I’ll Be the Heroine’s Competent Divorce Partner - Chapter 112

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Chapter 112

 

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Inside the cafe attached to the hotel’s first floor.

 

Having been polished and groomed under Isabel’s touch, I sat facing Marquis Bartsen.

 

‘What’s with this person?’

 

I stared at the Marquis with a peculiar feeling.

 

When I first saw him in the lobby earlier, his face was definitely flushed red and blue.

 

I had delayed quite a bit getting ready, so he must have become quite displeased waiting for me.

 

‘Well, who told him to come without making an appointment?’

 

However, what was strange was his current attitude.

 

As soon as he saw me earlier, he seemed oddly pleased.

 

Why is he acting like that?

 

“I’m a bit late because I was getting ready.”

 

I offered a polite greeting for now.

 

The Marquis immediately shook his head.

 

“Not at all. Waiting for a Lady is a gentleman’s pleasure.”

 

Then he looked me up and down, and soon smiled with his eyes.

 

That eye smile was so greasy.

 

My stomach felt queasy as if I had eaten a whole stick of butter.

 

“Especially if that Lady was late because she was beautifying herself so wonderfully for me.”

 

“….”

 

…So right now, he’s mistaken that I got dressed up to look good for him?

 

Meanwhile, Marquis Bartsen leaned his gaze toward me.

 

Then he looked at me with suggestive eyes… No, why are you opening your eyes like that?!

 

“Lady Elodie.”

 

It was ‘Lady Elodie’, not ‘Princess Laventess’.

 

It seems he already knows that I was expelled from the Laventess Ducal House.

 

‘Then he’d have even less business with me, so why did he come?’

 

But this was my naive misconception.

 

Sometimes reality is far more outrageous than I think.

 

Especially when there’s a man like this involved, who’s so full of self-love that he has no ability for self-objectification.

 

“Don’t worry too much. I will take responsibility for you, Lady.”

 

Huh, what is he saying right now?

 

“Of course, Lady Elodie, who has lost her position as Princess Laventess, isn’t particularly attractive to me. You’re somewhat lacking to become the mistress of a marquis house.”

 

“….”

 

“But people have affection, don’t they? We’ve seen each other’s faces all this time, and Duke Laventess would worry if his younger sister were left alone like this.”

 

“….”

 

I was so dumbfounded that I was left speechless.

 

If David had been worried about me, wouldn’t he have not expelled me in the first place?

 

However, the Marquis interpreted my silence in some way, became completely arrogant, and continued babbling.

 

“In fact, if not for me, where could a young Lady turn to for support? It must have been very difficult until now, but I will be by your side. Please put your mind at ease, even now.”

 

Wow, can a person really talk this much?

 

My ears feel like they’re going to bleed…

 

Marquis Bartsen continued speaking as if to comfort me.

 

“Also, let’s apologize to Duke Laventess at an appropriate opportunity. This time, Lady was too unreasonable.”

 

“…”

 

“Still, if you tell him that you’re going to marry me, he will surely forgive you. So…”

 

“No.”

 

Unable to listen anymore, I cut off the Marquis’s rambling.

 

I straightened my back and declared firmly.

 

“I don’t want to.”

 

“…Lady Elodie?”

 

The Marquis looked as if he had been slapped across the cheek.

 

It seemed he had never even dreamed that I would refuse.

 

“You don’t want to? What do you mean by that?”

 

“Both marrying you, Marquis, and apologizing to Elder Brother.”

 

I lifted my chin and drove the point home.

 

“I don’t want either of them.”

 

“What on earth!”

 

The Marquis stared at me with astounded eyes, as if the sky had split in half.

 

But that was only for a moment.

 

A subtle smile appeared on the Marquis’s face.

 

“My, you really don’t know how the world works at all.”

 

It was an attitude of blatantly looking down on someone, as if dealing with a child.

 

“Do you think a young Miss like you can continue living wandering around outside like this? Even being immature has its limits.”

 

Wow, look at that rude way of speaking?

 

The collaboration of condescension and lecturing was truly artistic.

 

“Let’s address this first.”

 

I lifted my chin slightly and shot a challenging look at Marquis Bartsen.

 

“Whether I wander around outside or am immature, why should I receive a lecture from you about that, Marquis?”

 

I smugly shrugged my shoulders.

 

“That’s the most proud achievement in my life that I accomplished with my own strength.”

 

“What did you say?”

 

The Marquis’s face became completely distorted.

 

Goodness, anyone watching would think I had grabbed and pulled out the Marquis’s hair.

 

But my words weren’t finished yet.

 

“Because I became completely independent from the Laventess Ducal House, I am now staying at this hotel.”

 

“Lady, that’s.”

 

“Furthermore, nothing I’m currently enjoying was obtained from Laventess. The cost of staying at the hotel, meals, the clothes I’m wearing, nothing at all.”

 

After drawing that line.

 

I gave a gentle eye smile.

 

The subtle disdain-laden smile characteristic of the original Elodie.

 

It was the so-called ‘villainess smile’ she wore when thoroughly getting under someone’s skin.

 

“So, Marquis. You don’t need to take in a woman who’s somewhat lacking to become the mistress of the marquis house, as if doing charity work. I’m quite satisfied with my current life.”

 

“Lady!”

 

Marquis Bartsen raised his voice, veins bulging in his neck.

 

The startled nearby guests turned to look in our direction.

 

Isabel, who was sitting at a distance, was also watching this way intently, prepared for any emergency.

 

‘It’s okay.’

 

I first calmed Isabel with a look.

 

Then I faced Marquis Bartsen, who was furious to the top of his head, with an indifferent gaze.

 

‘Ugh, why is he shouting? So noisy.’

 

I clicked my tongue inwardly and drove the point home again.

 

“And please don’t misunderstand.”

 

“Mi-misunderstand!”

 

“I didn’t dress up to impress you, Marquis, but merely observed the minimum courtesy of receiving a guest.”

 

I scolded him while maintaining my ‘villainess smile.’

 

“Separately, you should study etiquette again, Marquis. Even a seven-year-old child would know that you should make an appointment in advance when visiting someone.”

 

At those words, the marquis clenched his fists tightly.

 

He was so angry that his clenched hands trembled.

 

“Do you think your future will be fine after treating me this way?”

 

The marquis’s eyes flashed menacingly.

 

Why, what, why?

 

Anyone watching would think he was about to hit someone.

 

But then.

 

“That’s enough, Uncle.”

 

A cold voice intervened.

 

Huh? This voice?

 

I quickly raised my head.

 

A man with features so handsome it seemed God had crafted them with care was looking down at us with an icy expression.

 

It was His Highness the Crown Prince.

 

“She’s saying she doesn’t want it.”

 

Wait, why is His Highness here?

 

Meanwhile, Marquis Bartsen looked up at the Crown Prince with a dazed expression, as if he’d been struck in the head.

 

“Your, Your Highness.”

 

“She’s already expressed her refusal sufficiently, so why do you keep insisting only on your opinion, Uncle? Moreover.”

 

The Crown Prince asked in a stern voice.

 

“Why are you belittling your opponent?”

 

For a moment, my pupils shook violently.

 

That was right.

 

That man alone was different.

 

Why I was angry at Marquis Bartsen and David, what emotions I was feeling right now.

 

The one person who understood me as an individual named ‘Elodie’.

 

The Crown Prince continued speaking calmly.

 

“If Uncle wishes to have the Princess as his wife, he should respect the Princess accordingly. Not belittle the achievements the Princess has made.”

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