Chapter 508: Daughter-in-Law (1)
Even though there hadn’t been a wedding, I was already treated as Ethan’s future wife in the Blackwood family.
We’d planned to get married right after graduation, and now that I was carrying Ethan’s first child, I couldn’t picture a future where I wasn’t his wife. I had already accepted my role as the future Duchess, as refusing to do so wouldn’t change how everyone else treated me.
“Good morning, Miss.”
“Oh, Head Butler Dietmeyer...”
“Just ‘Dietmeyer’ will do. The Young Master mentioned that you should feel free to set clear boundaries now.”
“Oh, right... Mr. Dietmeyer...”
Even the way I addressed Dietmeyer, whom I’d called “Head Butler” all my life at Blackwood Mansion, had changed. The other maids and servants had also started calling me “Miss Lilith” or “Lady Rosewood.”
Just months ago, I was a fellow servant, yet it didn’t feel strange to them to treat me as a lady. It was as if I had always been regarded as Ethan’s intended, and I was the only one who hadn’t realized it.
“Oh, Lili—uh, I mean, Lady Lilith. Do you need anything?”
“...It feels strange. Isabel, can’t you just call me Lilith like you used to?”
“But the Young Master insisted that we should no longer treat you as a servant. While I appreciate your kindness, Lady Lilith...”
“It’s not that. Even if we’re master and servant, we’re still friends, right? You’re my first friend, Isabel, and it feels odd to be so distant...”