Chapter 4

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Chapter 4

A shadow of sadness fell over Azela’s aloof face. Perhaps Sylvia read the answer from her expression and said cutely in an apologetic voice.

“I’m sorry. I didn’t cry because of Countess Todd, it just happened because of my intense feelings yesterday…… Even though I told Daniel that it wasn’t because of the Madam, he scrambled to find you. You know, Daniel’s personality.”

Azela knew. She knew better than Sylvia. They had been together for a long time, and she knew his fickle personality, his easily tired personality, how he behaved in the face of righteousness, and how he didn’t listen to anything when he got angry and did what he thinks. She was the one who knew him best, more than anyone else.

Azela clenched her fists, trembling. Otherwise, she felt like she was going to run out of this place like a loser.

“I want to be friends with Countess Todd. Now we have to stay together.”

“…….”

“If it’s okay with you…… Because we could get along just like real sisters. I don’t care about having to monopolize a man or anything like that.”

She doesn’t care? Was that what it means now? Azela, who smiled in vain, unknowingly raised her hand and rubbed her eyes, which were heavy with all kinds of jewels. Tears welled up in the corners of her eyes, tingling as if the jewel dust got into her eyes.

“Are you okay? If you rub it like that, it will hurt your eyes. It is true that the Countess was said to be bad at makeup.”

At Sylvia’s worried tone, Azela stopped rubbing her eyes and looked back. Sylvia still had a pretty smile on her face.

“…… Daniel said so?”

“Yes, Daniel sometimes talks to me about the Countess. He told me that you would keep your makeup simple, and he said that you were a confident person. And he said you were a very noble person in bed. Oh, of course, I have no intention of taking it badly, so don’t worry. Did he ever tell Countess Todd about me too?”

In the end, as it was said, unlike Sylvia, Azela did not wear heavy makeup, was stubborn and had a strong personality, and hardened like a noble in bed. Azela bit her lower lip and looked at Sylvia with her messed up face. Every time she saw Sylvia, she was a woman shining like warm sunlight. Azela, who had been staring at her for a long time, opened her lips unknowingly.

“Why Daniel?”

“Yes?”

“If of looks…….”

She wished Sylvia could have met a better man. Azela bit her lips, swallowing the words that she couldn’t spit out.

“Oh, are you asking why I didn’t meet a better man?”

However, Sylvia, who was quick to notice it, smiled as if Azela was cute and asked calmly. When Azela didn’t respond, Sylvia clenched her chin and raised her gaze upward, muttering a cute ‘Ummm’. She was lovable and cute in every move even from the eyes of the same woman.

“Has the Countess ever felt that way? A sense of achievement.”

“…… A sense of achievement?”

“Yes, it’s the sense of achievement for making a man with another woman mine.”

At Sylvia’s words, Azela’s heart thumped to the floor again. She didn’t even know what expression she was supposed to make anymore. Should she laugh, or should she cry like a fool in front of her?

Despite Azela’s confused expression, Sylvia continued her words with a smile as if it was funny.

“How thrilling and good it is, those who have not experienced it will not know how it feels. Besides, he’s a man who has already been verified, right? He’s a man who’s even been verified by another woman, so why would you ask me to reconsider?”

Was that something she could say in front of Azela?

Azela bit her lower lip hard. Even Irene, who was listening to the story next to her, was annoyed and her hand holding the teacup trembled.

“Besides, Daniel saved me, and he even protected me. Isn’t it strange not to fall for a man like that?”

“…….”

“Moreover, as the Countess knows…… ”

Sylvia glanced around briefly, then she leaned her torso towards Azela. She had a strong floral scent that made her head dizzy. Sylvia went right up close to Azela’s face and whispered softly so that only Azela could hear.

“Daniel’s kissing and other things. Well…….”

