I Will Divorce the Female Lead’s Siscon Brother (Novel) Chapter 39

                                    


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Also, I knew he was an idiot, but he was also confused about his own feelings. When I heard this story, a memory came to mind.

"I married you because I liked you, and I still like you, so I don't want a divorce."

He said that even if it weren't for the abandoned mine, there would be no divorce, and that he liked me. Because he was really in love with me...?

But I quickly shook my head.

"No, that doesn't make sense. Nonsense."

If he were in love with me, he wouldn't have treated me like this all this time. Even if he couldn't whisper words of love to me, he could at least treat me kindly.

But what about the Leandro I've seen in the last two years? He often avoided me with the excuse of being busy, and when we had to be together for things like family gatherings, he was cold and distant.

"...What he says is probably a lie. If he liked even a little, he wouldn't have done that."

Let's say he gave in a hundred times and couldn't reveal the truth because he was afraid of divorce. However, the cold gaze and sarcastic tone of voice were far from pleasant.

The head butler looked at me and replied.

"That's how it seemed to me. So I asked him why he was like that with the young lady..."

He said Leandro stayed silent when he was asked that question. After that, every time a topic related to me came up, he avoided it, and he couldn't even ask the head butler about it.

"... ..."

"... ..."

There was an uncomfortable silence in the quiet atmosphere. But it didn't last long.

"Well, it's okay. Anyway, I've decided not to worry too much about that person anymore."

It wasn't a white lie meant to reassure the head butler. I really felt that way.

I was definitely in a bad mood right now, but it improved after a while. It wasn't pleasant, but I thought, "Well, what does it matter?"

If I keep hanging on to people like Leandro, I'll only lose. During that time, it would be better to just curl up and eat a delicious dessert.

"I really have changed."

If it had been earlier, I would have been angry and depressed for a long time.

It was thanks to leaving Cassius, meeting many people, and choosing the path I really wanted. Instead of running from Wallace and marrying Leandro.

And, indeed, there was something good.

"Can you testify to that in the trial too?"

"I plan to tell the truth about everything I saw and heard."

We smiled quietly face to face.

The head butler will immediately prove that nothing happened between Leandro and me!

This was a great harvest. There's a big difference between just having a separate relationship that never joined. I didn't even feel like someone of the opposite sex, so it was impossible for him to do anything befitting a married couple.

"I think we should have a more detailed and strategic discussion when I'm with my lawyer."

I told the head butler about the secret entrance to the lawyer's office I was using. For now, he had to hide from Cassius.

The head butler promised to visit us tomorrow.

Today would be too much for him because Joshua gets anxious if he's gone for a long time.

"Thanks again. Thanks to you, I opened my eyes."

"I don't think you should bow like this. I'm the one receiving help."

"No, even now, compared to living as Joshua's father, this is not much help or anything."

I just went to see him for a divorce and couldn't stand it and said something. I felt embarrassed to receive such sincere thanks.

"Hurry and go in. Your son must be waiting for you."

"Then I'll see you tomorrow."

It was just as we were about to part.

"Buy the newspaper! The newspaper! This morning's newspaper... Aack!"

A boy with a bag and his arms full of newspapers was approaching me when he was stopped by Vinetta, who appeared out of nowhere. She was hiding at a certain distance, escorting me.

"It's not like someone is trying to kill me, so there's no need to stop them like that."

Vinetta let go of the newspaper delivery boy after winking at him, indicating that it was fine. The boy looked at Vinetta but approached me confidently to sell me the newspaper.

"Do you want a newspaper? Today there was an exclusive that wasn't found in other newspapers."

"Is that so? Then, can you give me three copies?"

While Vinetta and I placed our order, the boy cheerfully shouted.

"Thank you! Bless you! How interesting are the news about Duke Cassius!"

The boy must have said it to make me enjoy the newspaper, but my hand stopped.

"Why is he here again...?"

After the newspaper boy left, I opened the page with Leandro's article without even looking at the front page. It was a column that contained gossip and social news of the nobility.

"With the recent rumors about the impending divorce of the young Duke and Duchess of Cassius attracting public attention day by day, several guests agreed that the young Duke Leandro Cassius was seen drunk at a banquet organized yesterday by Count Felice.
(omitted) An anonymous official said that the young duke's mental anguish, who didn't want a divorce, seemed to have manifested in this way..."

There was no need to read more, so I folded the newspaper.

"Ethel-nim..."

The head butler looked at me with concerned eyes. The resolute Vinetta wasn't any different.

"It's okay. This isn't the first time."

A few days ago, to be exact, from the day I met Countess Wallace, many newspapers have been publishing articles about us.

The content was approximately as follows. The cause of the conflict is a lack of communication, but Cassius doesn't want a catastrophe, and Leandro is going through a tough time.

And the general public's reaction when they encounter it is...

"Have you seen this article?"

At that moment, I overheard a conversation between pedestrians buying newspapers from the same newspaper vendor.

"Yes, it's a pity, poor young Duke Cassius."

"It must be very difficult. A person who is said to be so sensible and rational..."

"That's how he loves his wife."

"If I were that wife, I would think again. Where else can you find a husband like this?"

"I know. I would have even placed an ad saying I would do anything as long as she gives up the divorce."

"I don't understand. People might not be able to return home because they're busy working..."

...better not to speak.

Before I knew it, I had become a narrow-minded wife who couldn't understand her busy husband, and Leandro had become a desperate lover.

All of this was due to cleverly written articles that were meant to benefit Leandro. Additionally, Cassius spent a lot of money to fill the advertising sections of every newspaper with messages for me.

"I'm sorry and ask you to come back." He said he would do whatever I wanted as long as I returned.

But in reality, it was a message aimed at the public, not at me. Cassius is trying with all his might to restore the relationship.

"He must feel that it's completely useless to persuade me, so he decided to focus on the trial."

This is a trial that has attracted a lot of attention. Public opinion would surely influence the trial in some way. It would be difficult for a judge to completely ignore public opinion.

I muttered without realizing it.

"It's a typical Liena tactic."

The head butler was surprised and replied.

"I knew."

"Oh yes, because I was also a member of that family. Men from Cassius basically don't care much about others."

Perhaps because they were born with such good luck, they didn't pay much attention to what others thought of them. "I'm Cassius, what are you going to do?" It's an unfortunate feeling.

Although Leandro valued his appearance, this was simply following someone's advice. That person was her.

"But Lady Liena is different."

Liena. She was an orphan, despised by those around her, and once faced death, so she responded sensitively to the favor of others.

"Since I was young, I've tried to get favorable responses from others. Thanks to that, she was able to capture Cassius."

She knows very well how important it is to have others on her side. One of Liena's specialties is influencing public opinion.

"She has used public opinion to defeat Cassius's political opponents several times."

I nodded at the butler's explanation.

"It couldn't have been any other way. Not only have their recent attempts to change my mind through my family failed, but there are truths that need to be buried."

The Wallace family abused me and forced me to marry Leandro.

Cassius had to prevent this rumor from spreading by word of mouth from the people who were at the restaurant at that moment. He doesn't want people who sympathize with me to start supporting the divorce.

I couldn't help but sigh.

In fact, it was not unexpected that things would turn out this way. I've read about Liena's behavior countless times in novels.

But there was no way to stop it. This side was also responding in its own way with Terence's help...

"How can we overcome Cassius's crazy wealth and connections?"

Until then, I thought that. But after a while, I had no choice but to think differently.

There was a trump card.


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