I’ll Be the Heroine’s Competent Divorce Partner - Chapter 73

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Chapter 73

It was Laventess’s administrator.

“I greet Princess Laventess.”

The administrator politely bowed his head and handed me a thick bundle of documents.

“These are the documents you requested.”

“Yes, thank you.”

As I received them, I almost dropped the entire bundle right then and there.

‘Ugh, look at this weight.’

At the same time, I became extremely depressed.

So, from now on, I have to go through all these documents myself…?

Just then, the administrator cautiously gauged my reaction.

“But why do you need these documents…?”

Well, it would be suspicious.

Until now, the original Elodie had shown no interest in internal affairs whatsoever.

However, I had prepared an unbeatable answer for this very moment.

“Well, I’ll be getting married soon and becoming the mistress of a household.”

Ugh.

Though I was retching inside, I smiled brightly on the outside.

“I should start learning how a family’s affairs are managed, shouldn’t I?”

“Ah, I see.”

The administrator finally looked convinced.

Well, the family members all knew how much David was focusing on my marriage.

Rather, he seemed pleased with my change.

I waved my hand lightly.

“Thank you for your hard work. Oh, could you keep it a secret that I requested these documents?”

“A secret? Why…?”

“Well, I want to study hard and surprise them.”

I softly narrowed my eyes.

“Both Mother and Elder Brother.”

At that answer, a faint smile spread across the administrator’s face.

How should I describe that pleased expression?

It was like watching a troublesome daughter who had always worried her parents finally come to her senses…

“Understood. If you need help with anything, please call me anytime.”

“Really? Then can I call you every single day?”

At my playful question, the administrator smiled brightly and nodded.

“Being able to help the Princess would be an honor for me.”

“Thank you. I’ll definitely contact you again when I need help.”

I also responded to the administrator with a smiling face.

“You may leave now.”

“Yes, Princess.”

The administrator bowed politely once more and left.

Click.

The door closed.

Along with it, the bright smile on my face disappeared completely.

I looked down at the documents on the table with an expressionless face.

“……”

What lay before me now were documents related to the family’s internal affairs.

By principle, internal affairs should be managed by the mistress, that is, Isabel, the current Duke’s wife.

But now Marisa was overseeing everything.

‘Really, I must include this as grounds for the divorce lawsuit.’

I ground my teeth.

I mean, seriously.

It’s already been well over three years since Isabel became the mistress, so how long is Marisa going to keep holding onto the internal affairs?!

And Marisa and Catherine too.

Because those two are acting so suspiciously, I have to start this document review work that’s not even in my destiny!

This is so annoying, really!!

After cheerfully badmouthing the two of them in my mind for a while.

‘Well, it can’t be helped.’

I let out a deep sigh and resolutely turned the document pages.

The goal was to check if there were any suspicious fund flows within the documents.

And…

‘Wilson.’

Wilson, whom Judy had told me about.

Whether that person was inside the Laventess Ducal House.

And whether he was in a position where Marisa could contact him.

‘I think I just need to figure out this much for now.’

I began searching through the documents with fire in my eyes.

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And so, a few days later.

“Miss, are you alright?”

Isabel looked at me with a worried expression.

I was sprawled over the desk and looked up at Isabel with a face covered in fatigue.

“…No, I’m not alright at all.”

“Yes, you do look that way.”

Isabel sat down next to me with a bitter smile.

That’s right.

Even though I had thoroughly searched through the documents.

Far from finding suspicious fund flows, I couldn’t even find a trace of Wilson!

Really, to have no results like this!

‘I thought I’d be able to catch at least something!’

Sob.

With my heart greatly wounded, I slumped down once again.

At the same time, Isabel cautiously asked me.

“May I also take a look at the documents?”

“Of course, look as much as you want…”

I kept my head buried in the desk and just waved my arms weakly.

I could feel the rustling presence.

Then occasionally the sound of pages turning fluttered by.

It seemed like Isabel was examining the documents.

‘Did I think wrong?’

I fell into thought with a hopeless feeling.

Am I being too suspicious of Marisa and Catherine?

If I’m suspecting the wrong people…

But then.

“Miss.”

Isabel suddenly shook my shoulders vigorously as I lay slumped over.

“What is it?”

I lifted my head with a gloomy expression, my eyes widening in surprise.

And for good reason.

Isabel had an extremely serious expression on her face.

“Take a look at this.”

Isabel held out a bundle of documents in front of me.

I took them in bewilderment, looking puzzled.

“These are… dowry-related documents.”

To be precise, it was the enormous dowry that the previous Duchess of Laventess, Elodie’s birth mother, had brought with her.

And this dowry was currently being managed by Marisa.

For reference, unlike Isabel who had scraped together every penny to bring even a small dowry.

Marisa, who constantly tormented Isabel for being poor…

‘She didn’t bring any dowry at all.’

And yet she torments our Isabel?!

Just wait. Once the divorce proceedings begin, I’ll pay her back several times over!!

…Well, anyway.

“I’ve already looked over these documents before.”

Even after examining them carefully once more, there didn’t seem to be anything particularly problematic about the documents.

The investment plans followed proper format too.

The related budget managers and administrators also weren’t the ‘Wilson’ I had been searching for.

At the very least, there was no ‘Wilson’ among the people directly employed by the Laventess Ducal House.

I shrugged and put the documents down.

“I know they invested in several places. What was it, mining and hot spring development projects?”

Regardless of my dislike for Marisa, it wasn’t particularly strange behavior.

It would be wasteful to just let such a large sum sit idle.

But Isabel seemed to see it somewhat differently.

“That’s not all. Look here, it shows they also purchased land in the Slant region.”

“Oh, really? Then that investment must have failed.”

I frowned slightly.

The Slant region was a place rife with rumors about redevelopment.

However, when the redevelopment was scrapped, those who had invested in that area suffered significant losses.

“Miss, think about this carefully.”

Isabel spoke to me with a serious expression.

“There are already five investment plans involving large-scale investments. But.”

Her dark green eyes gleamed sharply.

“Have you ever heard news that any of these ventures succeeded?”

I hesitated for a moment.

“I haven’t… heard of any.”

Given Marisa’s personality, if any investment had succeeded, she would have boasted about it loudly.

But Marisa had remained quiet all this time.

Which meant.

All five ventures had failed.

‘And yet she’s been this quiet about it?’

Unless she was deliberately hiding the investment failures…

At the same time, I furrowed my brow deeply.

‘Wait, hiding them?’

Meanwhile, Isabel picked up the documents I had put down and was examining them closely.

And then.

“What if ‘Wilson’ used a pseudonym?”

That sharp question snapped me to attention like cold water had been thrown on me.

“What? A pseudonym?”

“Of course, this is just a hypothesis.”

Having drawn that line, Isabel continued calmly.

“But if I were Mother, I don’t think I would continue employing an investment expert who kept failing.”

That certainly made sense.

I listened quietly to Isabel’s voice.

“And yet Mother entrusted this person with several major investments. That means there must be some reason why Mother completely trusts this investment expert. In that case.”

Isabel’s eyes sharpened.

“Using a pseudonym to protect that trusted investment expert wouldn’t be so strange, would it?”

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