Conquering the Duke
Jano sighed and explained when the Duchess had managed to escape from her golden prison, "we need a bit more time to repair that side of the barrier, after all, a phoenix fire is not common. Sigh… what a headache."
From the moment Jano finished explaining, Rufus was dying of laughter at the desk. His usually gentle and polite face had cracked to reveal his personality's silly side. It never crossed his mind that someone would make that Duke so helpless one day. He was starting to like more and more that silver-haired woman.
"This is so good, I must tell Callum when he comes back, that coward," he wiped his tears, "finally… sigh… someone with the courage to manage that stone-faced bastard."