The car crossed the garden road and stopped in front of the porch of the mansion.
The head butler, Irina Arumeni, who ran out in a somewhat chaotic manner, calmly opened the car door.
“Your Highness, I have to report……. Riel, Young Master!!”
Irina found Riello in Lapellian’s arms and was overwhelmed by emotions.
‘Ah, thank you, God.’
She felt like falling to her knees and giving thanks to God right away.
Although she would have to take responsibility for this matter, she was most relieved to have found the youngest young master safe.
“Irina.”
“Yes.”
“Let’s ask about responsibility later.”
Lapellian handed Riello to Irina and said firmly.
He knew that it had been beyond their control since the child had sneaked out intentionally.
So, he did not plan to reproach them much.
However, since Riello needed to learn what his wrong choice brought, he could not let it go unnoticed.
“Yes, Your Highness.”
Irina, who had long served the Mosteros family, understood his intentions and carefully took Riello in her arms, bowing her head calmly.
After finishing a brief conversation with the butler, Lapellian reached out to the child still dawdling in the car.
“El.”
Lapellian called her El without any hesitation.
But the girl didn’t recognize that it was her name for a moment.
“El?”
“Ah. Ah. Yes.”
The girl, who had been blinking in confusion, finally realized that he was calling her. And once she realized it, his calm call felt incredibly sweet.
A thrilling chill ran through her whole body.
“El, get down. I’ll hold you.”
At the repeated call, the girl felt a strange tickling sensation and slowly grabbed the large hand reaching out to her.
“Your Highness, this child is…….”
Irina looked at the unfamiliar being getting out of the car with a curious gaze.
“Riello’s benefactor.”
“Benefactor?”
How could this tiny human, barely 150cm tall, be the benefactor of a nobleman? Irina could not understand it right away but did not ask further.
It would be something she could learn from the chauffeur standing next to the car.
“What about your sister?”
“She has received word that she will arrive soon.”
“I’m glad I found that brat before your sister arrives.”
“Yes. I thought my life was over.”
“Briel must be worried too.”
“Yes. I almost fainted trying to stop her from going out to look.”
“Give Riello’s hug to her. I don’t know why the twins are so different. Oh, call the doctor too.”
“Yes. Understood.”
Irina received the order, skillfully hiding her curiosity about the child holding Lapellian’s hand.
Lapellian headed into the mansion without further words, leading El.
The girl, now called El, obediently followed him.
She stopped suddenly, staring at the smoothly spread marble floor.
Staggering back a little because of that.
‘How can I go here.’
I couldn’t muster the courage to walk on this clean floor with my dirty feet.
Lapellian, who seemed to roughly know El’s thoughts, grasped El a little forcefully.
“You must be dizzy. You might have hit your head when you fell.”
“What?”
Lapellian hugged El and lifted her up, making an excuse so she wouldn’t feel embarrassed.
Without a chance to refuse, El found herself in his wide embrace.
“Ah!”
At the dismayed scream, Lapellian let out a faint smile and played a little trick.
“If you fall here, it really will hurt. You might even break your nose or head. Hold on tight, so you don’t fall.”
He teased El, taking some strength out of his arm as if he were treating his younger siblings, trying to scare her.
El, who had failed to fully grasp him and stiffened her body, hurriedly grabbed his clothes.
Lapellian, holding El, climbed the central staircase and then the right staircase.
He went straight into the bathroom attached to his bedroom.
It seemed better to wash thoroughly to remove dirt from the wounds.
“Your arm here, it seems to be swelling. It won’t be easy to lift it. Come here. Let me help you undress.”
Through the torn sleeve, there was a dark bruise, and it seemed to be swelling gradually.
Lapellian, who carefully examined El’s condition, reached out.
But El, who had been obediently following him until now, hesitated.
‘Ah! He must think I’m a man. What, what should I do?’
El, pulling down her outer clothing, shook her head, stuttering.
Embarrassment made it hard for her to open her mouth, but she had to clear up the misunderstanding.
“There’s dirt on the wound, so we need to clean it. There might be wounds where we can’t see, so we need to check those too.”
Lapellian lowered his body and spoke gently, taking El’s hand softly. Then, El was surprised, jumping back like a kitten with its fur standing on end.
Lapellian, to appear kind, deliberately smiled brighter, comforting her gently.
“It won’t hurt. Come on. Okay?”
He waved his hand softly.
At the soft gesture, El unconsciously took a couple of steps closer to him.
But she suddenly came to her senses and didn’t move any further.
She just tightly grabbed her clothes and bit her lips hard.
“El.”
“Al, alone, alone…….”
El stuttered, unable to finish her sentence.
Lapellian thought he was being quite gentle, as he would be with his younger siblings, but recalling times when he had made children of the family cry, he wondered if his appearance was intimidating to this small human.
‘Do I look scary?’
He had never worried about his appearance while making several children cry, but today, for the first time, Lapellian seriously considered his appearance.
He thought it was natural for a wolf beastman to look sensitive and sharp, but it bothered him.
He messed up the neatly combed hair covering his cold eyes, pulling his bangs casually, deliberately softening his voice.
Lapellian thought it might be rude to insist further and not looking like she didn’t want to wash, so he decided to step back here.
“Will you do that?”
“Yes, yes!”
El, holding her clothes as if someone would snatch them away, shook her head vigorously.
At the strong reaction, Lapellian, unusually playful today, straightened his relaxed posture.
“Then do that. While you wash, I’ll bring you a change of clothes.”
“Yes.”
El responded in a crawling voice.
Lapellian, understanding even that small voice, nodded and turned away.
He added one more thing as he went out.
It was from the heart, worried that El might be confused in the modern bathroom.
“I’ll send someone to help you. That’s how we always treat our guests.”
“Guest…….”
“A very special guest at that. The benefactor of my younger sibling’s life, after all.”
“…….”
“Just wait a moment.”
Lapellian stepped out of the bathroom, smiling sweetly, and closed the door.
“Ah.”
With the loud bang of the door closing all the way, El collapsed on the floor as if her legs had melted.
“Pretty.”
Pure admiration sprang out without a moment to stop it.
The situation happening to me was strange and bewildering, and his facial assault was tremendous.
He smiled so prettily.
El lost her wits in a blissful expression in the unfamiliar bathroom.
Turns Out He’s Been Secretly in Love with Me
One-line summary: He acts like he doesn’t like her but is actually playing hard to get.
Synopsis:
Xu Muzhou like her. He has liked her for a very long time, and through repeated schemes, he finally closed the distance with her.
But this is still far from enough.
He wants to be the one who stands out among her many suitors, to fight for her attention, and to make her take the initiative to pursue him.
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