My Dear Duke(BL)
Chapter 33: See You Soon

Chapter 33: See You Soon

While the count kept talking and complaining, Felix silently listened in annoyance.

’How dare they come here and complain to me?’

Still, Felix just stared at the count until he finished. Felix didn’t want to engage in any conversation so his response would be, ’Just shut up and get lost.’

Even though, he already let him in instead of refusing to talk to him.

It was too late. As usual, he was late for the best decision.

Whatever!

He liked to piss off the count and see him struggle to point his finger at him as Felix was high-ranked.

No matter how much you want to bark, you still need to be careful about who you are barking to. So the count always tried to be calm and not be so offensive. Yet, somehow both parties were equally pissed at each other for their own reasons.

So Felix just waited to get rid of this annoying voice ringing in front of him and get some peace.

However, just as the count finished, Felix watched Anne suddenly run inside with an innocent smile.

She ignored the count’s stare and got on Felix’s lap, leaning on his chest. All this while, Felix stayed frozen, still trying to process what was happening.

"Brother, I am bored, play with me."

She didn’t even turn to the side of count and just asked Felix as she looked at him eye to eye. She sounded innocent, she looked innocent. But the glare she was giving him was not innocent.

Felix didn’t know if he imagined it, but he saw Anne smirking slightly.

Felix was helpless. He ordered Bill to keep her away from the count but there she was, obviously planning something.

What was the purpose of her behaviour?

Everything she does has a meaning when it comes to the topic of revenge. So Felix fought his inner thoughts to figure out what she could be planning.

"You can wait for me. I will come after the meeting ends."

The count watched as the sister of the duke snuggled in with the duke and him talking to her very gently.

It was rumoured that he loved his sister very much.

So it happened to be true after all.

With that, he knew what he needed to do next. Just as the count smirked, Anne looked at him in the corner of her eyes and couldn’t help but smile even more widely.

"Okay then. But come quickly, okay?"

Anne cutely asked and got off from Felix’s lap, walking toward the door to leave.

It was adorable.

But that word didn’t come to his mind when she saw her acting all cute. Especially when one of her targets was right in front of her.

She was planning something.

Felix couldn’t figure it out as he was panicking about her.

"Bye, uncle. Send my brother soon."

Anne turned to the count and said very cutely.

"Okay, dear. Don’t worry. I won’t keep him for long."

Said the count, smiling at Anne. She smiled more before leaving the room.

"I said what I needed to say. So I will leave. Be careful."

All of a sudden, the count quickly said and left in a hurry just as Felix turned to him again. It was suspicious but he was just glad he didn’t have to see him anymore.

The count opened the door and saw Anne standing there, maybe waiting for her brother.

"Are you done, uncle?"

Anne looked up at the count’s face and asked with wide eyes.

"Yeah. You can play all you want now."

The count said leaning down, face to face with Anne.

"Will uncle come again here? So we can play together too?"

"Yeah, we can see again."

"Yay! See you soon then."

"...see you soon."

The count left with a smirk on his face as Anne also stared at his back with an even more evil smirk.

’See you soon, old bastard.’

Anne dropped her smirk and with a poker face, she turned to look at Felix through the half-opened door. He was rubbing his forehead and seemed deep in thought.

’Sigh...I know you are thinking about what I am planning now...Don’t worry...As long as that bastard is fast enough, this will end soon.’

Anne walked back to her room without going to approach Felix again.

Felix also didn’t go to find her as he clearly knew she didn’t want to be with him. She never asked him to play with her as she never showed any interest in anything other children preferred.

He was exhausted.

He was super stressed these days and things seem to add up even more instead of getting better.

He was tired and needed a proper break. But who could give it to him?

After around some time when Felix came back to his office room, Bill came to see him, sweating and looking all nervous.

"Duke! I...couldn’t find Miss Anne. She was nowhere to be seen."

"Haa...Just leave her alone. She came back just a moment ago. You can do something else now."

Felix said tiredly and Bill silently left the office room, not wanting to be a nuisance to him and offend him.

’Should I also just leave her alone? It feels impossible to stop her from doing what she wants.’

Felix rested his head on the office table, unknowingly falling asleep.

After some time, he could feel someone tapping on his hand.

’Don’t touch me. It’s annoying.’

Felix felt uncomfortable but he couldn’t open his eyes. Then, it felt like an arm grabbed him and flipped him around. With that, the tapping on his arm stopped, but he could hear some heavy breathing, very close to his ear and the side of his neck...

But then, he was forcefully flipped back to another side. Felix groaned in annoyance and tried to push away whoever was touching him.

Slap!

A painful slap landed on his face.

Felix cried out in pain and opened his eyes in shock.

"Haaa...haaa...i-it was a dream."

Suddenly awakened by a familiar scene in his dream, he wiped out the sweat and breathed heavily, trying to calm himself down.

"Damn! Why am I seeing these again? Hng! My head hurts."

Felix whined in pain and got up while loosening his shirt buttons, then lying on the sofa trying to catch some fresh air.

"Ugh!"

Once the past comes to his mind, even a little, it’s hard to come back to reality as the most hurtful things are the most memorable for him, in a cursing way.

He hated how he couldn’t just forget and move on. He hated how he still trembled recalling those moments.

The pain, the sadness, the loneliness, everything was still too fresh.

Even after almost 10 years.

"Fuck! Disgusting!"

He rubbed off his arm until he hurt himself and came back to his senses.

’Just leave me alone...Ugh...’

The duke curled in the sofa and mumbled as he gritted his teeth until his whole face was in pain...

The peace was too far to embrace...