Meanwhile, the time when Karina was slapping Lord Genon in the study.
“Your Highness, the shipping business we are planning to invest in this time...”
“If you entrust us with the supply of furs to make coats...”
“It’s good to find a new business, but it would be better to renew the contract with the business you were doing business with before that...”
The nobles in front of Jeremiah were talking passionately about business, but Jeremiah was barely listening.
This was because he was thinking of Karina at the event.
‘I’ll listen to him for a while and then go back.’
She had said that she wanted to host a large-scale charity event all by herself.
When he first told her to do so, he had been distracted by other things and had not even considered that it might be too much for her. When he informed her of the situation and instructed her to do whatever she said, the adjutant and Jansen were surprised.
Starting with managing the food ingredients for the formal banquet to be held at the event, preparing alcohol, food and beverages, finger food, and desserts, decorating the hall with flowers, decorating candles, designating the chamber orchestra and the music, designating the order of the event, writing the guest list and arranging the seats, etc.
There were more than one or two things to worry about and prepare.
Still, he just left her alone.
He thought she would ask for help if she had any difficulties because she didn’t know how to do it.
However, contrary to his expectations, Karina didn’t show any signs of difficulty. She also finished preparing the charity event quite skillfully.
‘This must be her first time hosting such a large-scale banquet...’
Jeremiah was secretly surprised by her new side.
After the event started, Karina, who had been constantly receiving greetings from many people next to her, had a tired look on her face.
As the event host, she had a lot to worry about.
He thought he could at least take care of the guest list.
He wanted to give Karina some time to catch her breath on her own.
‘I don’t like that she’s not wearing a necklace, but...’
Jeremiah's eyes sank.
After a while, Caroline came to see Jeremiah.
"Excuse me. Your Highness, may I ask you for a moment?"
Caroline spoke to Jeremiah in a formal setting with other nobles. She then called him aside, saying she had something important to say.
Jeremiah, who had left for a moment, said with an upset expression.
"What is it? We haven't finished talking yet. If it's not urgent, let's talk later."
Karina couldn't even scream at his threat and trembled.
Lord Genon couldn't move and pulled Karina into his arms.
Then he just lay down on his back.
It looked as if Karina had pushed Lord Genon over in an attempt to cover him up.
At that very moment, Caroline and Jeremiah came into the study together.
'What are you two doing right now?'
'Oh my God, Karina. What on earth did you do with another man! How could you commit such injustice as the Grand Duchess?'
'I'm the victim! The Grand Duchess suddenly ran to me and hugged me. I'm being treated unfairly.'
Lord Genon, who was framing Karina while claiming that he had done nothing, was angry.
Jeremiah was getting terribly angry, and Caroline was making a scene next to him, trying to make Karina feel unfairly treated.
'They were a perfect trio.'
After that incident, Karina became a depraved and vulgar adulteress who betrayed her husband and tried to seduce another man.
Even her husband was Jeremiah, the Grand Duke of the North, so the level of criticism and reprimands directed at her was beyond imagination. A cunning woman who coveted the position of the Grand Duchess without knowing the subject, a lewd adulteress who couldn’t stand men, a dirty deceiver who had played around with many men before marriage, etc.
Her cries of denial were completely ignored, and the Grand Duchess’ reputation was in shambles.
Wherever she went, she was followed by harsh stares and whispers, and everyone pointed fingers at her.
Needless to say, Jeremiah’s attitude toward Karina grew more angry and disgusted after that.
Karina had to stay home for quite some time and fight a lonely battle alone in her room in the Grand Duke’s house.
In the end, Jeremiah, who could not stand to see the Grand Duchess’s reputation greatly damaged, declared that he would not let anyone who mentioned it go.
Only then did the words that had been whispered openly in front of her disappear.
However, the dirty words still doggedly and persistently followed her behind her back.
Even when Karina could no longer endure it and exploded, she committed a truly evil act and was called a ‘vicious, violent, crazy bitch’ instead, the rumors did not die down.
