Chapter 12

Looking at the man carefully, the buttons on both sleeves and the buttons on the top and bottom of the tailcoat were different. Also, the seams at the bottom of the hem were torn and the threads were untied. Seeing that the toe of the shoe was worn out, it looked like it was in a very difficult situation. But he was young and had a clean face. 

‘Will it be that man? But how should I approach him?” 

In fact, Ingrid had a ‘medicine’. There was a potion in a small bottle that was attached to the necklace she was wearing. The effect of the potion was ‘sleeping’. It is said that even just a little bit of it mixed into alcohol or water can make you fall into a deep sleep. It was my stepmother who had made this idea.

‘I will give him a drink, mix in the medicine, put him in a carriage, and take him to the mansion.’ 

All plans are already in place. Pick a man, drink some medicine, put him to sleep, put him in a carriage, take him to her mansion, lie in one bed, and when he wakes up in the morning, the plan is complete. Although nothing had happened all night, he would think that something had happened, and in the end, it would lead to marriage. 

‘This is crazy…’ Ingrid sighed. Seriously, this is crazy no matter how you think about it. But there is no other way than this. Either this way or entering a convent, raising a child in an orphanage,  father falling ill, my family’s reputation, tarnishing our own name…

I didn’t want something like that happening. The father counted on a child he did not know. I didn’t even want to see Cecil laughing at me.

 ‘okay. Let’s put it into action. No matter how long it takes, nothing can be resolved.’ With a firm resolution, Ingrid stood up and walked towards a man in shabby clothes.

 “Uh…” It was when Ingrid approached the man and tried to talk to him. “Miss Roxas.” that another man intervened. He was tall enough to raise her head and look up. The platinum-colored eyebrows, the colder-looking pale blue eyes, as well as the cold-looking platinum hair.

The man with fierce-looking eyes was Ian Grey, who was said to be the duke in question that should have proposed to her last month. 

“Long time no see.”

 “Oh, long time no see, Duke.” In fact, Ian Grey and Ingrid didn’t get to say hello like this. It’s a relationship where all you have to do is know your name and face and say hello a few times as you pass by. But why are you suddenly blocking my way and pretending to be friendly?

 “Your opinion through the Viscount has been well-received.” I knew what it meant. The refusal of marriage was the cause. ‘Maybe that’s why I’m still stuck ‘ He said he was a man with tuberculosis, yet it doesn’t look like it.

It was almost perfectly trimmed, so not a single strand of hair was disturbed. The clothes were perfect with no wrinkle, and even the fingernails that I checked at a glance were clean. If you live with a man like this, your life will be really tiring. 

“Oh, I think it’s too early to get married yet.”

 “I too have been divorced not too long ago, so I can postpone my marriage further.” Have you ever seen such a tenacious person? I declined, will you wait?

 “I think there are too many girls who want to be the Duke’s wife. What you are looking for is…… Yes. The noble maidens who followed, saying that such a character-breaking duke was good, overflowed and overflowed. You should choose one of them to get married with.

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