Kabanata XV
Duchess
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CLEOBELLE / SINCLAIR
"Anong gusto mong sabihin?" tanong ko kay Aslan habang nasa loob kami ng karwahe.
"Wala." Nag-iwas ito ng tingin.
Ngiti akong napangalumbaba doon.
"You keep glancing at me. Is it because I'm pretty?" I teased.
Hindi ko inasahang agad siyang tatango.
"Yes. I think you're very beautiful, duchess," he casually admitted.
That made me halt. He never told me I'm beautiful in our past lives. What's up with him?
I cleared my throat. "I know right?"
"Why do you keep calling me duchess anyway? We're not yet married? Who knows? You might find someone even better?" I shrugged.
"I don't want anyo—" he sighed. "I don't intend to make anyone my duchess, but you," he said seriously.
He's full of bullsh*t.
'Someone's still affected,' the ice spirit queen, giggled.
'Stop spouting nonsense. Falling for him again only means death by his hands once again. I don't intend to repeat my fate for the 6th time,' I hissed as I talked to them on my mind.
'Really? It seems like you're taking the same path tho,' she frowned.
"May gusto ka pa bang sabihin?" tanong ko nang nanatiling nakatitig ito sa akin.
"I'm sorry if I didn't come early. I wanted to take you with me to the north right away at that time, but the Baron interfered," he sighed.
"It's okay, he's dead anyways," I said on a bored tone then met his gaze.
Hindi ko alam kung bakit parang hindi siya mapakali.
"What again? I frowned.
"Are you really sure you wanted to marry me?" He asked.
"Why? Do you want me to back out?" I asked.
Natigilan siya doong tila ba nag sho-short circuit ang isipan.
"No—but if you want. . . . Uh—I won't stop you?" He sighed.
Is this a side of him I haven't seen yet? Pretty sure I see him act like this before but not so open like this.
Did I get his trust at the cruise? Did I badmouth the Emperor too much?
Para siyang batang nakahanap ng kakampi. . .
I smiled at him teasingly. "I don't intend to marry anyone too, but you, Duke aslan."
Nakita kong natigilan siya doon kasabay ng pamumula ng kanyang tenga saka pinagpayan ang sariling tumango lamang.
"Then please bear with me as I tend to be a little timid. I don't know how to understand emotions that much, so do tell me if I offend you. I have a lot of flaws, more than what you can imagine, but I'll give you a better life while we're married," he stated.
I wonder if this is what he was thinking back then? In the past, he just seemed uneasy, as if he wanted to say more.
After I married him, although he was indifferent to me, he did give me a good life, more than I can imagine.
Aslan is just a misunderstood character. I know that much after our past marriages.
'If he he wasn't cursed and if he lived a normal life, would it be different?' I asked myself.
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