Secret Wardrobe of the Duchess

Chapter 15

However, Rubica didn’t believe the sound of her heart. She knew well that she was worshipper of beauty whose heart fluttered even at grace of flying bird.

Edgar looked straight into the auburn eyes frozen because of nervousness. Her situation had been much more terrible than what he had expected after reading documents. He was cold man. Even if they were relatives of her future wife, he didn’t want to go home with such troublesome burden.

That is why he had revealed their schemes right on the spot, without considering Rubica. However, she was not shocked by the despairing truth. She didn’t even cry. She put down her anger and calmly did what had to be done.

Even men couldn’t have had gut to demand 100 thousand Gold that had been promised to Mr. and Mrs. Berner as dowry. Even though she had quietly endured pain and unfair treatment, she clearly knew about her rights.

Even though Rubica’s cheeks were red, Edgar could see she had no desire toward him. It made him feel comfortable. He had grown up surrounded by people who feared them but wanted to have him under their control at the same time.

‘Beauty’, ‘wealth’, ‘honor’, and ‘rank’. Those things were like polluted air.
It surrounded Edgar and polluted the people around him. Most people were not strong to resist it. The polluted air eventually polluted them. They wanted to own him. They believed they could own his beauty, rank, wealth, and honor by owning him.

And when those filthy people were met by one cold word from Edgar and the high walls he had built around him, they spoke so easily.

-So you know how to use that handsome face.

-You think you are the highest man in the world?

-Is this how you pay back my good will?

-Don’t you think your beauty and rank will be eternal.

But being kind to them brought even more horrible consequences.
Even those who thought they had gotten somewhat close to Edgar eventually said the same things when blocked by his walls. They pretended to be his friends to say all kinds of things that hurt him and called them ‘advices’ for him.

They boasted like they could control Edgar with one word. None of them every wondered about Edgar’s true feelings. They just wanted to ‘own’ Edgar who had wealth, honor, and beauty to get rid of the sense of inferiority they had.

Rubica was most certainly different from them. No, she was more a little weird. She was clearly charmed by his beauty, just like everyone else. But strangely, he couldn’t feel any desire to own him in her words and actions. There had been so many people who denounced the previous love the moment they so him.

At the same time, he felt that Rubica was studying him closely. He hated it when others looked at him like that, but he really didn’t hate it when Rubica looked at him like that.

“This mansion belongs to Rubica now. I will give you a week of time, so leave immediately. Rubica, you should go to my mansion with me.”

“But, Your Grace, we cannot leave in a week!”

“You’d better leave on your own before I have my people remove you.”

Edgar smiled his unique cold smile and got up from the sofa. Rubica looked at the beautiful line his thin body drew. His each action was as graceful as picture and caught her eyes.

‘Why am I so weak to beauty?’
Rubica cursed her habit that even getting old couldn’t cure and also stood up.

“Um, may I take time to pack my things?”