If you wish for a married couple's duties (LK adaptation)

Chapter 49: A Slight Disconnection (2)

"Why do you think so?"

"Well, you were in a good mood until you had dinner with the Duke."

"I was?"

"Yeah. Without commenting about how hard it is to get a glimpse of your husband's face, you'd even donned on accessories before leaving."

As if Rosy's words had hit the nail on the head, Lalisa frowned.

She then sighed and leaned back.

"Rosy, there's something I'm curious about."

"What is it, Madam?"

"In the Empire, would a wife be suspected of cheating just by having a conversation with her husband's relatives?"

"Mmm, no."

"Right?"

"However, Madam's appearance then was truly shameful. Even if I have two mouths, there's nothing I can say for you."

"That was an inevitable occurrence! And it's not like I was alone with Valen! You were there, Sylvia was also there!"

The more she thought about it, the angrier she became.

She had obviously denied it, but without listening to her words, he made his own conclusions as he pleased and left.

Meanwhile, as Rosy watched Lalisa, who was huffing angrily, she opened her mouth cautiously.

"Madam, may I express my opinion?"

"Go ahead."

"From the looks of it, the Duke..."

Rosy continued with a rather grim look.

"Seems to be jealous."

"What, jealous?"

At the unexpected answer, Lalisa's features slackened.

"Yes. Since he kept commenting when it was just a relative, his sensitive reaction seems to imply that he doesn't want to show such an appearance of the Madam's to other men, so what else could it be if it isn't jealousy?"

"Isn't that too much of a leap forward, Rosy."

"How so?"

"Isn't jealousy an emotion that would only arise when you like someone?"

"That's right."

Lalisa raised her eyebrows like it was absurd and waved her hand.

"Of course not. There's no way that the Duke likes me."

"...what?"

Are you really unaware, or are you pretending to be unaware?

Rosy looked at her overly slow-witted owner with a ridiculous look.

What kind of man in this world would give a woman he doesn't like the repositorium and take care of her overnight personally?

"How, no, why do you think so, Madam?"

"Well, the Duke has never said that he likes me before."

"What?"

"Ah, I believe I've mentioned this before."

Lalisa tossed back her hair like it wasn't a big deal.

"Well, in a marriage for an alliance, what's there that's more important than trust?"

Irritation was still present in her furrowed brows.

"However, I'd only talked to his cousin for a while, and he spoke to me like all his trust in me was broken. It's pissing me off."