Chapter 19 (2/2)

If he is an insignificant man, they would threaten him to break up with her.

Both father and son nodded at her opinion.

Heinley then said as he pushed away the organized paper.

“Then I’ll go and meet with the little duke.”

“Yes, then I will trust that with you.”

The Count and his wife gave Heinley a look full of faith in him.

And so, that was how the meeting of the Bloden family without Lilia ended.

* * *

After having breakfast, Lilia was left alone in the house.

Her father was busy preparing for an exhibition in a few weeks, while her mother went out for some business and her brother went to the Imperial Palace early in the morning.

Lilia started her day after changing into simple clothes.

After sorting out all the letters that came to her, she contemplated on what she would be doing for the day.

Looking out the window blankly, she noticed that the weather looked very good.

Lilia muttered to herself, watching the floating clouds in the deep blue sky.

“Shall I drink tea in the back garden?”

Her worries did not last long.

Lilia then decided to go out to the back garden.

When she left the mansion and arrived at the entrance of the patronage, she saw a magnolia tree.

Passing through the place where magnolia was planted, she went straight into the back garden where a wisteria tree was connected like a tunnel.

Lilia walked slowly under the wisteria tree.

Wisteria branches that had yet to bloom flowers spread out in all directions.

A round wooden table could be found on the place where she stopped.

As Lilia sat at the table, an employee prepared a teapot.

When the water reached the proper temperature, it was then poured and the scent of the flower tea spread softly.

“It smells good.”

The employee smiled silently at Lilia’s words.

He was an employee whom she hired before when she bought a teahouse.

After the store disappeared due to redevelopment, he came into the mansion to work for her.

Although he couldn’t hear, his tea-brewing skills were excellent.

And if they speak slowly to him, there would be no problem in communicating with him because he understood just by looking at the shape of the person’s mouth.

Lilia put down the teacup.

These days, Lilia had more free time and became more leisurely than ever.

Until now, she was always stuck with Richard, but after breaking up with him, she had more time left.

Besides, she didn’t have any friends to meet up with and most of them were related to Richard, even though they were acquaintances.

At that time, she interacter with them reluctantly because of Richard. However, she had no intention of making friends now.

It was because Lilia, who has been interacting with a variety of people since childhood, thought she was more comfortable alone.

Especially this time, she was able to completely clear her mind due to the Richard incident.

‘What am I going to do in the future…’

Lilia has not given much thought about the future so far.

It was because she believed that she would naturally become Lady of Tersian.

But her engagement with Richard has already flown far away.

So she was going to think about what to do in the future after breaking off the engagement. In fact, she was at the age where other ordinary young ladies would have already married.

However, the thought of wanting to have a relationship disappeared because of Richard.

At this rate, she didn’t know if she would have to live alone if she missed getting married.

If so….

Lilia carefully brought up the idea that had been deeply embedded in her mind so far.

‘I want to lead the business.’

Count Bloden was a successful business family.

Since she was a child, Lilia has naturally followed her parents into business.

Although her financial luck was so good that it often resulted in success without much effort, she enjoyed the moments where she participated and planned for the business in person.

However, there was no business that had been done by herself so far, and the family business was going to be inherited by the eldest son, Heinley.

He was a strong successor when given various conditions.

Of course, he said he didn’t want to run the business and was instead working in the imperial palace.

First of all, it would be better to break off the engagement first and then think about the problem again. Lilia picked up her cup again to drink the tea.

At that time, an employee walked from far away. He was holding a huge bouquet of flowers.

“What…?”

She was staring at it because she wondered if someone had sent her a gift, but the employee stopped and said.

“Lady, a letter and a gift came from the Marquis of Tersian.”

As soon as she heard the name, Lilia frowned. The employee handed over a letter and a paper knife.

Lilia only received the letter, then opened the envelope and took out the letter.

[Please visit the Marquis estate because I want to talk about some things I couldn’t say last time. I’ll wait for you any time. This bouquet of flowers is from my heart to you.]

It sounded so absurd, that a laugh came out of her mouth.

Did you break your leg in the meantime?

Or does he have a disease that would kill him if he comes to see her in person?

Lilia then received the flowers from the employee and without hesitation, she threw it down to the floor.

As she stepped on it with her shoes, the pretty roses were crushed mercilessly.

Lilia stared at the bouquet which had run out of petals.

“Now this looks more like what my heart feels”

Lilia then said to the employee who was watching with a confused face.

“Burn it in the incinerator.”