Interest Compounds on Revenge - Chapter 2
The man’s words were just that one sentence. He immediately left the room.
Lea was disoriented. Nevertheless, she jumped up from her seat and ran towards the dressing table. And the reality she faced was shocking.
‘Is that woman me?’
The woman with a bewildered face in the mirror was Grace, whom she had seen in her dream.
She was a beauty with shining blonde hair, a petite figure, and exquisite features.
Lea tried to recall what she herself had looked like.
She was taller than Grace and had chocolate-colored hair.
Of course, she had a stubborn and strong impression rather than the frailty that Grace exuded.
‘Ha! So it wasn’t a dream.’
Lea collapsed helplessly on the spot. Seeing this, Pauline rushed over.
“You need to rest more. Lie down on the bed.”
Pauline supported Lea and laid her on the bed. But she got up again and looked at Pauline with a dazed expression.
There was so much to ask. Her mind was in turmoil, not knowing where to start or how to open her mouth.
“Paul…ine, help me.”
“Pardon? Help you? I am your lady’s maid, miss.”
To suddenly ask for help from someone whose livelihood was serving… Pauline found it strange that Grace was saying things she normally wouldn’t.
“I… can’t remember well. After being sick. My head is all jumbled up.”
“Of course. You were struggling so much with high fever.”
“My name is Grace…?”
“You are Lady Grace Bizac, daughter of a baron.”
“This is a duke’s mansion…?”
She was curious exactly which ducal family it was.
Pauline answered in a calm tone, providing general information about Grace.
Grace was from the Rubeck Empire and had one older brother. She was twenty years old, and her brother was twenty-five.
Grace’s brother and Duke Terran Courtois were close friends and had fought together on the battlefield.
Then, mentioning it as the most important thing, she said that Grace and Duke Terran Courtois were engaged.
“I… see. Thanks to you, Pauline, I’m starting to remember a bit. By the way, what date is it today?”
“Today is April 28th.”
Lea was startled. The day she married Allen was April 21st.
Then a week had already passed? Lea needed to confirm the most important fact at this point.
“Pauline, can you give me a newspaper?”
“A newspaper? But miss, you don’t read newspapers. You don’t even read books usually.”
Pauline almost burst out laughing.
The first thing Grace looked for when she woke up was a mirror.
Her day started with worrying about how to do her makeup, what clothes to wear, and what kind of perfume to spray to impress Terran.
“Was… that so? But there must be daily newspapers in the duke’s mansion, right?”
“Newspapers are mainly read by the duke. He’s probably reading them in his study right now.”
Lea jumped out of bed and ran towards the door. Pauline, startled, chased after her.
With messy hair, in just a chemise and barefoot, where on earth was she going?
“Pauline, where’s the study?”
“Huh? Oh, on the first floor, left corridor, next to the library.”
Lea ran down the stairs and searched for the place Pauline had told her about.
Meanwhile, the employees who saw Grace were terrified as if they had seen a ghost. She had been sick, but now the person seemed strange.
Grace had always been as fresh as a newly bloomed freesia, but now she looked so disheveled.
Without time to care about the employees’ gazes, Lea ran quickly to the front of the study and stopped briefly before the door.
After catching her breath, she should knock and wait for a response from inside.
Then it would be polite to enter. She thought she should maintain basic manners no matter how urgent it was.
Knock knock, she tapped on the door and waited for a sound from inside.
“Come in.”
With the sound, she flung the door open. There was Duke Courtois and two men who, by their attire, appeared to be a secretary and a butler.
All three men looked at Lea with surprised expressions.
“Grace, what’s the matter?”
Terran was so surprised that he wondered if the woman before him was really Grace Bizac.
Because the woman who never appeared before him unless in perfect attire had appeared in such a disheveled state.
“Duke Courtois, I know it’s rude, but I need to read the newspaper. Um, I need daily newspapers for the past week.”
The butler doubted his ears. ‘Duke Courtois’?
Grace had never once addressed the duke in such a manner.
Unlike Terran who was speechless with surprise, the secretary and butler cleared their throats, showing signs of discomfort.
This was because Grace was in a chemise that wasn’t even properly fastened, with her shoulders and half her chest clearly visible.
What’s more, she was barefoot. It was an appearance closer to a madwoman than a proper noble lady.
“James, give her the newspapers.”
Terran instructed the butler in a dry tone.
At first he seemed surprised, but now he seemed to think Grace was just trying to get his attention in a different way.
Butler James gathered the newspapers and handed them over.
“Thank you, James.”
“Pardon?”
James was surprised as if he had heard something he shouldn’t have. Since when did Grace know how to say thank you?
Lea took the newspapers and headed back to her room on the second floor. Of course, Pauline followed like a shadow, but she needed to be alone while reading the newspapers.
“Pauline, please leave me alone for a moment.”
* * *
Lea opened the newspapers by date with trembling hands.
Even though this was the Rubeck Empire, they would still report on events in the neighboring country of Galdensia.
That was the same for any country’s newspapers. But when she actually tried to read the articles, she became afraid.
Somehow, it felt like the thing she was worried about would become reality.
The worst-case scenario where she had fallen to her death from a thousand-foot cliff, and her father’s trading company was destroyed… But there was still a glimmer of hope.
‘It’s okay! There’s Allen.’
Lea took a deep breath and opened the newspaper.
The incident of Hamilton Trading Company was big enough to fill the front page of the newspaper.
Lea read quickly, holding her breath.
