Don't you monopolize me enough with our contract?
Whether professionally or even part of my private time...?
In fact, I think I have even less time for myf
When she looked at him with questioning eyes, Cassian whispered in a low voice...
“You're thinking about something else again, Rose.”
He was truly a mind-reading president.
I voluntarily decided to participate in Kasyan's work.
Just imagine the work that would pile up if you left this place even for a moment...!
I can't let my precious private time be taken away from me anymore
Cassian and I are supposed to be loving partners right now, after all.
Although no one seems to believe it...
Maybe if we keep pushing, some people will eventually accept it.
“How can you say such a thing?
Don’t you know that I have already given everything to Your Highness?”
I answered as calmly as possible, recalling lines from the romance novels I read in my free time.
“It's just that there are so many people coveting you that I can't know it.”
Cassian kissed the back of my hand, then turned his head to Alexis and spoke...
"Well, I can't blame Rose for this.
How could it be your fault that Princess Alexis covets you?"
Otherwise, I might have felt a little sweet inside.
However, despite Cassian's disgustingly sweet words, Alexis responded with a rather happy expression...
“Since the prince is so keen to protect her, I am even more curious.
But since she is His Highness’s fiancée, I will not ask her to be mine.”
Alexis straightened her back and opened her mouth.
“During the month I will spend in the empire, I would like to have your help by my side.
Of course, this is not just simple curiosity.”
Alexis's gaze became sharp.
“As the heiress of the Anden Kingdom, I want to know her for the future.
What better way to get to know someone than by seeing the people who work for them?”
In contrast to her calm attitude in front of me earlier, Alexis proposed this matter with a very serious expression.
A flash of anticipation also appeared in Cassian's purple eyes.
“What you are saying is a very bold statement.”
“Well, I'm not blind.”
Alexis responded lightly to Cassian's words with a small laugh.
If the Empress had heard this conversation, she would have been extremely angry at how Cassian was rated higher than the First Prince..
I remained silent without adding a word, but I could guess the decision he would make.
“I think that applies to me too, Princess Alexis.”
"naturally."
As expected, my boss wasn't that bad...
But let someone bring me someone who can bear even a little of this hell for me...!
While I was thinking about this, I felt a strange feeling...
“I'll come get you tomorrow, Miss Saliss.”
Having achieved her goal, Alexis left the Winter Palace with an extremely refreshed expression.
And I..
I said these words to Cassian.
Although I know I will be able to spend about a month in a more relaxed work environment than now.
“Rose, you don't know me well.”
At times like this, he should joke around a little...!
With that thought, I turned my head, and Cassian whispered, burying his head on my shoulder as if he was leaning on it.
“I really regret it.”
My body stiffened at the sound of his low voice.
This probably doesn't mean anything, right?
However, I felt sorry for him somehow, so I reached out and patted his shoulder.
After a while, a deep sigh came out of him.
“…How will I be able to handle all these tasks without you, Rose?”
Upon hearing those sincere words, she patted his shoulder more firmly and with more compassion.
“Ah, it hurts, Rose.”
It was really a boost of encouragement.
“Hello, Miss Salis.”
Alexis came to pick me up as she promised.
“…Good morning, Your Highness.”
Although the place was not the Winter Palace office, but in front of my house.
The scene was really inappropriate.
Despite its relative proximity to the palace, the area was full of small, well-maintained houses.
“But the difference in magnificence remains very large.”
The carriage she brought was the same one used in the procession when they entered the palace.
When I looked at her with misty eyes, Alexis burst into a hearty laugh.
"You don't seem to like it very much.
I thought there would be some charm in the methods Cassian used to seduce you."
I raised my head when I heard these words, and Alexis smiled, raising her firm lips.
In the end, she took my hand, helped me up, and then started to drive the cart with her mouth open.
“You're looking at me like I'm just thinking about why Cassian chose you.”
I neither confirmed nor denied this statement.
