Today’s Goal is a Safe Divorce! - Chapter 57

Chapter 57

More than anything else, she couldn’t help but move at the terrifying threat. Elysia wondered why he was so anxious that he couldn’t put her to sleep. If it was Damon, he thought from the first night that he would let her go.

In the first place, sleeping together would be impossible. She would not be surprised if she became a Grand Duchess only in name from the first night, so she was determined to sleep in another room.

“You promised to sleep holding hands.”

“…Yes?”

She never promised that. It was Damon who said to sleep holding hands while she disagreed.

“Come on.”

“Wa, wait—”

Now that his seduction operation had changed direction, he whispered to her with a dangerous expression and voice. Damon’s pheromone emitting enough to be captivating made her dazed for a moment.

Elysia couldn’t even feel herself approaching.

“If the wife fell under the bed, it would break my heart.”

Didn’t he just tell her to hold hands and sleep? All of a sudden, Elysia was taken aback by his action as he approached her back and hugged her.

“Your, Your Grace…!”

“Now, we can be together for the rest of our lives.”

Elysia’s body stiffened at his words. When Damon placed his head up over her shoulder, she seemed to have forgotten how to breathe. Cold sweat dripped down her cheeks as she felt the coolness behind her back.

His words sounded like he was going to kill her now.

Being together for the rest of their lives meant that he would be watching Elysia die. So now, he was calmly talking about killing her.

Damon was still Damon.

Although she had been fooled, Elysia was now reassured. She mustn’t forget that he was aiming for her neck. She had completely forgotten that she never knew when or where a blade might come in… No, he made her forget.

“Ah…”

It was appalling. The hair all over her body, and her spine was shivering. A husband who gave a murder notice on the first night… It was only now that she realized that she was married to Damon Raphael.

She wanted to beg for her life, but it would make him even more amused. Damon loved seeing people’s dying eyes the most. Of course, he was even happier when they hung up on him for life.

He was such a person… the man holding her now was that.

“Won’t you sleep?”

“Well… holding hands and sleeping…”

The person who said they would only sleep holding hands was hugging her. She lost her words to stop him as he behaved differently from his own words, that was why she couldn’t believe the man who said those lines.

Damon might have meant something different, so he didn’t keep his promise anyway.

“Go on, go to sleep.”

No, she couldn’t figure out how she could sleep in this state.

Because Elysia was now held by him, she was stiff. She couldn’t understand why he was being so friendly to her. There was no reason for him to hold her. And trying to reassure her by whispering sweetly in her ear…?

Still, if that was the case, it didn’t work since she heard those words and realized Damon’s inner feelings. He was a dangerous beast. She had to work hard not to get bitten in the neck by the beast in the future.

“Your Grace, please keep your promise.”

Please, let go of this arm… I don’t mean to hug you.

But again, Damon moved his arms and hugged her again. Even though it was cramped, Elysia was more afraid in his arms. She was in the arms of someone who would kill her.

“…Your Grace.”

She was afraid that his arm would always be directed towards her neck. Sleeping with him was not easy.

“I made a mistake.”

“….”

As she was about to talk to him one more time, Elysia exhaled her breath. Blood rushed through her body, which was so stiff that she couldn’t even breathe properly. It was only for a brief moment though she thought she was going to die.

“Well…”

Finally, as she was relieved in Damon’s arms, he grabbed her hand. He held it so tightly that it seemed that the blood wouldn’t flow.

“Didn’t you say that we would just hold hands and sleep?”

“…Yes.”

Lies… Damon would say to sleep holding hands and would just do what he wanted. Elysia’s lips bulged out when he grabbed her hand and hugged her tightly. As the underdog, she was forced to do what he wanted.

“I think it would be uncomfortable.”

How long had they been holding hands without saying a word? She couldn’t sleep at all. She was worried that her hands were sweating, and she didn’t understand how they could lie down and hold hands all the time they slept.

Elysia had a bad sleeping habit since she rolled around as she slept.

She had never slept like this—upright and so stiff. She knew she wouldn’t be able to sleep comfortably next to him, of course, but it was the first time she had been lying so uncomfortable. Even in the cramped attic, it wasn’t this much.

“…Your Grace?”

“Yes.”

Why was he doing this in a bed that is wide enough for five people to lie down? What was reassuring was the size of the bed though Damon and Elysia were right next to each other in spite of the large bed.

