My Husband Has Changed (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 24

Even though she was a bride taken in a fraudulent marriage, Adelheid was undeniably the Grand Duchess of Ansgar. Naturally, there was money allocated to her each year.

Compared to other noble ladies, it was still meager, but at least it was not so destitute that she had to live like a maid.

The one who had been skimming it off in the middle was Greta, and she knew full well that Hermann and Margaret had turned a blind eye to it.

“In truth, I have known for a long time. I just thought it was fine and left it alone.”

“…….”

“She was not originally that kind of person.”

Greta’s affection, which had cherished her like a niece, had dulled over the years of persecution, turning into a pretense of care, and eventually degenerating into viewing her as a burdensome and troublesome object.

After being exiled to the north together, Greta sometimes even forgot to keep up the pretense.

Unable to contain her anger, she would shout that she was suffering because of the young lady, but the next day she would beg on her knees, saying she had gone mad. Each time, the name that came up on Greta’s lips was not Adel, but Laura. The name of the maid who had been her mother.

Adel’s sense of debt toward Greta grew deeper with each passing year. Perhaps it was all her fault. If Greta had not pitied Adel, who had lost her mother, she would not have fallen out of favor with Countess Reichenau. She would still be enjoying the warm sunlight of the capital.

She would not have been driven out to the north as if sold along with Adel herself…….

Moreover, after such an outburst, Greta would become twice as kind for several weeks. She would care for her attentively again, make sure she ate her meals, and repeatedly check the surroundings, warning her to be careful of men. She would even secretly bring sweet snacks.

With that lukewarm warmth, Adel could endure anything.

‘I do not want to become any lonelier here.’

So, no matter how skillfully Greta maneuvered between the butler and herself to embezzle money, or how she undermined her reputation, it did not matter at all. People were bound to change. Just as Greta’s foolish sincerity had changed, just as Margaret’s indifferent attitude had changed.

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