Chapter 9 That Humble and Beautiful Girl

“Is she that girl? An orphan raised by the gardener?”

Wrinkles appeared on Countess Brandt’s forehead when she looked out at the garden from the window, mentioning a lady with glasses who was helping the gardener organize the rose garden.

“Yes, mother, it’s her…. it’s Leyla.”

Claudine gave a straightforward answer. She threaded her needle through the fabric gently while her mother was distracted by Leyla who was working in the garden.

As Claudine meticulously completed her embroidery, beautiful roses bloomed from her skillful fingertips.

“She’s a pretty young lady. As she grows older, I think she will become much more beautiful.”

“Doesn’t that bother you?”

“I understand your worry, mother,”

Claudine put her embroidered cloth on the table. Countess Brandt had a concerned smile on her face with her eyes wide open.

Her frail mother only had one child. Claudine, the Brandt family’s only daughter, was the child she had after suffering from several miscarriages.

The countess suffered from an inferiority complex. She always lived in fear that she might lose her husband’s love because of her inability to produce a successor for him.

Countess Brandt was still worried even though her husband’s mistress was also unable to provide him with a son. She was scared that one day some young, pretty woman would show up and give birth to his son, then take everything away from her.

Claudine felt sad for her mother about that. On the other hand, though, she was fed up with her mother’s over-anxiety.

“I’m not interested in dwelling on those matters.”

Through a futile sigh, the countess expressed her dissatisfaction at Claudine’s solemn words, “You’re too young to know about men’s thoughts. Claudine, if I were you…..”

“Would you get rid of all the beautiful women in the world so Duke Herhardt wouldn’t see them?” Claudine grimaced at her mother. “As you said, I’m still young and don’t have a lot of experience with men. Yet I am aware that men with an excellent image normally have one or two mistresses.”

“Oh, my goodness, Claudine!”

“Of course, I hope anything like this never happens, but even if it does, it won’t bother me.”

Claudine shrugged her shoulders lightly.

Truthfully, she, who was usually chill, was taken aback when she ran into Leyla by chance.

Even though it was natural for a sweet little girl to develop into a beautiful lady, Leyla’s mature beauty was more stunning than she had ever expected.

Leyla resembled a fairy with her small, slender body and exquisite facial features.

The resemblance to that mystical creature was enhanced by the combination of her enigmatic green eyes and her flawless white skin.

Claudine had invited Leyla to join her for tea for this very reason. Her curiosity was piqued. She was intrigued to see how the Duke would react to a woman such as her.

And Matthias acted up to Claudine’s expectation to a tee. He showed proper interest and indifference, as well as impeccable decency and moderation.

For Claudine, it was enough.

“Even so, Claudine, keeping that girl too close to Matthias isn’t a good idea.”

Countess Brant was still agitated.

“Do you think I should talk with the Herhardt’s?”

“Mother.”

Claudine’s tone became muffled. She was adamant about not following in her mother’s footsteps, who cried out of love while having everything. That was one of the reasons why she agreed to accept Matthias’ proposal.

Claudine was well aware that her life would not have a happy ending as in a fairy tale.

Matthias von Herhardt was a nobleman who was both wealthy and attractive. That kind of guy, she believed, would never only love his wife, whom he wed in an arranged marriage.

‘Perhaps he, too, would be carried away with his lust for a beautiful woman, just like my father. Like a lot of other guys.’

Men who merely looked at their mistress as a mistress were perfectly safe. But men who didn’t treat their mistress as a mistress were the ones who caused trouble.

Claudine was sure Matthias was, without a doubt, the first league type of man.

‘Do I love him?’

Claudine simply smiled and tilted her head in answer to this question.

‘Maybe or Maybe not.’

It wasn’t, though, a big concern. Matthias also fully knew about this.

What actually mattered most to her was whether Matthias, as Duke of Arvis, could play both the role of a wonderful husband and a great father.

That was everything Claudine needed. A marriage that would protect her dignity and preserve her elegance.

“Is it such a big deal if Duke Herhardt is interested in that humble, beautiful girl?”

Countess Brandt was gobsmacked by Claudine’s words, which she had delivered calmly. “Oh my God, Claudine! What the hell are you talking about?”

“At the very least, she’ll only end up as a mistress.”

Claudine made a noise as if it was a joke.

“For a girl like that to become a mistress, it would really be convenient for me. A woman who wouldn’t dare to invade my turf, who I can control within my palms.”

“Claudine, my daughter. You…… you really don’t know anything about love.”

