Episode 159. You Stole My Man Twice
“This woman pushed me.”
“!”
As soon as Beliana finished speaking, Doana’s expression darkened.
Doana, who had been acting tearful up until now, revealed her true colors and approached Beliana.
“Ah!! Lies!!”
Doana shouted as she rushed at her.
She tried to tear Beliana’s hair.
Indignation welled up inside her. She felt like she was going crazy with injustice.
“Why!! Why are you doing this to me!”
Beliana looked at Doana, who was approaching her in a fit of rage, with a disgusted expression, then gestured to the escort following him.
The escort quickly blocked Beliana’s path.
“Get out of the way! I told you to get out of the way!”
Doana cried, violently striking the escort who had blocked her path.
Beliana watched from a distance, chuckling. Then, she turned to the judge and spoke.
“Look at this. She's still trying to kill me.”
“No! No!! I did nothing wrong!”
In an instant, the courtroom became chaotic.
“The defendant, please calm down.”
The judge banged the gavel, raising his voice.
But Doana, who had lost her senses, couldn’t easily calm down.
In the end, Doana was subdued by the guards.
“I’m innocent, I’m innocent! Oh my god!!”
Doana, who was being dragged away while screaming, glared at Rose with a venomous gaze.
“Everything! You made it all up, Rose!!”
Doana kicked the shins of the soldiers dragging her away and ran towards Rose.
“Why on earth are you doing this to me? What did I do wrong?”
“Doana, do you really think you did nothing wrong?”
At Rose’s words, Doana’s expression was truly aggrieved. She seemed completely unaware of what she had done wrong.
“You have committed a very grave sin. Not only against me, but also against everyone gathered here.”
“The demolition was just an accident, right? I just apologized profusely... and...”
Doana spoke to Rose, her eyes wide.
“It wasn’t my fault your husband came to me. It was your fault for not being able to manage him!”
Doana trembled as she tried to provoke Rose until the very end.
The guards grabbed Doana again. They dragged her to the defendant’s dock.
The judge’s cold eyes flickered between Doana and the letter of apology she had written.
“You said you apologized...”
There was no sign of remorse.
The letter she had shown him was merely a show.
He had felt a little sorry for her, living in prison while pregnant, but all such feelings vanished.
The judge, as if he had made up his mind, grabbed the gavel.
“Defendant Doana,”
He called Doana’s name in a commanding voice.
“You stole the blood money of the good citizens of the empire, and what’s more, you took the lives of innocent people. You also tried to push Countess Beliana de Wence off a cliff and tried to cover it up.”
A thunderous voice echoed through the courtroom.
“You don’t reflect on your own wrongdoings, yet you seek leniency with a false letter! I can fully see how you mock the imperial law!”
The shouting voice sounded extremely angry.
“The defendant has committed such a heinous act and shows no remorse! Therefore, I sentence you to 187 years in prison!”
Boom, boom, boom!
The gavel rang three times.
“Ah, ah... No!!”
And then, Doana’s sobs rang out.
At the sight of Doana being sentenced to prison, the bereaved family members who had come to witness the trial hugged each other and shed tears.
Many were shedding tears, but not all of them shed tears for the same reason.
“She told me she would never be punished, that I could sue her to my heart’s content. This is so bad!”
“Mother, don’t cry. My dead brother can now rest in peace.”
Everyone shed tears of emotion, except for Doana, who was crying in despair.
Doana’s sentence was finalized.
187 years in prison.
Doana can no longer breathe outside air until she dies.
After the trial, Rose visited Doana.
Doana’s face had become quite pale in the past few minutes.
“...Get out.”
Doana glared at Rose with a venomous gaze.
“...I have nothing to say to you. Get lost.”
“You said you wouldn’t get punished, so how does it feel to be locked up in prison like this?”
Doana’s eyebrows twitched at Rose’s provocative words.
“You weakling. Do you like it when I end up like this? Do you like it when you lock me up in this dirty prison?”
A sharp voice rang out between her trembling lips.
“If it weren’t for you... I wouldn’t have ended up like this!”
“It’s because of me?”
“Yes! It’s all your fault, Rose! My life is a mess because of you!!”
“I don’t know what you’re talking about, Doana.”
Rose said, leisurely running her hand through her hair.
“I didn’t do anything, Doana. You’re the one who put your foot in this mess. Don’t you get it yet?”
Doana screamed at Rose’s words as if she didn’t want to hear them.
“Shut up! You bitch! You actually knew Eric was trash, right?! That’s why you dumped him on me, right? You said you read the whole novel. There’s no way a piece of trash like that could be the male protagonist of a romance novel! If I hadn’t met Eric in the first place, I wouldn’t have ended up like this. I would have just lived an ordinary life!”
Doana blamed everything on Rose until the very end, without showing any remorse for her own mistakes.
