Escaping the Archduke of the North’s Obsession

ther knock on the door.

“Come on in.” He answered, and the door opened

.As soon as he saw Isabella enter his office, a light smile spread across his face.

“I have something to tell you,” Isabella said after reading the atmosphere.

Duke Kyar winked at Marc as a signal to make himself scarce.

Mark caught on and swiftly went out of the office.

“You can tell me whatever you want.”

There was nothing more important to him than what she said.

“I pondered a lot about it.
Honestly, I just thought about accepting such a generous offer with my eyes closed, but I don’t think it’s right.
Yet,  rejecting your proposal would be such a great waste.”

He enjoyed watching how the color of her face and her expression changed.

Seeing her face with a clear mind made her look prettier compared to the time when the love potion had taken effect.

“Honestly, it’s a perfect gift, but it’s too much for me to accept it.”

“I want to make you feel burdened.” He said calmly, and her blue eyes grew big.

“What?” She shot back, blushing.

Staring at her, he said.
“Even if you find it burdensome, at least you were thinking about it..”

A smile flowed through her lips.

He could simply tell what she thought by looking at her expression with his clear mind.

She was a woman who wore her heart on her sleeve.

It was something he didn’t know when he drank the love potion.

His thoughts were too murky, and his heart pounded so hard it made him dizzy.

“Your Highness.”

“Just take it even if you feel like it’s too much.
It’s only right that you receive it.”

It’s hard to persuade him to withdraw it.

Well, maybe she was reading too much into it.

Isabella sighed quietly.

“Then how about this? No matter how much I think about it, I just don’t get it.
I think we should share the profits earned through the research institute.
I will be six, and Your Highness will have 4–”

She paused and looked around her surroundings, shaking her head.

“No, let’s have a share of 5 and 5.
I’ll make a lot of money for you.”

She said confidently, and Duke Kyar suppressed a laugh.

He had felt it for a long time, but it appeared like she had said everything she had to say deep down.