Thinking back, it was a memory that really made her teeth grind.
Karina pushed the past memories aside and returned to reality.
“Huh? That...”
When she asked him to continue, Genon stammered.
“The Grand Duchess seduced me first.”
“And?”
“You even asked me to be your mistress!”
Genon got angry, completely out of sync.
“You didn’t do this on purpose because I refused your offer to become the government!”
“Oh, even the government? Yes. And?”
Karina asked calmly.
Genon was taken aback by Karina’s unexpected attitude.
“Keep talking.”
“And...”
“Stop! I don’t know what you’re trying to do.”
Jeremiah interrupted with an expression that said he couldn’t stand it anymore.
“I wonder what else you’re going to say.”
Karina collected Genon’s words with a blank face.
“According to the Lord, I’m a shameless person who suggested a man who was married to become the government, and when he refused, I held a grudge and deliberately dragged him here to hug him. Is that right?”
Karina whispered her words.
The content was completely out of place with her soft tone.
“That... That’s right.”
Genon swallowed dryly with an inexplicable sense of anxiety.
“Everything you just said is absolutely true, right?”
At Karina’s question, Genon glanced at Caroline.
Caroline was looking at Karina with a frown.
‘Yes. The Princess will take my side, but even if she were the Princess, what would she do in this situation?’
Genon shamelessly raised his head.
“Yes. It’s true!”
Karina laughed bitterly at Genon’s shameless answer.
“Yes. Then it’s my turn now.”
Karina called his escort.
“Michael.”
“Yes.”
Mikhail responded to her call and leisurely walked out from between the bookshelves in the study.
“Your Highness, the shipping business we are planning to invest in this time...”
“If you entrust us with the supply of furs to make coats...”
“It’s good to find a new business, but it would be better to renew the contract with the business you were doing business with before that...”
The nobles in front of Jeremiah were talking passionately about business, but Jeremiah was barely listening.
This was because he was thinking of Karina at the event.
‘I’ll listen to him for a while and then go back.’
She had said that she wanted to host a large-scale charity event all by herself.
When he first told her to do so, he had been distracted by other things and had not even considered that it might be too much for her. When he informed her of the situation and instructed her to do whatever she said, the adjutant and Jansen were surprised.
Starting with managing the food ingredients for the formal banquet to be held at the event, preparing alcohol, food and beverages, finger food, and desserts, decorating the hall with flowers, decorating candles, designating the chamber orchestra and the music, designating the order of the event, writing the guest list and arranging the seats, etc.
There were more than one or two things to worry about and prepare.
Still, he just left her alone.
He thought she would ask for help if she had any difficulties because she didn’t know how to do it.
However, contrary to his expectations, Karina didn’t show any signs of difficulty. She also finished preparing the charity event quite skillfully.
‘This must be her first time hosting such a large-scale banquet...’
Jeremiah was secretly surprised by her new side.
After the event started, Karina, who had been constantly receiving greetings from many people next to her, had a tired look on her face.
As the event host, she had a lot to worry about.
He thought he could at least take care of the guest list.
He wanted to give Karina some time to catch her breath on her own.
‘I don’t like that she’s not wearing a necklace, but...’
Jeremiah's eyes sank.
After a while, Caroline came to see Jeremiah.
"Excuse me. Your Highness, may I ask you for a moment?"
Caroline spoke to Jeremiah in a formal setting with other nobles. She then called him aside, saying she had something important to say.
Jeremiah, who had left for a moment, said with an upset expression.
"What is it? We haven't finished talking yet. If it's not urgent, let's talk later."
It was already annoying enough just dealing with other nobles.
"That's not it. Karina said she had something to say to you. She asked you to come to the study for a moment."
"The Grand Duchess?"
"Yes. She asked me when the first orchestra started playing, but I forgot, didn't I? Can you hurry up and go now?"
"Yes, I understand."