“Then why do you covet other people’s things? Gyeo-ru.”
“!”
It was the name she had heard from her past life for the first time in a long time.
“Gyeo-ru, how come you haven’t changed at all?”
“You...”
It felt strange to be called ‘Gyeo-ru’ after always being called ‘Doana.’
She felt a sense of discomfort from Rose calling her by her name.
Rose continued speaking in a low voice without even blinking.
“In your past life, and now. You haven’t changed.”
Rose spoke with a meaningful voice and looked at Doana.
“You stole my man twice, and you’re so shameless.”
“!”
Doana froze for a moment. When Rose said twice, she meant once in her previous life, and once in this life.
“You... who are you?”
“What? Even after I told you all this, you still don’t know who I am?”
Rose wore a relaxed expression in front of Doana.
Doana couldn’t open her mouth. She racked her brain to remember who Rose was.
‘Rose... you said you graduated from the same Seo-ae High School as me, right?’
In her past life, she had ruined countless families. She had also dated countless men who were her schoolmates.
‘Who is it?’
She had met so many married men that it was difficult to figure out who they were.
Rose smiled meaningfully as she watched Doana, who couldn’t open her mouth.
“It seems there is more than one person who has been robbed. That’s why you don’t even notice right away.”
“Shut up. Just tell me who you are.”
“You should figure that out for yourself, Gyeo-ru. Do you need me to spoon-feed you everything from start to finish?”
Eric spotted Rose and hurried over.
“Ha... I don’t want to run into you.”
Rose turned her back on Eric with a tired expression.
He didn’t want to see Eric on such a pleasant day.
Eric called Rose’s name, oblivious to Rose’s feelings.
“Rose!”
He grabbed Rose’s shoulder roughly and turned her around to face him.
Before Rose could say anything, disgusted,
“I... was wrong.”
Eric knelt in front of Rose.
Rose looked at Eric with a puzzled expression. Then, in a voice mixed with embarrassment, he said,
“What are you doing in front of people? Get up!”
It was embarrassing to be the center of attention like this.
“No, I can’t get up until you forgive me.”
Eric looked at Rose with a determined expression.
Tercia, who had been watching from afar, fainted at the sight of Eric. It seemed that the sight of her son kneeling was quite shocking.
Rose looked at Eric, sighed, and said coldly,
“Then just sit like that for the rest of your life.”
Rose tried to avoid Eric, but was caught by him once again.
He grabbed Rose’s wrist.
“This woman pushed me.”
“!”
As soon as Beliana finished speaking, Doana’s expression darkened.
Doana, who had been acting tearful up until now, revealed her true colors and approached Beliana.
“Ah!! Lies!!”
Doana shouted as she rushed at her.
She tried to tear Beliana’s hair.
Indignation welled up inside her. She felt like she was going crazy with injustice.
“Why!! Why are you doing this to me!”
Beliana looked at Doana, who was approaching her in a fit of rage, with a disgusted expression, then gestured to the escort following him.
The escort quickly blocked Beliana’s path.
“Get out of the way! I told you to get out of the way!”
Doana cried, violently striking the escort who had blocked her path.
Beliana watched from a distance, chuckling. Then, she turned to the judge and spoke.
“Look at this. She's still trying to kill me.”
“No! No!! I did nothing wrong!”
In an instant, the courtroom became chaotic.
“The defendant, please calm down.”
The judge banged the gavel, raising his voice.
But Doana, who had lost her senses, couldn’t easily calm down.
In the end, Doana was subdued by the guards.
“I’m innocent, I’m innocent! Oh my god!!”
Doana, who was being dragged away while screaming, glared at Rose with a venomous gaze.
“Everything! You made it all up, Rose!!”
Doana kicked the shins of the soldiers dragging her away and ran towards Rose.
“Why on earth are you doing this to me? What did I do wrong?”
“Doana, do you really think you did nothing wrong?”
At Rose’s words, Doana’s expression was truly aggrieved. She seemed completely unaware of what she had done wrong.
“You have committed a very grave sin. Not only against me, but also against everyone gathered here.”
“The demolition was just an accident, right? I just apologized profusely... and...”
Doana spoke to Rose, her eyes wide.
“It wasn’t my fault your husband came to me. It was your fault for not being able to manage him!”
Doana trembled as she tried to provoke Rose until the very end.
The guards grabbed Doana again. They dragged her to the defendant’s dock.
The judge’s cold eyes flickered between Doana and the letter of apology she had written.
“You said you apologized...”
There was no sign of remorse.
The letter she had shown him was merely a show.
He had felt a little sorry for her, living in prison while pregnant, but all such feelings vanished.
The judge, as if he had made up his mind, grabbed the gavel.
“Defendant Doana,”
He called Doana’s name in a commanding voice.
