My Dear Duke(BL)
Chapter 93: A Love Flower

Chapter 93: A Love Flower

"I am not dizzy anymore. I can work today."

Asher, feeling just like before now, said to the duke as he changed the clothes back into his clothes.

The duke stayed there, looking away from Asher as he was changing, still listening to Asher talk explaining how he wanted to go back so he could report to work today.

But Felix was not ready to let him work yet given his situation.

It’s better to rest for another day.

He could make an exception for Asher and pay him if he is really desperate for money.

Since this is all his fault to begin with...

"No duke. I am fine. Alas, all I do is listen to Miss Anne and talk with her. It’s not even work."

Asher tried to reason with the duke and Felix also argued back which made Asher provoked and encouraged to start an argument between the two. He wasn’t scared anymore.

"You must take a leave and just rest today. If you don’t listen to me, then I won’t let you leave this room."

The duke said and Asher stared at him, then, replying to him without much thinking.

"You can try locking me up. I will jump out of that window."

Asher said, pointing at a window, smirking proudly.

"Are you crazy? That’s too high. You will break your limbs."

The duke said again.

"Well...Sir Lucas will help me. And he is going to scold you."

Asher threatened the duke.

"Huh! Do you think he will be happy to know you are in a hurry to work today? He will scold me either way, crap!"

The duke said and Asher shook his head with determination.

"That’s not my problem, duke. I need to work today. I can’t be lazy."

"You are not being lazy. You are taking a day off for yourself."

The duke explained calmly.

"Does the duke know how many days I have taken for myself this month?"

Asher asked in disbelief and the duke pondered for a moment, then responded back.

"I don’t know. But I will pay you still since this is my fault."

"You can’t blame yourself for what’s happening. But duke...have you taken a day off for yourself?"

"...I can’t take one because I am busy."

"Me too. So now let me go."

Asher immediately ran out of the room, leaving Felix in disbelief.

Did Asher just push him away?

Did he just finish their conversation and ran away?

Since when did Asher became so daring to push him away and run away like that?

Well...he wasn’t angry but was amused.

’I must be crazy. What am I thinking? Since when does it feel good to argue like this? I can’t believe I am delusioning so much..’

Felix blamed himself for his weird thoughts and accepted the defeat and the fact Asher somehow won the argument.

Asher might work today. Since...he insisted so. So stubborn!

Felix soon became distracted by the cat but he was still in a good mood.

"Mr lucky, is that your name?"

Felix was about to pick up the cat but worrying about fur getting stuck on his clothes, he pulled his arms back.

But Mr Lucky didn’t seem to accept it. He jumped onto Felix’s lap, rubbing all over his clothes, leaving traces.

Felix silently watched as the cat eventually sat on his lap, purring while rubbing its head on Felix’s stomach.

"I need to go back. You can’t sleep on me, okay?"

Felix complained but made sure he didn’t move and disturb the cat.

Well...he can spare a few minutes though...

"You caused enough trouble Mr lucky. So don’t bother Asher again. He will be mad at you."

Felix said to the cat which the cat raised its head, looking at Felix strangely..

’...does this cat understand what I am saying?’

Felix and the cat stared at each other for sometime, then the cat who knew for whatever the reason, proudly looked away.

Felix watched in disbelief as he felt his heart skip a beat.

For a minute, he felt like he was interacting with a human.

Is it because he likes this cat? Is that why he compared the cat’s behaviour to a human’s?

Or...is it a weird coincidence?

Why did its glare feel like someone familiar staring at him?

Who resembled this cat in his head?

No matter how much he tried to recall that second he thought of someone, he doesn’t come up with that same feeling again even by staring at the cat again.

Who was it?

Who did he think of when he stared at this Mr Lucky?

’Mr Lucky, you are so weird. Maybe it’s just my weird mind that hallucinates.’

...

"I am fine, Miss Anne."

Asher went back to the servants’ house, had breakfast and came back after changing his clothes. He straightly went to see Miss Anne who was boringly staring out of the window, then running up to him as soon as she saw him.

She had a lot of questions but Asher just said he was fine which seemed to have calmed down Miss Anne. She must have been shocked since he had supposedly fainted in front of her, there, in her room.

