Chapter 28 - Love, Curse Or Blessing (1/2)

Hari’s POV

“Welcome, Miss Hari.”

“It’s been a long time, Relia.”

In a short time at Queen Arabella’s dressing shop, I signed up with the host, Madame Relia.

“You visited alone today.”

“Yes, Louise has another appointment.”

“I don’t think I’ve seen other Sirs too.”

I laughed a bit vaguely as she added with a laugh.

“However, the men who visit with the ladies’ in dress shop together are very rare. Sirs Ernst’s seems to be special in many ways.”

Isn’t what you want to say is ‘Uncommon’ rather than ‘Special’?

As she said, Cabel and Erich had been following me to this dress maker several times.

Of course everytime, they couldn’t hide their boredom, as they were twisting their body, or they had a face out of their soul.

I wondered what they could do in this dress maker, but they didn’t give me a convincing answer.

No, of course, Cabel had a history of picking my own wedding dress last life.

I shook my head by myself and headed to the room provided inside.

“Oh, Miss Velontia. Are you going back now?”

Then I ran into someone who just came out of the room. Madame Relia, who was walking together with me, smiled and approached the person in front of us.

It is Rosabella Velontia, whom I not met for a long time.

Immediately after she saw me, she stopped walking.

I know that she hasn’t appeared outside her mansion for a while since her engagement with Dice was announced.

But as I look it now, when our eyes meet, and as soon as Relia approached and greeted her, Rosabella’s still looking at me.

I seemed to know why she did that.

So this time, I smiled first and moved towards Rosabella.

“Miss Rosabella, I’m seeing you in a long time. How have you been?”

As expected, Rosabella’s face changed subtly when I first greeted her.

It was a very small difference, but I found her mood to be less stiff than before. I could see that she felt lost for a moment.

“Hari, nice to meet you. I’m fine, thanks for your concern.”

In the middle of the aristocracy, there were people who were spread rumors about them and also need their concern.

It was a rumor surrounding Dice and Rosabella, who soon announced their engagement shortly after her annulment with Eugene.

Perhaps consciously, Rosabella seemed to be concerned that I would treat her differently than before.

“It’s late, but congratulations on your engagement. I have met him and told him before, I also congratulate you, Rosabella. I wanted to tell you that words.”

“Thank you, Hari.”

“I wish I could have a chance to talk to you once again next time.”

“I want it too. Next time I will invite you to Velontia.”

In fact, it is the first time I saw her since I met her last time in Dice’s palace, so I was worried that it would be awkward when we meet again, but it seemed to be an useless thought.

Rosabella and I had a short conversation with a smile, and then we pledged later.

“I’m going to meet Rosabella next week.”

In my words, Eugene’s gaze was drawn to me. I answered the unspoken question in his pupil.

“I met her in the dressing shop when I visited last time.”

“You didn’t say that.”

Eugene’s eyes frowned.

It’s not exactly he shows an opposite reaction, Eugene just didn’t like the fact that there was something he didn’t know about me.

I laughed playfully at him.

“You didn’t know that when Ethan wasn’t there?”

“He wasn’t in his holiday, he wasn’t having another appointment either. Why he wasn’t there?”

In a nutshell, he was like a vicious employer without a talk.

As usual, I knew about Ethan reporting my daily life to Eugene.

It was also a thing I have tolerated so far because I know that it is not the meaning of surveillance.

Anyway, next time it would have been better to see Rosabella in front of others.

It was also necessary to inform them that Ernst and Velontia did not pretend to follow their low expectations.

The imperial family, Ernst, and Velontia were all interested in maintaining the dignity, and it was easy to go up into the real tradition.

I looked back at Eugene, sitting on the sofa, not a flower in a vase over the table.

He stopped by the Imperial Palace for a while in the morning, then came back and stayed at Ernst’s mansion with me.

Of course, that doesn’t mean he’s playing, as he still has paper in his hand.

I didn’t want to disturb Eugene, but greed in my heart won. I quietly approached where Eugene was, and stood behind him and reached out to him.

He, who felt my presence, turned his head to my side, but it was faster for my arm to wrap around his neck.

Eugene’s hair flowed forward and bent over his shoulder and fell. It was strange that Eugene is in my hand.

In fact, something that happened a while ago still felt like a dream or fantasy.

A shallow laugh, like the sound of the wind, crumbled in my ear.

“Why from behind?”

“If you look at my face… I’m ashamed.”

Of course, it seemed not to be the sound of someone who went to hugged him from behind first.

Talking about it, I got a bit more shy, so I put and buried my face on Eugene’s nape.

“Come here.”

He raised his hand over my arm and whispered to me.

I can’t. I’m sure I will be more embarrassed if I make eye contact with him now.

“Hari.”

But as Eugene urged me and call my name, the ingenuity to endure disappeared. I already knew it, but my defense against Eugene was too poor.

Eventually, I yielded, releasing my arms that held Eugene’s neck and walking toward him.

And as soon as I faced his face, I immediately regretted my choice.

“No, maybe I should stop going….”

But as soon as I was ready to run away, I was caught by Eugene and dragged to his side.

When I realized what happened, I already sitting on Eugene’s lap as usual. I put my hand and covered my face without knowing it.

“Show me your face.”

But again this time he held my hand.

“This, I haven’t adjusted yet.”

