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Judith did nothing but be continuously stone cold, and Derrick refused to yield in his flirtations. It stayed that way until the day of the wedding ceremony, where his unyielding spirit reached its peak.

‘You appear as an extremely outstanding lady. Since you’ve gotten married to me, you’ll also have to spend the night with me starting tonight, wouldn’t you?’

‘Having to have children is the responsibility of a married couple, so I will not refuse.’

At this, Derrick’s face broke down for the first time. It was the face of a man with his unshakeable pride all crumpled up.

The wedding was held magnificently with the blessings of both families. However, neither party made eye contact with the other during the ceremony. The air surrounding the two was quite chilly and cold throughout the ceremony.

After the wedding finished safely, Judith entered the ducal mansion where Derek stayed. She went into the bedroom first, washed up, sat on the bed, and waited for him. But no matter how long she waited for the huge bedroom door to open, she didn’t think it would. Tic toc tic toc ― There was only silence lingering from the flowing pendulum.

The night was gradually becoming late, and, losing her patience, she opened the bedroom door and went outside.

In front of the bedroom, where she thought no person would be there, was a knight and a maid, who shuffled her feet, not knowing what to do.

“…….Where is the Duke?”

Since they were as surprised as, if not more than, Judith, she asked them while not betraying any emotion. Contrary to her expectation that they would answer immediately, the maid hesitated for a long time and wouldn’t open her mouth. As she continued to hesitate with her response, Judith looked back at the knight standing behind the maid. He was an escort knight who was always following behind Derrick.

Why was he here right now?

All of a sudden, anxiety struck Judith’s chest.

“Take me to the place where the Duke is.”

“Madame, that’s…..”

“Now.”

She was helpless to Judith’s firm gaze. The maid dragged her feet and led her to the place. Actually, truth be told, she wanted to find the Duke by herself and send them back downstairs, but she was unable to as she didn’t fully know the structure of the mansion.

Not long after, the maid stopped walking. It was in front of some door that was no different from the bedroom door.

“It’s here?”

“It is – it is Your Grace’s office.”

After explaining, the maid quickly stepped back.

Judith carefully put her hand on the door knob to open the door. At the same time, a harsh sound grazed her ears and her fingertips flinched. With the door only slightly cracked before her, the sound leaked out into the cold hallway.

‘…….Ah, De, Derrick! Haang, ahng!’

What she was hearing from the inside was clearly the moaning of a woman.

And the name the woman’s coquettish voice was calling out was the same name of her husband’s, whom she performed the wedding ceremony today with.

There could never be two people called ‘Derrick’ in this ducal mansion, so it was clearly expected that the man who was doing things inside of there was Judith’s husband. That clear fact before her made her feel dizzy. The hand that was holding onto the doorknob wrapped itself tightly on it.