CH 225

The morning after Jake’s proposal.

As soon as I woke up, I raised my upper body and muttered softly.

“I can’t believe it.”

Even after bringing the warm wash water and waking up with a simple wash, I was still dazed.

I kept thinking about my confession in the garden yesterday.

“Me and Jake are really, da, da…….”

We’re really dating.

I kept the end of those words in my mouth, which I couldn’t even get out of my mouth because I was still embarrassed about it.

He proposed to me, but we’ve decided to get engaged or get married later…….

Well, we’re dating now, right?

“Oh, really.”

I looked in the mirror.

There was a woman with red cheeks. I’m embarrassed for blushing alone for nothing.

But I can’t believe it!

This isn’t a dream, right?!

‘After the confession yesterday, I just came home and slept soundly.’

Maybe it was because yesterday didn’t feel very real.

Today, I felt a sense of reality unlike yesterday, probably because I had woken up from sleep.

“…… what is jay doing? We didn’t promise to meet today.”

As I was muttering for some reason, I suddenly heard a knock.

“Yes?”

“Miss, Young Duke Jake has come to visit you.”

Hearing the nanny, I jumped up.

“What? Really?”

“Yes, yes. He was waiting for you in the parlor. Are you going to see him now? May I prepare a dress for you?”

As the nanny asked, I hurriedly checked my clothes.

I had washed my face and tidied my hair, but I was still in my house clothes.

I can’t go see Jake like this!

‘Of course, it was only when I was young that we met and played even in house clothes……. I’m not a child now. Both of us.’

Having reached that point, I nodded my head.

“Yes. Choose from the ones I ordered a few days ago and prepare them.”

“Yes, Miss.”

The nanny made her way to the dressing room with a sly grin and a somewhat meaningful smile.

‘Why is the nanny doing that?’

I was puzzled and tilted my head.

And after a while, the nanny took the dress and helped me put it on. Then she said, with a happy smile on her lips.

“My Miss, when did you grow up like this and go on a date with the Young Duke……. This nanny is very happy.”

“What, what? Da, date! What are you talking about? No!”

An unexpected niche attack suddenly came to me while I was caught off guard.

I failed to manage my facial expression and jumped up and spit out rejections.

The reaction looked like I was stabbed in the right place.

Maybe that’s why the nanny smiled softly, as if she knew everything.

As soon as I saw her smile, I was sweating profusely.

‘No way?!’

Did she hear it all? What am I muttering earlier?

But I don’t think I said anything special…….

‘But when the nanny had that look on her face, she certainly knew something.’

She was quick-witted.

Maybe she would know sooner than anyone around me that something had changed between me and Jake.

I just have to be honest. I was going to tell my family and friends anyway.

“Well I actually…….”

It feels strange to actually tell the nanny who I have been with since I was very young that I have a lover, and that that lover is my childhood friend.

It’s like confessing a private life to my family.

Of course, the nanny is like my family, though. But still!

“Jake and…… !”

The moment I spoke, the nanny said with a smile.

“I know. I know, Miss. Are you and Young Duke Jake officially dating?”

“…… how did you know?”

My eyes widened at the nanny’s words.

“Actually, last evening I went to the greenhouse to ask the Miss if she would like to take a bath in advance, and I heard you two’s secret confessions.”

“Ah, as expected……. That was it.”

I breathed a sigh of relief.

I also thought that perhaps, without realizing, she knew that we were both dating?!

“Of course, it was something I expected from a long time ago……. It wasn’t that surprising.”

“What? Wait, nanny, what do you mean by that?”

As I asked urgently, the nanny answered with a puzzled face.

“Yes, it’s because Young Duke Jake liked our Miss so much since childhood? Of course, I wondered if there was anyone who would not like our Miss, but he was the only one you had the best relationship with. Are there any nobles in this imperial capital who don’t know that you two are close?”

“Ahaha…….”

“Besides, at some point the Miss looked happy and surprised when she heard the news that Young Duke Jake had arrived, so I always thought that something like this would happen someday. Fufu, I’m glad that the two of you are able to connect your heart so quickly!”

Seeing the nanny’s happy smile, I thought.

If the nanny thinks like that, most of the people around me must have known.

‘They knew Jake liked me, and I liked Jake!’

I felt strangely embarrassed because it seemed that my inner feelings were somehow discovered.

But at the same time, I was also a little relieved.