I Reincarnated As A Villainess, But Why Did I Become A Cat Butler Instead? - Chapter 183

Chapter 92.1

As he arrived at Dimitri’s office, we sat facing each other with the table in between.

“….”

There was a brief moment of awkward silence.

Nervously, I stole a quick glance at Dimitri before swiftly lowering my gaze. It was because the scattered memories from last night, when I was drunk, resurfaced in my mind, vividly recalling his face being so close to mine and the feeling of his breath on my skin.

‘It feels like I’m going to die of shame…’

…I kissed that man.

As my face flushed with heat and I involuntarily closed my eyes tightly, Dimitri asked in a concerned voice.

“Are you feeling unwell, Rowaine?”

“N, no!”

I tried to shake my head, waving both hands in the air to distract myself and avoid making direct eye contact with Dimitri. Eventually, I mustered the courage to look at him. However, in contrast to my anxious demeanor, he appeared completely composed and unfazed.

…No, it felt like I was the one at a loss, which only added to my frustration.

As he entered the office, I nervously watched him unbutton two buttons on his shirt, which had been fastened all the way up to his neck.

Anxiously, I bit my lower lip, unsure of what to say or do next.

‘He seems upset… no, he could be. Given the circumstances, he wouldn’t have initiated such actions, and it might just be the effect of alcohol—’

The look on Dimitri’s expression wasn’t an embarrassment.

‘Let’s apologize properly.’

I took a deep breath at the thought. At the same time, he suddenly stood up, causing my body to flinch.

“Isn’t it a bit hot in here?”

“Ah…! Yes, yes. It’s a little hot.”

“I’ll open the window.”

With those words, he strolled around the office and opened the window wide. However, it didn’t make much of a difference in cooling down the temperature. As Madam Elbas had mentioned, it was already noon, and the scorching sun was causing the outside temperature to be even higher than inside.

“It’s already summer, isn’t it?”

“That’s right.”

“Yes.”

The unusually awkward atmosphere continued. Dimitri was undoubtedly getting tired of waiting for me to bring up the conversation first.

As he returned to his seat, he began to rhyme impatiently.

“Last night…”

“Yes, I was wrong!”

I quickly interrupted him, not wanting to hear the reprimanding words, “You did something wrong, didn’t you?” out of his mouth.

“…Last night, I was very disrespectful to you, Dimitri. I must have been too drunk.”

I paused for a moment and glanced at his reaction. His expression seemed to stiffen slightly.

“I was actually going to ask if you slept well, but… I see.”

Since he didn’t say anything after that, I continued my words while being mindful of his reaction.

“To be honest, I don’t remember exactly what I said to you. Whatever I said, I didn’t mean it so please forgive me if I said something hurtful. And, of course, the… the kiss as well.”

“….”

“It was a complete mistake.”

“…Ha, a mistake.”

Dimitri’s expression darkened. Seeming conscious of my gaze, he covered his face with one hand and lowered his head.

My clasped hands tightened with tension.

‘Is he feeling very upset? Well, I guess he would be. Even if we’re not lovers, if someone gets drunk and does something like that, I would also feel very uncomfortable…’

While I was shedding little tears of remorse inside, he suddenly smiled and raised his head.

“You’re saying it was a mistake, the kiss between us?”

“Yes…”

His furrowed eyebrows twitched slightly.

“You don’t remember what happened? Or was it something that you don’t want to remember?”

The atmosphere felt a little strange.

Wanting to avoid misunderstandings, I was as honest as I could be.

“…I vaguely remember that you got angry and told me not to drink anymore in the future…”

Yet, in the face of Dimitri’s chilling demeanor, I found myself unable to continue speaking and fell into silence. It had been a long time since I last saw such an expression on his face—perhaps it was on the very first day I arrived here when I intruded into his room.

It was the expression he had when questioning an intruder.

As I silently reproached myself, Dimitri let out a small sigh and spoke with a slightly softened expression.

“It’s okay. I understand your feelings, Rowaine.”

“Really…?”

“Yes. You don’t need to apologize any further.”

“Then, are we okay…?”

Dimitri let out a smirk.

“At best.”

Gazing at me, he emphasized the words with a somehow burning glint in his eyes.

“That’s right. There’s no way our alliance would be affected by such a small, trivial mistake.”

As he continued to emphasize the words and look into my eyes, I couldn’t help but feel that he was looking for a certain reaction from me. Even though I wanted to meet his expectations if possible, I just couldn’t figure out what he wanted.

So, in the end, I simply smiled kindly and nodded.

“Ah, yes. I’m really grateful that you understand me like that.”

“Ha. Really, until the end…”

“Yes? What do you mean?”

“Nothing.”

He turned his head away with a nonchalant gesture. Although I was puzzled, I maintained a contrite attitude and cautiously asked.

“So, are we going to consider yesterday’s incident as if it never happened?”

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