Sylvia interlocked her own hands, very slowly. Azela, who looked at her for a moment with an incomprehensible gaze, soon realized what that meant, and she hurriedly lowered her head with a blushing face. While Azela clasped her chin with her hands, Sylvia continued her words with a smile.

“Yes, that is correct. Daniel sleeps very well. Such a man is rare.”

“!”

Azela eventually hardened. She had no idea what kind of expression she was making now. If only she could have grabbed Sylvia’s hair, sprayed her with water, or given her a retort, but she couldn’t say anything because she thought her tears would spill out first.

‘What am I doing here?’

Her heart was pounding and her hands were trembling. She wanted to say something cool, but she couldn’t think of anything. Sylvia looked at Azela, and was smiling cutely.

“Daniel said the Countess had no cute side…… But the Madam is actually very cute. It makes me want to be friends with you!”

Sylvia smiled as dazzling as the sunshine. And she cutely opened her round eyes wide, she asked.

“Countess Todd.…… No, can I possibly call you‘Azela’?”

“!”

“I think it feels more friendly to call you by your first name.”

Azela opened her eyes wide at the sound of her name being called from Sylvia’s mouth and looked at Sylvia. It was unacceptable for a mere mistress to call the name of a noble, even the family Madam’s. Azela looked at Silvia quietly.

Sylvia was a really pretty woman with big eyes and a gorgeous figure. Azela was ashamed of herself for unintentionally imitating her, saying to look ‘like Sylvia’. Azela lowered her head, fearing that the makeup she had copied would be found out.

“Your makeup looks different today.”

“!”

“Is it because it’s thicker than usual…… You look prettier.”

As if reading Azela’s inner thoughts, Sylvia clenched her chin and gave a bright smile.

Taking a deep breath, Azela lifted her head again and looked at Sylvia.

“You want to be friends with me.”

“Yes.”

Azela clenched her fists under the tea table as Sylvia smiled in full bloom.

‘How can you say something like that when you look down on me?’

Azela furrowed her eyebrows and took a deep breath. Everything else was good, but it was absolutely impossible for Sylvia to call her by her first name. Besides, Azela couldn’t get along with her like sisters as she said. Azela, who had calmed her rising emotions, continued her words in a sullen tone.

“If you’re bored in the mansion, you better look around you, Sylvia. Or you could ask Daniel to help find a companion.”

“Yes?”

“I can’t be friends with you.”

“What…….”

“And it is against politeness to call a nobleman by the first name, so it is better not to even try to call my name. If other people see it, they can hate you, not me.”

“!”

At Azela’s gentle but firm voice, Sylvia’s face quickly turned red like a tomato. Azela wanted to pour out all her heart, saying that everything was nonsense, but Sylvia was Daniel’s favorite mistress. Azela didn’t want to go against his heart because her self-esteem was down to the ground in front of Daniel.

“Can you understand what I am saying?”

So she has no choice but to be quiet, well-composed, so that Sylvia can understand. Sylvia did not respond to Azela’s quiet but forceful voice. Breathing in a vigorous and exasperated breath, she burst into anger, raising her trembling hands and hurling the teacup in front of her to the side.

Azela, startled by the sudden action, looked at Sylvia with her eyes wide open. She said it as gently as she could to make sure Sylvia didn’t feel bad, but Azela couldn’t understand why Sylvia was reacting like this. Tears welled up in Sylvia’s poisonous eyes as she faced them.

‘Why are you crying?’

Seeing that, Azela put on an absurd expression on her face without realizing it. Sylvia, who stood up from her seat, stared at Azela until the last moment, and then took her subordinates without a greeting, and walked away.

“Ma, Madam. Are you okay?”

As Sylvia left the place, Irene, who was standing beside her nervously, hurriedly approached her and checked Azela. A lot of people have seen and heard of it, so today’s event must have reached Daniel’s ears.

A look of anxiety lingered in Azela’s heart as she saw Sylvia disappearing back in the distance. She couldn’t forget the tears in her eyes as she left.

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