Chapter 44

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Chapter 44

Carlyx, who stepped back easily, twisted his lips, but she couldn’t care less about him.

Rather, her priority was River, whose eyes welled up with tears.

“It’s peeshus for me..everything is pweshus..”

River’s voice was shaking. His duck-like lips trembled and plump cheeks quivered along. River knitted his eyebrows and took a deep breath.

“It’s my pweeshius bag. Stepmother, Sister and Daddy don’t need it, but Rappi needs it. It’s my pweshious messenger bag.”

His aegyo-sal rose up naturally as he folded his eyes.

(TN: Aegyo sal means ‘charming fat’ and refers to the youthful appearance of small fat pockets under eyes)

He pursed his lips inward and pressed them together, holding back his tears. Even his crying face was so lovely.

‘No. I have to get myself together.’

“River has to put this bag down so we can buy you a new one

.”

“N-New messenger bag?”

River sniffled when he heard the word ‘new’. His tears gradually subsided and a candid smile rose on his face.

“A new messenger bag?”

“No. We will buy you not only one but three if River puts it down here and goes with Daddy without the bag.”

“Pweshius messenger bag, t-thwee? Thwee bag?”

River sniffled as he stretched two fingers. So Daisy gently raised one of his folded fingers and nodded gently.

“Yes. Three precious bags. I’ll let you choose different designs, so let’s leave the bag here and go with your daddy and sister.”

“Umm, really?”

“Yeah. Let’s go around and see what kind of brands there are!”

“Bwands? What’s bwands?”

River smiled brightly as he shook his feet. He also put down the messenger bag that he had hugged tightly.

He looked so petite as he was gently held in the arms of Carlyx, who was wearing a bandage.

Daisy made eye contact with River and whispered affectionately.

“The new brands, those are precious stuff, but nothing is more precious than you.”

“Really?”

“Yes. really.”

They giggled merrily, though it wasn’t clear what was so funny about it. Meanwhile, Daisy’s eyes burned with determination.

I’ll buy everything Luciana and River want to buy!

She was ready to spend a lot of money that Carlyx had not spent so far.

So Daisy took River, Luciana and Carlyx to Itarin boutique. She had discovered that the store was famous among aristocrats for having high-quality fabrics.

There was a huge shelf behind the clerk standing at each information desk. The shelf was filled with various fabrics.

‘Okay! Let’s get started.’

Daisy let Luciana and River look around first. Luciana looked around the large store with astonished eyes, so Daisy approached her.

“Luciana, have you thought about what color would be good for a dress?”

“Oh, Auntie.”

Luciana was focusing her attention on the fabrics and opened her eyes wide as if surprised by Daisy’s sudden appearance. She only blinked slowly as if answering ‘yes’ and pointed to the green and blue fabrics respectively.

“Green is pretty, but the blue fabric is also eye-catching. It’s hard to choose just one.”

Luciana dropped her head as if blaming herself for being indecisive.

“Hmm, really?”

‘In that case, I’ll gladly help you.’

Daisy moved forward without hesitation and before the clerk greeted her, she pointed to purple and red fabrics.

“I want those two colors. Green and blue fabrics too.”

Luciana, who saw it, blinked slowly again.

Two colors is already a lot, why are you buying two more, Auntie?

Daisy only smiled at her confused gaze.

“Purple and red dresses will look good on you, too. Let’s add ribbon to your dress. Luciana looks pretty with ruffles, but she also pulls off ribbons beautifully!”

In fact, there was no dress that Luciana couldn’t manage. If there was such a dress, it wasn’t Luciana’s fault, but the designer’s fault for making such a terrible dress. Such a crappy designer deserves to be fired.

Daisy calmed herself down because the child might be scared if she blurted out her inner thoughts. She had gotten used to controlling her inner wildness.

“What about yellow? You’ve never worn a yellow dress, right?”

“Oh, yes. I don’t have a lot of dresses at home, but I have a few white ones. It was less than necessary.”

Luciana tilted her head as she tried to answer articulately. She even made a mistake by saying ‘less than necessary’ instead of ‘more than necessary’.

Cute! Daisy, who roared inside, calmly said.

