Chapter 73

"Ugh—!"

I buried my face in the white blanket.

The Grand Duke's laughter wouldn't leave my ears.

'Kuuk, I think you're already enough, kuuk!'

At my resolution to become a femme fatale—no, a woman similar to the rumor—he laughed as if he would keel over.

With words that were clearly teasing me.

After laughing uncontrollably for a while, the Grand Duke finally caught his breath and explained.

'It seems there's been a misunderstanding—'

From the start, the Grand Duke had no intention of acting exactly like the rumor.

He said he only planned to show the core of the rumor: 'The Grand Duke is bewitched by his maid.'

"Hnnng……."

It was humiliating.

If I'd known this would happen, I should have just said I understood!

I had unnecessarily made a solemn declaration and only made my embarrassment worse.

'Lily, just do as you usually do. I'll take care of the…