She Became My Friend’s Mother-In-Law - Chapter 55
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Chapter 55. The Imperial Jewel
“Ha, what did you say?”
“I’m also reflecting on how we parted like that.”
Just as Evan reached toward Cecilia’s shoulder with a hardened face, glaring at her.
“Hey! Evan! What are you doing there!”
A sharp shout came along with the sound of heavy footsteps.
Rosena ran toward the two with an angry face.
“What are you two doing right now?”
Rosena’s fuming gaze turned to the bouquet placed on Cecilia’s lap.
“What is this…”
“Hey, Rosena!”
Evan grabbed Rosena’s arm with a reddened face.
“Why are you butting in here again?”
“What? Butting in? My husband is here making trouble again and you want me to just stand by?”
“Making trouble! Watch your words!”
The two’s voices grew louder and the atmosphere became hostile.
Cecilia watched the two with an incredulous expression before abruptly standing up.
The bouquet fell to the ground with a rustling sound.
But she had no intention of picking it up.
“This isn’t worth listening to anymore.”
Cecilia spoke in a clear voice.
“Anyway, Evan, I’m rejecting what you said. I have no lingering feelings for you anymore.”
“What? Lingering feelings? What do you mean!”
“Well. You should ask your husband directly about that.”
Cecilia smiled while looking at Rosena, whose face had turned red and blue.
“I have to go prepare for the Crown Princess’s upcoming birthday banquet. Excuse me.”
“Hey! Where are you going! I’m not done talking!”
Cecilia didn’t bother to clear up Rosena’s misunderstanding and turned her back.
There was no reason to miss the opportunity to upset Rosena.
“Let go! Today I’m really going to get her!”
“Rosena! It’s a misunderstanding! It’s all a misunderstanding!”
Behind her, she could hear Rosena shouting and Evan trying to stop her.
Cecilia entered the Duke’s Mansion with a triumphant smile.
* * *
Rosena hadn’t come looking for Evan simply to monitor her husband.
Elise had called her grandson and his wife to her room.
She just hadn’t expected Evan to be with Cecilia again.
“Grandmother, I brought Evan.”
Anyway, the two went to see Elise together.
This was the first time Evan faced his grandmother since the 62nd Street incident.
He had deliberately avoided her out of fear of being scolded.
Evan’s steps were hesitant as he crossed the threshold.
“Tsk…”
Elise clicked her tongue as soon as she saw her grandson.
‘How did such a thing come from Gilbert?’
It must be because of the lowly maid’s blood mixed in.
Displeasure flickered in Elise’s eyes.
Evan, who kept his head down and couldn’t even make eye contact, was utterly pathetic.
“Pathetic thing. So, you went to 62nd Street and got caught by that thing? How absurd.”
Cold sweat ran down Evan’s spine at the cold rebuke.
Even though she was his blood-related grandmother, Elise was a suffocating opponent.
“Gr-Grandmother. That’s…”
Evan opened his mouth with difficulty.
“There’s a misunderstanding. 62nd Street was just a brief stop. I was just there to discuss business—”
“Business? You discussed business with that vulgar woman? Who do you take for a fool?”
But Evan’s feeble excuse was cut off by Rosena’s shout.
“Rosena! I’m talking! Be quiet!”
“You should say something worth listening to quietly for me to listen quietly or not!”
“Ugh! You always have to do this in front of Grandmother—”
“Enough!”
Unable to bear it any longer, Elise struck the table with her fan.
That single short sound froze the air in the room.
Rosena and Evan simultaneously shut their mouths tight.
Elise looked over her grandson with a displeased gaze.
“Evan, this incident is disappointing. Of all things, to do what only lowly people do.”
“I’m, I’m sorry. But I really—”
“And Rosena.”
Without listening to Evan’s apology, Elise shifted her gaze to Rosena.
“How exactly are you supporting your husband?”
“What? Did you just say supporting?”
Rosena’s cheeks flushed red with absurdity.
“Why are you blaming me? Evan is the one who caused trouble!”
“Lower your voice.”
Elise cut off Rosena’s fuming words in one stroke.
“Your husband’s affairs are your affairs. You should have kept your wits about you.”
