Chapter 7 Part 2

Irina, who was smiling brightly, turned her head to see the earnest gaze directed at her.

“Why are you looking at me?”

“…Because you have a nice smile.”

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At Rumpel’s words, Irina wondered if she had smiled too carelessly and excessively, and she carefully observed his expression. However, Rumpel didn’t seem upset or displeased.

Rather… he seemed to be in a good mood. His expression was strange, but he had a faint smile on his face.

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And the way he looked at her was…

“…Why are you looking at me like that?”

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“How was I looking at you?”

‘You looked as if I was so beautiful you could die.’

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Irina couldn’t bring herself to say the words that had risen to her lips.

Even if Irina was a novice in romance, she wasn’t so clueless that she couldn’t notice the affection in Rumpel’s eyes.

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Clearly, Irina had no way of knowing the depth of those feelings, but the emotion reflected in his eyes was definitely a liking.

Her heart pounded. The thought that he had feelings for her made her face feel flushed, and she felt dizzy.

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She didn’t know how to react, but she didn’t feel bad. She even felt excited, like she had been waiting for this moment.

“…It’s nothing.”

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However, it was true that she was too embarrassed to express these feelings as they were.

She was actually scared. If he denied it, she would have nothing to say. She would just end up being a strange woman.

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She had no choice but to wait for Rumpel to confess his feelings first…

But why?

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Behind the feeling of resignation, the question ‘why?’ suddenly appeared. As if signaling it, the feelings she had been suppressing, or perhaps even deliberately ignoring, began to surface one after another.

Shouldn’t she be a strange woman? She wanted to hear his heart right now. She didn’t want to wait forever. Because… Because she liked him.

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Irina finally admitted it. She liked Rumpel, who showed up to help her whenever she was in trouble, Rumpel, who kept popping into her mind, Rumpel, who could make her excited or depressed with just a single word.

Actually, she was vaguely aware of it. However, she couldn’t admit it because she was afraid that she would be the only one getting hurt if she admitted that fact.

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She and Rumpel were only connected by a contract, and she knew nothing about him. Liking such a man was like jumping into a fire.

That’s why, even when her heart screamed at her to admit that she liked him, she pretended not to hear and ignored it.

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“Lady Irina.”

“…..”

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At his kind voice, Irina felt tears welling up in her eyes. Knowing how foolish she would look if she suddenly started crying in front of him, she held back her tears, widening her already large eyes.

In case Rumpel saw the tears in her eyes, Irina quickly turned her head away so he couldn’t see her.

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“Irina.”

“… … Don’t, don’t call me like that.”

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It was unfair. She was barely holding back her tears, and he was calling her name in such a gentle voice.

If he did that, she would really end up crying. She would really end up expecting. He too… He liked her.

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“Why?”

“…..”

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“Do you not like me calling you Irina?”

At Rumpel’s question, Irina ended up turning her head and looked at him. Rumpel, seeing the tears welling up in Irina’s eyes, as if they were about to fall at any moment, widened his eyes in surprise.

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Before he could even ask her why, Irina ended up shedding tears like a fool.

“No! I like it! I like it too much! Too, too much… so… that’s why…! This is what it is, I held back! How did I hold back, but in the end…”

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Contrary to her words ‘I like it’, her voice was full of resentment. Irina truly resented Rumpel. She hated him for making her confess her feelings like this.

After all, he was only meeting her because of the contract, and he was going to leave once she had a child. She felt deeply ashamed of liking such a man. She was sad and angry.

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Out of so many men, why did she have to like this kind of man? A strange man whose identity she didn’t even know, a nasty man who didn’t care about her and only thought about the child she would bear.

“Irina, are you crying? Don’t cry, why are you crying?”

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“I told you not to call me like that! You keep, keep… making me cry. You don’t even like me, you’re not interested in anything other than the child I’ll bear! You’re going to leave right after I give birth to the child! You’re coming to see me only to receive the payment for the contract!”

Once she started talking, she couldn’t hold back anymore. Irina resentfully poured out her feelings along with her tears. She couldn’t even see what Rumpel’s expression was or what kind of face he was making because her vision was blurred by the tears that were falling non-stop.

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“Don’t make me expect… Don’t make my heart flutter… What am I supposed to do after Rumpel leaves… How am I supposed to handle those feelings alone…!”

She wasn’t confident. She wasn’t sure if she could handle being completely alone after he left.

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As much as she liked him, as much as her feelings for him had grown, she would be the only one left to deal with the rest of her feelings. The thought of it already made her afraid.

She had no idea that liking someone could be so nerve-wracking and scary.

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Even if she could turn back time and go back to the day she first met Rumpel, Irina had no other choice and would still accept Rumpel’s contract, but even if nothing would change, she wanted to turn back time. At least before she liked him.

“Why am I crying so much!”

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Irina wiped away her tears irritably. She was angry at herself. She was upset that she had shown such an unsightly side to Rumpel, and she hated her own pathetic self who couldn’t even control her emotions.

She used to be the happiest person in the world, but now she hated everything. How embarrassed and dumbfounded Rumpel must have been to see her like this. She was worried that he might lose his affection for her.

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She should have held back a little more. She should have tried to endure it somehow. It was a feeling that even she had been holding on to without acknowledging it, but as soon as she acknowledged it, she lashed out at Rumpel as if blaming him. She wondered how absurd and dumbfounded it must have been from his perspective.

“… … I’m sorry.”

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The words that finally came out of Irina’s mouth were a short apology. With her nose stuffy from crying a little, all Irina could do right now was apologize in a muffled voice.

Irina lowered her head helplessly. The tears, still without notice, didn’t stop and dripped down her face.

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Then, a cold hand carefully stroked Irina’s cheek. Surprised, Irina widened her eyes and raised her head. Then, golden eyes as warm as the sun were directed at Irina.

“Who said that?”

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“What?”

Irina asked back dumbfoundedly at his question. She didn’t immediately understand what he was saying.

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Then, Rumpel looked straight at Irina and continued speaking.

“Who said that I would leave you once I had a child?”

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“…..”

Instead of answering, Irina only rolled her large eyes. No matter how much she searched through her memories, there was no one who had said that.

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“Am I only interested in the child Irina will give birth to? Did I ever say that?”

“… … No.”

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He had never said anything like that. Of course, he had never said those exact words, nor even anything with a similar nuance.

Irina carefully replied, looking at his eyes. Then, Rumpel seemed to sigh briefly and then opened his mouth again.

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“Have I ever said that I don’t like you?”

“…N-No.”

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Faced with Rumpel refuting each word she said, Irina shrank back. She felt sorry for having gotten angry based on her own assumptions.

Feeling dejected and blaming herself for why she had done that, Irina suddenly raised her head and looked at Rumpel.

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“Well, wait a moment… the reason you’re saying this is….”