“Yes. What can I do then? It will go as we have planned.”
Lizaina hmmed at Regis’s confident words, fluttering her fan.
As if gauging Regis’s plan.
It was rather bold, yet simple.
First, lure Odette and create a situation where they are alone in a room, and put her to sleep with a sleeping pill.
Then use Odette’s outerwear, jewelry, wig, etc., to set up a double.
“There are plenty of people who can play a double. Just bring in a suitable actor, and it will do.”
“And if you sneakily show a scene where she’s mingling with other men, won’t everyone think that the 4th princess is enjoying a lascivious life?”
The double’s face will be hidden by men anyway, and what people will see is only the attire and hair color.
And the image of a woman mingling lewdly with men.
“If it goes as planned, the 4th princess’s reputation will fall to the ground.”
Also, rumors that Duke Ertman had an illicit relationship with the 4th princess would be regarded as another story born from the ‘lewdness of the 4th princess.’
“Then naturally, Your Majesty will get what you want, and I’ll be able to get what I want too.”
“Odette, right?”
“Haha.”
Instead of answering Lizaina’s question, Regis laughed coldly. A silent affirmation.
Regis was planning to be the one to extend a hand of salvation to the disgraced Odette.
That was why he had joined hands with Lizaina in the first place.
To make Odette his own.
However, his attitude had changed significantly compared to when Lizaina first reached out to him.
‘He went to see Odette three days ago.’
What had happened then?
When Lizaina first contacted Regis, he was rather mild.
[Dash]If I get another chance to talk, what’s so hard about boiling down that mere woman? [Dash]You don’t have to trouble yourself, Your Majesty. I’ll take care of it myself.Lizaina called Regis for one reason.
‘I have to bring down Odette’s reputation.’
The hot potato of the current social world was undoubtedly Duke Ertman, Balter.
Stories about which of the two princesses he had his heart set on never ceased and quickly spread from mouth to mouth.
So Lizaina chose Regis as a means to break this tense confrontation.
‘If a rumor about Odette and Count Xavier bursts in this situation, public opinion will surely be unanimous.’
It was the 3rd Princess who really had a relationship with Ertman Duke, he thought.
And because of that, Odette will face a backlash.
‘After all, her gaining people’s favor was just a flash in the pan.’
People will eagerly disparage Odette, as if they knew it would come to this, as if they never had a good opinion of her.
And if Lizaina really manages to thread Balthazar in that gap, everything will go smoothly.
For this plan, Lizaina was even considering using some aggressive methods.
But Regis stopped Lizaina, who was thinking like that.
“[Dash] She’s not worth much, right? I can persuade her to that extent.”
Saying that, he spoke very confidently.
At least until three days ago, before he met Odette at Belfort Academy.
“What… whatever. But your plan requires luring Odette first. Are you sure you’ll succeed? That girl is very wary.”
“Of course. I’ll give her an irresistible bait.”
It was about Ertman Duke.
“The 4th Princess lacks information absolutely. Besides, she has a strong tendency to save her own skin, so she’ll surely bite the bait. There’s nothing hard after that.”
In Regis’s eyes, saying this, there was even a strange obsession.
A fixation on somehow getting back at Odette.
.
.
.
‘Heh, what a pathetic guy.’
Thinking of Regis’s face, smeared with lingering feelings and obsession for Odette, she felt sick again.
‘It’s been years since the Academy days, and he still can’t forget it? How stupid.’
But thanks to that, it became easier for her to use him, so, well.
Lizaina felt like she could already pat her full stomach and laugh.
“I’ll miss seeing that girl suffer myself, but I don’t need to be involved in the rumors for no reason.”
She just needs to sit here and wait for Odette’s reputation to be shattered.
At Lizaina’s explanation, Blake, rearranging the chessboard, made a ‘hmm’ sound.
“Interesting. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen you use your head like this.”
“Isn’t it natural? It’s stranger that stepping on someone like Odette takes so much effort! What trouble for one girl? Nothing goes right when she’s involved! I must step on her properly this time.”
At Lizaina’s words, Blake, who was aligning the chessboard with his chin resting on his hand, tilted his head.
“What if you can’t step on her?”
“What?”
“I asked. If you can’t step on her, what are you going to do then?”
“That, that’s….”
The last word, a white pawn, jumped onto the chessboard.
“Don’t be too careless, Lizy.”
The pawn is the only piece that can become a queen, after all.
An Indifferent Woman is the One Men Desire the Most
One-line summary: The female lead is actually cold-hearted and extremely rational. She has stage-by-stage relationships and won’t two-time, but there will always be someone who secretly likes her.
This novel has the following triggers, so if you’re sensitive to these, please don’t read:
1. The female lead has had many relationships, but she treated each one seriously and broke up properly.
It’s just that the men unilaterally pestered her incessantly. For the female lead, when she doesn’t like someone anymore, she simply doesn’t like them.
(This applies to her relationships with Male Lead 1, 2, 3, and 4 as well, but she’s loyal in each 1-on-1 relationship!)
2. In this novel, Male Lead 2 and the female lead kiss in a car, and Male Lead 1 sees it and beats up Male Lead 2.
The female lead calls the police and sends both Male Lead 1 and 2 to the police station! Male Lead 1 begs the female lead not to break up with him.
3. Male Lead 1 has a gentle appearance but an obsessive personality.
Male Lead 2 has a delicate and soft appearance, slightly green tea-like (two-faced).
Male Lead 3 is a youthful college student and a smart person who has secretly liked the female lead for a long time.
Male Lead 4 is the female lead’s father’s special assistant, a business elite with deep, hidden thoughts.
4. At the beginning of this novel, the female lead has already broken up with Male Lead 1 (Chapter 4) and gotten back together with Male Lead 2 (ex-boyfriend).
5. Enter with caution if you have triggers!!!
