I Accidentally Saved The Male Lead’s Brother

a bystander I might feel like reaching for him.

 

I can’t be his real fiancée, but I wondered if I could become a friend who would listen to his feelings from time to time.

 

‘But even before I became his friend, I had an accident.’

 

She did not regret showing the Duchess’ portrait without telling Carcel.

 

If I hadn’t shown him the picture, Theo’s wounds would have become deeper and it would have been difficult for him to recover.

 

But she was afraid that his heart would close again, when he finally opened up.

 

‘Wait,why the hell am’I concerned about Carcel’s heart?’

 

When I first came here, I never wanted to win Carcel’s heart.

 

Even when Charlotte was convincing herself of this, she couldn’t get rid of her anxiety.

 

***

 

Carcel only returned after Theo fell asleep.
Charlotte did not go to bed, waited for him, and went out into the hallway.

 

“Duke.”

 

When he was about to enter the office, he looked back.
Chase, who was following him and explaining something, bowed when he saw Charlotte.

 

“Oh, you must have been working.”

 

“I’m not.”

 

Carcel calmly ordered Chase.

’

 

“It’s getting late today, you can leave for today.”

 

“Aright, see you tomorrow.
I hope you have a good night too.”

 

Chase bowed to Charlotte again with an unknown smile.

 

Charlotte was confused whether that smile meant thank you for letting me go home and off work or if it had a different meaning.

 

But she quickly got rid of that thought and told Carcel, who was staring at her.

 

“Can I talk to you for a moment?”

 

Carcel gently opened the door.

 

“Let’s go inside.”

 

He didn’t ask what was going on. 

 

With this slight change, Charlotte definitely felt that the distance between them was getting smaller since the festival.

 

Carcel offered Charlotte a seat and was about to ring the bell to call Robert.

 

Charlotte sat up and said quickly.

 

“No, it’s okay, I don’t want to drink anything.”

 

She casually spoke of something that had suddenly crossed her mind.

 

“Did you have dinner?”

 

“Yes,I did .”

 

“Was it a simple meal or a proper meal?”

 

Charlotte’s eyes already narrowed with suspicion because he had the same attitude before.

 

Carcel answered confidently, took off his jacket and hung it on a chair.

 

“Yes, I had dinner with Chase at a restaurant in the downtown area.”

 

Then he sat in front of me.

 

“This restaurant is famous for dessert.
Next time you get a chance, it would be nice to go with Theo.”

 

“But I can’t go out with Theo…”

 

Charlotte, who responded, “Isn’t there a risk factor despite the escorts?” She was speechless for a while at Carcel’s reply.

 

“If you go, I’ll be with you, so you don’t have to worry.”

’

 

Carcel naturally pooped up by the time Theo and Charlotte were together.

 

He was the kid’s older brother, so it was normal in a way, but it was weird for the three of them to be together.

 

It wasn’t stressful or hesitant.
I felt weird somehow.

 

‘We really look like family.’

 

Charlotte nodded exaggeratedly on purpose to get rid of this strange feeling.

 

“Okay, let’s go once before we go back to the Duchy.”

 

“Good .”

 

In the end, Carcel looked at Charlotte without speaking to her.
It was like asking her quietly to speak if she had anything to say.

 

Charlotte groaned a little, barely opening her mouth.

 

“Actually, I showed Theo a picture of the duchess today.”

 

Carcel showed no reaction.
He didn’t get mad at me for doing something arrogant and he didn’t ask me why.

 

As he clenched his right hand repeatedly, he asked seriously.

 

“Did Theo want it?”

 

“Yes.
Looks like Theo misses his mother.
While playing with Danny these days he saw Danny and Irina and wondered why he didn’t have a mother.”

 

Charlotte explained Theo’s behavior over the past few days.

 

Theo couldn’t eat properly because he was anxious, and cried while listening to the story of the little bunny Toto, and even asked Charlotte why she wasn’t Theo’s mother.

 

Carcel quietly listened to her explanation.

 

“I guess I know why the Duke hasn’t told Theo his mother’s story yet.
However, I don’t think this will work.”

 

Carcel took a deep breath.
His chest went up and down hard.

 

Charlotte dropped her head looking at her tightly clenched fist .

 

The image of the man who had been suffering for two years was repeatedly painted on her mind.

 

“Why don’t you tell Theo about the Duchess?”

 

“…….”

 

“I know I was being arrogant but I couldn’t let go of it.”

 

“….did Theo like it?”