Yesterday, after Blair returned to the mansion alone in the rental car, Herdin, who must have had other matters, returned to the mansion late at night, long after dinner time.
So they hadn't met.
Normally they had breakfast together every other day, but today she didn't want to see him.
He had insulted Mikhail in front of her, something he shouldn't have done.
Just because he had a high rank and Mikhail was a commoner, he had insulted him like this.
That was wrong.
He was disappointed that he, of all people, had spoken like that.
Because it would be unladylike.
—That's it, ma'am.
-Thank you.
Blair, once dressed, left the room and stood on the stairs that went down to the first floor.
When he was halfway down the stairs, he saw Herdin and Ruth coming down the stairs on the other side.
He must have seen her too, because his gaze went to her.
Their eyes met by chance and Blair's steps stopped dead.
Herdin's gaze, which had rested briefly on Blair, returned to Ruth.
Blair, who continued calmly down the stairs, reached the first floor a second before him and waited for him.
Although she felt uncomfortable, since they had met, she couldn't help but say goodbye to him.
Herdin, who went down to the first floor, walked past her.
Blair, who received Ruth's greeting with a glance, was about to follow him when she heard a cold voice.
—You don't need to accompany me.
He walked away with long strides.
Although he didn't walk very fast, due to the length of his legs, he went a long way in just a few steps.
Ruth, with an even more bewildered expression, bowed slightly and followed him.
Blair, who was watching with discontent the back of Herdin, who was leaving the mansion dismissed by Mason, headed to the dining room.
He was the one who had done something wrong, and he was also the one who had first shown the discussion in front of the others.
He didn't have to try hard to keep up with her.
But Meli's eyes, which were looking at her, were full of concern.
—
—It can't go on like this.
Rina, who was eating lunch on a garden bench in the noticeably warmer weather, bowed her head at Meli's sudden exclamation.
-The fact that?
—I'm talking about the Excellency and the lady.
Don't you think they haven't reconciled yet?
Right after the wedding, since they had gotten married without barely knowing each other, it was normal for them to be uncomfortable, but since that day the lady collapsed in front of the fireplace, it seemed like they were getting along well.
But one day, Herdin stopped going to the bedroom, and the atmosphere became cold.
They looked like a couple who had argued.
Even so, the day they returned together from the Empress's palace, it seemed that they had reconciled...
But seeing them longer, it seemed that not.
Especially after the day they went to the museum, Blair seemed to deliberately avoid meals together.
As a rule, servants must not find out what they see, nor say what they are not asked, under penalty of disobeying the master's orders.
But that doesn't mean they don't see or hear what's in front of them.
They had argued very loudly.
That was for sure.
Still, it was not their business, who were servants, to meddle.
Because couple fights are only a matter of two.
But since it had been like this for almost a month, Meli was starting to worry about Blair.
Since Herdin discovered that the maids were secretly bothering Rina, even though they were not kind, the harassment had disappeared.
Meli wished that the same thing as before wouldn't happen to Blair.
Partly because of the guilt of the past that still lingered in him, and partly because of the affection he had developed for Blair.
But Rina was a firm opponent of Herdin.
—Without a doubt, it is the Excellency's fault.
Definitely!
Definitely!
The lady is right.
—No, it's not about blaming.
That's their thing, it's not our thing to judge.
What I'm saying is that I don't think we should let them continue like this.
—And what do you want to do?
—Let them reconcile, or fight more, but at least see each other's faces, right?
But Rina, who was a Blair stalwart, frowned.
—Why does the lady have to make an effort?
He is the one who is a hindrance.
—The lady is also a little closed, but I'm sure she's uncomfortable.
After all, he is her husband.
Rina couldn't continue criticizing Herdin and closed her mouth.
Meli was right.
No matter how much Blair got along with them, she was still their mistress and she was their maid.
The only family Blair could rely on in this mansion was Herdin.
Rina still didn't agree with Herdin, but decided to listen to Meli a little more for Blair's sake.
—Anyway, what do you propose?
—How about we create a time for the two of you to be together?
—How are we going to do it?
—Mm, that…
Meli, who had been thinking with a serious face for a while, exhaled a small exclamation as if something had occurred to her.
—
This was a different development from the past life.
Blair looked at the landscape before her with a mixture of haste.
In the living room of the bedroom, where she had been called while preparing the ball, the Baroness de Sionel and her assistants had brought out the finished dress and men's evening suit.
Up to that point it was what I had imagined before coming to the bedroom.
Blair glanced at Herdin with confused eyes.
The origin of the matter was a week before.
The Baroness of Sionel had come to the ducal mansion to prepare the clothes for the ball.
Lately it is in fashion among young lovers or newlyweds.In places with a lot of people like a dance, you can immediately see that this man is mine.>
The Baroness had already suggested the couple's look in her past life, and Blair, upon hearing her words, had dressed in the couple's look.
The newlywed, in love, was eager to show her love, to show her husband.
But now, that he had returned to the past, he knew that all that had been useless.
Blair said she wanted a normal dress, not a couple's look.
Then, Meli and Rina, who had been listening behind, suddenly intruded.
Wouldn't it be better if the two owners of Delmarck stood out?>Blair, after a moment's thought, gladly accepted the two's enthusiastic proposal.
It's not that I wanted to dress as a couple, but I also didn't have a special reason to reject the two's request.
Because wearing the same design twice would be boring.
Be that as it may, the result was the same as in the past life: they were going to dress as a couple, so he thought that the future would also be the same.
…To be continued