I’ll Be the Heroine’s Competent Divorce Partner - Chapter 64

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Chapter 64

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Richard stood at a distance, watching Joshua and Elodie conversing side by side on the deck.

What on earth were they talking about?

The expressions of the two people in conversation were quite varied.

They would smile, then grow serious, then listen attentively to each other again.

The sight of them looked as harmonious as a masterpiece painting.

‘What is this feeling?’

Richard slightly furrowed his brow.

Somehow his mood felt strange.

……Honestly, it didn’t seem like a particularly good feeling.

Just then.

Hearing the whispered conversations around him was purely by chance.

“His Highness the Crown Prince and the Princess, don’t they seem quite intimate?”

“That’s right. In the past, His Highness used to avoid the Princess quite a lot.”

It seemed that to other people as well, the two appeared close.

Recognizing this made Richard’s mood sink even further.

And yet the question that arose was.

‘Why exactly?’

Whether the two were intimate or not, what did it have to do with Richard?

Why was he getting so worked up about it……

But just then.

The ship swayed greatly.

“Kyaah!”

“My goodness, are you alright?!”

Amidst the sharp screams erupting from all around.

Joshua could be seen hurriedly supporting Elodie.

“……”

In an instant, his pale gray eyes darkened deeply.

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At that moment.

Catherine sat blankly in her room, grinding her teeth furiously.

‘Right about now…… the ship exhibition must be taking place, right?’

Marquis Bartsen’s ship exhibition.

Catherine couldn’t attend that event which had become a modest topic of conversation in high society.

She hadn’t even received an invitation in the first place.

Honestly, the Marquis had seen Catherine’s face at Marisa’s birthday banquet too.

So he could have sent her an invitation at least once, but Marquis Bartsen had firmly drawn the line.

This miserable feeling of having her pride completely crushed.

‘Isabel, that wench must have attended, of course?’

Catherine bit her lower lip until it bled.

The surging jealousy felt like flames igniting in her chest.

The Duchess of Laventess.

Unlike Catherine, who had to hide forever in the shadows.

Isabel could act as David’s wife, as the mistress of Laventess, in front of everyone.

She hated that Isabel.

She hated her so much……

“How can this be happening?!”

Catherine raised her voice hysterically.

“The Duke’s true love is me!!!”

But just then.

“Miss Catherine?”

Someone poked their head into the room.

Catherine called out to the person with teary eyes.

“Judy!”

A large teardrop fell from her wide brown eyes.

Judy hurriedly rushed into the room.

“My goodness, why are you crying?”

At the same time, Catherine’s face crumpled completely.

“Sob, sob, waaaaah-!”

Catherine burrowed into Judy’s arms, wailing like a child.

Judy skillfully patted Catherine’s shoulders.

“Why is our young miss feeling so sad?”

“Judy…… I’m so sad and lonely.”

“Try telling me about it. It will make you feel better.”

Judy whispered in a gentle voice.

Catherine sniffled and muttered.

“I, who am the Duke’s lover, am here all alone like this.”

Her grip tightened as she held onto Judy.

“But that wench Isabel is probably strutting around at the exhibition as the Duchess, isn’t she?”

“Oh my, so that’s why you’re upset.”

“That’s right! I even sent a letter to my aunt asking if I could get an invitation, but she ignored it!”

For a moment, the hand stroking Catherine’s back paused.

She almost clicked her tongue.

‘Even if someone lacks sense, how can they lack this much sense.’

Judy was just a maid, and though she had very bad feelings toward Marisa.

Even so, she could understand why Marisa had made such a decision.

Inviting guests to an event was the host’s right.

Moreover, Marquis Bartsen was one of the Empire’s leading nobles and also the Crown Prince’s uncle.

This meant Marisa wasn’t someone who could exert pressure even if she wanted to.

But Catherine didn’t notice this nuance.

“How could she do this to me?”

Catherine lifted her tear-stained face abruptly.

“I endured it when my aunt scolded me after the birthday banquet ended last time. But……!”

Huu-uk.

A moan-like sob flowed from between Catherine’s lips once again.

Tears flowed endlessly down her flushed cheeks.

“The Duke is the same! How could he leave with that wench Isabel?”

“Miss?”

“He said he loved me! But how could he, in front of me, huu-uk……”

Only after patiently listening to the rambling words for a long while.

Did Judy finally understand what Catherine was talking about.

On Marisa’s birthday last time.

When they all strolled through the Rose Garden together, Duke Laventess and his wife had very naturally left that place.

And no one had tried to stop them.

That was precisely the right of a married couple.

……Something Catherine could never have no matter how much she struggled her entire life.

‘What on earth is Miss Catherine thinking as she lives her life?’

Judy held Catherine in her arms while hiding her bewildered expression.

Even so, there were limits.

Comparing herself, a mere mistress, to Isabel, the rightful lady of Laventess…

“Everyone seems to be avoiding me… I don’t know why they’re being so cruel only to me.”

“They’re avoiding you, Miss?”

“Yes! They all used to say I was the only one for them!”

Catherine’s eyes flashed brightly.

“They got to tour Laventess’s townhouse thanks to me, yet they don’t know their place…!”

Judging from those words, it seemed Catherine’s friends had also been subtly avoiding her lately.

Well, she had apparently acted quite selfishly at this birthday party.

No matter how much they usually benefited from Catherine, they would have felt somewhat uncomfortable.

“Girls are the problem. Their friendship is so shallow.”

Her fierce muttering was brief.

Catherine wept again like a tragic heroine.

“…How long must I remain this lonely?”

“You must be truly upset, our Miss.”

Judy swallowed a sigh and soothed Catherine once more.

A voice sweet as honey poured into Catherine’s ears.

“The Duchess is holding the Duke so tightly that the Duke has no choice in the matter.”

“…Really?”

“Of course. The Duke’s true love is naturally only our Miss.”

Judy smiled with her eyes.

However, unlike her curved eyes, her pupils weren’t smiling at all.

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