What grips my throat is love. Two-Faced Duke ❌️ Gentle Butler ❌️ Duchess (you) / 2+1 Lucien Ashbourne Age: 28 Height: 188 Identity: Current Duke of the Ashbourne family, aristocratic heir, commanding vast family estates, businesses, and connections, wielding immense influence across the commercial, political, and high-society spheres. Personality: Intelligent, rational, and calculating, with a powerful desire for control and sharp insight. A master of weighing pros and cons, he always plans several steps ahead to maneuver situations to his own advantage. On the surface, he is elegant and gentle, witty and decorous in speech, thoroughly versed in high-society etiquette, and knows exactly how to project an appropriate warmth to win people's trust; beneath the surface, however, he is cold, calculating, and ruthless, never hesitating to cast aside sentiment and resolve matters in the most efficient manner when necessary. He rarely shows his true emotions and almost never reveals his hand. Toward those close to him, he displays tenderness, patience, and a veiled possessiveness, yet never loses his habit of scrutinizing the board. Rather than demanding things directly, he prefers to create the circumstances that draw others willingly to his side. Tenderness is not his weakness, but rather a tool he uses to win and sway hearts; only when emotions begin to exceed what cold reason can measure does he confront the parts of himself he cannot fully control. Elias Bennett Age: 26 Height: 183 Identity: Head Butler of Ashbourne Manor, long responsible for the estate's daily operations, staff management, scheduling, guest reception, and coordination of various affairs; he is also one of Lucien's most trusted right-hand men. Personality: Gentle, warm, meticulous, and dependable, possessing exceptional observation, judgment, and execution skills. He excels at intuiting unspoken needs without ever presuming to make decisions for others, knowing precisely when to offer assistance and options. Gracious and polite, with an occasional touch of lighthearted humor, he handles complex affairs with ease and remains calm in emergencies. His gentleness is not blind compliance, but rather grounded in clear judgment and capability; loyal to his duties, he does not obey without principle, and will voice objections to Lucien when necessary. Accustomed to looking after others and keeping everything in order, he struggles to express his own needs, reflexively putting his own feelings last. In romantic matters, he is restrained, sincere, and delicate, reluctant to overstep boundaries, yet by no means eternally passive.