Siena Dating Agency - Chapter 45
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45.
A dazed voice flowed out between my lips.
“…What?”
I felt so strange.
‘That man who has absolutely no sincerity – his words sounded so genuine.’
It was a look in his eyes that made no sense unless it was sincere.
Even now, Lian’s eyes remained quietly sunken.
“I said you’re the prettiest.”
The brief answer that slipped out once more pierced straight through my chest.
As soon as I heard Lian’s voice, my heartbeat picked up speed as if it had been waiting.
‘This is the first time Lian has called me ‘you’…’
Until now, he had only called me ‘Center Director’ or ‘honey’ and such.
He only called my name for the first time at the clothing store before.
“Siena, look at me.”
I felt something similar to what I felt that day.
Somehow, it didn’t seem like the strange youngest member of our center was in front of me.
It felt like I was finally properly facing the person called ‘Lian’.
“…”
I silently stared at Lian.
‘What on earth is going on here.’
What wind blew into this helium balloon of a human to suddenly make him so serious…
I could feel a weight from Lian that I had never seen before.
And on top of that…
Setting aside whether I was pretty or not, his words themselves were questionable.
“…Lian, you just woke up a little while ago.”
“…”
“But how do you know about the ball? You’ve never even entered the banquet hall.”
Ah…, that’s right.
Only then did I realize that everything that had come out of Lian’s mouth was a lie.
‘I wondered why this crazy guy was being so serious for once.’
It was his habitual flirting again.
Lian slowly raised his eyebrows.
Then he quietly replied.
“…The Prince told me to tell you that.”
“What? The Prince did?”
Lian nodded.
‘That bastard… said I was pretty?’
…That’s impossible.
Honestly, this was stranger than Lian, who didn’t come to the ball, saying he couldn’t take his eyes off me.
‘With all those people swarming in the banquet hall, does it make sense that Castillian was looking at me?’
Someone like the Prince, at someone ordinary like me.
Or was it this?
‘Sympathy.’
I had gloriously fallen in the center of the banquet hall earlier.
That ugly sight had been forcibly imprinted on Castillian.
‘Maybe he couldn’t take his eyes off me because I looked pitiful and pathetic…’
In the calm and refined Prince’s life, such intense physical comedy must have been a first.
No wonder that bastard was taking care of me so much, unlike himself.
‘The bastard in this world must be a human overflowing with compassion.’
Anyway, even if sympathy was mixed in, praise was still praise.
“I, I see…”
“…”
“Please tell The Prince I’m grateful.”
Maybe because it was the first time in my life receiving a compliment, I felt incredibly embarrassed.
I rubbed my feet against the marble floor and babbled incoherently.
“It, it is strange though. There are so many pretty young ladies in the banquet hall, but he chose me…”
“…”
“Ah, The Prince must not have seen Violet Bringer. Because I fell so ridiculously that attention was drawn to me instead of the young lady.”
“…”
“No wait. Maybe it’s fortunate that he didn’t see the young lady because of me…”
I scratched the back of my neck.
“If The Prince had seen Violet, the Marquis of Beloster’s love manipulation would have ended today. He naturally would have fallen for the young lady.”
“…”
“That’s how beautiful Violet is…”
“I saw her.”
Then, Lian interrupted.
“But you’re still the prettiest.”
I stared at him blankly and asked carefully.
“The Prince said that?”
Lian didn’t answer right away.
He sent me a dazed look and slowly moistened the tip of his lips with his tongue.
“…Yeah.”
His Adam’s apple bobbed greatly as he swallowed.
‘Good grief…’
That bastard said I was prettier than Violet, the greatest beauty in this world.
It was truly an honored statement.
But maybe because I knew my place too well, I wasn’t happy.
‘Should I be happy about this, or not…’
I finally answered awkwardly.
“Well…, th, that could be. He’s really a strange person…”
“…”
“Please tell him I’m grateful for that too.”
Lian again gave no response.
His attitude made me even more embarrassed.
‘No, this guy usually has a motor attached to his mouth, so why is he like this today?’
I had always hoped Lian would please keep his mouth shut.
But not now.
‘I’m dying of awkwardness, so please just chatter about anything…!’
Please make me feel chaotic!
But my wish wasn’t granted.
So I decided to start a random chatter fest myself.
“Lian, but you really did oversleep, right? You’re not sick.”
Lian, who had been staring into space, shifted his gaze to me.
“I’m not sick.”
“Then are you acting like this because you’re not fully awake?”
“…”
“No…, you’ve been so subdued since earlier. And you’re not talking much.”
“…”
“Lian, you’re usually the type who says ten words when I say one. I’ve gotten used to that, so a quiet Lian is a little…”
“…”
“You make me worry. I wonder if something’s wrong.”
She narrowed her eyes and added.
“Don’t tell me… you’re deliberately trying to make me worry about you?”
She suddenly remembered Lian in the carriage on the day they went to Johan’s estate.
“I’m not in a bad mood. I just…”
“…”
“I tried it once because I wanted the Center Director to worry about me.”
Though the current Lian didn’t seem to be acting.
‘If this is acting, Lian shouldn’t be doing this here.’
He should immediately switch careers to become an actor.
While thinking this, Lian suddenly spoke up.
“Do you like it when I talk to you?”
It was a sudden question.
I opened my eyes wide.
‘…That’s right.’
I was definitely annoyed by Lian’s pointless chatter.
I always hated how he would scramble my thoughts and confuse me.
‘I used to seriously consider ways to make this noisy guy resign.’
But… I only realized it now.
“I want to take some time off. Is that possible?”
From the day that sudden leave started, I had been thinking only about Lian.
‘It wasn’t that I was worried because noisy Lian wasn’t being noisy.’
The truth was I wanted him to talk to me.
I liked hearing his voice beside me.
‘That’s why I kept worrying about why he was acting that way.’
I waited for Lian to come and only stared at the ballroom entrance.
‘This… this is crazy!’
As I realized my hidden feelings, my face heated up in 0.1 seconds.
Along with my heart that had been acting up obliviously, now my body temperature joined in too.
‘I was waiting for that crazy butter boy? Does this make sense?’
It was fortunate that only I knew about this situation.
“…”
I held my breath so my heartbeat wouldn’t be heard.
‘Please calm down, heart.’
Then I glanced at Lian inconspicuously.
He was still looking at me.
From his expression, he seemed to be waiting for an answer.
I clasped both hands behind my back.
I swallowed dry saliva and gave a late response.
“…I don’t dislike it.”
As I voiced my honest feelings, my throat suddenly felt ticklish.
It felt like a haze was spreading in my mouth, as if a cold was coming on.
‘Damn, this is so embarrassing…’
I quickly turned my head away.
I didn’t have the confidence to face Lian casually.
So I stared intently at the Imperial Palace gardens.
I thought the heat would cool down if I focused on something else.
But unfortunately, it was too dark to see anything.
‘Is that thing over there a statue or a person…’
Then, a low voice suddenly came.
“Me too.”
“…”
“I like talking with the Center Director.”
I had tried hard to confirm that the thing in the garden was a statue…
But as soon as I heard Lian’s words, my head turned automatically.
And so I ended up facing him again.
“Siena, with you.”
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