He Who Covets the Abandoned Bride (10 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 179

Following Adrian’s instructions, Laila hurriedly ran down to the first floor.

In the meantime, she belatedly realized that she hadn’t heard how to handle the baron’s body, but she left the rest to Adrian.

Since he was the one watching everything unfold on the palm of his hand, he must surely have a separate plan… She had at least that much trust in him.

“Alex, Alex……!”

As she came down making loud footsteps, the butler who had been resting sensed his lady’s urgency and quickly came out.

“What is the matter, my lady?”

Laila hurried over to him and grabbed both his arms. Her eyes were already as wide as lanterns.

“Something terrible, something terrible has happened……! Our baron, the baron……!”

The butler, seeing Laila’s reaction as she could no longer continue and only swallowed her breath, looked shocked and hurriedly went inside. He then rushed into the baron’s room.

While that happened, Laila leaned against the wall on the first floor and waited. She felt uneasy about deceiving the kind butler, and even felt sorry for turning a person into a corpse, but there was no choice.

Hearing the urgent cries of “Mistress, mistress!” from upstairs, Laila naturally realized, as Adrian had said, that the baron’s funeral would soon be held.

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The world is always that cold, but the death of some nameless noble with a low title did not attract much attention. It was quietly handled with only Laila taking leave to hold the funeral.

Afterward, she wrote a letter of recommendation for the grieving butler and sent him away, then sorted through the baron’s belongings. He wasn’t her real husband, and he himself had been fake as well, yet somehow her heart felt strange.

She wondered if death was originally supposed to be this light.

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