Ha.
Rosena inwardly scoffed at Elise.
Someone who couldn’t properly manage her own husband and even lost the title to a bastard.
Who was lecturing whom here.
But clashing with this old woman now would only result in Rosena’s loss.
‘I need to deal with Cecilia first.’
Though frustrated, Rosena swallowed her anger.
She gritted her teeth and bowed her head.
“I’m sorry. I’ll pay more attention.”
“Phew…”
Elise also took a short breath.
She had eyes, so she wasn’t unaware.
The difference in level between the two people before her and the Rainer couple.
Unlike Rainer and Cecilia, who received both respect and admiration from society.
Didn’t Evan and Rosena receive glares and carry rumors in social circles?
However, Elise had no intention of acknowledging that gap.
The very idea that her bloodline was beneath someone like Rainer was unacceptable.
Rosena felt the same way.
‘There’s still room to turn things around.’
Elise, who had been glaring into space for a moment, gestured toward Margaret.
“Margaret. Bring it here.”
“Yes, Dowager Duchess.”
Margaret, who had been standing quietly in one corner until then, approached.
In her hands was a small jewelry box covered with velvet.
Elise took it directly and placed it on the table.
“Grandmother? This is….”
Rosena and Evan’s gazes simultaneously fixed on the jewelry box.
The gold decorations and craftsmanship were exquisitely elaborate to an excessive degree.
They could immediately tell that the jewelry box itself was a valuable item.
While the two were bewildered, Elise personally opened the lock.
With a clicking sound, the box opened.
“Oh my!”
Rosena unconsciously swallowed her breath.
Inside the box lay a peridot tiara.
The central gemstone glowed softly, holding a deep and clear green light.
Each decoration surrounding it was imbued with the noble authority of House of Hays.
“It’s a peridot that came down from the Imperial Palace.”
Elise said calmly.
“It’s a gemstone that Princess Glenda, who was an imperial princess and my mother-in-law, received as a wedding gift.”
Princess Glenda was the current Emperor’s aunt.
When she married, the Emperor at the time divided the imperial gemstone peridot between his daughter and daughter-in-law.
It was meant to wish for family peace and happiness, according to the gemstone’s meaning.
Glenda had the gemstone made into a tiara and treasured it.
Later, she passed it down to her daughter-in-law, Elise.
“Then, you’re saying this is an imperial gemstone?”
“That’s right.”
When Rosena’s eyes lit up, Elise nodded.
The peridot that was originally one had been divided into two and passed down through generations to the ladies of the Imperial Palace and House of Hays.
The imperial side was now in Mary’s possession, made into earrings and a necklace.
And the Hays tiara should rightfully go to Cecilia, but.
‘That cannot happen.’
Wasn’t this something that could be called a symbol of House of Hays?
She couldn’t hand over such a precious thing to someone like Cecilia.
Elise gently pushed the jewelry box toward Rosena.
“Wear this to the Crown Princess’s upcoming banquet.”
“Oh my, me?”
“Yes. The Crown Princess will also be wearing the same gemstone. Naturally, you’ll outshine that piece.”
At those words, Rosena’s heart raced.
She pictured herself wearing this tiara in her mind.
To be able to stand before everyone as a noblewoman comparable to the Crown Princess!
The feelings she had just moments ago of calling Elise a cunning old fox melted away like snow.
“Grandmother, thank you so much!”
Rosena looked ready to drop to her knees on the floor and offer her gratitude.
Meanwhile, Evan beside her still couldn’t take his eyes off the tiara.
‘Wow….’
A trickle of saliva flowed down between his parted lips.
He too had dealt with many luxury items through his business.
But this was the first time he’d seen something as precious as the tiara before his eyes.
‘With just that one piece….’
His eyes gleamed with greed.
Meanwhile, Margaret carefully closed the jewelry box and handed it to Rosena.
Rosena received it with the face of a child getting their very first birthday present.
“I can really wear this?”
“Yes.”
Unlike the excited Rosena, Elise remained calm.
“I’ll have to leave Brisen for a while, so I’m giving it to you in advance. There must be no mistakes this time.”
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