“She was quite emotionally unstable, as you know.”
“Is that maid the same one accompanying the Lady now?”
“Yes, I think her name was Anne.”
“What time did Madam Gabrielle arrive?”
“Around three o’clock. The Lady chose dresses from the new catalog, got remeasured as she seemed to have lost weight since the last time, and Madam Gabrielle left around five.”
“Hmm,” Morris hummed, scratching his temple with the pen tip.
“And three hours later, the incident happened… What were you doing during that time?”
“As I said before, I was organizing invoices in the office and left work just before six.”
“So, you don’t know about the Lady’s whereabouts after that.”
“Regrettably. I should have stayed…”
Diane twisted her eyebrows as if blaming herself.
“She usually stays in the mansion when it rains, like a few days ago.”
“Usually, yes. But I had to visit my family home that day.”
Silence fell between them for a moment. Morris was staring at his notebook. The more he delved into the incident, the more dubious it seemed.
“Isn’t it strange?”
Diane hesitantly asked, swallowing dryly.
“What’s strange?”
“That a person planning to commit suicide would order clothes.”
To Morris, that didn’t make sense. Perhaps the Duke had the same concern, prompting this investigation. It was a natural reaction.
“Maybe she decided to die after ordering the clothes. You know how unpredictable the former Duchess was.”
Diane spoke dismissively, with a slightly mocking tone.
Yes, that’s why I disliked this woman. Morris realized anew and continued his questioning.
“There was a maid who quit a few days after the incident. Do you know about her?”
She was one of the kitchen helpers, assisting the head cook, Hannah.
“She fled in the middle of the night, right? I heard she might have been pregnant. Isn’t that common?”
Relationships among the staff were not uncommon. Usually, they ended up forming a family, but in cases where one was already married, it was common for maids to flee like this.
“Phew…….”
Morris let out a long sigh.
Despite starting the investigation and meeting with the head butler, head maid, and now the Duchess’s secretary, there was no significant lead.
“You may leave now.”
Diane stood up. As she was turning to leave, Morris asked:
“Delight, isn’t it?”
Diane turned back to look at Morris.
“The perfume.”
“Yes, that’s right. How did you know?”
Morris caught the woman, who usually imitated the graceful Duchess, flinch.
“I chose it as the Duchess’s birthday present. It was a recommendation from the department store staff.”
“…….”
“The Duke is always too busy, you see.”
Morris gave a slight smile.
Diane returned the smile and bid farewell before leaving the office. She walked down the corridor with her back straight and steps full of dignity.
The moment she entered her room, her face turned beet red. She rushed to the dresser, grabbed the blue bottle of perfume, and threw it in the trash can.
Madam Lauren stormed in again with the finished dress. It was around five in the afternoon, an hour before the ball.
“My goodness! Eve Lauren, no less!”
Elaine expressed her admiration.
The green dress laid out neatly on the bed sparkled in the evening light with its waist decoration.
Olivia, who had requested a simple silhouette with minimal exposure, looked at the dress with a bit of discomfort. Apparently, there had been some slight miscommunication with the designer.
“What are you doing? Put it on quickly. We’ll be late.”
Elaine, already dressed and looking splendid, gestured to Mary and Anne.
“But…….”
“Come on, hurry.”
Elaine firmly grasped the hesitant Olivia’s arm and handed her over to Anne.
Moments later, Olivia emerged from the dressing room.
As expected.
Exclamations of admiration filled the room. The dress was nothing short of perfect.
In the golden sunlight, Olivia’s figure was dazzling.
When yandere male lead believes she loves him — but she never did
“How dare you!”
“How dare you make me love you, only to cast me aside as nothing more than a friend?!?
“I will never accept that.”
“I will never let you return to him.”
“Even if I have to burn myself to ashes.”
“Even if I must shatter my purity, my dignity, my very soul.”
“I will never let you escape me!”
This was the first novel that introduced me to the matriarchal genre. I’ve read it three times already!
At first, the male lead despised the female lead. Later, he misunderstood that she liked him, so he condescendingly and reluctantly reciprocated her feelings.
Then, he suddenly discovered that she was kind to everyone in the same way, and there was already someone she cherished in her heart, and that person was not him.
The male lead couldn’t believe it, he became angry and crazy. He was determined to capture her body and heart by any means necessary.
Synopsis:
Want to see how a green tea bitch male lead falls in love with the female lead?
Want to see how he flirtatiously pursues the female lead?
Want to see how he gets slapped in the face repeatedly?
The male lead is a green tea bitch, a poisonous lotus, jealous, ruthless, unscrupulous, with a venomous heart, and he’s also a delusional maniac.
The female lead is righteous, positive energy-filled, kind, a holy mother.
Let’s see how two people with extreme personalities come together~
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