Countess Brandt’s laments for her daughter became louder.

Claudine stared into her mother’s bright blue eyes before turning aside and smiling strangely.

She gazed out the window at Leyla. Staring at that girl who rose off the flower field and started massaging her back while laughing.

*.·:·.✧.·:·.*

The cottage was empty when Kyle arrived.

Uncle Bill and Leyla seemed to be enjoying time together in the garden.

Kyle sat on the porch in a chair, waiting for the two to come back. He grinned as he remembered Leyla’s countenance with her glasses on.

Even with her face covered with glasses, the future-Madam Etman still looked attractive.

His heart fluttered at the thought of her face, notwithstanding the fact that he initially felt odd staring at her new appearance.

Kyle coughed purposefully in a way to prevent his cheeks from turning flushed. At the same time, Leyla and Uncle Bill had returned from their work.

“Gosh, what kind of hat is that?”

His eyebrows suddenly furrowed as he saw a bucolic hat shielding Leyla’s lovely face.

“Did you spend money on that “tacky” thing?”

After Kyle threw his teasing words around, both Leyla and Bill all turned their gaze towards him fiercely.

“Uncle bought it for me!”

Leyla shouted, putting a scowled face towards Kyle. Bill joined in retaliating by taking up the shovel he’d stowed in the cart.

Kyle quickly changed his opinion. “After seeing it again, I can’t help but say, wow, how pretty it is! Uncle Bill has great eyes!”

“Don’t make fun of it. It’s really precious to me.”

The sulking Leyla removed her flashy woodsy hat, which was lavishly decorated with artificial flowers and colourful ribbons.

Bill was busy storing his cart while Leyla started preparing lunch. The problematic hat was positioned at the far end of the table.

“Leyla, are you mad?”

Kyle took a seat in front of the hat, trying to decipher Leyla’s mood.

“Yeah.” Leyla slammed Kyle’s plate onto the table.

‘At least she’s still giving me food.’

“I’m sorry. You know I wouldn’t say that if I knew?”

“Oh, whatever.”

“But why did Uncle Bill buy you a hat?”

“Because I asked him for it.”

“You? You know how to ask for stuff?”

Kyle asked in surprise since all this time, he knew Leyla as a girl who barely requested something.

“He’s pissed off about my glasses”

Leyla’s voice weakened as she said that.

“Did he get upset because your sight worsened?”

“No. That’s not it. He was upset because I never told him that I purchased costly glasses from my own money.”

After she finished setting the table, Leyla took a seat across from Kyle.

Bill was stupefied when she returned to the cottage with glasses on. He looked as if he had been shot in the back of the head. His face became as cold as an ice block after listening to her explanation of how she could get her glasses installed.

And it was the first time Uncle Bill had become so angry with her.

‘Leyla. Am I unreliable to you?’

Uncle Bill sighed and sat back in his chair.

Looking at his sad eyes made Leyla feel suffocated. When she clarified that she didn’t want to burden him because she was already very grateful for what he had done for her, his eyes became sadder.

Ever since that day, their relationship had become a little awkward.

Bill was sulky and refused to speak, and Leyla felt stumped for words not knowing what to do. The hat was the solution she had found in the end.

‘Uncle, please buy me a hat.’

Until a few days ago, Leyla said something at the dinner table.

‘I want a very pretty hat, please.’

Bill cracked up at her solemn tone. But the following evening, he went to the downtown shopping district to buy a pair of mechanical scissors. He returned home with a straw hat adorned with flowers and ribbons.

‘I bought it at Lindsay’s, so if you don’t like it, just return it.’

Uncle Bill carelessly added while giving out the hat.

‘Did you choose this yourself?’

‘Well, yeah.’

‘It’s so pretty.’

Leyla wore the hat with a bright smile on her lips.

Bill had personally purchased several items for Leyla. Still, in most situations, he either requested Madam Mona to buy stuff for her or took Leyla to the store to pick on her own so she could pick what she wanted.

Leyla knew very well that her uncle must have struggled to find a suitable hat feminine enough for her.

She was aware of how big his love for her was.

Flowers were the most exquisite thing in the world to Bill Remmer.

He believed the prettiest hat was one with a lot of flowers. So he felt sure that he had chosen the most beautiful hat for Leyla.

“Hey! You should’ve told me that before.” Kyle’s face was rinsed with embarrassment as he listened closely. “Now I’m feeling like a jerk for mocking that gift!”

“You didn’t give me a chance to talk. When you saw it, you teased me right away.”

