I’ll Be the Heroine’s Competent Divorce Partner - Chapter 90

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Chapter 90

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“Damn it, I never thought things would get this twisted!”

Marquis Bartsen threw down the newspaper in a fit of rage.

Smack!!

The newspaper hit the wall and fell to the floor, revealing the front page in full view.

Below it was a featured article.

An article that fully exposed the corrupt relationship between the Northern Commander and Bremont Dress Shop.

The Northern Commander lost his head for bribery charges.

Thomas Bremont was thrown in prison.

Additionally, Bremont Dress Shop was suspended from business and permanently banned from participating in national competition projects.

“Stupid fool.”

The marquis grumbled again.

And rightfully so, since this incident had given the marquis quite a headache as well.

The Northern Commander, who was about to lose his head, had desperately clung to the marquis, begging him for help.

‘Please, please help me!’

‘What can I possibly do about it?’

Naturally, the marquis flatly refused.

Then the Northern Commander’s eyes bulged as veins popped out on his neck.

‘Marquis, are you really going to do this? It was thanks to me that the Hesus Trading Company could supply fabric all this time!’

‘So what? Is that my fault?’

The marquis asked back without batting an eye.

‘Did I make any requests to you? Did I offer you any bribes?’

‘What?’

‘Bremont Dress Shop desperately needed that fabric, so what could I do? Should I have refused to supply it?’

‘Damn it!’

The Northern Commander, grinding his teeth, eventually kicked open the door and stormed out.

Recalling that moment, the marquis furrowed his brow deeply.

“Who caused this mess in the first place, and yet he dares to cling to me without knowing his place.”

Fortunately, he hadn’t done anything during the supply process that could be traced back to him.

That’s why the marquis was able to safely escape from this incident unscathed.

Of course, it was true that he had gained enormous profits from supplying to the Northern Command for several years.

‘So what about that?’

He could just claim ignorance and that would be the end of it.

The marquis burst out in frustration again.

“Really, nothing goes right because of these idiots!”

What bothered him most was…

‘This incident… it seems like Joshua deliberately dug into it.’

At that moment.

The marquis’s eyes darkened ominously.

‘…I don’t like it.’

Even if he is the Crown Prince, still.

That young brat is stirring up the Empire like this?

‘As if he’s already become emperor…!’

The current emperor had withdrawn from state affairs long ago.

He had been in a coma for a long time.

When the emperor first lost consciousness, Joshua was only in his mid-teens.

He was far too young to run the government.

So, until Joshua came of age, it would have been fine to entrust the regency to Marquis Bartsen.

‘I will listen to any advice from the ministers. Please do not spare your counsel.’

Joshua began to rule the country directly with the help of the ministers.

Secretly, he hoped his young nephew would fail.

But Joshua’s rule was remarkably excellent for his age, and before long, he had become a Crown Prince beloved by all the people of the Empire.

‘Damn it.’

Whenever he looked at Joshua, he felt something deep in his stomach boiling with rage.

That dull sensation was utterly unpleasant.

‘He already has everything.’

The brilliant and wise Crown Prince.

And himself, who could never once get close to the throne.

The gap was so enormous.

The unresolved, deep-seated inferiority complex was so toxic.

‘No matter how hard I try…’

The bones stood out white on the back of his hand gripping the armrest.

The marquis squeezed his eyes shut.

The sense of defeat rising to his throat was bitter.

He wanted to quench this terrible emotion somehow.

…By any means necessary.

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Late afternoon, with the gentle early autumn sunlight pouring down.

In the distance, Penelope walked out of the administrative building.

Isabel and I, who had been waiting anxiously outside, jumped to our feet.

“Penelope!”

“How did it go? Did you do well?!”

Penelope, spotting us, smiled brightly.

Then she held up the document envelope in her left hand triumphantly.

“Here it is!”

Isabel and I quickly approached Penelope.

Penelope confidently held out the document envelope.

The title slightly visible through the sunlight.

That’s right.

We had really completed everything, even the contract for the public project!

My heart swelled like a balloon.

Unable to contain our overwhelming emotions, we threw our arms around each other.

“Wow, we really succeeded!”

“Everyone worked so hard.”

“Really, I was so nervous until we signed the contract!”

We poured out our words incoherently, sharing our joy.

Is this what it feels like to have the whole world?

Ah, I feel amazing!

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