“You will never know exactly what color of dress you like if you’ve only worn white dresses so far.”

“Ah, I-I like green and red!”

Luciana’s eyes became round like a rabbit’s. She looked happy even just mentioning one color of the newly selected fabric. Daisy, observing her, also showed an elated smile on her face.

“A lot of people have different preferences for the color they like and the color of outfit they like to wear, Luciana.”

“Huh? Then..umm..”

Luciana blinked slowly and narrowed her brows. Her eyes touched a wide shelf beyond the clerk.

“This won’t do.”

Daisy received purple and red fabric that the clerk cut first. She was satisfied with the soft texture of silk wrapped around her finger.

Then Luciana asked timidly.

“Umm…should I choose a different color, Auntie?”

“No, don’t do that, Luciana. We shouldn’t be like this.”

As if smelling the money, another clerk came to help. Seeing the two clerks, Daisy raised her hand and said.

“This one, and this-”

Her hand stopped briefly as she scanned the shelf from left to right. Soon, her hand dropped to the column below it and swept the entire row without hesitation.

Because normally you have to try it on first to know whether you like it or not. And of course, there were too many colors that fit Luciana.

“This baby blue, peacock blue, aquamarine…”

Daisy was determined to not miss a single color. Far from choosing, it was more like sweeping the whole store.

Meanwhile, Luciana was frozen in place. She even forgot to blink because she was so mesmerized.

“This leaf green, olive green, peacock green, purple lilac…”

Luciana, who only came to her senses when she heard the word purple, opened her mouth like a hippo.

“Auntie, t-this is too…”

“Too little?”

Daisy bent her knees to make eye contact with Luciana.

‘How can a precious lady of the Marquis family only have a few white dresses? It’s unacceptable!’

Dresses to wear daily, dresses to show off, dresses to fill the closet. Up to this point, she already needed at least more than three sets.

“Too much…”

Luciana managed to speak her mind timidly. She breathed awkwardly, seemingly thinking whether this was the right thing or not.

“This is only a small amount, Luciana.”

“It’s too much, Auntie.”

“No. You are Luciana Jean. The last name Jean is important, but Luciana, you are far more important than anything. So from now on you can take a lot for yourself, whether it’s ten or one hundred.”

There was something Daisy discovered while spending time with Luciana and River.

Luciana was timid and modest. Whereas River was bright, but for some reason, he was obsessed with his messenger bag.

‘It must be related to Carlyx’s ex-wife, Vera Muas.’

Daisy wanted to get closer and know them. She wanted to approach and embrace them. She wanted to let them know that they deserve a lot of love and affection.

“B-But still, one hundred is a lot. I only need…Ten? No, I only need three. A hundred is less than necessary, Auntie, I just need ten.”

Daisy burst into laughter at Luciana’s reluctant words. She couldn’t bear looking at the child who glanced up and down nervously with her eyebrows drooping.

How can you be so lovely? Even her mistake was like a sloth.

Soon after, Daisy stopped laughing and clenched Luciana’s hands firmly.

“No, you can’t. Three is too little. Auntie won’t allow that.”

Luciana flinched at the word ‘Auntie’. She mouthed what she wanted to say, but eventually closed it.

Daisy did not see that, having turned her eyes away. Suddenly the fabrics she ordered piled up until it reached the clerk’s neck. Even at that height, the fabric tower did not seem to fall since it was handled by a professional.

“I will take all that.”

“Uwaaaaaaaw!”

River, watching from Carlyx’s arms, opened his eyes wide when he saw three fabric towers. Carlyx adjusted his grip and drew closer to the tower for River to see.

“Stay still.”

But Carlyx’s stern voice didn’t reach River because he was already excited by the fabric tower.

“Wow! That one! I know what that is!”

River said with a proud smile as if solving a difficult puzzle.

“It’s a small rainwoow! A broken rainboww!”

At that time, the clerks carefully passed by Carlyx. Not missing the moment, River reached out and patted the fabric quickly.

“Rainwow heheheh!” River shouted as if he understood everything.

Luciana laughed loudly at River’s mispronunciation, and Daisy laughed along with her. In the end, Carlyx also raised one corner of his mouth faintly.

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