Chapter 1
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“Do you know how much damage I suffered?”
“Yes, I know it well.”
“You’ll have to do well from now on. Got it?!”
“I promise.”
Charlotte kept groveling to Ryan, holding back her anger.
After that,
Ryan got up after a long chat.
“Act well on your own so that I don’t have to change my mind.”
“Yes, of course.”
After pretending like nothing happened, Charlotte saw Ryan off with a bright face.
Charlotte bit her thumb with a nervous look.
“……It’ll be alright, won’t it?”
But Charlotte knew.
Her silence on Ryan now was just a stopgap.
For the time being, he would be quiet because she had money to feed him but Ryan was like a ticking time bomb that was about to explode someday.
She couldn’t let Ryan run wild forever.
She had to find some definitive solution.
“For now… Let’s wait a little longer.”
Charlotte’s eyes sank as cold as ice.
* * *
A carriage with the crest of the Viscount Gott galloped across the street.
Ryan leaned back comfortably in the coach seat, examining the check Charlotte had handed him with a satisfied gaze.
‘This is more than I thought.’
It seemed that Charlotte’s household life was much better than he expected.
He pretended to be angry and raised his voice a little so she would pay.
Besides, the amount written on the check was beyond imagination.
When he confronted Charlotte, burst into anger, saying,”how could I keep my mouth shut for this amount of money…”
“Well, with this, I can live a little better.”
Ryan chuckled.
In the meantime.
His gaze passed through the window to a jewelry store.
“Oh, wait.”
Ryan motioned his carriage to a stop.
He got off in front of the jewelry store, twisted his lips.
‘If I’m going to get a benefit, wouldn’t it be better to take advantage from both sides?’
Of course, Ryan had no intention of keeping his promise to Charlotte from the start.
Pretending to keep her secret, he intended to suck her dry and throw her away.
‘I have to make a big investment in the more important side.’
If Ines had been in trouble with Charlotte lately, it was only temporary.
Ines was the head of the House of Brierton, one of the most prestigious families in Lancaster.
Numerous businesses built in Brierton’s name and the wealth derived therefrom.
And the honor that he naturally had as a long-standing prestigious family….
‘As long as I reunite with Ines, everything will roll into my hands again!’
[T/N: ಠ_ಠ look at this idiot]
Therefore, it was clear who Ryan should score points for.
Ines Brierton.
The woman who would make him rich and honorable at the same time, just by having her as his wife.
He had to get her back somehow.
‘Great.’
Ryan recalled the many benefits he once enjoyed as Count of Brierton and greedily rubbed his hands together.
[T/N: hahaha, this guy’s delusional]
The check that Charlotte had just given him had swollen his pockets. Ryan was not at all worried.
Ryan entered the jewelry store with curiosity.
* * *
A few days later.
Ines received a letter.
The sender was Ryan Gott.
Her ex-husband.
At first, she thought of just throwing it in the trash without checking the contents…
<You will regret it if you do not check the contents.>
The sentence written proudly on the envelope of the letter caught her eyes.
Ines narrowed her brows.
‘…..What the hell are you up to?’
But it was ominous not to check when he wrote
the warning message so confidently.
Ines opened the envelope with a suspicious look on her face.
<Don’t you wonder who forged your signature on the gift certificate presented by Charlotte?>
“Oh my…….”
A single sentence written in the letter.
Ines, who confirmed him, smiled.
“Well, there is reason to be confident after all.”
For a while.
Ines stared at the letter with a gaze sharp as a blade.
“If you say you need to meet me like that, fine.”
‘What the hell Ryan is up to, I to have to look inside it.’
* * *
A fancy restaurant in Langdon, Islands.
An elegant lady entered the restaurant with graceful steps.
“I have a reservation.”
“What is the name of the person making the reservation?”
“Ryan Gott.”
So, the place where the staff led the lady was a secret room of the restaurant where few people could have a private conversation.
A gentleman who had arrived at the restaurant first saw her and jumped up from his seat.
“Ines, long time no see!”
That person was Ryan.
Unlike when dealing with Charlotte, Ryan’s voice was quite soft.
[T/N: Tsk]
“How have you been? I know you’re having a hard time with Charlotte…….”
“Well, I don’t think we’re in a relationship where we welcome each other.”
Ines, who drew a line at once, stared at Ryan with an expressionless face.
“What happened to the contents of the letter?”
“Ines, as soon as you see my face, are you going to start asking questions first?”
Ryan raised his eyebrows and let out a sad voice.
“Aren’t you being too hard on me?”
“……”
Ines narrowed her brows.
‘How can his every single action be irritating like this.’
Looking at Ryan like that at one time, she felt sorry for herself.
Ryan added fondly.
“I’m so glad to see you.”
“…….”
“I really missed you, Ines.”
Listening to Ryan’s words like that made her feel goosebumps all over her body.
Ines was disgusted and fired at him.
“I didn’t come all the way here to hear such nonsense, just tell me.”
“Hmm.”
Then, Ryan’s expression changed completely.
He completely brushed off his sad expression, opened his mouth slowly.
“I wrote something in the letter…… So, I said that I was going to tell you who forged your signature?”
“That’s right.”
“Before that, there are a few things you should know, Ines.”
Ines had been standing the whole time, sitting across from Ryan.
She wanted to see what he had to say.
Deeply satisfied, Ryan continued.
“First of all, there is no evidence. It’s just a guess, so you’ll have to find evidence on your own.”
“All right.”
“Second, I can’t tell you who the forger is right now.”
At Ryan’s bold words, Ines narrowed her eyes.
“What are you talking about?”
“Well. If I tell you and you leave me to dust. I’ll end up like a dog chasing chickens, don’t you think so?”
“…….”
Although she didn’t like the way Ryan stretched out leisurely, it wasn’t that she couldn’t guess what Ryan was worried about.
Ines asked again, holding back a sigh that was about to burst out.
“Then what should I do to know who the forger is?”
“Great! This third suggestion is the most important.”
Ryan proposed to Ines with twinkling eyes.
“If you want to know the counterfeiter, reunite with me.”
[T/N: Puahahaha, no he didn’t!!]
“….What?”
On Ines’ face, which had been ice-cold the whole time, there was a faint surprise for the first time.
Ryan grinned.
“I’ll let you know the forger if we get back together.”
“Really?”
Ines shot back sharply.
“You want us back together if I want to know the forger? It can’t be unless you are crazy.”
“…….”
Ryan’s face hardened.
‘Really, her high nose.’
But Ines was different from Charlotte.
She was the only one who could lead Ryan back to the high life.
So Ryan broke his eyes and opened his mouth sullenly.
“Well, the choice is yours. I just want you to listen to me, Ines.”
“…….”
‘What the hell are you trying to say with such a grandiose mouth?’
Ines did not even try to hide her displeased expression.
At the same time, Ryan faked a sad voice and opened his mouth.
“I admit I’ve wandered in many ways during our marriage.”
Ryan lifted his head slightly and looked up at Ines.
“Can’t you just give me one more chance? When we get back together again, this time I really intend to be faithful to you.”
“Chance?”
Ines asked back in a triumphant voice.
“I’ve already given you enough opportunities.”
If you count not only this life, but even the life before she returned, there were simply no numbers.
Before regression, Ryan shamelessly tried to put Ines in an insane asylum.
The heavy body of the carriage that had hit her violently, and the pain that shook her whole body as if she were going to break.
“…….”
When she thought of it, cold sweat broke out on her palms.