“Why… why don’t you believe me? I’m telling the truth.”
“Miss Gilette. There must be a reason if I don’t believe you, right?”
At this point, Gilette was beginning to get angry.
Why is everyone treating me like this?
“Because the Countess doesn’t like me? Because I’m close to the Count, the Countess ordered me to be blamed?”
Gilette’s mother, Lady Merdi, looked like she was about to faint.
She seemed to want to shut her daughter up, but she couldn’t in this situation where everyone was paying attention.
“No, Miss Gilette. It’s not like that. The Countess doesn’t dislike anyone.”
“She doesn’t dislike anything? She does. She didn’t like me from the beginning! I didn’t. I didn’t do anything. I just heard it.”
“If you confess honestly now, the Countess will forgive you.”
“I’m not! I heard it from the maids too!”
“That’s why, it’s impossible, Miss Gilette. I asked all the maids this morning. They all said they told Miss Gilette that story.”
“…that… that’s a lie. They… they always lie as soon as they open their mouths. And they’re jealous of me…”
“No one is jealous of Miss Gilette.”
“No, they are jealous. I really didn’t say anything. It’s true.”
The young aristocrats around Gilette realized that they had no way to save Gilette from this situation.
They gradually moved away from Gilette.
Gilette of the Merdi family.
The flower of the Witlow duchy, and now the Countess of Green, Iris.
It was already decided whose side to take.
“You said you saw it yourself……”
As one of the young aristocrats muttered, Gilette glared at her with wide eyes.
“No, why are you looking at me like that? You said that. You saw it yourself. So you were so surprised. Didn’t you?”
“Yes. If you saw it yourself… We believed what you said.”
“You told us several times that it was true because we didn’t believe it. You even told us what expression Earl Hutchis and Countess Green had, and what conversation they had…”
Gilette lost her way out.
But Gilette couldn’t fall here.
If she admitted this, the Merdi family couldn’t live here.
There were many reporters in the room.
This incident would be reported in various newspapers and spread across the continent.
The other party was none other than the Green Count family, who was under the protection of the Holy Kingdom.
Insulting the honor of the Green Count family was the same as challenging the Holy Kingdom.
The Merdi family would have a hard time living not only here but also in other countries.
“I… I… I also… I also heard it from Earl Hutchis!”
Gilette decided to grab the last straw.
“Earl Hutchis said so. The Countess originally had such a relationship. But the Countess wanted honor and dumped Earl Hutchis and married Count Green…”
Gilette stopped speaking.
Because Jamie’s smile deepened.
“I see, Gilette. So I brought Earl Hutchis myself.”
She thought it would be a lie, a threat.
It wasn’t.
She saw Alford walking in fear.
On either side of Alford were Eugene and Wallace.
Gilette’s mind went blank.
When Alford stood next to her, Jamie opened his mouth.
“Earl Alford Hutchis. You heard just now, right?”
“Yes? Ah, yes… yes.”
“Is it true that you said you had such a relationship with Countess Green?”
“No, no! Absolutely not. How dare I say such a thing… No.”
“That’s right!”
Gilette shouted back.
“You talked about how passionately you were in love with Countess Green when you came to see Count Green last time.”
“What nonsense is that? I never said that! I truly never said that, Russell Earl. Do you think I would rant about such things in the Green Earl’s mansion, as if I had gone mad? That woman is framing me.”
“Framing, you say…! Jamie. I really heard it from her. Ah, the maids must have heard it that day, too. You should ask the maids.”
“I’ve already asked the maids.”
Amid the animosity brewing between Gilbert and Alfred, Jamie spoke calmly.
“The maids claim they didn’t hear anything, Gilbert.”
“That, that can’t be…”
Gilbert staggered.
He had realized that there was absolutely no way out of this situation.
‘What should I do? What should I do? What should I do?’
Looking around for someone to ask for help, his eyes met with Lacey’s who was standing at a distance.
Lacey was wearing a quiet smile.
‘It’s because of that woman. That woman…!’
He wanted to rush at Lacey and tear at her hair right then and there.
He wanted to see her proud and arrogant expression distort in a mess.
But a single thread of remaining sanity held Gilbert back.
That was when it happened. Someone rushed towards the Earl and Countess of Green.
Gilbert realized, belatedly, that it was his own father.
The Earl of Merdy, who had rushed up to Kay, kneeled before him.
It was practically unheard of for a noble to kneel before another noble in front of commoners.
“Oh my.”
“Well, well…”
The sound of nobles clicking their tongues or swallowing their groans could be heard from all around.
The Earl of Merdy knelt before Kay, who was practically his own child’s age, and pleaded.
“Earl Green. I have raised my daughter poorly. Please forgive her with your broad heart. If you do so, I will never forget this kindness.”
“The one you should be asking for forgiveness isn’t me, it seems, but my wife.”
At that, the Earl of Merdy turned his body towards Lacey.
“Countess. My daughter has committed a grave sin. She is still young, so please forgive her with your generous spirit…”
Lacey, who had been looking at the Earl of Merdy with cold eyes, opened her mouth.
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!!!
