Chapter 3

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Chapter 3: The First and Second Night (II)

“So you know, I met someone new, and I feel like I’ve known him for a long time. When that happens, it’s destiny, right?”

The next day, Sweet Pea went to the residence of the Grand Duchy of Warwick and enjoyed tea time with cake. Edward sat in front of her while doing some paperworks. It was a very common scene in the Warwick residence. Whenever Sweet Pea came over, the amount of paperwork Edward was processing was significantly less than when she wasn’t there. This meant that Edward only took a break when she came.

For that reason, all the employees of the grand duchy wanted Sweet Pea to come more often. Immediately, upon the notification of her upcoming arrival, the head maid cleared Sweet Pea’s guest room, while the house chief cook made an enormous amount of cakes and various desserts.

It was made so with their deepest intention that she would taste all of them one by one, then she would fall asleep afterward.

Then, their beloved master, Edward, would also get a little bit of a rest too.

Apparently, Edward de Warwick was too much of a zealous workaholic.

“Well. Isn’t it an illusion?”

“Oh no, no, Ed! I’ve known you for a really long time … It’s just, I mean, he feels just like you.”

Sweet Pea pouted. Edward’s hand, which was moving sharply and neatly, paused for a moment at her last statement, but no one noticed it.

“There, the cream will melt.”

“Oh no!”

Edward turned his gaze to point to the eclair in front of Sweet Pea. Then he put down his quill and quietly admired Sweet Pea’s profile. A cute girl with bulging cheeks. Not much had changed since their childhood. In particular, her character, who blindly trusts and sees people, has not changed at all.

Of course, this could be due to Edward’s constant efforts to secretly intimidate and block strange people in advance and to ensure that only verified people could approach Sweet Pea.

“My lord, about the non-alcoholic cherry champagne.”

“Retrieve it.”

“Yes.”

Sweet Pea enjoyed champagne. The Rabbithall family themselves are huge drinkers, yet her family never gave Sweet Pea any strong alcohol drink even if they drank it to the point of having their noses crooked. Instead, they gave her champagne, so Edward bought a champagne factory.

This cherry champagne was exclusively made from Edward’s own factory.

“My favorite champagne!”

“I know.”

“Are you going to drink too, Ed?”

“Of course.”

Edward boldly stated and sipped the champagne, letting it flow down his throat. It was then Sweet Pea noticed something.

“Huh? Do you hold a champagne glass like that too?”

Sweet Pea, who was looking at him intently, opened her eyes wide and blurted out.

Edward, annoyed by the words ‘You too’, raised his eyebrows, and Sweet Pea blushed, her face reddened.

“There is someone I know, that uh… uh the person holds it like you too. It’s a bit unique. Look, holding a glass of champagne like this…….”

‘This.’

Edward clicked his tongue briefly inward as he watched Sweet Pea take a glass of champagne and followed him. He didn’t know he would get caught by such a habit. After just one day, he didn’t want to reveal that De Niro and himself were one and the same.

“All right?”

“Yes!”

“But what was that about our earlier conversation? Saying I’m similar?”

Edward was a genius at speech, as he has had numerous diplomatic positions. It was easier for him to divert Sweet Pea’s attention here and there than to lay down and eat cake.

“Ah, that was… Well …….”

“Well?”

“No, nothing! I must have misunderstood, yes.”

‘This is definitely annoying.’

As Edward narrowed his eyes, Sweet Pea smiled as if nothing had happened. There was no way he could have been caught. Sweet Pea sometimes showed a keen sense for things, but most of the time, she was disinterested in other people. At the same time now, there were no questions.

However, there was no way to suspect that the two were the same person.

‘But then why are you suddenly not talking to me?’

Edward signed as he shrugged and then proceeded to tapping the table with his index finger. Sweet Pea knew this behavior well, it was when Edward was dissatisfied with something. So the act of asking to look was correct.

“I thought we didn’t hide anything from each other.”

“Of course not!”

“Okay? Really?”

“Uh huh.”

‘Look at this.’

‘You’re even lying.’

Sweet Pea diverted her gaze, shifting her eyes left and right. Edward thought it was a lovely face even though it was so obvious that she was lying. Of course she thought she could hide it very well.

“It’s just… It’s about the next book! I am worried about how I will write the next work.”

“I see.”

An awkward excuse.

She thought he wouldn’t know. ‘If it’s about you, I’m the one who knows about it the best in this world.’

Edward laughed savagely. ‘How should I scold my awkward childhood friend?’

‘What a cute rabbit!’

Dressing up as De Niro was an impulsive decision, but now, he believed it was the right choice to make.

He couldn’t wait for the next day to stand in front of Sweet Pea, as De Niro.

The next meeting was a week later.

* * *

‘Today, I’ll be meeting with De Niro.’

Sweet Pea had been so excited since morning that it was difficult for her to pay attention to anything. When the evening sunset falls, she needs to rush to the studio and prepare this and that. Unfortunately, she couldn’t make any progress recently, but today would be different. Sweet Pea bought more than ten erotic books and devoured them all. She read them very seriously, so she should have enough knowledge for practical use.

