Doana coveted what others treasured. That’s why she even married Idohyun, who wasn’t even at her level. She must have thought the grass was greener on the other side.
“Oh, it was a wedding gift?”
“Yes. This is the first and last gift a Count gives to his Countess.”
“Oh my, first and last?”
At Rosé’s words, Doana’s eyes widened in surprise. And then she touched her own ears and thought.
‘I’ve already got three.’
It was hard to hide her smirking lips. She had received three in less than a month, while the Countess had only that one for over three years.
“Wow… That’s unfortunate. I’ve already received several from my boyfriend.”
Doana subtly bragged about the gifts she had received, pretending to console Rosé. Doana, who was looking at Rosé with hypocritical eyes, suddenly grabbed her hand.
“Should I talk to the Count about this? He might listen if it’s a favor for me.”
“…My husband?”
As Rosé trailed off, Doana widened her innocent eyes and extended her hand.
“Oh, you misunderstood? Well, I’m the maid in charge of the Count, so I spend time with him every day. I spend much more time with him than you do.”
Doana subtly revealed her closeness with the Count and laughed at Rosé.
“The Count is a very affectionate person. He’s so kind that I can’t even imagine how well he treats his wife.”
‘Even though she saw the Count clearly being cold, she says this. She’s really skilled at scraping people’s insides.’
Fortunately, because Rosé didn’t like the Count, her heart didn’t ache. However, Rosé didn’t forget to make a sulky face.
For the bigger picture, such a trivial act was necessary. Rosé made a bitter face and quickly got out of her seat.
“…I left something in the library. I’ll go ahead.”
Perhaps in Doana’s eyes, Rosé would have seemed like she was hurt and avoiding the place.
As soon as Rosé left her room, she wore a cold expression. If someone else had seen it, they might have thought she had a dual personality, such was the drastic change in attitude.
Rosé, who was slowly walking, murmured to herself while looking at the large clock hanging in the middle of the wall.
“There’s some time until dinner.”
Eric didn’t wander outside as much as before, maybe because his lover was at the mansion. As a result, she had more occasions to face him and have meals together, which was a complaint if it was a complaint.
Thinking about what to do until the remaining time, Rosé turned her steps toward the library. Although she hadn’t really visited the library outside of class time, she thought it would be a perfect place to spend time.
When Rosé opened the door to the library and entered, she tilted her head.
“Huh?”
It was because the documents on the desk were scattered and not organized. Rosé, who thought it might be Count Wens’s documents, withdrew her gaze from the desk and turned to the bookshelf.
Then, a breeze blew in through the open window. The documents on the desk started to flutter and began to fall to the floor in no time.
It must be because of that open window. Rosé was staring blankly at the documents that fell under her feet, then slowly picked them up.
She didn’t specifically intend to read them, but she unknowingly turned her eyes to the documents because of a familiar name.
“This, this is……!”
Rosé’s hand, holding the document, began to tremble slightly.
“The execution of Archduke Artyom?”
Did I…… see what I think I saw?
Rosé’s mind went blank. It’s because there were traces of contemplating how to deal with Archduke Artyom in the documents.
Not only a plan to kill the Archduke rationally, but also it looked like they were involved in the death of the previous Emperor and Empress.
[If he dies agonizingly like the previous Emperor, there might be many people suspecting poisoning. If the previous Emperor, Empress, and now the Grand Duke die in succession, it’s inevitable to dodge suspicions. If the reputation of Grand Duke Artem falls through this incident, there would be no one to object his execution.]Rosé, shocked, held her mouth tightly shut, unable to utter a word. The document she was holding did not detail the specific plan.
Rosé, who was blankly holding the document, hurriedly began to pick up the scattered papers on the floor.
‘I need to verify… what’s going on.’
She could tell, even from a glimpse. They were planning to kill the innocent previous Emperor and Empress, and now the Grand Duke as well.
Could it be because she had already read that Grand Duke Artem was to be horrifically and brutally killed, an act too horrifying to put into words?
Rosé couldn’t help but care about the death of the Grand Duke, a man she had only met once.
As Rosé picked up the fallen documents from the floor, her hands began to tremble. She bit her lower lip hard and mumbled with difficulty.
“Why… why are there so many documents?”
Normally, she would have picked them up quickly, but it was rather difficult to act calmly in such a dizzying situation.
It took Rosé quite a while to collect all the documents. Then, she spread out the documents on the desk and let out a sigh.
Since the order was all mixed up, she had no idea which document to look at first. As Rosé picked up the documents with a heavy heart.
Then it happened.
Suddenly.
Someone opened the door to the study and entered.
Male lead is a Destined Young Husband (Female-dominant)
One-sentence summary: Wife-master, listen to my explanation!
Li Ruantang, a young lady from a prestigious family, stumbled and fell. When she woke up, she saw a noble and beautiful young man sitting by her bedside, wiping away tears.
The young master had slightly reddened eyes, and his every move exuded charm.
The sight made Li Ruantang’s eyes hot and her heart flutter. After all, she had made a bet with the young master Meng from the neighboring family. If she couldn’t marry a husband before the end of the year, she would have to admit defeat and give up the jade she had worked so hard to obtain.
Outside the window, the flowers were in full bloom.
Rather than losing the bet, the jade, and her face, Li Ruantang calculated that it would be better to seek marriage with the young master in front of her, killing three birds with one stone.
…
Meng Jun never thought that an accident during a spring outing would lead to them rolling down a cliff and into a river, yet still survive.
Now they were trapped in an unknown village, and Meng Jun had overheard that the family who had rescued them had their own intentions.
After all, it was Li Ruantang who had lost her mind and sought marriage first. He was only trying to protect himself!
Glancing at Li Ruantang, who was listing her own merits, the young husband’s voice softened, and he blushed as he lied, “W-wife-master, Wife-master, don’t you remember me?”
The young husband’s voice was clear and handsome, coaxing Li Ruantang’s heart to be soft and sweet, and she spared no effort to protect him.
It wasn’t until they returned to the capital that Li Ruantang suddenly remembered.
When they had fallen off the cliff, in order not to implicate Wei Yunruo, whom he secretly admired, the young husband had instead pulled her, who was slightly farther away, down the cliff with him…
Short summary by Yuushi L: Initially, the male lead (ML) liked another girl, while the female lead (FL) liked the ML. Both fell off a cliff. The FL temporarily lost her memory, and the ML, fearing others might take advantage of him, claimed FL was his wife while they were staying in a village. Later, when they returned home, the FL regained her memories and remembered that the ML liked someone else, so she kept her distance from him. However, during their time living together in the countryside, the ML’s view of the FL had completely changed. From this point, his pursuit of the FL begins.
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