I Decided to Let You Go (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 67

“Oh, by the way, what’s your schedule this week, Madam?”

Moreover, Zieghart abruptly changed the subject of the conversation, making it awkward and unclear to add explanations afterward.

Not having intended to clarify matters even by shifting the topic, Natasha smoothly followed the new direction of the conversation like flowing water.

Her schedule for this week, you say…?

Lately, Natasha had been spending entire days resting in bed. With nothing to do, she counted how many circles were painted on the ceiling.

Yesterday, she passed the time from morning until night counting the number of squares on the marble floor.

Ever since she made a series of minor mistakes that nearly caused serious financial trouble for the ducal household due to clerical errors, she had relinquished her duties as Duchess.

For the time being, Jenkins had taken over handling all correspondence addressed directly to her.

It had been a long while since she’d attended any social functions. Her only remaining task now was replying to private letters—merely responding to half a dozen pen pals.

To outsiders, it appeared that way. Natasha Aschardt had been living through meaningless days filled with idle boredom.

In truth, she’d undergone much inner turmoil, ceaselessly pondering over what she should do first once she recovered.

Should she host a grand banquet to prove she hadn’t been broken? Or should she flawlessly manage the affairs of the ducal household once more to reaffirm her worth?

Or perhaps she ought to send letters and hold a small tea gathering to mend the friendships that had grown distant?

After layer upon layer of agonizing deliberation, she arrived at only one conclusion.

“I wish to have an audience with His Imperial Majesty the Emperor. I must go to the imperial palace.”

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