She Became My Friend’s Mother-In-Law - Chapter 56
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Chapter 56. The Crown Princess’s Runaway Incident (1)
“It’s just wearing a tiara, what mistake could there be! Don’t worry about anything!”
Rosena answered with a voice full of confidence.
If only she could wear this.
She would stand side by side with the Crown Princess and receive everyone’s attention.
From that moment on, people would regard Rosena as the true mistress of Hays.
‘Perfect.’
Rosena hugged the jewelry box tightly to her chest.
She even had the illusion of feeling warm heat from the jewelry box.
‘Cecilia. This time you won’t be able to do anything either.’
Rosena slowly lifted the corners of her mouth.
She hoped the Crown Princess’s birthday would come soon.
She began to wait eagerly, counting the days.
* * *
Meanwhile, Cecilia and Rainer were also preparing for the upcoming Crown Princess’s birthday banquet.
The two visited Prom Sabina Dress Shop.
This was the most popular place in Brisen, with reservations backed up for months.
“Oh my! Duke of Hays! Duchess! Please come in! It’s an honor to serve you!”
When the Duke’s carriage arrived, Madam Sabina herself ran out to greet the two.
It was only natural.
To move up their reservation, Rainer had spent an amount ordinary people couldn’t even imagine.
‘I really can’t live like this.’
Harry clicked his tongue inwardly.
Rainer himself didn’t change his expression at all and received Sabina’s service as if it were natural.
‘Does the Duchess know? Just how much the Duke spent.’
If Cecilia knew about this, she would surely faint and collapse.
For the peace between the married couple, Harry decided to keep his mouth shut.
Meanwhile, Cecilia went inside first for a dress fitting.
Rainer and Harry settled in the VIP drawing room.
“Can’t I just leave?”
“No. You don’t have anything proper to do at the mansion anyway.”
“What are you saying! I’m working hard investigating what you asked without even sleeping!”
Harry got indignant.
He was investigating Crowley on Rainer’s orders, but.
Since nearly 10 years had passed since Crowley’s death.
Finding clues wasn’t easy.
Rainer chuckled watching Harry’s face turn red as he made excuses.
“Still, why don’t you rest today by looking at dresses and jewelry here? Maybe pick out a gift for that new lover you mentioned.”
“We broke up ages ago! Because someone made me too busy!”
Harry huffed and plopped down on the sofa.
However, perhaps from running around day and night.
His eyelids quickly grew heavy.
“Mmm…”
Soon his head dropped with a thud.
Such stubbornness when he was going to fall asleep right away.
Rainer shook his head disapprovingly.
Harry was sincere and capable, but he didn’t know how to rest properly.
That’s why he had to forcibly put on the brakes like this.
Leaving his soundly sleeping aide behind, Rainer quietly opened a newspaper.
After quite some time had passed like that.
“Duke, I’ll come inside now.”
The curtain opened and Cecilia, having finished her dress fitting, appeared.
Rainer stopped turning the newspaper page and looked up.
“…”
For a moment, time seemed to stop.
The dress wasn’t at the completion stage yet.
But the silhouette that flowed naturally along her body lines was enough to highlight Cecilia’s elegant atmosphere.
The decorations were minimal, but the calm colors and luxurious fabric texture made her distinct features stand out even more.
“How is it?”
Cecilia asked carefully.
Rainer answered a beat late.
“…Good.”
It was a short answer.
But the emotion contained in that one word couldn’t be hidden.
When Rainer unconsciously folded his newspaper, Sabina slightly lifted the corners of her mouth.
She had seen countless lovers and married couples.
So she knew well what the Duke’s gaze just now meant.
‘Even the great Duke of Hays is just a man after all.’
Actually, it wasn’t surprising.
Cecilia in her new dress was dazzling enough to captivate even another woman’s gaze.
Throughout taking measurements and conducting the fitting, Sabina herself had exclaimed in admiration several times.
She clapped her hands together with a satisfied face.
“You’re truly beautiful, Duchess. Not just because it’s our dress, but when you enter the banquet hall, everyone will only look at you.”
“You’re too kind.”
Cecilia smiled carefully.
