I’ll Be the Heroine’s Competent Divorce Partner - Chapter 96

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Chapter 96

That wasn’t all.

After the harvest festival, David had completely cut off contact.

There was no reply whatsoever to the countless letters she had sent to her former lover.

She had even suppressed her shame and visited the Duke’s townhouse, only to be turned away at the door.

‘How… how could he do this to me……’

Just as Catherine was about to be consumed once again by old grief and anger.

Knock knock.

A brief knock sounded.

Catherine didn’t answer.

She couldn’t even be bothered to open her mouth.

“…….”

“…….”

After a moment of silence, the door opened soundlessly.

Light stretched long into the room.

She could sense someone approaching with soft footsteps.

And then.

“Miss.”

Judy called out to Catherine cautiously.

But even to that call, Catherine didn’t respond.

She simply continued staring blankly at the ceiling.

Her brown eyes, which had once sparkled vibrantly with all kinds of desires, were now empty and hollow.

Judy swallowed a sigh and spoke.

“There’s been contact.”

“Contact? From whom?”

“From the Laventess Ducal House.”

Suddenly finding some strength, Catherine sprang up from her seat.

After glaring at Judy for a moment with wide eyes.

Catherine’s expression became subtle.

“……That is?”

It wasn’t a simple letter.

A thick envelope of documents.

“Here it is, Miss.”

Judy carefully handed the document envelope to Catherine.

At the heavy weight filling her hands, Catherine felt a chill run down her spine.

‘What on earth could be inside?’

She had an ominous feeling.

Catherine’s hands, tearing open the envelope with impatient fingers, were already trembling faintly.

Documents scattered down, turning her lap pure white.

The identity of those documents was……

“IOUs?”

An incredulous voice flowed from between Catherine’s lips.

That’s right.

They were IOUs.

The jewels and dresses she had bought to look beautiful for David.

The high-end restaurants where she had dined intimately with David.

The hair salon she had regularly visited to keep her red hair, which David loved, lustrous and shiny.

Even the hotels she had visited to spend passionate nights with David, and the fragrant premium liquor that had been provided at those hotels.

All the amounts David had supported Catherine’s lifestyle with had now become bills.

‘This has to be a lie, right?’

Overwhelmed by a tidal wave of betrayal, Catherine trembled slightly at the shoulders.

Just then.

Her dark brown eyes fell upon a letter that had dropped onto her lap.

It was a letter from David.

‘Your Grace!’

Catherine hastily grabbed the letter.

There must be some misunderstanding.

Even though His Grace may have decided to abandon me.

Surely, surely he wouldn’t make me this miserable……

Catherine swallowed her dry saliva and opened the letter.

And then.

“……Ha.”

The strength slowly drained from her hand gripping the letter.

<Lady of Viscount Scofield.

What happened at this harvest festival is deeply regrettable.

You must know that your nonsense has caused tremendous damage to my honor.

The Duchess has even filed for divorce against me.

So please appear directly in court and testify that your nonsense was your own delusional ramblings.

David von Laventess.>

Moreover, the letter wasn’t finished there.

<P.S.

If you look at the attached documents, you’ll see how much you’ve been gnawing away at the Laventess fortune.

My mother may have cherished her niece, but isn’t this a bit excessive?>

A businesslike letter with only the necessary matters written stiffly.

She realized once again.

To David, she had been nothing more than a target for a one-night fling.

No matter how hard she tried, she could never be anything more than that.

Even those IOUs were cleverly crafted to have no connection to David.

Wasn’t it written that they were provided not by David, but by the ‘Laventess Grand Duchess’?

That meant.

Those IOUs couldn’t even be used as evidence of her affair with David.

‘A-Aunt?’

Catherine tried to get up urgently.

Surely Aunt wouldn’t abandon me.

If I plead and beg to Aunt, she’ll somehow solve this problem.

Wasn’t Aunt the one who arranged for me and His Grace to meet?

But then.

Rustle.

Under her knee as she crawled desperately across the bed, an envelope was crushed.

Catherine froze stiff and slowly lowered her gaze.

A crumpled letter envelope lay there.

Trembling fingertips picked up the letter envelope.

The letter written inside was…….

<To my dear Catherine.

Fortunately, the Duke has shown his favor.

If you confess your wrongdoing at the trial, the Duke has promised not to escalate this matter further.

So you should stop acting so childishly.

Sincerely worried about you, Marisa von Laventess.>

“……Lies.”

All strength drained from her body.

Catherine staggered and collapsed onto the bed.

“Miss!”

Startled, Judy rushed to Catherine.

Catherine coldly brushed away Judy’s hands trying to support her and screamed hysterically.

“Get out!”

Only now did she realize.

The fact that even Marisa had abandoned Catherine.

She could also clearly see what Marisa was thinking.

Only if Catherine took all the blame for this incident would Marisa’s position as Duchess of Laventess remain unshaken in the future.

If this adultery scandal wasn’t properly resolved.

David would cut Marisa off, even if just for revenge.

Catherine bit her lips until they bled.

‘Do I really have to give testimony favorable to the Duke like this?’

She was so frustrated and resentful that her vision turned bright red.

Meanwhile, Judy tried somehow to support Catherine, who couldn’t properly steady herself.

“Miss, please calm down a little…….”

“Didn’t you hear me tell you to get out? Just leave me alone!”

Catherine screamed hysterically.

But then.

Judy bent down to meet Catherine’s eyes.

Unlike the highly agitated Catherine, her gaze was calm and unwavering.

“Miss, I don’t want you to be in pain anymore.”

“…….”

Normally, she would have immediately snapped at her to get lost and thrown nearby objects around.

Yet this time she remained quietly silent because.

The atmosphere she felt from Judy now was somewhat different from usual.

Catherine asked back in a suppressed voice.

“……What on earth are you talking about?”

“I’m saying I don’t understand at all why only you have to suffer, Miss.”

Judy spoke with a consistently serious expression.

“Clearly two people loved each other together, so why is only you suffering like this, Miss?”

“…….”

After a long silence, Catherine slowly nodded her head.

“Yes, that’s right. I really had no one but the Duke. I truly loved the Duke. The Duke, to me…….”

Catherine’s dry eyes began to gradually moisten.

Deep despair appeared on her pale face.

“But what should I do? I have no power and no money.”

“Miss.”

“It’s completely impossible for me to even get near the Duke, so how on earth…….”

As Catherine rambled incoherently, unable to find her bearings.

Judy opened her mouth as if she had made up her mind.

“Then Miss, perhaps…….”

Judy whispered something softly into Catherine’s ear.

A moment later.

Catherine’s eyes widened enormously with shock.

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