By the time the performance started, quite a bit of time had passed.
Why am I only saying that now?
"The Grand Duchess?"
"Yes. She asked me when the first orchestra started playing, but I forgot, didn't I? Can you hurry up and go now?"
"Yes, I understand."
By the time the performance started, quite a bit of time had passed.
Why am I only saying that now?
Jeremiah frowned.
Jeremiah broke away and walked to the study.
Caroline said with a satisfied smile.
“Karina must have waited quite a while because of me. Let’s go quickly.”
Jeremiah urged him to hurry.
As he entered the hallway leading to the study, he saw that the study door was closed.
“Oh, why is the study door closed?”
Caroline said in a puzzled tone.
“...”
Hearing that, he was a little concerned that the study door was closed.
Jeremiah finally arrived at the study door and turned the doorknob.
The door opened, and Jeremiah’s expression hardened as he witnessed the situation inside the study.
The image of Karina lying down as if she was covering up a strange man in the study was etched into his mind.
The veins on Jeremiah’s forehead stood out.
The image of Karina being held in the arms of her guard last time overlapped over it.
Jeremiah gritted his teeth.
“So. What’s the situation this time?”
At Jeremiah's appearance, Genon, whose eyes had been shining meanly, smiled in satisfaction.
He laughed as he imagined the Grand Duchess's appearance, saying no, that it was all a misunderstanding.
The cheek and thigh that had just been hit, and the instep where the heel had hit her, were throbbing.
'I was planning to let it go and get out.'
A few days before the tea party.
'Genon, just say that the Grand Duchess tried to seduce you. We'll prepare the situation on our own.'
Genon, who heard the plan from Caroline's attendant, readily accepted her suggestion.
It was a plan that was easier than he thought, and since he would be proven innocent anyway, he had nothing to lose. Since Princess Caroline had assured him that she would stand by him and protect him, there was no chance that the plan would go awry and the Grand Duke would find out.
The Grand Duchess would be in trouble, but Genon was not a good person to care about that.
And if he could just finish this simple task, he would gain a huge fortune.
He had no reason to refuse.
'You hit me. Now, let me get it done to you.'
Genon, who was very angry, shouted in a voice that seemed to be completely wronged.
"Your Highness! I am wronged! I only followed because the Grand Duchess said she would personally show me to the study."
Genon pushed Karina, who was lying on top of him, to the side.
Jeremiah's eyebrows twitched at the sight.
Genon insisted on his innocence without stopping.
"The Grand Duchess suddenly lunged at me while I was standing still. I am the victim!"
It was as if Karina had deliberately dragged him here and forcibly hugged him.
“...”
However, despite Genon’s claim, Jeremiah stood there and did not respond.
Before Karina could say anything, this time Caroline started to fuss.
“Oh my god, Karina! What on earth is this? A secret meeting with a man outside the palace of the Grand Duchess!”
Caroline covered her mouth with her hand and said, not hiding her disgust.
“How can someone who is the Grand Duchess do such a vulgar thing!”
“...”
Knock knock.
Despite Caroline’s fuss, Karina stood up as if nothing had happened and dusted off her clothes.
Caroline looked dumbfounded at her attitude.
“Karina! What’s with your attitude right now? You’re not worthy of being the Grand Duchess! You’re dirty and filthy!”
Karina hadn’t said a word yet, but Caroline was already pressing her as if she was certain that she had committed an immoral act.
Jeremiah raised his hand to stop Caroline, who was talking excitedly.
He asked Karina.
“Aren’t you denying it?”
“...”
Karina didn’t answer his question.
Jeremiah’s eyebrows furrowed, but Karina didn’t care.
Instead, Karina smiled and asked Genon.
“Lord Genon. Do more. Surely that won’t be the end?”
The same thing happened in the past before the regression.
Karina in the past was extremely flustered when she was left alone in the study with Lord Genon.
‘Ah! What... Why did the door suddenly...’