But, he didn’t really remember even getting dizzy.

He must have suddenly passed out.

’It is still better if I listen to what my body says. I should have thought it’s those pills that were making my body ache.’

"Brother Ash, did you see the cat too? It’s big, black and cute."

Asher heard miss Anne say and nodded knowing she was talking about ’Mr Lucky’

It kind of sounded funny for whatever the reason now he thinks about this name. The maids seem to love the cat though.

But recalling the maids’ faces when they saw him there, Asher got goosebumps again. He was sure he must have looked as shocked as they were too.

’Haha...They looked like they saw a ghost. Then they literally died when they saw the duke.’

Asher obviously saw how scared they looked seeing the duke. He was also scared of him because of the rumours he had heard. And, the duke always looked mad, so it’s only fair that others around him felt threatened.

However, even though now the duke would keep his straight face and say something with a cold and firm tone, Asher didn’t seem to feel that fear. Because, deep inside, he knows it’s an act. So he couldn’t get scared.

Was it an improvement between them or was it a bad thing now that Asher isn’t that scared of the duke?

Asher thought about it for sometime, then went on a walk with Miss Anne who asked him to accompany her.

As he walked through the hallway to enter the garden, he was met with those kitchen maids who immediately bowed their heads.

They bowed to both Anne and then, to Asher which left Asher embarrassed and speechless. He wanted to correct this misunderstanding but he feared if he said something, they might take it in a different way.

Since they are scared of the duke, they will be scared of his lover too, right?

He didn’t want to scare them off even by talking as he thought it might come out as threatening.

He didn’t want to cause any misunderstanding.

’Sigh...’

The duke was indeed right.

They did treat him specially well.

They don’t glare at him anymore.

They either ignore him ’respectfully’ or would bow to him openly like that.

Even though those two maids’ expressions at that time and their swearing looked really promising, they seem to have already told everyone about what they saw.

He would just go along.

It is exhausting to clear such a big misunderstanding.

"Brother Ash, look at this."

Asher followed and watched where she pointed at.

They were beautiful rose flowers but in a very light pink.

Asher knew Anne had been eyeing this plant waiting for the flowers to bloom. Now, finally the day has come.

She seemed excited to finally see them.

"Brother Ash, please pick that big one there."

Asher didn’t question but did as she asked. All the flowers have bloomed well and they spread a very pleasant smell.

He picked the one she asked for, then followed her back inside the mansion as she asked him to.

"Brother Ash, please give this to my brother."

"Miss Anne can give this to him yourself."

"No...Brother Ash give him."

"Why?"

"I am shy."

"? Why?"

"I am shy. So brother Ash can just give this to him, right? Thank you."

Asher stood in front of her room, dumbfounded when she suddenly left him alone without any other choice but to do what she asked.

So, why was she suddenly shy?

’Haa...Will it look weird If I bring this to him now? ...huh! Why would it look weird? Miss Anne asked me to give this to him. That’s it.’

Asher knocked on the duke’s office room door and was asked to come in. He went inside, then was quite embarrassed all of a sudden as the duke’s eyes met his eyes, then, with a confused look, to the flowers.

"Ummm....Aa...Miss Anne asked me to give this to you."

"..."

Why was the duke silent like that?

"You picked this?"

"Yes duke. Miss Anne wanted me to."

Asher answered and nervously looked at the duke who then left a long sigh. The duke got up and came to Asher, then got the flower from him.

"Thank you. You can go back now."

Felix said and Asher immediately left but was quite lost as to why the duke’s reaction felt kind of off.

It wasn’t weird or different.

Asher was just too dumb to understand Anne’s schemes.

.....

"Hey, I saw sir Asher going to the duke’s office with a love flower."

"Right! Now they are not even hiding their affair. I think they will not hide it anymore."

"The love flower bloomed just yesterday. And, he pulled that one today and gave it to the duke...Oh my! How romantic!"

"They must love each other a lot."

.....

Only if Asher knew this was not a rose but another flower similar to a rose that was called ’love flower’ here which is always picked and given by a lover to his or her lover to show their unconditional love....

He should learn more about this city’s traditions....

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