“Oh my God! How could this happen?”
Lea trembled like an aspen leaf in shock.
She tried to stay calm, but the subsequent newspaper articles were too cruel for Lea to read with open eyes.
The newspaper included an illustration of the trial scene. It showed Allen testifying and presenting a tobacco pipe as evidence.
“Why is Allen…?”
Lea collapsed and thought of Allen. They had been close since childhood and naturally developed into lovers.
That’s why they ended up getting married. But what if it had been a long-planned scheme?
“So that’s why the carriage…!”
Only then did Lea properly piece together the fragmented puzzle.
At times like this, her quick thinking and ability to face reality were frustrating. Because it didn’t take long to reach a conclusion.
‘Allen MacDowell was worse than a beast.’
Behind his handsome appearance, gentle smile, and innate nobility, such a terrible plot was hidden.
“Mmph!”
Lea was about to scream but covered her mouth with her hand.
Unable to bear it with a sane mind, Lea got up and ran out of the room aimlessly.
“Miss!”
Ignoring Pauline’s cry, Lea passed through the lobby on the first floor and went outside the mansion.
She didn’t care if her body got wet in the pouring spring rain, or if stones dug into her bare feet.
No, she had no sensation at all. She felt like she was going to die from the horrific reality that had befallen her.
“Aaagh!”
Lea screamed madly somewhere in a secluded garden.
‘What have I done?’
She shook her head violently and wailed.
Because of her love, she had driven her beloved father to ruin. Not only that, Lea Hamilton had died.
‘It’s because of me, it’s because of you, Lea Hamilton, who shattered Hamilton Trading Company that had been preserved for generations!’
Lea couldn’t forgive herself. At that moment, she recalled her father’s sorrowful face as he looked at her on her wedding day.
[Are you happy?] [Yes, Father. It’s rare for a woman in this era to be able to marry the man she loves.] [That’s true.]Richard wiped the tears from his eyes and let go of Lea.
[Hmm, as long as you’re happy. That’s what’s most important to this father. Nothing is too precious, and I don’t care what others say.]At her father’s heart-wrenching love, Lea lay face down on the ground and wailed.
* * *
Terran headed towards the garden with his secretary Luke, holding a black umbrella.
It was to find Grace who had run out somewhere in the garden. What was going on, just a day after recovering from illness?
Terran headed towards the spruce forest in the vast garden. He had a feeling that Grace would be there.
“She’s over there.”
Luke spotted Grace first. She was lying half-prostrate on the ground, crying.
“Grace, what are you doing now?”
Terran approached quietly and scolded her. She might catch the flu again like this.
Then Grace, who had been crying sorrowfully, stood up with a composed face and turned towards the two men.
Terran put the cloak he was wearing on Grace and held the umbrella over her.
“Miss, you’re not a child anymore, stop throwing tantrums. What if you catch a serious illness trying to get the duke’s attention?”
Luke spoke harshly to Grace. Love isn’t something you get by throwing a fit.
At Luke’s words, Lea recalled a memory that felt like a dream or hallucination.
Grace had clung to Terran and wailed, but the man had remained indifferent throughout. Suddenly, her temper flared.
“It’s not a tantrum, it’s effort.”
Lea glared at the two men as she spoke.
“It’s trying my best to win the person I love. If I do nothing, the other person won’t know my feelings.”
“But people’s hearts aren’t…”
“That’s right, that’s how people’s hearts are. It’s the desperation of trying to make a futile effort for someone who doesn’t deserve to be loved that has caused this mess.”
Lea looked at the two men alternately with cold eyes and spat out bitter words.
She stared directly at Terran in particular.
{That bastard’s desperate efforts succeeded. This is all because of that damned love.}
When Lea muttered to herself in a foreign language, a strange light flickered in Terran’s eyes.
“Grace, when did you learn to speak Landes?”
As far as he knew, Grace didn’t know any foreign languages besides the common tongue.
She didn’t even like reading books, let alone newspapers.
Lea looked at Terran with a cold face and retorted.
{Don’t be so sure you know everything about a person. That’s arrogance.}
Lea shook off Terran’s cloak and headed towards the main building in the rain.
Male lead is reincarnated to save his wife
I’ve also read this one twice already. The female lead is kinda soft and gets embarrassed easily—not really my type, but the plot is definitely worth reading. Hurry up and read it, y’all!
Intro
When Shen Yuan encountered Su Jin again in his previous life, she had already become the Prime Minister of the current dynasty. As for him, the former top young master of the capital, he had long since fallen into the abyss, becoming a singer on a pleasure boat.
After a song ended, he was redeemed and sent to the Su Residence.
Su Jin respected and cherished him, gave him a roof over his head, and bestowed him with warmth. Shen Yuan fell deeper and deeper, but before he could express his feelings, Su Jin passed away.
Shen Yuan died to follow her in death, but instead, he returned to when he was fifteen years old.
At that time, he was not yet engaged, and Su Jin was just a poor scholar.
Shen Yuan gritted his teeth, casting aside all his pride, and thought of ways to coax and entice her every day.
The colder and more indifferent Su Jin was towards him, the more proactive Shen Yuan became.
He was not afraid of being mocked by the world, only wanting to marry his Wife-master early, to hold her hand and never let go for a lifetime.
[Note: This story will not specifically point out the male lead’s reincarnation time point; it’s all in the details. Whenever you feel that the male lead is acting strangely, he has most likely been reincarnated.]
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