“You stole the blood money of the good citizens of the empire, and what’s more, you took the lives of innocent people. You also tried to push Countess Beliana de Wence off a cliff and tried to cover it up.”
A thunderous voice echoed through the courtroom.
“You don’t reflect on your own wrongdoings, yet you seek leniency with a false letter! I can fully see how you mock the imperial law!”
The shouting voice sounded extremely angry.
“The defendant has committed such a heinous act and shows no remorse! Therefore, I sentence you to 187 years in prison!”
Boom, boom, boom!
The gavel rang three times.
“Ah, ah... No!!”
And then, Doana’s sobs rang out.
At the sight of Doana being sentenced to prison, the bereaved family members who had come to witness the trial hugged each other and shed tears.
Many were shedding tears, but not all of them shed tears for the same reason.
“She told me she would never be punished, that I could sue her to my heart’s content. This is so bad!”
“Mother, don’t cry. My dead brother can now rest in peace.”
Everyone shed tears of emotion, except for Doana, who was crying in despair.
***
Doana’s sentence was finalized.
187 years in prison.
Doana can no longer breathe outside air until she dies.
After the trial, Rose visited Doana.
Doana’s face had become quite pale in the past few minutes.
“...Get out.”
Doana glared at Rose with a venomous gaze.
“...I have nothing to say to you. Get lost.”
“You said you wouldn’t get punished, so how does it feel to be locked up in prison like this?”
Doana’s eyebrows twitched at Rose’s provocative words.
“You weakling. Do you like it when I end up like this? Do you like it when you lock me up in this dirty prison?”
A sharp voice rang out between her trembling lips.
“If it weren’t for you... I wouldn’t have ended up like this!”
“It’s because of me?”
“Yes! It’s all your fault, Rose! My life is a mess because of you!!”
“I don’t know what you’re talking about, Doana.”
Rose said, leisurely running her hand through her hair.
“I didn’t do anything, Doana. You’re the one who put your foot in this mess. Don’t you get it yet?”
Doana screamed at Rose’s words as if she didn’t want to hear them.
“Shut up! You bitch! You actually knew Eric was trash, right?! That’s why you dumped him on me, right? You said you read the whole novel. There’s no way a piece of trash like that could be the male protagonist of a romance novel! If I hadn’t met Eric in the first place, I wouldn’t have ended up like this. I would have just lived an ordinary life!”
Doana blamed everything on Rose until the very end, without showing any remorse for her own mistakes.
“Then why do you covet other people’s things? Gyeo-ru.”
“!”
It was the name she had heard from her past life for the first time in a long time.
“Gyeo-ru, how come you haven’t changed at all?”
“You...”
It felt strange to be called ‘Gyeo-ru’ after always being called ‘Doana.’
She felt a sense of discomfort from Rose calling her by her name.
Rose continued speaking in a low voice without even blinking.
“In your past life, and now. You haven’t changed.”
Rose spoke with a meaningful voice and looked at Doana.
“You stole my man twice, and you’re so shameless.”
“!”
I... took it twice?
Doana froze for a moment. When Rose said twice, she meant once in her previous life, and once in this life.
“You... who are you?”
“What? Even after I told you all this, you still don’t know who I am?”
Rose wore a relaxed expression in front of Doana.
Doana couldn’t open her mouth. She racked her brain to remember who Rose was.
‘Rose... you said you graduated from the same Seo-ae High School as me, right?’
In her past life, she had ruined countless families. She had also dated countless men who were her schoolmates.
‘Who is it?’
She had met so many married men that it was difficult to figure out who they were.
Rose smiled meaningfully as she watched Doana, who couldn’t open her mouth.
“It seems there is more than one person who has been robbed. That’s why you don’t even notice right away.”
“Shut up. Just tell me who you are.”
“You should figure that out for yourself, Gyeo-ru. Do you need me to spoon-feed you everything from start to finish?”
With these words, Rose stood up.
“To take this kind of revenge on a man!”
Rose paused as she was about to leave the prison. She stared blankly at Doana, who was imprisoned there.
“Gyeo-ru, let me be clear. It’s all because of your greed. You stole my husband because you wanted to be a Countess, and you copied my department store business despite your lack of ability, and that’s how it ended up here.”
Her dry tone flowed out softly.
“You bragged about Eric all the time! You made me want to steal him... You made me want to!”
“When people brag about their husbands, are you advertising, ‘Please steal this guy from me?’ You’re just doing it because you want to have him, to steal him. That trashy male protagonist.”
Doana's expression darkened at the word "trash."
Eric was the cause of all her misfortunes.
She had to fight with Beliana to take Eric's place, and that's how she ended up like this.
Not only that, but seeing Eric lose interest in her made her feel uneasy, and that's why she got involved in business.
If only she hadn't met Eric in the first place... she could have just bitten another noble and lived happily ever after!
