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“My schedule?”
“Yes. It must have been difficult to fit in all day. And I think you need your time too, so I let you do your business for about two hours a day.”
“…… Brother?”
I opened my mouth slightly as I looked at the schedule written on the paper.
From the time I woke up to the time I went to bed, my entire schedule was written on a single piece of paper.
The morning starts with Lucian waking me. After I prepare, we have breakfast together.
Then we go to the office together, he works and I spend time with him. This part was written in parentheses.
“Do you want some help sorting letters?”
“It was helpful that you organized the invitations last time. You did a good job.”
“Ah…… I’m glad it was helpful, but…….”
I read the schedule again. After having a quick lunch together in the office, I was able to spend about two hours on my own.
After that, I have tea with Lucian and we are back together in the office.
Then the schedule ends with having dinner together, talking together, lying down together, he puts me to bed, and then returns to his room.
Wait…….
Wait a moment?
This….
I think it’s harder than the Duke.
I looked at him sadly in disbelief.
In this case, it is difficult to go to the information center, and I cannot do hunting training with Oscar and Damien, I cannot meet Bellisa for tea, and……
Isn’t this a schedule where I can’t rest at all? Does he really like working around?
The tip of Lucian’s eyebrows drooped due to his interpretation of my expression.
“Sorry.”
Oh, you knew this was a bit harsh, didn’t you? If so, would it make sense?
But before I could even speak, Lucian spoke first.
“I was trying to put those two hours into my schedule somehow……. But then I have to go to the salon, so I can’t help it.”
Oh, that ‘sorry’ isn’t so ‘sorry’, is it?
“By the way, Ray, taking you to the salon…….”
As Lucian spoke, he wrinkled one of his eyes in displeasure.
“It will be hard.”
No, Lucian!
Even if I asked you to put me on your schedule when I was a kid!
I wonder if this is too much!
How can people be together all day? No matter how much I love you…
No!
Stupid me!
I was a little startled, so I corrected the thought that was heading overboard.
Yes. Lucian is now going to meet Noah or another loved one.
When that time comes, even if I wanted to be with him like this, would he ever accept it?
Yes! It’s like getting permission from my bias to be the best fan in my life.
I can’t miss an opportunity to see each other like this.
Haaa. Foolish, I almost fell asleep with a good feeling?
I must have done something really stupid.
I groaned inwardly as I shook my head. Then a mournful voice came from the other side.
“…you don’t like it?”
“Yes?”
He grabbed my hand tightly. I could feel how gently my bias was holding me.
“Ack!”
Even though he just held my hand, it hurt so much that tears came to my eyes.
“I’m sorry, Ray.”
Lucian loosened the strength in his grip but was restless and did not know what to do.
“Your grip is very strong. I was really surprised.”
It hurt, but I wasn’t too upset because it was just for a moment. I was more surprised.
As expected, my bias has sprouts of obsessive tendencies as a male lead growing within him. How can you be so strong?
I poured praise and grabbed his hand.
“How is Brother so strong? You have a handsome face, you are tall, and you have broad shoulders and are strong. There’s nothing you don’t have, really.”
I looked at him with a bashful smile. He looked at me and bit his lip as if he couldn’t stand it.
I didn’t know what he couldn’t stand, but it was like he was holding back his tears and his eyelids fluttered slightly.
Why do you look like you’re about to cry?
Lucian suppressed the rising emotions. He couldn’t contain his anger for a moment because he only thought that when she looked at her tight schedule, she seemed disgusted.
He wanted to be with her until the time he slept, but she didn’t want to be with him even then?
But soon the misunderstanding was cleared up, and his heart swelled. It had been like that since childhood. She admired everything about him and liked him.
When he finished eating, she praised that he ate it all, and she praised that he was cool just having a sword that anyone could wield.
When she’s writing, she compliments him that his letters are cool, and she says he’s cool just looking at him.
Yes, it has been the same since childhood.
