I Abandoned the Male Lead Who Cheated with the Villainess - Chapter 32
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“The surroundings have too many trees, maybe that’s why. Is it too dense for the wind to pass through?”
“But there’s shade… I don’t know. It was fine when I was alone…”
Rix shrugged, murmuring.
Suddenly, Ivonne wondered if it was because of the body heat of an additional person, but she didn’t voice that thought. Would the internal temperature rise so much just because of one more person?
‘And, it might sound strange.’
So, Ivonne shifted the topic, saying that it’s a relief that it felt like they were at an outdoor café when they drank outside.
The wind blew from afar, shaking Ivonne’s hair. Enjoying the pleasant mountain breeze, Ivonne propped her chin on her elbow on the table. It was when she wiped away the condensation on the outer surface of the glass.
“Wow!”
“Miss Handmaid!”
“A man!”
In the distance, three high-spirited voices consecutively echoed. Surprised, Ivonne turned her head and found Berthe, Amelin, and Suzanne.
“Uh, um. Hey, guys.”
As Ivonne stood up somewhat awkwardly, the children alternately looked at Ivonne and the man sitting across the table before running towards them. Ivonne felt a momentary embarrassment as the children approached.
‘Is it okay if we’re exposed?’
Rix, for some reason, had been hiding his appearance. The man living in the cabin in the artificial forest is not the current Rix; he changed his appearance. In other words, the Rix the children know, the ‘Maid’s neighbor’ and ‘Maid’s colleague,’ is a Rix with a different appearance.
The children approached quickly.
“Miss Handmaid!”
“Who is it?”
“Is he your boyfriend?”
Berthe, Amelin, and Suzanne hung on the terrace railing and spoke. Ivonne felt dizzy for another reason this time. But before that, she had one thing to point out.
“I said hanging on the railing is dangerous, right?”
“Oh, it’s low!”
“But still, if you fall, it hurts. Berthe, you fell last time, didn’t you?”
“Tch.”
“Alright, everyone, come back here. Safely. Okay?”
“Yes.”
The children turned from the terrace, heading towards the entrance. In the meantime, Ivonne and Rix exchanged glances.
“Anyway, they won’t know.”
“Yes, that’s true.”
Ivonne and Rix thought that it would be fine. Until Amelin, who had come to the terrace, with bright golden eyes and spoke.
“But… who is Brother? He looks just like Brother Rix!”
The children’s innocent insight was not to be underestimated. Ivonne froze with a face as if caught red-handed. In the meantime, Rix, who was sipping his drink, almost choked on it. But just as children can make adults feel embarrassed, they can also be the ones to save them.
“Huh? Are you blind, Berthe? They look nothing alike!”
Berthe used harsh words. Normally, Ivonne would have scolded her, but now she couldn’t do that.
“But their eye colors are the same!”
Having purple eyes was so rare that it was said to be a sign of an Emperor in some places, and there were rumors that in a certain Empire, a ruler was hunting people with purple eyes.
So, Amelin, comparing the eye colors of the fake and real Rix, wasn’t entirely unreasonable.
“Oh… really?”
Having discreetly checked the color of Rix’s eyes, Berthe dropped her claim. Ivonne was afraid that the children might spread rumors like ‘Rix is actually a very handsome Brother!’
‘I don’t know why he’s hiding his appearance, but it will be troublesome if rumors spread.’
Ivonne was about to say something when Susan suddenly changed the topic.
“Hey, what does it matter? What’s important is whether this Brother is Miss Handmaid’s boyfriend!”
Susan, three years older than Berthe and Amelin, was a smart girl who could even identify the type of cookies baked that day just by looking at the ingredients on Ivonne’s apron. So, until Ivonne purchased Tens Mansion, Susan took care of the children in the village.
“Oh, right! Is he your boyfriend?”
“Are you going to get married?”
Sure enough, the topic immediately shifted. Ivonne, swallowing a sigh of relief, gave Susan a glance.
She made sure to let them know that a two-year age difference was quite significant, as seen in Susan’s content smile, a head taller than Berthe and Amelin.
‘That smile says she knows everything, one hundred percent.’
She would have to hide it from Susan, but right now, it wouldn’t be as easy as letting Berthe and Amelin know.
However, the immediate problem was not that.
“Are you dating?”
“Are you getting married, Miss Handmaid?”
“Being together with a man and a woman on the weekend is called a date.”
“And a date is something you do with someone you love.”
Who on earth taught these kids words like dating, marriage, and relationships?
‘I did.’
Ivonne felt like banging her head against the ground.
‘I casually mentioned it to the kids, asking them to convince the ladies who often got involved with men in the village below…’
She could either read them fairy tales or firmly say, ‘I’m not dating that person, so we’re not involved at all.’ But of all times, they had to catch her on a weekend, especially while sharing tea at home.
