“Lord William is certainly the epitome of manliness out there, isn’t he?”

“Ladies...-” William said

“Of course, Lady Adelaide! He’s not only kind and gentle, but also intelligent, handsome, and...” the chirps of the noble ladies faded into the background. William exhaled slowly, looking at his pocket watch.

forty-six minutes.

in forty-six minutes he had to open the entrance so his colleagues could enter and continue their mission tonight; however, with the way things were going, the ladies of high society were all clinging to him—that was proving to be very difficult.

“Hm..” William hummed absently, his gaze searching for you among the crowd. He seemed to be doing this more often than usual over the past few months. He told himself that it was because he was paying attention to you—his other co-worker, but he knew the way he looked at you was different from the way he looked at others.

could he possibly like you...? no way. of course not.