Duke's wife

Chapter 24

Grace then took a hot bath under Sally's care and finished grooming perfectly. Sally, who had been informed by Grace that she was going to have dinner with Arthur tonight, worked more enthusiastically to dress up Grace.

Grace finished her make up as she looked at Sally, who carefully inserted a sapphire hair ornament to match her blue dress after finishing her makeup with a focused expression.

"Hey, Sally."

"Yes? Tell me."

"Where does Leon live?"

"Prince Leon? The Prince is using the innermost bedroom on the second floor of the annex? But why do you ask that?"

"If you don't mind, I'd like to go see Leon.....I'm sure he's very angry with me by now, isn't he?

".....What? Oh."

Sally, who tilted her head for a moment at Grace's words, soon exclaimed, "Oh!" and said.

"That's for sure. On the day you stayed in your bedroom without taking a walk, Prince Leon came all the way here and asked me to see you."

"....Oh, really?"

"Yes, so as you had requested I told him that you did not want to see anyone then, Confucius nodded his head with a timid face and left."

"....What should I do? Was he really upset?"

That day, Grace listened with a tearful face to Sally's explanation of Leon's appearance. Sally then smiled affectionately and gently patted Grace on the shoulder as she replied.

"If the Lady apologizes, he'll gladly accept it. Prince Leon likes you very much."

"Really?"

"Of course. I bet you."

"So believe in yourself."

Sally patted her with her thick hands.

Grace, a little relieved at the sight, stood up after checking herself in the mirror and said,

"Sally, can you show me where Leon is?"

"Of course."

Sally nodded and took the lead, as if she had been waiting for the word. Grace followed her with quick steps, recalling Leon's face. She was worried about how she could make Leon, who was upset by himself, feel better.

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How long did she walk behind Sally like that? Stopping in front of the blue-roofed annex with high stairs, Sally approached Grace, who was following her.

Grace, with Sally's help, finally entered the annex after climbing the icy, slippery stairs. When a maid saw them, she hurried up to them and bent down.

"Oh my, aren't you the duchess? What brings you to the detached house?"

"I'm here to see Leon. Is he in the bedroom now?"

"Oh, no. Prince Leon is over there in his study."

"I see. Thank you."

Grace thanked her and walked in the direction she pointed. Then they saw there was a door twice as big as the other rooms on the same floor. Grace pointed at the door and asked Sally.

"Is this his study, Sally?"

"Yes, it is."

When Sally nodded back, Grace swallowed her dry saliva nervously. When she arrived at Leon's place, she was nervous about what to do when she saw him. Grace calmed her pounding heart with a light sigh and opened the door.