Even though I didn't know Alexis well because she wasn't a main character in the original work, I somehow felt like this was the best answer..
"I try not to do that, even consciously.
This attitude often narrows the vision quickly."
Alexis shrugged and crossed her long legs.
“So, Miss Salis, you don’t need to give me an answer either.
Divination is also part of my quality.”
I stared into her crimson eyes, then lowered my gaze quietly.
She clearly reminds me not to let my guard down, because she is a foreigner after all.
This guy is more impressive than I thought, and also..
“You are kind, Your Highness.”
“Your personality is also excellent.
The empire was full of people who kept misunderstanding me.”
Alexis sighed briefly, stroking her hair.
Apparently it was also a test for me.
Maybe she wanted to see what kind of person I was, maybe she wanted to do a job interview.
I relaxed my stiff shoulders and said to her confidently:
“Although it is a short period, I have been appointed as Her Highness’s assistant.
I will act in a way that will not cause you any trouble for any reason.”
When Alexis heard my words, her lips curled up a little more.
Her eyes crinkled gently and she spoke jokingly.
"Don't do it very well.
I don't want to make a diplomatic mistake."
I felt deeply relieved...
This means that she was very impressed with the brief position she showed.
If the difficulty level of working with Cassian was like hellfire, then helping Alexis was definitely on the level of the human world...
Leaving work on time for a whole week...!
In this case..
She said she had a delivery from Cassian, but I wonder what she heard, as she was giving me a two hour lunch break..
Moreover, while the other assistants were eating in the staff cafeteria, I would always eat a separate full meal with her.
"We're going to be a family, aren't we?
Of course, it has to be different."
I thought I might have short-term coworkers here with other assistants, but that's not the case.
Well…
However, the ergonomics were not bad
Everyone was professionally nice, and not the type to get in the way of work unnecessarily, so…
Well, maybe the hardest part was that one of the nobles following Alexis would complain whenever he saw me?
Originally, nobles complaining about me was an almost daily occurrence, so it didn't bother me much...
However, contrary to my fears, working with Alexis was smooth.
While I was working directly here, I was able to handle Cassian-related tasks very quickly
And well….
In fact, I didn't leave work on time.
I was very worried about this aspect..
6:15 pm.
When I quietly entered the Winter Palace office, Cassian frowned slightly, and Alexis's assistant, who was suffering from exhaustion in my place, had an expression as if he was about to cry.
“Oh, there you are, Assistant Saliss...!”
Desperation was evident on his face, unable to put down his pen, or rather, unable to move it while talking to me.
“Come in, Her Highness is looking for you.”
This means you can go home now
At these words, the assistant gratefully arranged his documents carefully before standing up.
It must be someone Alexis sent with great care, as his ability to work was excellent.
I sat down as usual, holding my pen while checking the daily work summary that the other assistant had left for me.
Then Cassian stood up and knocked on my desk.
“…You only seem to be really nice to people other than me, Rose.”
“Am I not very nice to you too, Your Highness?”
“I can't say much about this.”
“It is natural, Your Highness.”
In fact, I succeeded on day one.
I wanted to have the freedom to leave work on time.
But when I did, the assistant who jumped into this hellhole in my place looked worried, and Cassian's golden hair also lost some of its shine, which was a rare thing...
So I couldn't help but look inside.
It's not like I won't come back to this position.
“If you appreciate my kindness, please make a very spicy soup for dinner tonight.”
Although the food I had with Alexis is very good, it is very balanced, so at the moment I wanted something spicy for my gut..
It seems that the Korean taste is inevitable even if the body changes..
I think when I was about to start moving my hands seriously,
Click-
Cassian raised my left arm and tied it with a bracelet.
It was a bracelet
With multiple threads delicately crafted from gold.
And the purple gem in the middle….
“It is imbued with magic.”
Why in heaven's name would He give me something like this?
“I'm going to ask them to prepare a spicy dish, so go home after eating it.
Rose.”
What did you just hear?
This workaholic
Will...will I be released?