She turned pale and panicked, unable to come to her senses.
She quickly tried to leave, but the man in front of her suddenly transformed and blocked her.
‘Don’t come near me! If you come, I’ll scream!’
Lord Genon approached Karina, unbuttoning his clothes.
‘Go ahead and try. If people came and saw the situation where it was just the two of us, who would be embarrassed? '
'...!'
Jeremiah broke away and walked to the study.
Caroline said with a satisfied smile.
“Karina must have waited quite a while because of me. Let’s go quickly.”
Jeremiah urged him to hurry.
As he entered the hallway leading to the study, he saw that the study door was closed.
“Oh, why is the study door closed?”
Caroline said in a puzzled tone.
“...”
Hearing that, he was a little concerned that the study door was closed.
Jeremiah finally arrived at the study door and turned the doorknob.
The door opened, and Jeremiah’s expression hardened as he witnessed the situation inside the study.
The image of Karina lying down as if she was covering up a strange man in the study was etched into his mind.
The veins on Jeremiah’s forehead stood out.
The image of Karina being held in the arms of her guard last time overlapped over it.
Jeremiah gritted his teeth.
“So. What’s the situation this time?”
At Jeremiah's appearance, Genon, whose eyes had been shining meanly, smiled in satisfaction.
He laughed as he imagined the Grand Duchess's appearance, saying no, that it was all a misunderstanding.
The cheek and thigh that had just been hit, and the instep where the heel had hit her, were throbbing.
'I was planning to let it go and get out.'
A few days before the tea party.
'Genon, just say that the Grand Duchess tried to seduce you. We'll prepare the situation on our own.'
Genon, who heard the plan from Caroline's attendant, readily accepted her suggestion.
It was a plan that was easier than he thought, and since he would be proven innocent anyway, he had nothing to lose. Since Princess Caroline had assured him that she would stand by him and protect him, there was no chance that the plan would go awry and the Grand Duke would find out.
The Grand Duchess would be in trouble, but Genon was not a good person to care about that.
And if he could just finish this simple task, he would gain a huge fortune.
He had no reason to refuse.
'You hit me. Now, let me get it done to you.'
Genon, who was very angry, shouted in a voice that seemed to be completely wronged.
"Your Highness! I am wronged! I only followed because the Grand Duchess said she would personally show me to the study."
Genon pushed Karina, who was lying on top of him, to the side.
Jeremiah's eyebrows twitched at the sight.
Genon insisted on his innocence without stopping.
"The Grand Duchess suddenly lunged at me while I was standing still. I am the victim!"
It was as if Karina had deliberately dragged him here and forcibly hugged him.
“...”
However, despite Genon’s claim, Jeremiah stood there and did not respond.
Before Karina could say anything, this time Caroline started to fuss.
“Oh my god, Karina! What on earth is this? A secret meeting with a man outside the palace of the Grand Duchess!”
Caroline covered her mouth with her hand and said, not hiding her disgust.
“How can someone who is the Grand Duchess do such a vulgar thing!”
“...”
Knock knock.
Despite Caroline’s fuss, Karina stood up as if nothing had happened and dusted off her clothes.
Caroline looked dumbfounded at her attitude.
“Karina! What’s with your attitude right now? You’re not worthy of being the Grand Duchess! You’re dirty and filthy!”
Karina hadn’t said a word yet, but Caroline was already pressing her as if she was certain that she had committed an immoral act.
Jeremiah raised his hand to stop Caroline, who was talking excitedly.
He asked Karina.
“Aren’t you denying it?”
“...”
Karina didn’t answer his question.
Jeremiah’s eyebrows furrowed, but Karina didn’t care.
Instead, Karina smiled and asked Genon.
“Lord Genon. Do more. Surely that won’t be the end?”
***
The same thing happened in the past before the regression.
Karina in the past was extremely flustered when she was left alone in the study with Lord Genon.
‘Ah! What... Why did the door suddenly...’