“That’s true, but……”

“You sneaky gluttonous omnivore, you- You’re eating all of my food again. Someday I will ask Dr. Etman to pay for all that food you ate here!”

Bill roared loudly as he broke through the door. But his expression softened, and the tone of his voice was lighthearted, in contrast to his blunt language.

Bill awkwardly chuckled as he saw the flower hat on the table. Kyle was almost pathetically jealous when Leyla flashed a to Bill sweetly.

Every man who loved Leyla Lewellin had no option but to embrace his fate as second best in Leyla’s heart.

Because the number one person in her life would always be Uncle Bill.

Kyle snatched up the fork to console himself. Uncle Bill’s nagging didn’t bother him at all.

Bill’s stern lectures sounded tolerable as long as he could have Leyla’s tasty cooking.

*.·:·.✧.·:·.*

Since Uncle Bill returned to work after lunch, Kyle and Leyla were the only ones staying in the cottage.

Leyla sat on the patio, as usual, reading her book. Kyle pretended that he was reading while sneaking a peek at her in secret.

She was wholly absorbed in her book, except for a brief moment where she had to put it down to enjoy some biscuits.

‘Damn, I shouldn’t have lent you that novel.’

Kyle grinned, despite his deep regret. Leyla might not have known, but he did. How charming her face was when she was concentrating on her book.

With those luscious lips, she looked really pretty as she munched on her biscuits.

‘Should I tell her today?’

Kyle placed his book on the floor and fixed a hard gaze on her face. He had planned to wait a little bit longer, but he was beginning to doubt himself.

His heart felt like it was going to pop at the very brush of Leyla’s fingertips. Kyle sensed his body heat up as he had a lot of guilty dreams about her.

Moreover, he had lately been concerned about his anxiety. He was afraid that one day, someone would appear to steal her away from him.

‘So wouldn’t it be better to make a hasty confession?’

But the moment Kyle was ready to open his warm mouth, the sound of sluggish horseshoes could be heard from afar. Kyle twisted his head in the direction of the sound and saw Duke Herhardt in his equestrian uniform coming towards them.

Leyla was about to take another bite of her biscuit when she was startled by the unexpected visitor.

The Duke stopped his horse in front of the porch’s fence.

His glance brushed past Kyle and stuck on Leyla’s flushed face of bewilderment.

