Undoubtedly, Sir Arthur was a formidable negotiator.
Not many hours had passed since she’d convinced herself that such a gamble was too reckless and given up, that her resolve began to waver.
“……”
Reyna, sunk in the tub, began to imagine the words she would say to Arthur.
Sir Arthur.
Even if I cannot work by your side for long… perhaps the money you mentioned… how much can you guarantee?
Of course, I know that a weekly wage of 30 gold is excessively generous…
But this job isn’t something I can do for long.
So, I…
I’m worried.
Because it’s my livelihood…
If I can’t work long, it’ll be difficult for me…
I need a guaranteed salary.
And actually, I need a doctor for a while…
And I need a lifetime job…
“Huu…”
Reyna let out a deep sigh.
…Why do I need so much?
Reyna slid down into the tub, submerging herself under the water.
‘Sir Arthur….’
‘I can’t stay by your side forever.’
‘Would you be willing to introduce me to work somewhere else…?’
‘I don’t expect much…’
‘Just a weekly wage of 30 gold until my grandmother is alive…’
‘After that, I only need 10 silvers for life.’
‘…is that too long compared to the employment period you had in mind?’
“……”
‘Can you… employ me for life?’
‘I suppose Lady Christina would feel uncomfortable seeing me…’
“……”
She had yet to make a decision,
even if she did make a decision, it would be after meeting Taylor next week.
Reyna was refining her words to clarify her thoughts.
Is it possible, or not?
Does it sound a bit shameless, or very shameless?
Reyna repeated the phrases in her head over and over, refining them.
She tried modifying them this way and that…
But no matter how she changed them, they still sounded absurd and shameless.
Reyna surfaced from the water, letting out her held breath.
“Huu…”
Drops of water fell from her face.
“……”
…Once I accept Sir Arthur’s proposal, I won’t be able to work at the Julius mansion anymore.
Even if I get a job somewhere else, I wouldn’t receive a wage as high as Julius’s.
In the end, I’ll have to rely on the money Sir Arthur gives.
“……”
I knew that Sir Arthur had a lot of money,
and he could afford to give such a wage…
But even so, I didn’t think I could ask for a weekly wage of 30 gold, as I didn’t think I could provide that much value to Sir Arthur.
Even if betraying Julius and standing on his side would help him in the short term,
would its worth still be enough not to regret the money spent in a few years?
I didn’t think so.
One day, he’d probably think, ‘Why am I still paying a maid who tricked me for years?’
I didn’t want that.
“……”
Huu…
Reyna, sighing for the umpteenth time, wiped the water dripping from her face with her hand.
Even though I was a fake bride who deceived him, I didn’t want to be in a state of anxiously waiting for his money.
Reyna looked at herself in the mirror while sitting in the tub.
“……”
…Sir Arthur looks decadent and refreshing when wet, but I just look like a drowned rat.
I look pitiful.
Reyna lifted her heavy body from the cold tub, and then quickly sank back in, covering herself in surprise.
“BBBBrodie?”
Brodie, who had just come in carrying folded towels and a bath basket, smiled slightly and said,
“Lady, are you done already? I heard you were taking a bath, so I brought some bath salts…”
Marina, whom she hadn’t seen in days, was there as well.
Marina lowered her hand into the tub and said,
“…Oh. The water’s cold. We need to add some hot water.”
“……??”
Reyna looked at the two of them in shock.
Brodie dissolved the bath salts, and Marina added hot water to the tub.
They even sprinkled gold powder on fragrant rose petals.
“??”
Reyna dumbly watched the two maids moving around.
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Ever since they became entangled in ‘Christina’ and ‘Reyna’s’ affairs, Marina and Brodie had been living together in a double room under the pretext of being direct maids.
It was probably to make gag orders more convenient.
In that place, Marina and Brodie had been engrossed in conversation for a while.
They were troubled by the ambiguous and awkward situation they found themselves in.
Brodie ambitiously started his deduction.
Even though they were alone in the room, his voice was hushed.
“……Rayna was actually the hidden daughter of the Duke.”
“……”
Marina stared blankly at Brodie.
Brodie added ominously,
“Looking at Rayna, she does resemble Miss Christina a lot.”
Marina shook her head, denying his ridiculous imagination.
“……That’s because I made her up to look like the Missy with makeup. When she’s not made up, her face doesn’t resemble that much.”
This time, Marina lowered her voice.
“In my opinion……this seems completely like an accident.”
She laid out her deduction.
“Five years ago, when the Missy and Sir Arthur’s marriage was decided, it was a huge mess because they didn’t want to get married, couldn’t get married. Because the Missy refused to marry, they switched Rayna for the Missy and sent her in her place.”
Marina paused.
Male lead is a Destined Young Husband (Female-dominant)
One-sentence summary: Wife-master, listen to my explanation!
Li Ruantang, a young lady from a prestigious family, stumbled and fell. When she woke up, she saw a noble and beautiful young man sitting by her bedside, wiping away tears.
The young master had slightly reddened eyes, and his every move exuded charm.
The sight made Li Ruantang’s eyes hot and her heart flutter. After all, she had made a bet with the young master Meng from the neighboring family. If she couldn’t marry a husband before the end of the year, she would have to admit defeat and give up the jade she had worked so hard to obtain.
Outside the window, the flowers were in full bloom.
Rather than losing the bet, the jade, and her face, Li Ruantang calculated that it would be better to seek marriage with the young master in front of her, killing three birds with one stone.
…
Meng Jun never thought that an accident during a spring outing would lead to them rolling down a cliff and into a river, yet still survive.
Now they were trapped in an unknown village, and Meng Jun had overheard that the family who had rescued them had their own intentions.
After all, it was Li Ruantang who had lost her mind and sought marriage first. He was only trying to protect himself!
Glancing at Li Ruantang, who was listing her own merits, the young husband’s voice softened, and he blushed as he lied, “W-wife-master, Wife-master, don’t you remember me?”
The young husband’s voice was clear and handsome, coaxing Li Ruantang’s heart to be soft and sweet, and she spared no effort to protect him.
It wasn’t until they returned to the capital that Li Ruantang suddenly remembered.
When they had fallen off the cliff, in order not to implicate Wei Yunruo, whom he secretly admired, the young husband had instead pulled her, who was slightly farther away, down the cliff with him…
Short summary by Yuushi L: Initially, the male lead (ML) liked another girl, while the female lead (FL) liked the ML. Both fell off a cliff. The FL temporarily lost her memory, and the ML, fearing others might take advantage of him, claimed FL was his wife while they were staying in a village. Later, when they returned home, the FL regained her memories and remembered that the ML liked someone else, so she kept her distance from him. However, during their time living together in the countryside, the ML’s view of the FL had completely changed. From this point, his pursuit of the FL begins.
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