I Have A Terminally Ill Duke As My Husband (1 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 99

Sigh, they’re really the tiring sort.

Mercian felt exhaustion wash over her at Susan’s careless words, spoken without knowing anything.

Though she’d sensed it before, Susan truly belonged to the same type as Lucianne.

“M-Mistress… Should I call the guard knights?”

Seeing Charles look at her with concern, Mercian shook her head, signaling she was fine.

Mercian understood people of this sort better than anyone else.

Weak before the strong, yet strong before the weak…

The Mercian of the past would have avoided them, hating unnecessary conflict, but if she ran away now, their absurd rumors would surely become accepted as truth.

Mercian looked at Susan and her group, who were blabbering nonsense, and spoke with a gentle smile.

“Countess, did you witness it yourself?”

“Huh? Witness what?”

“I asked whether you personally saw my husband go to the Crown Princess and request that I be made Her Highness’s sworn sister. Or perhaps you overheard the Crown Princess herself approaching my husband and asking for his support?”

Susan, momentarily flustered by Mercian stepping closer and staring directly into her eyes, glanced around again.

No matter how hard she looked, neither Olivia nor Luan—anyone who might help Mercian—was in sight.

What’s this? Could it be that now she’s officially the Duchess, she’s gone blind to everything around her?

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