“What are you thinking so deeply about?”

Sweet Pea missed many parts of the conversation with Edward during tea time today.

“Oh, sorry. Was I thinking of something else?”

Sweet Pea meekly scratched her cheek. Edward wasn’t offended when she said this. However, seeing his lips twitched, Sweet Pea quickly shook her head, thinking that he would be sulking soon.

Thoughts on De Niro, whoops, go away!

“I can focus now. Sorry.”

“I wonder what you were thinking.”

“Oh, it’s just… Thoughts about things that I haven’t done in my life?”

It’s true. She had never had sex or had been kissed. So it’s not a lie, technically.

Bright sunlight poured dazzlingly on Edward’s blond hair. Today’s tea time location was near a lake owned by the Warwick family. A beautiful place that Sweet Pea fell in love with when she saw it for the first time when she was young. She couldn’t even count how many memories she had here.

Sweet Pea opened her mouth to a memory that came to her mind as she looked around trying to find a topic for their conversation.

“Come to think of it, I ran around here with Ed. We also climbed trees.”

“It was the big Zelkova tree over there. You also built a treehouse on it.”

“That’s right. It’s been a while, shall we go upstairs?”

As she sat still, her thoughts kept coming back to De Niro. In such a case, it was better to move around!

Sweet Pea jumped up from her chair and rolled up the hem of her dress. Then she sprinted off on the ground before Edward did.

“The one who arrives late will grant a wish!”

“That’s cheating, Sweet Pea.”

“Then run faster, Edward de Warwick!”

After running for a long time, a smile came to her lips for no reason. It felt like she suddenly had become a child, and it also felt so nice to be able to release her pounding heart by jumping. Sweet Pea has long preferred running around outside like this rather than going to a ball and dancing.

“I am first!”

“That’s ridiculous.”

Sweet Pea and Edward arrived at the tree at the same time. However, Sweet Pea was the first to grab a branch and started climbing the tree. The wooden house that the two of them had played together in when they were young was now worn out and on the verge of collapsing, but it was still well hidden behind the lush leaves.

Sweet Pea, who arrived one step ahead of Edward, heavily crouched and crawled inside. Edward followed her, and the narrow wooden house was filled. Both had grown too large to sit comfortably in it.

“It’s been a while since we’ve been here.”

Edward whispered, leaving one of his legs out of the door. Sweet Pea nodded and rebuilt the small table lying on the floor and fixed the crooked ceiling.

Their shoulders touched because of the cramped space. She was conscious of it for no reason, so she purposely focused on other places.

“We did a lot of family activities and took pictures of flowers on the table. I played the father, and you played the mother.”

“Oh, that’s right. We did.”

The smell of accumulating dust indicated that no one had been there in a long time. The fresh scent of the leaves mixed with it, create a very distant yet unique feeling. There was a time like this. The forgotten memory rose, and her eyes tingled for no reason.

“You always insisted that you’ll be a father, so I remembered hugging and comforting the baby doll.”

At Edward’s words, Sweet Pea nodded her head again and again. It was a really fun time. Of course, it’s not that she was not happy right now.

Because one’s childhood never comes twice.

At that time, it was okay to sit shoulder-to-shoulder, but when did that become uncomfortable?

“Don’t you recall? You hit your forehead while opening that closet.”

“Oh, my goodness. I did, indeed. How did you remember something like that?”

“Easily. There’s nothing I don’t remember about you.”

Edward stretched out his arm and opened the closet door next to Sweet Pea and answered calmly.

‘What?’

Sweet Pea tilted her head slightly. That feeling just now…… ?

She couldn’t explain what was wrong, but somehow something was a bit different. It wasn’t her usual Edward, hmm ….

But before Sweet Pea could ponder more about it, Edward showed her something on the back of his hand.

“Look, a squirrel.”

“Yes, squirrel… squirrel?!

“It must have been living in the closet.”

“Oh my gosh, it’s so cute!”

Sweet Pea had always been simple; as soon as she saw the cute, adorable little squirrel, all her worries and thoughts were blown away. As if it had never been harmed by a human, the squirrel did not run away and remained in its place.

“Its not afraid.”

“Yes, that’s right.”

Sweet Pea brought her nose close to the squirrel. She thought about smelling the squirrel when… huh.

‘But this scent is from somewhere…’

‘Where has she smelled this before?’

When she met De Niro…

“Sweet Pea.”

“Yes?”

“It’s been a long time since we became friends.”

She tried to continue her thoughts, but Edward opened his mouth abruptly. Sweet Pea quickly focused on him, so that she wouldn’t repeat the same mistake she had earlier — missing his story.

Edward’s clear skin and clean shaved beard. A strong jawline and, pretty red lips. Edward was very patient and handsome at the same time.

So maybe she used to have a young puppy love at one time.

“Do we still only have each other?”

“Y-Yes. Of course.”

“I wish there were no secrets. Between us.”

De Niro.

She didn’t say anything about him.

Was what she was planning to tell him later be considered a secret at this point?

Sweet Pea blankly stared at Edward’s lips and then suddenly remembered. De Niro’s lips were that color too.

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