I Made a Mistake in my Confession. Can I Cancel it? - Chapter 5

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Episode 5

Lillian, who didn’t immediately understand what he meant, looked up at Kartan with innocent eyes. Then, feeling his gaze gradually moving toward her cleavage, she quickly grabbed her jacket and put it on.

‘His Grace the Archduke definitely has unusual tastes!’

She was troubled. Perhaps she needed to change the method she was currently using. Come to think of it, it was strange from the start that he had responded after receiving her love letter. Maybe the Archduke preferred a free-spirited and bold style rather than a modest one.

While Lillian was seriously lost in thought, Kartan, who had picked up the menu at some point, asked.

“What do you like?”

“Anything. I eat everything well.”

She answered in a somewhat dazed state. At Lillian’s response, Kartan pressed his index finger to his brow as if troubled.

“There’s no menu item called ‘anything’ here.”

“Ah…”

The air suddenly turned cold. Thinking she had made a mistake, Lillian quickly scanned the menu and chose the express course with the fewest items.

“Th-then I’ll have th-this.”

She wanted to say she’d skip the meal and leave now, but that would only incur the Archduke’s wrath. She mustn’t forget why she came here today.

Whether he knew her trembling heart or not, Kartan was simply focused on checking the menu Lillian had chosen. Watching him made her feel like a child having their homework inspected. Lillian waited anxiously for his approval. Only when Kartan finished ordering according to the course she had chosen did she feel relieved.

‘Phew, I really want to go home…’

Shortly after, a steak with clear grill marks was placed on Lillian’s plate. The smoky meat aroma tempted her to take just one bite, but she had no appetite at all. She just poked the juicy, tender steak with her fork and kept glancing at the clock.

“Why aren’t you eating? Doesn’t it suit your taste?”

“Huh? Oh, no. It’s delicious…”

Lillian’s shoulders trembled as if her true feelings had been discovered. After all, it’s more comfortable to starve than to eat delicious food with someone who makes you uncomfortable. Moreover, her mind was constantly occupied with figuring out how to get rejected by the Archduke with his peculiar tastes, so she couldn’t tell if the food was going into her mouth or her nose.

When the last dish, dessert, came out, Lillian became anxious. The chocolate muffin with sweet syrup added to soft fresh cream looked very appetizing. Even with such a delicious-looking muffin in front of her, Lillian could only sigh.

‘This is a big problem. I can’t end it like this.’

She needed something to drive the final nail in the coffin.

‘What should I do…’

As Lillian pondered, a passage from a book suddenly came to mind. It said that no matter how hungry you are, you must maintain a ladylike attitude in front of a man during a date. Picking up food with your hands or eating greedily was forbidden, and you must use a fork and knife to cut very small pieces and eat elegantly.

‘That’s it!’

Having gained enlightenment, Lillian reached out and picked up the muffin with her hand. Then she brought it straight to her mouth. Even she thought it was barbaric, but when the muffin actually entered her mouth, the fresh cream melted and the sweet syrup stimulated her salivary glands. The subtle chocolate aroma from the cake added to create a rich sweetness.

Lillian hoped her appearance would be unsightly as she heartily devoured the entire muffin. Only then did she understand why it was advised not to pick up food with your hands in front of men. Her mouth area was a complete mess. The moment Lillian lowered her head to check her appearance, the fresh cream on her nose dropped onto her cleavage with a plop.

Lillian unconsciously scooped up the fresh cream and put it in her mouth. Then, to clean up somewhat, she wiped the cream smeared on her upper lip with her thumb and sucked on that too.

‘Hmm, the cream is delicious too.’

As she was thoroughly licking up even the sticky syrup with her tongue, the conversation suddenly stopped. Soon, Lillian asked with a confident voice.

“Ah, isn’t this muffin so delicious?”

This should be enough. Having completed the confirmation kill, Lillian observed Kartan’s reaction. His face was completely frozen.

“Uh? Um… well, yes.”

Lillian’s gaze turned to Kartan’s remaining muffin.

‘This time, he must have completely lost interest.’

Confident, Lillian began preparing her heart to be rejected by Kartan. She mustn’t show that she liked him too much. She had to appear as a pitiful woman who, despite doing her best to impress the Archduke, was unfortunately rejected. For that, Lillian put strength into the corners of her mouth.

‘Come on, please reject me quickly, Your Grace the Archduke!’

Lillian looked at Kartan with expectant eyes.

“If it’s delicious, would you like to have another one?”

“What?!”

At words completely different from what she expected, Lillian was flustered. He wanted her to eat another muffin with her hands again? She couldn’t understand the Archduke’s way of thinking at all. Lillian’s eyes widened as she quickly shook her head and said.

“No, one is enough for me.”

At her firm refusal, Kartan smacked his lips like someone whose food had been taken away. Watching him like that, she wondered if perhaps he was shocked because she had eaten too greedily.

Because the Archduke was from the Imperial Family. Since dignity and appearances were important, it was obvious how primitive she must have looked in his eyes. Since dumping a date partner right in front of them would be extremely rude behavior, he would probably contact her separately within a few days.

Lillian clenched her fists as she watched Kartan, who still couldn’t take his eyes off the muffin. Though she had lost some face, she felt relieved that things had been resolved well.

‘But is he okay?’

He seemed quite shocked, so she was a bit worried.

After a long silence, Kartan finally spoke.

“If you’re done eating, shall we go? I’ll take you home.”

Before Lillian could even refuse, Kartan stood up abruptly and personally opened the door for her. Then he ordered the secretary who was already waiting outside the private room to prepare the carriage.

In the end, timid Lillian couldn’t refuse. She had no choice but to get into the carriage and sit as far away as possible. Her confused gaze wandered here and there before their eyes finally met. For some reason, his gaze toward her felt intense. So Lillian instinctively considered whether she should blow her whistle before struggling to speak.

“The carriage is spacious and nice. It doesn’t shake either… and the sofa is so, so soft.”

“Hmm.”

Kartan’s gaze finally fell to the sofa.

“Is that so.”

Then the conversation didn’t continue further. Since there wasn’t much to say anyway, Lillian just stared outside the window. She hoped they could go home comfortably like this, but this time Kartan spoke first.

“I sent back the carriage you came in.”

Only then did Lillian’s gaze return to Kartan. He was already staring intently at Lillian.

“Yes…”

Lillian just nodded her head. Once again, conversation between them ceased. This time too, she wanted to pass this suffocating time by looking outside the window, but she couldn’t because his gaze felt so piercing. In the end, she kept her head down and just fidgeted with her fingertips.

Kartan, who had been watching Lillian like that, opened his lips.

“About today’s date…”

The moment today’s events were mentioned from Kartan’s mouth, Lillian’s heart began to beat rapidly. Wondering if she was already being dumped, Lillian looked at Kartan with expectant eyes. But once again, she couldn’t hear the answer she wanted.

“It was very impressive. Next time, I’ll take you somewhere even better.”

A satisfied smile appeared on Kartan’s lips.

‘Why?’

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