I muttered resentfully, avoiding Eugene’s gaze. Then, as he did before, he smiled lightly.

“Maybe you will get used to it soon.”

I wasn’t sure if he was saying that time was medicine, or whether he would do this until I got used to it.

Dump.

Huh? But suddenly I felt something fluffy behind my back.

What happened at one point I can’t even think, soon I realized that I was lying on the sofa.

Of course, there is Eugene above me.

The moment I made eye contact with him, I feel stiff and frustrated.

“Well, wait a minute.”

Eugene’s arm is standing next to me, so I couldn’t be thrilled. In that state, his face approached, and I unconsciously raised my hand and blocked it.

“Oh.”

However, I was startled by him as he bite my finger, but it does not hurt. The moment I look down from him, I lost words to say.

As if he knew I was surprised, Eugene grabbed my hand and slowly moved his face to my face this time.

When his hands touched my ears gently, touching my face, I whimpered, and his lips fell over my forehead.

Perhaps the warmth of his cheeks sat down on my cheeks. And once again, our lips overlapped slowly after a short eye contact.

It was a very sweet and gentle kiss.

Unlike the first time as I was scared to get eaten by him. Of course my heart was still alive even though it runs like crazy.

Then, at some point, I felt like something was being released, and my neck area became empty.

At first, I didn’t know why, but after a while, Eugene raised his head, and then I realized that he had loosened the ribbon that was holding the neck of my clothes.

Eugene’s hand swept my bare neck.

“It’s almost erased.”

It was clear that he was referring to the marks that I also checked this morning.

On the night of the banquet, Eugene left red traces like branding me.

I looked up at him, feeling his sweep over my skin. And I slowly raised my hand.

Eugene felt my hand touching his face and moved his gaze to face me.

In fact, I am the same with him who wanted to touch the person in front. Of course, I was so embarrassed that I couldn’t get it out of my mouth.

Since when did I feel like this to Eugene? I still couldn’t figure out when I started doing it.

No… But maybe he’s wondering about it too. Maybe hiding it was impossible in the first place.

Isn’t it the days that seemed to overflow all the things contained in heart even if one step was taken wrongly because it was always full to the end of the neck?

However, it was surprising that a person who seemed to be unable to reach no matter how much I reached out was receiving my hand so calmly.

Knowing my heart, Eugene just let me touch his face to the fullest.

“Hey.”

So I touch Eugene as much as I wanted.

“I love you, very much.”

And as the conviction that this is now a reality took root in me to some extent, I whispered to him.

In fact, I am the same as Eugene.

I also thought I had been waiting a long time to say the same thing to him.

I want to make this person happy.

If this person stay by my side, I’m sure I’ll be happy too.

Eugene listened to me and hugged me tighter than ever before, I could have been very happy as I expected.

“Hari, thank you for coming.”

“Thank you for inviting me, Rosabella.”

A few days later I was invited by Rosabella to visit the mansion of Velontia.

As soon as we get seated in the reception room the maids came over and offered tea. Dahlia and hydrangea were decorated on the top of table.

“How have you been?”

I asked towards Rosabella.

Is it because of the feeling?

When I met her briefly last time, I didn’t think about it, but the atmosphere surrounding Rosabella seemed strangely more comfortable than before.

That didn’t mean that her formality to treat me was less than before, but what I felt is the atmosphere in the air.

“It wasn’t bad. What about Hari?”

“I’m fine too.”

After we had a simple greeting, we lifted our cup. After a while, Rosabella, quenched with tea, asked me as she passed words.

“How about that person? Is he doing well?”

Needless to say, the person she spoke to must have been Eugene.

It was a common question during their engagement, but after the breakup, they were the two who never got in touch with each other.

That’s why Rosabella is restraining her greetings for Eugene.

It was forbidden.

But before I even answered, Rosabella’s voice continued.

“In the first place, we weren’t people who were more than seemingly involved, so he’s probably doing well. I know. I know, but I’m just asking.”

It was a plain tone that seemed to mean nothing to her previous question.

Apparently it wasn’t what she wanted to hear from me in the first place, Rosabella replied like that and laughed lightly.

I also took a sip of tea after her.

After drinking, I opened my mouth.

“I wonder the status of Miss Rosabella with His Highness.”

“Anyway, you must be hearing the news and wondering what to do?”

Cool.

It seems that the rift between Rosabella and Dice was deep. She turns out to be cynical like this.

What’s more, she already knew that I already heard about Rosabella’s status in several ways from Dice.

“Oh….the last time I went to his palace, he said…. “

I recalled what Dice whom I met two days ago told me in frustration as if the sky had collapsed.

Honestly, I was really surprised when I first heard it.

Rosabella, an example of an elegant noble lady, is relentlessly struggling. She’s also yellow-handed Dice.

“Yes, I didn’t want to see his face.”

She admitted neatly. Looking at such Rosabella, I felt a cold sweat on my back.

I didn’t know about that, but I’m afraid because she seem angry. There is a corner like a knife in her than I thought…

I have to be careful not to make her angry in the future.

Of course, it remains to be understood why Rosabella was angry with Dice hundred times.

I sympathized with her words that followed and shook my head.

“Does it make sense to announce an engagement without first thinking? Of course, it’s true that I accepted the engagement, but that doesn’t mean he can make it public right now.”