“It’s the Princess’s birthday banquet, so that wouldn’t be appropriate. Besides, I’m nowhere near that level.”
However, Rainer completely agreed with Sabina’s opinion.
Even though it was an unfinished dress, he couldn’t take his eyes off her.
“…Duke.”
“…”
“Duke?”
At Sabina’s voice, Rainer belatedly came to his senses.
“Ah.”
He answered briefly, but his gaze still remained on Cecilia.
Sabina continued speaking as if nothing had happened.
“If we adjust the waistline and back line just a little more, it would look much more natural. What do you think, Duke?”
“Let’s go with the expert’s opinion.”
Rainer’s answer was without hesitation.
Sabina nodded and gestured to her staff.
“Then next time I’ll come directly to the Duke’s mansion to finish up. I’ll be organizing things inside, so you two take your time talking and come slowly!”
Sabina gave them space.
It was her own consideration to let the two enjoy the afterglow of the new dress.
The drawing room became quiet for a moment.
Cecilia turned her gaze from the mirror to look at Rainer.
“It’s really not strange, right?”
“How could it be strange.”
“Then that’s a relief.”
Cecilia smiled with a relieved face.
At that one smile, Rainer felt his throat unnecessarily ticklish.
He felt like he should continue the conversation.
He couldn’t think of what words to say.
Meanwhile, his feet naturally moved toward Cecilia.
“Rainer?”
“Ah, that… here.”
Rainer trailed off as he carefully adjusted the shoulder trim of her dress.
His fingertips brushed against Cecilia’s exposed collarbone.
Each time, both of them unconsciously held their breath.
Every brief contact felt overwhelmingly significant.
“Rainer…”
A strange tension flowed between the two.
Meeting those clear, deep green eyes, Rainer unconsciously raised his hand to stroke Cecilia’s cheek.
Cecilia also didn’t push him away or step back.
That’s when it happened.
“Yaaawn—”
At the sudden sound of yawning, both of them startled and jumped apart.
Harry, his face puffy with sleep, sat up from where he’d been lying.
He rubbed his sleepy eyes and looked around.
“Ah, I dozed off for a moment. Is the fitting all finished?”
Cecilia forced a smile as if nothing had happened.
“Oh, yes! Almost. They said they’ll come directly to the mansion next time.”
“Ah, that’s good.”
Harry nodded and stifled another yawn.
“I must have been tired. Well, lately I’ve been overworked—”
“Stop talking nonsense and get ready to leave.”
“Geez, nagging again.”
Harry grumbled as he straightened his posture.
Cecilia looked back and forth between the two men and smiled softly.
The subtle tension that had been flowing just moments before had completely disappeared.
“Then I’ll go change back into my clothes.”
“Please do.”
Rainer nodded.
However, he still couldn’t take his eyes off Cecilia’s retreating figure.
‘Oh my?’
Harry glanced sideways at Rainer’s face.
It was the first time he’d seen his superior make such an expression.
“…What?”
“Ah, it’s nothing.”
Harry cleared his throat unnecessarily and turned his head away.
But as the person who had stayed by Rainer’s side the longest.
Harry could be certain.
The current Rainer was thinking of Cecilia in a special way.
‘He’s fallen hard.’
Harry muttered to himself.
‘And quite deeply at that.’
* * *
“D-Duke! My lady!”
When the two returned to the Duke’s Mansion.
Wendy came running with a pale face.
“What’s wrong, Wendy?”
Could it be that Elise or Rosena had plotted something again?
But Wendy’s expression now was different from those times.
“Please come to the drawing room first! I can’t explain it here in words… No, anyway!”
What on earth could make her so flustered.
Cecilia and Rainer followed behind Wendy with puzzled faces.
“I-I really didn’t know, okay? So please tell them nicely to forgive my mistake. Please?”
Wendy was even rambling incomprehensibly.
Mistake? Forgiveness?
Just as they were about to ask her to calmly explain what was going on.
“Ah, Duchess! Duke!”
At the voice coming from the drawing room, Cecilia stopped dead in her tracks.
Her mind went completely blank.
Rainer, who entered behind her, also narrowed his eyes in disbelief.
“…The Princess?”
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