Chapter 105.2

He warned his Knights to keep that secret from Isabella, but he didn’t expect that he would be the one to reveal that to her.

“Look. Just tell me where you’re  hurt so that I can assess the wound, whether  it’s critical or not.”

Duke Kyar exhaled a sigh upon seeing Isabella’s somber expression.

“It’s nothing, Isabella. It’s just a slight graze from the wings of a magical beast.”

“I’ll judge that by seeing it myself.”

Isabella didn’t want to back down.

She was stubborn throughout.

Duke Kyar was forced to take off his shirt to expose his wounded arm, and the bandages wrapped around it shocked Isabella.

“Did you make me lean on this arm while I dozed off?”

“No.”

“That’s not the point, Your Highness. Why didn’t you tell me that you were injured?”

Unshed tears filled Isabella’s eyes, and Duke Kyar reached out to caress her pale cheeks.

“You didn’t tell me that Helena was here, either.”

“Do you think that’s similar?” Isabella hated how the Archduke could think this way when she only wanted to help him out of love. “Should I hurt myself on purpose and keep it a secret from you?”

Duke Kyar frowned and shook his head. “I got your point. I apologize, Isabella. The injury wasn’t even that serious. I chose not to tell you so that you wouldn’t worry about me. The doctor seemed to have bandaged a little too much.”

Isabella had thought otherwise.

The doctor was right to wrap many bandages around his injured arm because it looked serious.

Fortunately, it didn’t cut to the bone, but some skin was removed from his flesh.

Isabella’s hemostatic agent was quite effective, seeing that the blood flowing from the wound had clotted immediately.

“Wait. I’ll get a new bandage and an ointment.”

“Isabella.”

“Don’t say anything else and just wait. I’ll have to judge it myself.”

Isabella rushed out of the bedroom after that.

Duke Kyar ran his fingers through his black hair out of frustration.

He didn’t want Isabella to see this.

Exposing his weakness to her was the last thing on his mind.

After a while, Isabella returned to the bedroom with a medicine kit and reached out to clutch his left arm.

He suppressed a chuckle as he observed Isabella’s serious face.

She handled his arm like it was the most fragile thing in the world.

Hopefully, she wouldn’t catch him staring at her like a pervert.

Duke Kyar had no idea why he felt better every time he saw Isabella worrying about his wellbeing.

“What are you chuckling about, Your Highness? Doesn’t it hurt when your skin got ripped off?”

“Well, I feel a bit of pain.”

Isabella glanced at him in concern.

“I’ll disinfect your wounds first. You have to endure even if it hurts.”

“Yes.” Duke Kyar breathed.

It was worth enduring this pain if he could see her pucker her lips, blowing some cool air on his sore wound.

The urge to kiss that sexy mouth was getting hard to resist.

After disinfecting the wound, Isabella applied some ointment to it and wrapped his arm with new bandages.

“How are you feeling?”

“I think I’m all set.”He tried to be witty, but Isabella merely frowned at his attempt.

“Don’t joke around. I’m serious.”

Duke Kyar stretched his left arm and curled it around her waist.

Then, she lifted Isabella and settled her on his lap.

“Is this enough as proof that I’m alright?” He stared at her.

“Your Highness, what if your wound gets worse–”

But she couldn’t say anything anymore as Duke Kyar’s mouth sank into hers.

He showered her with passionate kisses before releasing her lower lip.

“My lips are fine, too.” His lazy murmur was laced with seduction.

Isabella threw her head back and laughed.

The man knows how to soothe her anger.

**

The wedding preparations had progressed steadily with Helena’s help.

Isabella perfectly understood why she was hailed as a legendary maidservant, and she wanted her to stay by her side a little longer if she could.

She was envious of Helena’s excellent work ethic and sense of responsibility.

She thought she would help her considerably in her medicine business at Arpeon.

However, she knew Helena had to return to her estate two months later, so she couldn’t stay here any longer than that.

Anyway, Helena was there so Isabella had less work to care about.

Instead, she bought time to focus more on other things.

These days, she was busy preparing a birthday present for Duke Kyar the day after tomorrow.

As before, she made nutritional supplements for him but she had worked harder on selecting herbs this time.

She selected herbs that would make him stronger and more virile.

It was never for a sinister purpose.

As she examined the highly-enriched nutritional supplements she made, Isabella grinned with excitement.

This time, she was going to put a letter instead of a wish coupon.

As she was thinking about what sentence to start with, she heard a knock on the door.

Just in case it was the Grand Duke, Isabella quickly hid the nutritional supplements and letter in a desk drawer and spoke, “Yes?”

However, it was the maid, Anna, who opened the door and entered her room.

“Master Kyle is here, My Lady.”

Isabella’s face lit up the instant she mentioned his name.

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