I'm Done Being Your Best Friend

“I can’t live without Heidi. What’s between us, if you acknowledge it, I will do my best in the future. I will make sure to lead the Duchy as well as father did.”

“Your Grace, please!”

Heidi also knelt down beside Percy. She was in tears, and there was a hint of desperation in her voice, which trembled with anxiety.

“We really love each other… We love each other enough to throw everything away. We will do our best not to damage the Grint’s name… Please acknowledge us.”

“If you just agree to it, the relationship between the Grint and the Coventry will become even stronger. As lady Nelson said, it might change the perception toward our family widely.”

Percy persuaded the Duke once again. Duke Grint was hesitant to make a decision when he saw the duo kneeling in front of him. The hall fell silent and I could hear Heidi’s sniffles from time to time. Percy looked at Heidi with pity and took her hand in his.

Chloe, who had been watching this situation for a while, broke the silence.

“Father, why don’t you just approve their relationship now? They say they can’t live without each other. And they are already engaged.”

“Chloe.”

“I already accepted the political marriage. There is no need to worry about the future of the family. I will be the future queen, so what are you so worried about?”

That’s right, with Chloe engaged to the crown prince, the Grint already had a solid future ahead of them.

Chloe looked straight at her father and said.

“Please set Percy free. Just like lady Nelson said, let’s leave a good impression on the commoners this time.”

She asked, this time towards the Baron of Coventry.

“What do you think, Baron?”

“That’s… according to the Duke’s wishes…”

The baron, who was suddenly asked for consent, passed on the answer with a complicated expression. Now the choice was up to Duke Grint.

The duke agonised for a long while. He then finally opened his mouth.

“Seriously…Do you really mean that it’s not out of impulse? I won’t allow it if it’s something out of whim and eventually fades.”

“I don’t impulsively get engaged.”

Percy didn’t even seem bothered by the duke’s suspicion. Heidi helped Percy out in a low voice.

“I will love Percy forever…”

“…”

Her voice was soft, but her intention was clearly defined.

The duke couldn’t decide for himself, so he turned to his wife. The Duchess’ expression had softened long before he could notice it. She looked at Heidi with adoring eyes and said to the duke.

“Everyone except us is supporting them, so why don’t we acknowledge the children now?”

“….it can’t be helped then.”

Percy and Heidi’s faces lit up at the words mixed with helplessness.

However, as if it was too soon to be relieved, Duke Grint added a condition to it.

“I’ll give you a grace period of two years. I acknowledge the engagement, and if you don’t change your mind even after two years, then I will allow you to get married.”

In any case, he meant to give the two of them his green light. Percy replied confidently.

“Do not worry. We will never change.”

“Percy!”

Heidi was at a loss for words and hugged Percy. Percy smiled brightly and embraced her back.

So he is the kind of person who could laugh like this…I felt touched when I thought of Percy from the past.

“It’s a relief.”

I looked up at Logan’s voice, and he was smiling too. In response, I gave a nod, still emotional.

“It’s really great. Everything went well.”

In this life, please love each other dearly for eternity. I blessed their love with all my heart.

***

It had been 200 years since the Moore family had come into existence. It was certainly a short history compared to other nobles.

However, it had enough wealth to offset its short history.

The drawing room of the Moore County was plastered in vivid red and gold, as was characteristic of the family.

Daisy fell into deep thoughts at what lady Watson said a moment ago.

“They said lord Grint and lady Coventry were secretly engaged!”

It was truly surprising. To think that the heir of the duchy ended the engagement ceremony without inviting other nobles.

Lady Watson and Lady Thurman also mentioned that they had been dating from the beginning. The ladies couldn’t help but be stunned at how the two of them fell in love.

But Daisy wasn’t surprised about that, for she already knew.

At a banquet she had previously attended, she sensed a strange atmosphere between the two, so she decided to follow lady Coventry that day. She saw it there. That lady Coventry met the young master of Grint deep in the garden.

