Chapter 79

Daniel was shocked by Eric’s strange reply.

He looked around with all his energy, saying that he needed to find the best house! Just because the madam left, he was now leaving everything behind. Then, Daniel ruffled his bangs and clicked his tongue briefly.

“Why? I guess you should go and see for yourself. You have to see it and approve it.”

“I’m busy. You take my place.”

“Your Excellency..”

Daniel pulled Eric’s arm.

“Please come out for a moment. Please wash while you’re at it.”

Even though Eric wanted to refuse, it was true that he hadn’t been out of the lab for days, so he’d better go out if he wanted to keep his human appearance to a minimum. In the end, he had no choice but to leave the lab.

As soon as Eric got into the carriage to go to the mansion he had purchased, he took out his cigarette.

As he lit it up and took a deep breath, feeling his body languish, he leaned back on the backrest. He could see the snowy landscape outside the window. The snow that had been pouring down for months now shows no signs of stopping.

The first heavy snowfall in decades.

Eric was not happy that the weather seemed to be blocking his path. He threw his head back, feeling the carriage moving through the snow.

The mansion they were going to now was the one he originally saved for Chloe. The place they were staying at now did not suit her, nor was it suitable for her to manage. Because of that, he wondered how she could spend days and days in such a small place after living in the northern castle.

That was why he found a truly noble and great mansion that matched her dignity.

At the same time, what Eric thought at that time was a simple logic that Chloe would like this was the only way to prevent the divorce.

In fact, even that thought came about because he loved her, but Eric, who was stupid at the time, didn’t even think about that and just brainwashed himself that the reason he didn’t want to divorce her was just possessiveness.. He acted this way because of it.

..What if he knew that the feeling at that time was love?

Getting a house, decorating it properly, filling it with extravagantly expensive furniture.. what if he realized right away that everything he compulsively did was to please Chloe?

‘It must have changed.’

A lot of things would have been different.

Still, he was late. Eric was too late, and it was now irreversible.

‘..No.’

It could be turned around.

He would be able to turn it around. He had to turn it around.

As he put his right fist on his forehead. He thought that he had to make her a mechanical heart that could keep Chloe alive and gave her the transplant. That way, he could postpone finding out her will to live until later.

Right now, he had to somehow manage to keep Chloe alive and beg her.

Eric judged that this was a terribly selfish, self-indulgent thought, but nevertheless, he had to save Chloe and hang onto her.. because only then did he think he would live.

Whoo.

When he sighed once again and took a long puff of his burnt cigarette, he could see the carriage stopped little by little. They seemed to have arrived at some point. It was the same capital anyway, only in different districts, so it was not too far from his original mansion.

Eric put his foot through the door that the coachman opened.

“Good job. Wait a moment, I’ll be out soon.”

“Yes.”

The coachman backed away after receiving the bill he handed him. Eric left him behind and glanced up at the magnificent mansion.

It was not as big as the northern castle, but it was a mansion that could be counted as great in the capital. While he couldn’t feel the beauty right now because the snow was piled up when spring came as the flowers would bloom, and the scent would spread all over the place.

They’ll have to hire a couple of gardeners.

Eric thought so and walked slowly across the large garden.

The mansion had a total of five floors, and the number of rooms was too many to count. What he liked most was the hall, which could be said to be the face of the mansion. The hall, gracefully greeted by a huge chandelier, had marble floors and gilded wallpaper on the walls.

Carefully examining each spot and slowly stroking the art wall, he thought he could hang Monte’s picture here. As he thought so, Eric suddenly remembered a conversation he had had with Chloe in the past.

“If you pay off all the money borrowed from my house, you can buy one of Monte’s paintings, right?”

Even thinking about it again made him cry. How much did he see her as a beggar, thinking as someone who couldn’t even buy a single painting?!

One of the biggest reasons he bought this huge mansion, apart from Chloe’s sake, of course, was his desire to show off his wealth. Eric wanted to show her that he was not poor, that he had a lot of money, and that he had enough power to buy a mansion like this.

..Why didn’t he know that he had done this because he wanted to look good to her?

He wanted to appeal to her that he was a man with good expectations and would not give her financial worries.

Eric let out a long sigh and pressed against the wall.

What would it be like if Chloe was by his side at this moment? If she had been by his side, she would probably have loved this place like a child. How to decorate this place, how to decorate that, how many people to employ, how to manage them.. she must have done it all, and she would get a sense of achievement.

The will to live.. That would have given her back the d*mn will to live.

Eric took a look around the spacious mansion.

..It was too wide.

That being alone makes him so lonely.

‘Chloe..’

He had to bring her in.

Running out of the mansion quickly, he called out to the coachman who was standing in front of the garden.

“Heath, go to Heath.”

“..So, are you saying you have no experience at all?”

It was the first time that an inexperienced applicant came for an interview, no matter how small this newspaper was and how it was located far from the capital.

Of course, the experience he was talking about here was not the experience of working for a newspaper, per se, but the experience of writing. At least, it meant book-related experience.

Experiences of working at a bookstore, ghostwriting, or transcribing.. However, the applicant in front of him had never done such a job, and in fact, she said that it was the first time that she has even ‘work’!

DeHaan could feel his mind going giddy.

“Then, how can I trust you? How do I judge that you will be able to do this job well?”

“That.”

Chloe took a deep breath.

Although she thought she would be asked this question, she became nervous when it was actually asked. She made the decision only yesterday that he would try to apply to the newspaper.

..This was a decision that stemmed from the determination to regain the will to live and to live well for the remaining year. She was a woman with enough will to move right away when she made a decision, and that was why she ran to the newspaper office in one step.

She caught her breath and stared at DeHaan.

“If you let me start with small tasks, you will see that I can do them well. I learned to write professionally, I have no problems with reading and writing, and I can write in a more elegant style than others.”

DeHaan moistened his lips as he frowned slightly.

Originally, this inexperienced applicant would have been dismissed at once. Since no matter how insignificant they were, it just makes no sense.

But the woman in front of him, Chloe.. something was different about this person.

Upright posture, graceful voice and intelligent eyes, even though the sickly color was evident, smooth skin and smooth hands..

‘Is she a noble?’

Still, why would a noble come to their newspaper? DeHaan quickly dismissed this idea and decided that she might be the ignorant daughter of a wealthy commoner family, and that was why she applied to their newspaper to try something called work.

He thought for a moment.

If she was the daughter of a wealthy commoner family, then, as she said, it was highly likely that she learned to write professionally and her writing may also be better than others.. Maybe.

Nonetheless, just because of a ‘maybe,’ it was very elusive to drop another applicant. The person who came to the interview right before this was pretty decent.

Then, what should he do..

After thinking about it, he made a decision.

“Fine.”

He couldn’t quite give up hope that maybe she was a gemstone, so he decided to recruit Chloe.

After thinking this far, DeHaan finally thought about whether Chloe would be a little displeased or just say she wouldn’t take the job. However, her expression was a little mysterious.

“Can I write?”

She asked a strange question. DeHaan tilted his head slightly and squinted one eye at her.

“If you are capable, you can.”

Chloe’s face brightened.

“Great!”

She shouted, putting her hands together.

“As long as I can write, it’s fine.”

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