”

 

Dia shyly smiled in return.

 

Knock knock.

 

With the sound of knocking, Yulia brought out tea and small cakes.

 

“Thank you.”

 

“Lady, I’ll be outside. Please call me if you need anything.”

 

Yulia spoke politely and left.

 

After taking a sip of tea, Dia asked with a curious face.

 

“Did many things happen with Uncle?”

 

“Why?”

 

“Since you returned this time, the atmosphere between Teacher and Uncle seems to have changed.”

 

“How so?”

 

“I knew you two loved each other before, but now that love feels even greater.”

 

Marine blushed and hurriedly picked up her teacup.

 

“Was it that obvious?”

 

“Of course. It’s clearly visible that you’re both crazy about each other.”

 

“Ah, that’s a bit embarrassing.”

 

“Especially Uncle’s side is severely obvious. He’s probably pressuring the butler to prepare for the wedding ceremony right now.”

 

“Hahaha, no way.”

 

Marine burst into laughter, then suddenly thought that might actually be true.

 

They skipped the engagement ceremony, but they would naturally have a wedding ceremony.

 

However, Gerald probably wouldn’t even think of proposing.

 

What if she proposed first?

 

“Teacher, what interesting thoughts are you having?”

 

As Marine was lost in her own thoughts, Dia asked with a curious voice.

 

“Um, thinking about whether I should propose first?”

 

“Wow! That’s really cool. A woman proposing first!”

 

Dia’s eyes widened in admiration.

 

“Really? I’ll try it once and tell you about it.”

 

“I’ll cheer you on, Teacher!”

 

 

 

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“And they lived happily ever after.”

 

Marine finished reading the last page of the fairy tale book and turned her gaze to Gerald.

 

Though he could see now, he often asked her to read to him, and Marine gladly accepted. It was still under the condition that she received gold coins.

 

Business is business, after all.

 

“Marine.”

 

Gerald called her name as he slowly lifted his eyelids. His eyes, now a deep gray, gazed at her quietly as if shaking off the drowsy haze of sleep.

 

Marine smiled softly, loving this moment when she was reflected completely in his eyes.

 

“Why do you always read from such a distance?”

 

Having fully shaken off his drowsiness, he grumbled with dissatisfied eyes.

 

“This distance?”

 

Marine looked bewildered as she measured the distance between them with her eyes. She was sitting right next to Gerald.

 

Gerald nodded silently and extended his hand to her.

 

When Marine naturally offered her wrist, he pulled her swiftly onto his lap.

 

“From now on, read from here.”

 

Marine narrowed her eyes and stared at him.

 

When she sat on his lap like this, something always happened.

 

“Isn’t this too close? It’ll disturb your sleep.”

 

“I can sleep well now even without you reading to me. Though I do sleep more soundly when you read.”

 

“Exactly. You sleep so soundly when I read to you, so how can I read in this position?”

 

“They say to keep good things close. If you keep good things close, shouldn’t you keep the person you love even closer?”

 

Her face turned pink at his sweet words that hit her right in the heart.

 

No, this man really. Why does he make my heart flutter like this.

 

Her heart beat so hard it almost hurt.

 

Gerald tilted his head slightly toward her.

 

“You seem to like it.”

 

“It’s, it’s not like that.”

 

Marine fluttered both hands, fanning her face to cool it down.

 

Gerald admired her face lovingly, taking in every detail.

 

Her pink-tinted skin, light green eyes, cute nose, pink lips.

 

“I know everything.”

 

“What do you know?”

 

“What you’re thinking.”

 

“Really. I told you to stop reading my mind.”

 

Marine adorably covered her head and glared at him.

 

Gerald burst into laughter.

 

He was simply reading her emotional state through sounds, yet she genuinely believed he could read her thoughts, which was so cute it drove him crazy.

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