Daisy liked to chat for social purposes, but she was silent about it. It wouldn’t be nice if it became known, would it?

Their appearance was frankly a bit funny.

Despite knowing that it would never work, they were still meeting in secret. It was just astonishing how the quiet and shy young lady of Coventry met up with lord Grint.

Daisy had had everything since she was born. Beautiful appearance, family wealth, and influence in the social world. But there was one thing missing.

The limits of the status of a county.

Among the nobility, ‘count’ was not a very low position. But she couldn’t be satisfied with that. It was because there existed a marquis and a duchy above the count family.

Why did her father want to betroth her to someone like Count Page? She couldn’t understand.

For someone like herself, she could rise even higher. Chloe held the position of Crown Princess, so while it’s inevitable, the positions for both future duchesses were vacant.

It was natural to target the Grint. Because duke Harrison was not well known.

What happened at Count Parker’s residence was extremely impulsive.

She went to the break room looking for Sienna, but she wasn’t there.

She wondered if she had gone outside, and as Daisy was about to go down, she found a slightly open room. Lady Coventry was asleep in the room she was led into.

There was no way that someone from a baron family like her could marry the young lord of the Grint duchy. However, it bothered Daisy that lord Grint was in love with lady Coventry. It was also concerning that lord Grint had a stubborn personality.

Hence, she thought she would slightly interfere. She wanted to fake an accident and get rid of lady Coventry.

After that woman died, she herself would approach lord Grint. If she comforted him in his grief over the loss of his lover, it would only be a matter of time before she wins his heart. Daisy, who always attracted the attention of young men, was confident.

T/n: …I’m speechless, to think this happened in the previous life…poor Percy…This motherf**ker should burn in hell.

There wouldn’t be anyone out in the hallways anyway, so she thought the plan would work perfectly, but…

“I’ll put out the fire, so you go call for someone.”

Sienna ruined everything. Why was she doing something she had never done before? Why did she keep upsetting her whenever they went out?

Daisy’s long nails dug into her palms.

“But they managed to get approval from the ducal family.”

Lady Watson said while picking up the cookie on the table. Then lady Thurman went on.

“They still have lady Grint, right? They’re probably going to be in-laws with the royal family anyway.”

It was not very pleasant for Daisy. The two who used to talk about their love in secret, could now openly show their affection in public.

Pretending not to know the relationship between the two, she tried to pester her father, saying that she wanted to get engaged to lord Grint.

However, the fact that he and that woman were engaged spread throughout the social world. While she was off guard, thinking that their relationship would end sooner or later, lady Coventry took the initiative and made her strike.

Then all that was left was Harrison… To be honest, she thought Harrison would be even harder to reach than Grint. Not long ago at Count Beth’s ball, she committed great disrespect toward him.

It was all because of Sienna. Daisy tightened her grip on the teacup. It was clear that she knew the duke’s true identity.

How dare she did something so shameless as a friend!

What happened? A person could not change that much overnight. She was not the Sienna Daisy knew.

Daisy didn’t like that the most.

How nice it was to have a marquise’s daughter, who had no pride or self-respect, following her around and being compared to her though.

Was there any way to make up for the mistake she made while with Logan? Daisy pondered over what the two other ladies said.

“Lady Moore, what are you thinking?”

When lady Watson asked, Daisy put a smile on her expressionless face.

“Oh, guess I was lost in thought for a while. It’s not a big deal, so you don’t have to worry about it.”

She couldn’t stay still like this. Weren’t they the only duke families in Beland Kingdom? Before seducing him, she had to apologise first to cover up the awkward memories with him.

But how would they be able to meet?

Daisy, who was concerned, came up with a way. Under what circumstances had she encountered Logan? Thinking about it that way, the answer came quickly.

Talking to Logan shouldn’t be as difficult as she thought. At that, Daisy’s mind became more relaxed.