Am I over-interpreting Damian’s behavior because I want him to?
My mind went all over the place.
I narrowed my eyebrows without realizing it.
Evening came as the sun set.
Damian and I were finally able to return to the Crown Prince’s palace.
As soon as Damian set foot in the palace, he sat down next to me and voiced his displeasure.
“Really, it hasn’t been long since I returned.”
He leaned his head on my shoulder and pouted his lips like a grumpy child.
“Charlize was so busy, I think I might have even forgotten her face.”
“Your Highness, you and I are together every day, are we not?”
This is coming from the person who learned puppetry just to attend the spring tea party?
I narrowed my eyes.
Damian locked eyes with me and quietly asked a question.
“Come to think of it, Charlize.”
“Yes?”
“Did you enjoy being with Sienna today?”
“I did.”
Upon hearing my stern reply, Damian had a somewhat glum expression.
He then asked another question.
“More than me?”
“…Your Highness, you know you’re acting very childish right now, right?”
I scolded him for a bit before switching topics.
Still content after the spring tea party, I told Damian what happened earlier.
“You know, Viscountess Antes asked me if we were friends.”
“…she did?”
“Yeah. I have never had any friends until now.”
There’s probably a broad smile etched across my face right now.
To be honest, I was really happy.
Unlike me who acted in self-interest when interacting with Sienna, Sienna treated me with sincerity.
“Because Sienna said that…….I was delighted.”
After that, I let out a short yawn.
Maybe because I was out all day long, I felt drowsy.
I fell asleep without saying anything but a few words.
***
Damian stared down at his finance’s sleeping countenance.
As Charlize pursed her lips and smiled in her slumber, Damian wondered what kind of dream she was having.
The rosy color on both her cheeks was very lovely.
‘How are you pretty even now?’
For some reason, he felt a bit mischievous and unconsciously twisted Charlize’s nose.
“Hmph, hpmh…”
Hearing Charlize’s whimpers, Damian narrowed his eyes.
“…I really, really like you, so I’ll endure it for now.”
Well, honestly…
It’s true that Charlize looked happy with Sienna.
Her eyes would sparkle as she participated enthusiastically in each conversation. I saw it today for the first time.
Maybe that’s the power of friendship between women.
Damian couldn’t help but pout.
“Haaa…”
Just then, Charlize muttered a little in her sleep.
As if listening to the sweetest music, Damian listened intently to Charlize’s sleep.
After a while.
Damian burst out laughing.
“That’s hilarious.”
“Mmmm.”
“Because you’re so pretty…I keep on bothering you.”
Contrary to what he said, the way his hand wrapped around Charlize’s shoulder and caressed it was very soft.
Later that evening.
Ellen, who had just finished washing up, dried herself with a tower after ending up in tears.
It was because the bandage Charlize wrapped around her hand was soaking wet.
‘The gauze, I need to change it…’
It’s been some time since Sister Charlize treated me.
Ellen removed the bandage with a saddened face.
And.
“What?”
Ellen’s eyes widened.
A teacher nearby asked Ellen a question.
“What’s the matter, Ellen?”
“Oh? No, it’s just…”
Ellen rubbed her eyes and looked down at the back of her hand once more.
It appeared to be the case, there was no sign of the scratch Lady Bennet gave her. It had completely vanished.
“The injury on the back of my hand is gone.”
“Is that so?”
The teacher responded nonchalantly due to being occupied taking care of the other children.
Ellen puffed up both cheeks sullenly.
“It’s true…”
“Okay, okay. You should still go to bed earlier, all right?”
The orphanage teacher gave Ellen a light pat on the back.
Ellen cupped the back of her hand and climbed onto the bed.
‘Wow, how could the scratch heal so perfectly?’
Looking down at the clean back of her hands, Ellen’s eyes twinkled.
“Sister Charlize is amazing.”
Didn’t she also stop the frightening lady from scolding her and then treat my injury?
“I have to write a letter to my sister later. As soon as my sister treated me, the scratch healed..”
Ellen crawled into the duvet with her cheeks flushed.
A soft smile appeared on the lips of the child who slept soundly that day.
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