"I love Mary. There is simply no room in my heart for you."

Lord Allen Sled said this somewhat apologetically, yet firmly.

Nadia Keith, who had been told to reconsider their engagement because of his affections, slowly smiled in response.

"There's no need for that," she repliedーー.

Nadia, whose personality was a stark contrast to the overbearing Mary, continued her quiet daily life even after marrying as a second wife.

This relationship, however, gradually began to change with each passing dayーー……

Ranked 39th on AlphaPolis' Hot Ranking.

I also recall it briefly hitting around 20th place in the Popular Completed Works category, making me wonder if I was dreaming...?

I also seem to recall it being around 40th on Narou's Romance Completed Ranking...!! (sweats nervously)

I'm so happy so many of you read it...!!

Thank you for all the bookmarks, ratings, and likes!!

Thank you for reading!

I'm not very good at short stories, so I wrote this while mentally repeating "keep it short, keep it short," but I'm honestly not sure how it turned out... (sweats nervously)

If you'd be so kind as to leave any feedback, I would be overjoyed and use it for future improvement...!

I'm also deeply grateful for typo reports!!

Thank you for reading!!

For my next work, I'm thinking of aiming for a brighter, short story with comedic elements...

If you're inclined, I'd be overjoyed if you'd read it again.

Thank you so much for reading this time!!

This work is also being posted sequentially on AlphaPolis, Kakuyomu, and Shousetsuka ni Narou.