She turned pale and panicked, unable to come to her senses.
She quickly tried to leave, but the man in front of her suddenly transformed and blocked her.
‘Don’t come near me! If you come, I’ll scream!’
Lord Genon approached Karina, unbuttoning his clothes.
‘Go ahead and try. If people came and saw the situation where it was just the two of us, who would be embarrassed? '
'...!'
Karina couldn't even scream at his threat and trembled.
Lord Genon couldn't move and pulled Karina into his arms.
Then he just lay down on his back.
It looked as if Karina had pushed Lord Genon over in an attempt to cover him up.
At that very moment, Caroline and Jeremiah came into the study together.
'What are you two doing right now?'
'Oh my God, Karina. What on earth did you do with another man! How could you commit such injustice as the Grand Duchess?'
'I'm the victim! The Grand Duchess suddenly ran to me and hugged me. I'm being treated unfairly.'
Lord Genon, who was framing Karina while claiming that he had done nothing, was angry.
Jeremiah was getting terribly angry, and Caroline was making a scene next to him, trying to make Karina feel unfairly treated.
'They were a perfect trio.'
After that incident, Karina became a depraved and vulgar adulteress who betrayed her husband and tried to seduce another man.
Even her husband was Jeremiah, the Grand Duke of the North, so the level of criticism and reprimands directed at her was beyond imagination. A cunning woman who coveted the position of the Grand Duchess without knowing the subject, a lewd adulteress who couldn’t stand men, a dirty deceiver who had played around with many men before marriage, etc.
Her cries of denial were completely ignored, and the Grand Duchess’ reputation was in shambles.
Wherever she went, she was followed by harsh stares and whispers, and everyone pointed fingers at her.
Needless to say, Jeremiah’s attitude toward Karina grew more angry and disgusted after that.
Karina had to stay home for quite some time and fight a lonely battle alone in her room in the Grand Duke’s house.
In the end, Jeremiah, who could not stand to see the Grand Duchess’s reputation greatly damaged, declared that he would not let anyone who mentioned it go.
Only then did the words that had been whispered openly in front of her disappear.
However, the dirty words still doggedly and persistently followed her behind her back.
Even when Karina could no longer endure it and exploded, she committed a truly evil act and was called a ‘vicious, violent, crazy bitch’ instead, the rumors did not die down.
Thinking back, it was a memory that really made her teeth grind.
Karina pushed the past memories aside and returned to reality.
“Huh? That...”
When she asked him to continue, Genon stammered.
“The Grand Duchess seduced me first.”
“And?”
“You even asked me to be your mistress!”
Genon got angry, completely out of sync.
“You didn’t do this on purpose because I refused your offer to become the government!”
“Oh, even the government? Yes. And?”
Karina asked calmly.
Genon was taken aback by Karina’s unexpected attitude.
“Keep talking.”
“And...”
“Stop! I don’t know what you’re trying to do.”
Jeremiah interrupted with an expression that said he couldn’t stand it anymore.
“I wonder what else you’re going to say.”
Karina collected Genon’s words with a blank face.
“According to the Lord, I’m a shameless person who suggested a man who was married to become the government, and when he refused, I held a grudge and deliberately dragged him here to hug him. Is that right?”
Karina whispered her words.
The content was completely out of place with her soft tone.
“That... That’s right.”
Genon swallowed dryly with an inexplicable sense of anxiety.
“Everything you just said is absolutely true, right?”
At Karina’s question, Genon glanced at Caroline.
Caroline was looking at Karina with a frown.
‘Yes. The Princess will take my side, but even if she were the Princess, what would she do in this situation?’
Genon shamelessly raised his head.
“Yes. It’s true!”
Karina laughed bitterly at Genon’s shameless answer.
“Yes. Then it’s my turn now.”
Karina called his escort.
“Michael.”
“Yes.”
Mikhail responded to her call and leisurely walked out from between the bookshelves in the study.
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