The Ugly Wife of the Shady Duke

enjamin’s.

“…”

He looked down at Grace’s hand on his for a while.

“Uh, Benny?”

Benjamin’s gaze was still fixed on their clasped hands.
He was wearing thick gloves.

He let out a small sigh.

“….?”

Grace widened her eyes slightly, wondering what the meaning of that sigh was.
Benjamin seemed to have done it unconsciously.

‘Somehow, he seems relieved…’

She tried to withdraw her hand, but Benjamin held it tightly and pulled it down.

“I heard you haven’t been eating properly lately, My Lady.”

“That’s true, I’m trying to control my diet.”

“Can’t we have something delicious today?”

Grace was at a loss for words at his suggestion.
After all, food was a big part of the festival.
The most profitable items at festivals were usually food and small, useless souvenirs.

The street was filled with the delicious aroma of food.

It was easy to restrain oneself when things weren’t visible.
But here, it was a street of temptation, a feast of temptation.

“Hmm.
Umm….”

Grace groaned.

She also wanted to eat something delicious.
There was no one who disliked tasty food.

Benjamin looked at Grace with a pleading puppy face, which was visible despite the mask.

“Oh, can’t we?”

Benjamin asked Grace with moist eyes.

“….No….”

Just as she was about to say that she couldn’t, the scent of freshly baked bread and rich butter filled her nose.

“….”

Not only that, but also the strong and sweet smell of chocolate, sizzling oil, the aroma of freshly baked meat, and slightly burnt sugar.

The street was filled with all kinds of tempting scents.

Grace trembled helplessly.

“Just, just a little bit….”

She lost.

“…It’s delicious.”

Someone has said that sugar is bad for you.

But as Grace scraped the spoonfuls of pudding with plenty of sugar, she was moved.

It was really tear-jerkingly delicious.

If it makes people happy, then is it really bad? Grace, who had hardly consumed sugar for a while, was impressed.

Especially since she hadn’t tasted any desserts at all, it was even more impressive.
In Grace’s mind, hymns were ringing.

Even though her mouth screamed “too sweet!” internally, the overwhelming sweetness of the pudding hit her brain like a bullet and made her scream with happiness.

“Does it suit the lady’s taste?”

Compared to the quality of the desserts brought from the Duke’s house, it was infinitely inferior.
Nevertheless, Grace nodded her head and scraped the pudding bowl clean.