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1 Chapter 1 Delivered Girl
2 Chapter 2 A Beautiful Bird Slayer
3 Chapter 3 Bring Her In
4 Chapter 4 After a Long Time
5 Chapter 5 The Duke Changed His Mind
6 Chapter 6 Canary
7 Chapter 7 Something Scarier Than That
8 Chapter 8 Safe World
9 Chapter 9 That Humble and Beautiful Girl
10 Chapter 10 Do You Think I’m Begging You?
11 Chapter 11 Deep Water
12 Chapter 12 The Raven Duke
13 Chapter 13 A Night Under the Moonlit
14 Chapter 14 Desirable Woman
15 Chapter 15 Friendly Hunting
16 Chapter 16 Something That Is Nothing
17 Chapter 17 Surprise Present
18 Chapter 18 Emerald
19 Chapter 19 Kiss Me Please
20 Chapter 20 Cry, Even Better If You Beg
21 Chapter 21 Time To Become An Adult
22 Chapter 22 Into The Blanket of Light
23 Chapter 23 Tore It Out, Crushed It Up, and Threw It
24 Chapter 24 Blue Candy
25 Chapter 25 The Color of My Sadness
26 Chapter 26 Let’s Get Married
27 Chapter 27 Season of Roses Without You
28 Chapter 28 Fly in The Spring Like A Bird
29 Chapter 29 A Failed Wish
30 Chapter 30
31 Chapter 31
32 Chapter 32
33 Chapter 33
34 Chapter 34
35 Chapter 35
36 Chapter 36 So, Then?
37 Chapter 37
38 Chapter 38
39 Chapter 39
40 Chapter 40
41 Chapter 41
42 Chapter 42
43 Chapter 43
44 Chapter 44
45 Chapter 45
46 Chapter 46
47 Chapter 47
48 Chapter 48
49 Chapter 49
50 Chapter 50
51 Chapter 51
52 Chapter 52
53 Chapter 53
54 Chapter 54
55 Chapter 55
56 Chapter 56
57 Chapter 57
58 Chapter 58
59 Chapter 59
60 Chapter 60
61 Chapter 61
62 Chapter 62
63 Chapter 63
64 Chapter 64
65 Chapter 65
66 Chapter 66
67 Chapter 67
68 Chapter 68
69 Chapter 69
70 Chapter 70
71 Chapter 71
72 Chapter 72
73 Chapter 73
74 Chapter 74
75 Chapter 75
76 Chapter 76
77 Chapter 77
78 Chapter 78
79 Chapter 79
80 Chapter 80
81 Chapter 81
82 Chapter 82
83 Chapter 83
84 Chapter 84
85 Chapter 85
86 Chapter 86
87 Chapter 87
88 Chapter 88
89 Chapter 89
90 Chapter 90
91 Chapter 91
92 Chapter 92
93 Chapter 93
94 Chapter 94
95 Chapter 95
96 Chapter 96
97 Chapter 97
98 Chapter 98
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100 Chapter 100
101 Chapter 101
102 Chapter 102
103 Chapter 103
104 Chapter 104
105 Chapter 105
106 Chapter 106
107 Chapter 107
108 Chapter 108
109 Chapter 109
110 Chapter 110
111 Chapter 111
112 Chapter 112
113 Chapter 113
114 Chapter 114
115 Chapter 115
116 Chapter 116
117 Chapter 117
118 Chapter 118
119 Chapter 119
120 Chapter 120
121 Chapter 121
122 Chapter 122
123 Chapter 123
124 Chapter 124
125 Chapter 125
126 Chapter 126
127 Chapter 127
128 Chapter 128
129 Chapter 129
130 Chapter 130
131 Chapter 131
132 Chapter 132
133 Chapter 133
134 Chapter 134
135 Chapter 135
136 Chapter 136
137 Chapter 137
138 Chapter 138
139 Chapter 139
140 Chapter 140
141 Chapter 141
142 Chapter 142
143 Chapter 143
144 Chapter 144
145 Chapter 145
146 Chapter 146
147 Chapter 147
148 Chapter 148 (END)
149 Epilog I
150 Epilog II
151 Epilog III
152 Epilog IV
153 Side Story 1
154 Side Story 2
155 Side Story 3
156 Side Story 4
157 Side Story 5
158 Side Story 6
159 Side Story 7
160 Side Story 8
161 Side Story 9
162 Side Story 10
163 Side Story 11
164 Side Story 12
165 Side Story 13
166 Side Story 14
167 Side Story 15
168 Side Story 16
169 Side Story 17
170 Side Story 18 (END)
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1
Chapter 1 Delivered Girl
2
Chapter 2 A Beautiful Bird Slayer
3
Chapter 3 Bring Her In
4
Chapter 4 After a Long Time
5
Chapter 5 The Duke Changed His Mind
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Chapter 6 Canary
7
Chapter 7 Something Scarier Than That
8
Chapter 8 Safe World
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Chapter 9 That Humble and Beautiful Girl
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Chapter 10 Do You Think I’m Begging You?
11
Chapter 11 Deep Water
12
Chapter 12 The Raven Duke
13
Chapter 13 A Night Under the Moonlit
14
Chapter 14 Desirable Woman
15
Chapter 15 Friendly Hunting
16
Chapter 16 Something That Is Nothing
17
Chapter 17 Surprise Present
18
Chapter 18 Emerald
19
Chapter 19 Kiss Me Please
20
Chapter 20 Cry, Even Better If You Beg
21
Chapter 21 Time To Become An Adult
22
Chapter 22 Into The Blanket of Light
23
Chapter 23 Tore It Out, Crushed It Up, and Threw It
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Chapter 24 Blue Candy
25
Chapter 25 The Color of My Sadness
26
Chapter 26 Let’s Get Married
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Chapter 27 Season of Roses Without You
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Chapter 28 Fly in The Spring Like A Bird
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Chapter 29 A Failed Wish
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Chapter 30
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Chapter 31
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Chapter 32
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Chapter 33
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Chapter 34
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Chapter 35
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Chapter 36 So, Then?
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Chapter 37
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Chapter 38
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Chapter 39
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Chapter 40
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Chapter 41
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Chapter 42
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Chapter 43
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Chapter 44
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Chapter 45
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Chapter 46
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Chapter 47
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Chapter 48
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Chapter 49
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Chapter 51
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Chapter 53
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Chapter 54
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Chapter 55
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Chapter 56
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Chapter 58
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Chapter 61
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Chapter 62
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Chapter 63
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Chapter 64
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Chapter 65
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Chapter 147
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Chapter 148 (END)
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Epilog I
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Epilog III
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Epilog IV
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Side Story 1
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Side Story 18 (END)

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