I Got Engaged To The Blind Duke - Chapter 255

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I Got Engaged to a Blind Duke

Side Story 2 Episode 13

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Marine burst into the Duke’s office with force, crossed her arms, and stood with one leg cocked.

“It’s been a while since I’ve seen that defiant posture.”

Marine pretended not to hear Gerald’s words and shouted while looking at the curtain.

“Kay. You’re here, right? I’ll ask the leader of the Shadow Guard. If the Shadow Guard couldn’t find my benefactor, shake the curtain, and if you found him, stay still.”

Gerald’s eyes widened at her words and he quickly turned around.

The curtain was so peaceful that there was no movement at all.

Gerald frowned and glared beyond the curtain. Come to think of it, that Kay fellow held grudges for a very long time.

Gerald turned his head back to Marine and spoke as naturally as possible.

“Kay is outside carrying out orders.”

Marine snorted and looked at the curtain again.

“Kay, if you’re there, shake the curtain.”

In the room without a breath of wind, the curtain swayed slightly.

“Kay, disappear.”

When Gerald gritted his teeth and coldly commanded, Kay stopped his timid rebellion and quietly left the office.

“Now, let’s hear your excuse.”

Marine, who had somehow approached the front of the desk, glared at him with sharp eyes.

Gerald inwardly struggled with her interrogation.

What should I say? Should I apologize first for being cold in the past?

“I’m sorry.”

“Ha! Are you really doing this, Lord Gerald? You have other people to be jealous of! How can you be jealous of my benefactor?”

“…What?”

Gerald slowly asked back, trying to understand her words.

Marine began to explain gently as if frustrated.

“You’re jealous right now because my benefactor is a knight with a good body. That person is just my benefactor. I have no interest in knights with good bodies. No matter how good that knight’s body is, do you think there’s anyone who could match my husband?”

Gerald listened to her praise with a pleased expression while his mind raced.

So, she was misunderstanding that he had prevented their meeting out of jealousy?

Come to think of it, it wasn’t exactly a wrong misunderstanding.

If her benefactor had been someone other than himself, he would never have let them meet.

But that person was himself. Was it right to hide the truth while being misunderstood as ‘a husband who ignores even his wife’s benefactor because he’s consumed by jealousy’?

“And this is a bit awkward to say about my benefactor, but he’s so rude that he’s not my type. So you don’t need to worry at all.”

Gerald was about to honestly confess everything when his shoulders drooped.

Of course, he had been quite cold back then. Could it be that even now Marine only liked his body?

Gerald stared at her with a hurt expression.

“Marine, tell me honestly.”

“I’m always honest with Gerald.”

“Should I build up my chest muscles more?”

“What? More?”

Marine’s eyes widened as she looked over his body.

“Since you seem to only love my body, I thought I’d work harder on at least that so I won’t lose you.”

At his serious attitude, Marine looked at him with an incredulous expression.

“Why on earth is the conversation going in that direction?”

“You just said that. That I’m too much of a jerk and not your type…”

“What? That was about my benefactor. That benefactor saved me and- no, wait. Don’t tell me? That crow mask was you, Gerald?!”

Marine stared at Gerald with wide eyes.

He silently nodded and pulled out a crow mask from his desk drawer.

“The crow…”

Marine stared blankly at the crow mask and recalled the past.

Right. The Western Duke had definitely come to the party that day. She had seen his name on the guest list, but had ruled him out thinking there was no way he would help her.

That jerk who coldly brushed her off and walked away when she grabbed his pants asking for at least his name.

That jerk is my husband?

“Wow… Wait, don’t tell me you were also the one who kicked the tree stump and made me fall?”

He shrugged his shoulders and timidly nodded once more.

“My goodness…”

Could such a coincidence exist?

The two men who had saved her life were actually the same person, and that man was now her husband.

The bewildered feeling faded and gratitude bloomed fully in its place.

Marine quickly approached him and settled herself on his lap.

Gerald avoided her gaze with a gloomy expression, but didn’t forget to support her back so she wouldn’t slip off his lap.

