I Unintentionally Cured the Grand Duke’s Insomnia - Chapter 73

37. — Million Black (1)

There was a cruel silence that made me want to die at any moment out of shame.

As I watched Cain, who called himself a cold-blooded Grand Duke, I was almost in tears, wondering how the male lead had ended up like that. Then, as I realized that it was my book that put those words in his mouth, I just wanted to pass out on the spot.

Pulling me into his arms, he stared at Million as if he could kill him with his eyes alone.

I swallowed my dry saliva, feeling like I was on a tightrope while glancing at him. His naturally disheveled hair and red eyes gleamed dazzlingly in the sunlight. The subtle scent of dark wood and the hug that wrapped tightly around me were reliable, as if he in the world would be on my side even if everyone turned their backs on me.

Because of that, my heart, which knew that it was out of place but didn’t know the subject, pounded away again.

Right, come to think of it, Cain didn’t do anything wrong in this situation. If I had to pick a fault, I’d say it was Cus’s fault for giving Cain a title like that in the first place, and it was the original author’s fault for making his character obsessive.

Of course, the original author didn’t know that he would be so obsessed with me, not Irene.

Honestly, could such a face do anything wrong? No, I mean, even if it was, wasn’t it a face that could be at fault? And now, even Million, the Marquis’s son, was also falling for Cain?

While I was staring at Cain’s face in admiration, Million cautiously asked a question.

“…I’m not sure I’m understanding you right now, but are you saying that you two are engaged?”

His voice trembled as if he was quite taken aback by Cain’s words. Seeing that, Cain smiled at Million’s confused look and asked him back.

“I didn’t realize that the question would require an explanation.”

“….”

“It’s a fact that no one in Aren doesn’t know.”

No, it was necessary. Absolutely necessary! Why wouldn’t there be a need for an explanation?

The only reason we were pretending to be engaged was to keep an eye on me in case I wrote another romance novel about him, and what those people were curious about was that we were the love of the century!

In my mind, I had hundreds, maybe thousands of rebuttals to Cain though I didn’t have the courage to say them out loud.

I glanced over at Million, swallowing the words I couldn’t bring myself to spit out. In fact, judging from the situation just before, contrary to Cain’s misunderstanding, it was him, not me, whom Million liked, with even his ears blushing. Of course, I didn’t know if his feelings for him were longing or love, but I wondered if he was hurt by Cain’s misunderstanding.

I meant to tell him not to get hurt too much.

After all, I was just a passing relationship for him and his true destiny would soon appear, so he shouldn’t worry too much if Cain met someone like me. I was going to tell him not to worry, that I knew better than anyone that he and I didn’t get along… until I saw the look on Million’s hardened expression.

“…You two are engaged.”

Million wasn’t asking. He was just silently repeating those words as if he couldn’t believe what he was hearing.

Could he be angry now?

Was it really that upsetting to him that Cain and I had become entangled?

“You look pretty upset?”

At the sound of Cain’s muffled voice, my gaze flickered from Million to him again. Apparently, I wasn’t the only one who felt that Million’s expression wasn’t that good.

“…No. It’s true that I was a little embarrassed, but I don’t feel bad about the relationship between the two of you.”

Saying so, he was smiling as if the whole thing had been an illusion. He then glanced at my book for a moment before raising it up to Cain and opening his mouth again.

“That’s a shame, of course, because I enjoyed the book so much that I became interested in Young Lady Adelia, who wrote it.”

“….”

“Well, not everyone gets married just because they’re engaged, so it’s not like I’m completely out of luck.”

‘…That’s right. He’s indeed the son of the Marquis of Black.’

Seeing him talking like there was no tomorrow, anyone could tell that he was the son of a marquis family. On the other hand, Cain’s eyes flicked up after hearing Million’s words, who returned his gaze with a smirk. Sure enough, his eyes were as cold as his voice.

“How am I supposed to understand that now, Marquis?”

“Well, why don’t you just take it at face value?”

“….”

“I didn’t think I said anything wrong?”

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