Strategic Marriage with the Mad Villain (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 100

I had no idea that Verodika would visit today, but even if she’d come at any other time, the outcome wouldn’t have changed.

When I returned to the Grand Duke’s estate and had recovered even slightly, I clearly heard the news that Verodika was the one who’d laced poison onto my wine glass.

“Verodika did such a thing…? Could she really have plotted something like that…?”

I’d long known she hated me beyond mere dislike, but I hadn’t realized her hatred ran so deep it could drive her to kill.

That someone could harbor such malice toward another person—and that I’d nearly died from it—was utterly shocking.

Unlike before, when I’d assumed I wouldn’t die unless Reus staged a rebellion, this was already the second close call.

The first time had only been Peria’s bluff, but this time death had been terrifyingly real.

Suddenly, the incident at Marquis Flona’s estate flashed through my mind, and that day’s memories overwhelmed me.

The searing pain scorching down my esophagus. The burning agony spreading through every cell of my body like wildfire. The shadow of death swiftly engulfing me. Even my vision fading into that same dark hue.

My breath caught in my throat, as if I might suffocate at any moment. As I gasped uncontrollably, Reus, looking as though he himself were the guilty one, trembled before pulling me into his arms.

‘So that time, when he said we’d never meet again…’

That wasn’t all. Verodika had mocked me right up until the moment she handed me the glass.

[“May Your Highness’s life be filled with endless glory.”]

Knowing full well I’d die from the very glass she offered me.

At that moment, Reus, startled, cupped my cheeks. Only then, feeling his gentle touch across my face, did I realize I was crying.

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