"...But you should have stopped me. You should have at least given me a hint that Eric wasn't a good man! Then I wouldn't be so ridiculous!"
"Why should I?"
"!"
“To take this kind of revenge on a man!”
Rose paused as she was about to leave the prison. She stared blankly at Doana, who was imprisoned there.
“Gyeo-ru, let me be clear. It’s all because of your greed. You stole my husband because you wanted to be a Countess, and you copied my department store business despite your lack of ability, and that’s how it ended up here.”
Her dry tone flowed out softly.
“You bragged about Eric all the time! You made me want to steal him... You made me want to!”
“When people brag about their husbands, are you advertising, ‘Please steal this guy from me?’ You’re just doing it because you want to have him, to steal him. That trashy male protagonist.”
Doana's expression darkened at the word "trash."
Eric was the cause of all her misfortunes.
She had to fight with Beliana to take Eric's place, and that's how she ended up like this.
Not only that, but seeing Eric lose interest in her made her feel uneasy, and that's why she got involved in business.
If only she hadn't met Eric in the first place... she could have just bitten another noble and lived happily ever after!
"...But you should have stopped me. You should have at least given me a hint that Eric wasn't a good man! Then I wouldn't be so ridiculous!"
"Why should I?"
"!"
"Why should I help you, Gyeo-ru?"
"We're the only two people in this novel! We should have leaned on each other and been a source of strength!"
"I had nothing to do with your choices. Your misfortune is entirely your fault."
She never urged Doana to meet Eric.
She simply watched as Doana fell into a swamp she couldn't escape.
There was no reason to help her.
She'd left behind the good-girl complex in her previous life.
All of this was the result of Doana's own choices.
Rose had nothing more to say. She was leisurely leaving.
Just then, a vulgar word flew from behind Rose.
"Hey!! You're Lee Min-jung! That's all because I slept with your husband back then, and that's all I'm doing!!"
Doana shouted the name of her classmate, who had been quite the stern one.
Ironically, Rose's past life name, "Kim Byeol-ha," didn't appear. Unlike the current Rose, Byeol-ha was foolishly gentle. No, she was more like a pushover. After her husband was taken away, she ran away and lived in seclusion, not even filing a lawsuit.
“You’re wrong. Think carefully about who I am in prison, Gyeo-ru.”
Rose left the prison without looking back.
Warm sunlight poured down on her head.
Rose shielded herself with one hand and smiled pleasantly.
“The weather is nice.”
It was the kind of warm sunlight Doana would never see in her life.
It was a perfect day.
Except for Eric, who was approaching...
"We're the only two people in this novel! We should have leaned on each other and been a source of strength!"
"I had nothing to do with your choices. Your misfortune is entirely your fault."
She never urged Doana to meet Eric.
She simply watched as Doana fell into a swamp she couldn't escape.
There was no reason to help her.
She'd left behind the good-girl complex in her previous life.
All of this was the result of Doana's own choices.
Rose had nothing more to say. She was leisurely leaving.
Just then, a vulgar word flew from behind Rose.
"Hey!! You're Lee Min-jung! That's all because I slept with your husband back then, and that's all I'm doing!!"
Doana shouted the name of her classmate, who had been quite the stern one.
Ironically, Rose's past life name, "Kim Byeol-ha," didn't appear. Unlike the current Rose, Byeol-ha was foolishly gentle. No, she was more like a pushover. After her husband was taken away, she ran away and lived in seclusion, not even filing a lawsuit.
“You’re wrong. Think carefully about who I am in prison, Gyeo-ru.”
Rose left the prison without looking back.
Warm sunlight poured down on her head.
Rose shielded herself with one hand and smiled pleasantly.
“The weather is nice.”
It was the kind of warm sunlight Doana would never see in her life.
It was a perfect day.
Except for Eric, who was approaching...
Eric spotted Rose and hurried over.
“Ha... I don’t want to run into you.”
Rose turned her back on Eric with a tired expression.
He didn’t want to see Eric on such a pleasant day.
Eric called Rose’s name, oblivious to Rose’s feelings.
“Rose!”
He grabbed Rose’s shoulder roughly and turned her around to face him.
Before Rose could say anything, disgusted,
“I... was wrong.”
Eric knelt in front of Rose.
Rose looked at Eric with a puzzled expression. Then, in a voice mixed with embarrassment, he said,
“What are you doing in front of people? Get up!”
It was embarrassing to be the center of attention like this.
“No, I can’t get up until you forgive me.”
Eric looked at Rose with a determined expression.
Tercia, who had been watching from afar, fainted at the sight of Eric. It seemed that the sight of her son kneeling was quite shocking.
Rose looked at Eric, sighed, and said coldly,
“Then just sit like that for the rest of your life.”
Rose tried to avoid Eric, but was caught by him once again.
He grabbed Rose’s wrist.
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