“Gerald, thank you for saving my life back then! You saved me twice!”

Marine hugged Gerald’s broad shoulders tightly and spoke with sincerity.

“I’ll consider the jerk passerby as having received proper thanks.”

“…”

This man sure holds grudges for a long time.

Marine clicked her tongue inwardly, then grabbed his face and made him look at her.

“Really, really thank you. If it weren’t for you, I would have frozen to death or suffocated.”

When the word death came from her lips, his sullen gaze immediately became clear.

“You will never die.”

“Do you remember? The Grateful Crow fairy tale.”

“Of course.”

“There are many animals, but somehow I wanted to use a crow. You, who saved my life, must have remained in my subconscious.”

“But I was a jerk?”

She could see the corners of his mouth gradually rising.

“How long are you going to keep talking about that jerk thing?”

“Until you love everything about me, not just my body?”

“What are you saying? Of course I love everything about Gerald.”

Marine opened her eyes with determination.

“Even my past?”

At his question, Marine’s eyes widened.

She realized why he had tried to hide his identity.

“Of course. If Gerald had really been a terrible person in the past, he wouldn’t have saved me and would have just passed by pretending not to see. Gerald is a decent person, both then and now.”

“So, you don’t hate my past self?”

“Of course not. That’s why I even asked Oliver to help me find my benefactor.”

“Now you’ve found him.”

“Yes. I found him.”

The two looked deeply into each other’s eyes and smiled.

“What did you want to do when you met your benefactor?”

“First, I wanted to thank him, and if he needed anything or wanted something, I was going to grant it. I’m now a capable Duchess after all.”

“Is that so? Your benefactor has received your thanks, and he does want something.”

“I’ll grant anything!”

Marine nodded with an expression that said she would grant anything.

“You’re completely recovered now, right?”

At his suggestive gaze, Marine finally realized what he wanted and blushed, whispering shyly.

“The personal physician said it was fine.”

“Marine, I missed you so much.”

He held her tightly in his arms and took a deep breath.

“Surely not here?”

“It was good that I sent Kay away in advance.”

Before Marine could say anything, he smiled with satisfaction and captured her lips.

Marine also marveled at her own foresight in getting rid of Kay and wrapped her arms around his neck.

Side Story 5 Was Childcare the Easiest?

Late at night, Marine and Gerald were in Monica’s room.

Just a few weeks ago, they had been bragging that ‘our baby is the gentlest in the world.’

Marine looked down at Monica with a haggard face.

Their daughter was crying while twisting her entire body until her face turned bright red.

“Waaaaah, waaaaah-”

Looking down at Monica who was crying with her whole body while stretching her tiny arms and legs in all directions, Marine let out a long sigh.

It’s natural for babies to cry. But does she have to cry this much? Isn’t it tiring?

Gerald asked in a worried voice.

“Monica isn’t sick, right?”

“She’s not sick. She’s just crying.”

“Her voice is all hoarse. If her throat hurts, shouldn’t she stop crying?”

“If a baby could make such judgments, they wouldn’t be a baby anymore, would they?”

Marine held Monica and kept patting her to stop the crying, but the baby wouldn’t stop crying. She was so stubborn that the two nannies had already given up early on.

Since the crying only subsided a little when she was around, Marine hadn’t been able to sleep properly for several days.

“Marine, you look exhausted. Should I hold her?”

When he reached out his arms toward Monica, Monica threw her head back and started crying loudly again.

Gerald looked hurt as he watched his daughter reject his touch.

Marine leaned the baby against her chest, then patted her husband’s back.

“It’s okay. She’s still just a baby.”

“What if she already hates me?”

A faint fear could be heard in his voice.

“Don’t tell me you still have postpartum depression?”

“What’s that?”

“Never mind. Why don’t you go ahead and sleep? I’ll follow later.”

“You’ve said that and haven’t come back to the room for over a week.”

Marine let out a deep sigh with a tired face.

Ah, it’s been over a week since I’ve slept properly.

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