Chapter 103 (1/2)
She jumped up from her seat. Then, she organized the manuscripts one by one, made a hole with an awl, and tied it skillfully with a string.
After a moment of flapping over the paper, she glanced over it and held it out to Aiden. The essence of the novel that she’s been working hard on has all been melted in this paper.
“It’s a shame, but I’m done, so I’ll leave as per the contract.”
He was prepared to say it, but he didn’t respond much to Vivian’s words. He just looked coldly for a moment, and he still answered in a funny voice.
“I’m sorry, but I don’t remember making such a contract.”
“What?”
“It doesn’t matter if Vivian’s novel is complete or not.”
“Huh? No, what the–”
“Did you forget? I made it clear that the deadline was not until you finished a novel but that I was satisfied with it.”
Vivian was speechless for a while and repeatedly opened and closed her lips like a carp. Come to think of it, it was. Their plan was not to complete this novel, but to complete a novel that Aiden could be satisfied with.
Why did she naturally think he’d be satisfied with this novel?
As she stuttered for a moment, she could not immediately come up with the answer. It was because she was convinced that the novel she wrote now would be the beginning of all change, one step beyond her limits.
If this novel isn’t good, she doesn’t have a clue what novel he’d be satisfied with. Now that Vivian realized it, her face slowly began to turn pale.
“Is that a mortgage right now?”
Does she have to stay in that weird relationship where she can’t get the Grand Duke’s mind and only have sex until they feel like it? Vivian, who imagined the worst future even if she received someone as a lover or wife, was almost crying now. Authority of the Grand Duke!
No, he went too far. Still, Aiden hasn’t even told her what her novel is like.
Moreover, where did the confidence come from that the Grand Duke will stand by the authority for life under the pretext of verbal contracts? She let out a small sigh, exhorting her imagination.
How would he rate that novel?
When she glanced at Aiden, she only looked silently at the manuscript. But the sudden blue eyes looked very serious. To the point where she wonders if he’s the same person that she’s been living with until now.
Suddenly she felt like she was on the verge of a strict literary critic, so she gulped.
But what he broached after a while was way out of line with her expectations.
“Now you’re heading to the publisher with the manuscript?”
“Well, I guess so. There’s nothing much to do now.”
“Good, let’s go together.”
“Huh? What’s the reason?”
Evaluation? Vivian asked back, but he just smiled and rang the bell calling the servants.