Regrets Of A Second Male Lead

Chapter Fifty Eight: The Beginning Of Their Feelings (9)

"Is he the one who is going to marry the young Lady?"

Gerard asked, pretending to be clueless.

"Yes, well... I think we're definitely at the right age to get married."

He responded with eyes casted down.

"I've been hearing about marriage lately, too."

Chloe's hand shook slightly as she grabbed her teacup handle.

"What?"

Gerard quickly noticed it. Chloe seemed to be shaken by this topic. No, it was a good thing.

At that moment, Chloe lifted her eyes.

Flinch.

Gerard, who had been relaxed, paused as he could see himself in her clear eyes.

"And come to think of it."

Chloe opened her mouth.

"I wonder who you're going to marry, my Lord."

She suddenly wondered about his wife, who hadn't appeared in the book inside her dreams. She envied the woman who would take the seat beside Gerard.

Gerard, on the other hand, was confused by the sentence that slipped out of her plump lips.

'What does she mean? Does she not even think of me as a marriage partner? Is she drawing a line?'

He finally cleared up his confused thoughts and couldn't help but admit his feelings.

"I suddenly wonder, too. About the man who will marry the young Lady."

Gerard responded moderately to Chloe's words. Then, he asked what he was really curious about.

"By the way, do you have a specific type of husband in mind?"

"Specific type of husband? Well..."

Chloe was lost in thought for a brief moment thinking about Gerard's question. His eyes were trained on her cute pink lips that protruded while she was thinking.

'Is she doing that on purpose?'

Gerard was now confused. Was he overly conscious of her lips? Or were her lips just naturally sensual?

He felt his face heat up in excitement. He had begun consciously thinking of her as a woman.

"I think I'd prefer someone who respects me."

Chloe, who had been thinking, gave an answer in a calm way.

"Respect?"

"Yes. Someone who respects my thoughts and feelings."

The answer was very much like Chloe Roem. Gerard nodded at her answer and asked a pointed question.

"I guess the Anata knight is not that kind of person?"

"He's..."

Chloe was reluctant to talk about Herace in a situation where he was absent.

Herace Moore was a good man. It's just that he wasn't the one she wanted to be with.

Chloe didn't have the confidence to spend the rest of her life with someone who pitied her. She didn't want to be a reward for a man who wanted to feel superior through her.

However, it was probably all an excuse. In fact, her rejection of Sir Moore was because...

'It may be because of this man.'

Her feelings for Gerard Blanchett were more tenacious than she thought. No matter how she tried to clear her mind, cut it off, or give it up, small thoughts about him would make her feelings swell again.