I Didn’t Lull You to Sleep Only for You to Be Obsessed With Me - Chapter 90

RP: Haebaragi_syk

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Chapter 46.1

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After that, the party wrapped up smoothly. Even though Asher was nervous, he made sure to firmly imprint on everyone’s minds that he was the heir to the Winterville family while standing next to Claude.

“He’s quite composed for someone his age.”

“Perhaps it’s because he resembles the former Duke. The former Duke had such a great personality.”

“He’s different from the current Duke, but I have a feeling he’ll lead the Winterville family well.”

April listened to the whispers around her, feeling a surge of pride as if she were Asher’s own mother.

However, from time to time, she couldn’t help but notice Claude’s sudden silences and kept a close eye on him. Then again, she found herself clicking her tongue at the absurdity of their situation.

‘Seriously, it’s not like we have any special relationship, so why should I have to lay out every detail of my past?’

Who has ever heard of an employee sharing their love life with their employer? Naturally, April kept things deliberately vague, but there was really no reason for Claude to be upset. It wasn’t as if he was the type to be bothered by not knowing his cousin had once been engaged.

Despite that, April felt anxious until the party finally came to a close.

Once the party was over, she tucked Asher into bed and reluctantly made her way to the kitchen.

‘Ha, I really don’t want to go.’

Even while thinking that, April diligently gathered her coffee-making tools. Although she would have loved to take the day off today, she couldn’t ignore the money she was paid. She had to separate personal feelings from work.

If only Claude had told her not to come, everything would have been resolved, but he hadn’t said anything like that.

‘…Instead, he said we’d talk later.’

Feeling like she was heading straight into the lion’s den, April reluctantly made her way to Claude’s office. But when she finally entered, Claude didn’t say a word. He simply stayed engrossed in his paperwork as usual.

‘Is he really not going to ask me anything?’

That was a bit of a relief.

April felt a bit more at ease and began brewing the coffee.

However, she was mistaken. Just as she set the coffee cup down in front of him, Claude abruptly asked,

“Why didn’t you tell me?”

“W-What are you talking about?”

Claude raised his head and looked directly into her eyes. His violet gaze was calm, almost emotionless, but to April, it felt like the eerie silence before a storm, making her swallow nervously.

“The fact that you were my cousin’s fiancée.”

“….”

“You didn’t seriously not know that Zenon Olsen was my cousin, did you?”

April couldn’t bring herself to look directly into Claude’s eyes, so she tightly closed her own.

‘What should I say?’

Deep down, a part of her wanted to pretend she didn’t know Zenon Olson was connected to the Winterville family, but she couldn’t.

She was never good at lying, and Claude, of all people, was exceptionally skilled at seeing through her lies.

If she tried to lie clumsily, it would only provoke Claude’s anger when he eventually uncovered the truth.

Even if she somehow managed to get through this moment, it wouldn’t change the final outcome. The original ‘April Renoen’ had known that Zenon Olson was a Winterville cousin. It wasn’t just that she knew; her entire family had practically celebrated when they found out she was seeing Zenon, believing it would strengthen their ties with the Winterville family.

It wouldn’t take much investigation for Claude to easily discover this. So, she needed to come up with a more believable excuse…

With a ‘here goes nothing’ mindset, April finally spoke.

“I didn’t think it was necessary to mention it.”

“Why?”

“My engagement to Zenon Olsen lasted less than a month. To be honest, it’s a stretch to even call it an engagement. It was just a verbal agreement, and we never even held a formal ceremony. In fact, even the Duke didn’t know your own cousin Zenon Olson was engaged.”

Claude gave her a slight nod, gesturing for her to continue.

Feeling a bit more confident, April went on.

“Besides, from the moment I severed ties with the Renoen family, I was planning to leave the social scene completely. In that case, was there really any point in telling the Duke every single detail?”

“….”

“What was I supposed to say? ‘By the way, I was once engaged to your cousin, but we broke it off—is that okay with you?’ If I had said that, wouldn’t you have just laughed and wondered why I was even bringing it up?”

As she continued speaking, April’s tone became more defiant, as she thought, ‘Why am I even being interrogated about this?’

“And if I had told you everything, would that have changed anything? Would you not have hired me? I highly doubt it. You would have hired me anyway.”

However, Claude seemed to have a different opinion. With a still displeased expression, he spoke.

“Zenon still seems to be hung up on you.”

“Well, that’s his problem, not mine.”

“So, you’re saying you have no lingering feelings for him?”

“Not only do I have no lingering feelings, but I never had any real feelings toward Zenon Olson from the start.”

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