But he was different. He wanted a close-knit exchange between the opposite sexes, where they couldn’t even make eye contact with each other because they were nervous just looking at each other, rather than such a dreamy familial love.
So it was good and sad at the same time.
He was the only one who liked her.
He was worn out and impatient.
Lucian smiled brightly and grabbed Rachel’s hand as she tucked the itinerary into her robe and stroked her cheek.
He was able to calm his mind after fumbling at her little face with his hand.
“Ray.”
“Yes.”
Lucian whispered to her muttering with shredded chicken in his mouth.
“Let’s always be together from now on.”
Like a drizzle gradually soaks clothing, he will own everything about her.
Rachel just smiled happily at his words. First of all, that alone filled him with happiness as if he had the world.
***
The next day, when I opened my eyes, the first thing I saw was a very handsome face.
Instead of waking me, Lucian sat on my bed and looked at the papers he brought, or sometimes just looked at me quietly.
“Good morning?”
It must have been a burden, but if I could start the morning with this soft bias, it seemed that I could bear it well.
Totally good.
I always woke up with a hazy face and greeted him in the morning.
“Good morning, Brother.”
“Lucian.”
“….Yes?”
“Call me Lucian.”
“…… Lucian, good morning.”
Strangely, he asks me to call him by name.
I always called him by name in my heart, but it felt strange to say it aloud like this.
“Are you awake, Lady?”
Amber had been pushed far away because of Lucian and brought the washing water and asked.
“Yes, Amber, good morning.”
“Hoho, the weather is really nice today. How about having tea time in the garden today?”
Recently, I always had tea time with Lucian, so Amber asked Lucian and me.
“Should we, Brother?”
I asked, getting up and dipping my hands in the prepared water.
“You should call me Lucian.”
“…Is that so?”
“….Yes.”
Why are you so obsessed with the name? Anyway, isn’t it a bit wrong to keep calling him by his name?
While thinking, I washed my face with water mixed with rose water. After washing, I held out my hand. Amber placed the towel in my hand.
“Ray, would you raise your head slightly?”
“What?”
I turned my head toward Lucian’s call. Then, a soft towel wrapped around my face, starting from my chin.
“Brother?”
Lucian dried my face himself, so I was a little embarrassed.
No, he’s a Duke now, can I have him do this? I think it would be a bit difficult……
It was convenient, but it also was burdensome. Among them, the most burdensome thing was that his face was in a close distance where our noses would rub.
Why are you so close? I can’t even breathe properly.
I took a small breath and waited for him to back away. He backed away after meticulously wiping my face. He looked into my face.
I looked at my face reflected in his small, black pupils from a distance until the tips of our noses could touch.
“Hoho/Fufu…… ”
He suddenly burst out laughing at whatever he was happy about and cupped his hands around my face.
His hands were so big that he covered both my chin and ears, and naturally, he touched his lips to the tip of my nose and my eyelids before he let go.
Uhh….
My heart will burst.
Why do you do such strange things so often?
Even so, it was a problem I was thinking about these days. Why did Lucian’s skinship suddenly become more frequent?
Of course, even before that, Lucian had touched me without hesitation. Not surprisingly, there were times when my heart fluttered to the point of goosebumps.
For example, this was the case right now. Isn’t it like a morning greeting you do to your lover rather than your younger sister?
Really, why are you doing this?
Well…….
All of a sudden, Amber was standing next to Lucian and working hard as an assistant.
“Hmm, I don’t think this scent suits Ray…… ”
“Then, shall we use this woodlemon scent? This is a new product, and it has a fresh and deep woody scent.”
“Hmm…… It’s okay.”
Lucian smelled the cream himself, then put it on his hand and applied it to my face with a delicate touch.
“Brother.”
“Lucian.”
Yes! I know, I know. I’ll call you Lucian, so please…….
“Lucian, I will do this! Where in the world is a brother who even applies cream?”
Lucian’s expression hardened at my question.