Chapter 62: Duke McGallen
The meaning of Sofia’s words now weighs heavily on Diana’s heart.
I just want to live in peace.
Her husband is a quiet and unambitious person.
Love is not necessary.
Her husband can only be pleased by material possessions.
All of those words now make sense with just one word: her husband is old.
Diana looks back at the fabric samples. Pale blue silk. On it, there is a scribble that reads “7/12 Duke McGallen.”
Sofia’s desire for salvation pierces Diana’s heart.
Despite her beautiful appearance and delicate figure, Sofia’s anguish of being paired with an old man must be immense.
On a restless summer night.
Diana, as usual, observes Leon’s naked body sleeping next to her.
He possesses functions as if waiting for something, functioning properly.
Diana, who has accepted this sensation, is also fulfilled by her own functions.
Can Sofia share this feeling with an old man?
“…Diana?”
Diana silently covers her head with a summer gauze blanket.
“…Why are you crying?”
“Ugh…”
“…Does it hurt?”
“No…”
Leon lifts the gauze blanket slightly.
“Then what is it?”
“Leon, if I were an old woman…”
Leon’s eyes widen, then he sniffs as if remembering something.
“You’re thinking about Sofia-sama, aren’t you?”
“…”
“You’re such a meddlesome Diana. Starting to empathize on your own.”
“…”
“If you love someone, you can love them at any age. But if you don’t feel anything, you won’t be able to love them.”
“…”
“But well, with the way things are, it’s probably impossible for Sofia-sama.”
Diana rubs her eyes.
However, she wanted to come to this cabin.
To separate the lover from the husband.
Diana wanted to find a faint salvation there, but on the other hand, what does it mean for that old man to have a lover?
“But if he has a lover, he’s probably not completely dried up, right?”
It seems her husband was thinking the same thing.
“If they had a child, it might change the situation.”
“Children are not made for that purpose.”
“That’s true, but…”
“An old man who cheats, Sofia-sama is even more pitiful. I cannot forgive Duke McGallen.”
Leon embraces Diana on the cold sheets.
“…Don’t do anything reckless.”
“I will definitely expose the affair.”
“Stop it…”
Diana sympathizes with the noble ladies because she herself might have become one. She can’t expect a peasant like Leon to understand that sorrow.
Deciding to buy a new bed, Diana heads to Hans’ shop.
However, this is the public reason.
The hidden reason is――
“Diana, isn’t it too early to worry?”
Diana and Leon descend the scorching hill on Regina.
“It’s fine, I can’t just sit still.”
“The house, the foundation hasn’t even been laid yet, you know.”
“Oh, by the way, I was thinking of buying new fabric.”
“Hmm, strange.”
Diana glanced down at the fabric sample booklet.
“7/12 Duke McGallen.”
Surely, these words meant that Duke McGallen would come to Hans’ shop on July 12th.
Today was that July 12th.
Diana’s eyes were filled with determination to catch a glimpse of his esteemed face.
She even considered jumping at him and interrogating him about his lover.
With tension in her shoulders, Diana arrived at Hans’ shop.
Looking at the front of the shop, Diana swallowed nervously.
There it was, Duke McGallen’s carriage.
Dismounting from his horse, Diana cautiously opened the door to the shop.
On the other side, she saw Hans and his employees pulling and adjusting a pale blue dress on a mannequin.
Diana entered the shop with her husband and nervously looked around.
Oh, she almost let out a voice.
A man with romantic gray hair was standing with his back towards them.
Diana widened her eyes.
Since Hans had called him an old man, she had imagined a feeble elderly man, but it was completely different. There stood a tall middle-aged man with a straight posture, wearing a simple but well-made frock coat.
As Diana’s boots made a sound on the floor, the man turned around to face them.
With a mustache and blue eyes, he was a dashing gentleman. His widened eyes quickly recognized Diana and narrowed.
“…Hans. It seems another customer has arrived.”
A deep, resonant voice.
Diana’s face turned bright red.
(He’s different from what I imagined… He has such a captivating adult charm…!)
Leon peered into Diana’s trembling lips with a bitter expression.
“Hey, Diana…ooi.”
Ignoring her husband, Diana let out a hot, heavy sigh.
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