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Even in my past life, I had never tasted wine before, so I wanted to try it at least once. 

Whenever I saw wealthy people, they always had wine with their steak. Since I had almost conquered steak, should I conquer a new milestone? 

Since it’s made from grapes, it will definitely be fragrant. Will it also be sweet? My mouth watered. 

“I didn’t know you liked wine that much.” 

“Well… I don’t remember. But now I want to try it.” 

Etienne poured wine into my glass. The red liquid flowing through the transparent cup captivated me. 

After a quick glance, I followed Etienne’s lead and took a sip of the wine. 

Wow! 

It had the scent of grapes, but also the aroma of various other fruits. The bitterness passed on my tongue and was replaced by a lingering sweetness that made me crave another sip. It was a natural sweetness that wasn’t artificial.

Just as beef had opened up a new world for me, the wine felt like it had opened another dimension altogether.

“It’s delicious!” 

“Drink slowly.” 

“How can I drink slowly when it’s so delicious! Please give me another glass.” 

Etienne looked displeased, but he obediently refilled my glass with wine. 

I drank it hastily, letting the wine flow down my throat as I felt a little dizzy, but was it not worth it for such a delicious taste? Hehe… 

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“Dahlia, why are you like this? Come to your senses.” 

Etienne called her with an irritated voice.

But she paid no attention and continued to gulp down the wine.

It wasn’t until her little head began to tilt to the right, she realized that she had made a mistake.

As she nodded wildly, her short bobbed hair landed on the table back and forth.

“Yes, I’m awake.”

Dahlia spoke groggily and lifted her head quickly. The movement was swift, but the whites of her eyes flickered.

“She’s completely out of it .”

“Delicious? What’s so delicious? Ah, let’s eat together.”

Her tongue didn’t listen as she spoke at length. Dahlia fumbled with her fork and waved it around.

Etienne grabbed her wrist as the fork flew towards him. It was a cautious touch, but her body swayed heavily.

“Wow! This person is going to kill me!”

She screamed and moved vigorously alone. It was like fighting with a transparent cobra. Etienne watched her for a moment.

She really is a strange woman.

As he thought that, Dahlia suddenly collapsed onto Etienne’s shoulder. Etienne stiffened.

“Ugh……”

Dahlia nuzzled her head against Etienne’s shoulder like a kitten.

Etienne consciously furrowed his brow. He pushed the small pink head away, but Dahlia clung to him even more tightly, as if she didn’t want to let go.

“I won’t let go…… We won’t get divorced. Like glue…… Steak……”

Etienne snickered at the context less string of words.

And then, uncharacteristically, he asked slyly.

“What about Versus?”

Even though he asked the question himself, Etienne glanced at Dahlia with a little anxiety.

The night Versus came to find him. He could still see them under his window, seemingly whispering their love.

When she begged to see a play, and in the end, he got to know she and Versus were together, anger was piercing through his head.

Dahlia sat up abruptly. She pointed her index finger like she was teaching him.

“Versus isn’t that great. Versus’s gaze is too harsh… And the important thing is, my husband is more handsome than him. Yeah, that’s right.”

With a mischievous glint in her eyes, Dahlia poked Etienne’s cheek. Nodding as if she was asking and answering herself.

A short smile came and went on Etienne’s face.

“It’s a crime to insult the Crown Prince.”

“Insult or whatever… Ah, but what if the Crown Prince is the real deal? I don’t know… Whatever happens, happens. I’ll just die again.”

She buried her face in his embrace again, murmuring. Her voice reverberated pleasantly through Etienne’s shoulder. 

Soon, she fell silent.

“You don’t like Versus?”

Come to think of it, she had followed him obediently even when they went to see the play. Seeing her like that quickly dissipated his anger. 

Etienne lowered his head to look at Dahlia’s wrist that he held in his hand. 

Just the fact that her hand was in his gave him an inexplicable sense of satisfaction. 

It suddenly dawned on him that she was currently snuggled up in his embrace.

A strange sensation washed over him. It was something he saw and felt every day in his dreams. 

In his dreams, Dahlia whispered words of love while snuggled up in Etienne’s embrace just like this. At those times, Etienne would tenderly caress her as if he had become a different person. 

But this wasn’t a dream anymore. Her breath on his shoulder and the warmth he felt inside his body made it all feel real. 

Etienne’s heart pounded fiercely.

“I don’t believe what you’re saying.”

Etienne spoke as if making a promise to himself. But his eyes kept shaking endlessly. His words of disbelief became the opposite of their intended meaning and only added to the confusion in his head.

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