‘Why is he acting like a fussy person because he couldn’t reach me…’

His actions now could only be misunderstood by anyone. He seemed to lose control of himself out of fondness for her. Anyone else would have thought so, but he wasn’t. Damon was the one who wouldn’t even feel like liking someone.

It was she who set him that way.

“I can’t sleep because it’s uncomfortable. I think you should release your hand.”

Even at Elysia’s request, Damon didn’t answer, only held her hand tightly. It was not like a child holding its mother’s hand at the market…

“I have to let the hand go, so I can sleep…”

“I don’t want to.”

“Yes?”

…Did he just say no?

“I said no.”

“Then, how am I going to sleep…”

Damon’s absurd rhetoric made Elysia annoyed. It was not like there was a ghost that had died because they couldn’t hold hands, and she didn’t know why he was acting so inappropriately.

“I don’t want to be separated.”

Although she didn’t know why he didn’t want to be separated, she was unfamiliar with this stubborn behavior.

“I don’t want to be separated from the wife.”

In the end, Elysia chose silence. What could she say to him who didn’t want to get away from her? No matter what she said, she realized that he wouldn’t let go of her hand. She’d rather go to sleep rather than argue with Damon.

It was painful for her eyes who had not closed her eyes all day long, so her tired body fell asleep at some point.

“….”

When she woke up and glanced around, Damon was nowhere to be found. She thought he’d be holding her hand until the end, but he wasn’t. It wasn’t until the night with him that she realized that she was married to him.

“…I can’t believe it.”

Elysia stuttered, and she patted the area near her neck. She was still alive, seeing that her neck was still intact. She was alive after spending the night with Damon Raphael…!

It was an unbelievable reality.

Nevertheless, she could not be reassured. It must have been purely because of his whim that she was still alive. Didn’t she suffer quite a bit from that crazy whim of his yesterday as well?

“Your Grace, may I come in? I think you woke up.”

Elysia quickly got up at the voice, presumably Julia’s, coming from outside the door. Today was the first day for her, so she didn’t want to show a mess.

“Your Grace?”

“Co, come in.”

When her gown had come loose, her inner skin was exposed, and Elysia panicked. If Damon saw something like this… It would be terrible. Thinking so, she tucked her gown tight so that it would never get untied again.

“Did you sleep well?”

“Yes…”

“You must not speak to me so respectfully in the future.”

With Julia’s resolute tone, she nodded her head. It was also strange that the person titled the Grand Duchess would speak to a handmaid respectfully. Just by looking at Julia’s face, she seemed like a person who valued ​​principles.

“Follow Chloe and Rachel so you can wash up.”

“Yes…”

Yesterday’s room had a spacious bathroom, but Damon’s room was incomparable. She couldn’t keep her mouth shut as it was too dazzling for a bathroom.

“Are you tired?”

“I can wash by myself…”

“No, you can’t!”

Now, Chloe and Rachel seemed to have a solid misunderstanding. She and Damon slept together though they didn’t consummate the night. To be precise, they just held hands and fell asleep. As they now misunderstood her, this situation was embarrassing.

“The chief handmaid will make the bedding.”

“Julia herself?”

As the chief handmaid, it was customary for her not to move directly, still, Julia was doing everything by herself.

“That… Well, the chief handmaid will explain.”

Perhaps, there was something about it, and Elysia just quietly nodded her head.

“Is it because there are not many people?”

“There is something about it…”

It didn’t seem like it was because there was a shortage of manpower. At the thought, she glanced at Julia’s waist just in case. A bundle of keys — the power of the chief handmaid — was properly hung around her waist. Then really, she shouldn’t have to make the bedding herself.

“All the clothes have been moved in advance.”

“Oh, you mean Catherine’s dresses?”

“No, it’s not Madame Catherine’s dresses.”

Elysia tilted her head when she said it wasn’t Catherine’s dress. She remembered putting orders with Catherine…

“Shall I bring in Madame’s dresses?”

“No, I think I placed an order…”

‘Haven’t they come yet?’

In fact, it would be difficult to send it immediately. She was also busy making wedding dresses and reception dresses on top of that.

“We have prepared a salon’s dress for the Imperial Family.”

“Isn’t Catherine in charge of the Imperial Family?”

“You can’t afford to cover all that amount in one salon.”

“Madame Catherine mainly makes party dresses!”

Oh, come to think of it, all of Catherine’s dresses were for going out, so it seemed that it was just a little fancy to wear at home. Elysia nodded her head in agreement.

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