The Wicked Wife's Dark History Keeps Coming Back To Haunt Her - Chapter 162
āā¦Ah, my head is spinning.ā
She hadnāt even fully regained her senses, and now everyone was talking about different things, so of course it was confusing.
But in this situation, if she were to announce her intention to divorce, the conversation would only get more complicated, so she decided it was better to leave that out for now.
āRight, thatās how it should be. People shouldnāt just talk about divorce so carelessly when thereās a child on the way.ā
But what needed correcting, must be corrected.
Nina pressed her temples firmly and said,
āLet me make this clear. I am not pregnant.ā
āNotā¦ pregnant?ā
āYes, itās just a baseless rumor.ā
At her words, a look of relief flashed across the three faces, but it was only momentary.
āā¦Wait, then Duke, what was the secret you pleaded with His Majesty to keep?ā
It was something she least wanted her family to know.
Realizing she could not avoid an explanation, Nina buried her face in her hands and tightly shut her eyes.
She sincerely wanted to cry.
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Sheād thought that reuniting with her family would be a tearful scene of reconciliation, but instead, everyone put family conflict aside and focused on the drug incident.
āā¦Are you alright? Are you sure your safety is guaranteed? If youāre worried, you can come to my residence right now and have a private physician examine you.ā
Nina, seeing the worried look in her grandfatherās eyes, shook her head, moved almost to tears.
āI spat it out before swallowing, so you donāt have to worry. I slept and woke up and felt completely fine.ā
āEven so, you should get checked out, just in case.ā
āYes, do as your grandfather says.ā
Her mother as well as her father.
This was exactly why she hadnāt wanted to tell them what happened todayā¦
She was already in a position where she ought to apologize and beg forgiveness, but instead, she was receiving concern, which made her heart ache with guilt.
āI know my own body best, so please donāt worry too much about me. More than that, Iād like you to focus your investigation on Marquis Crewe.ā
Nina went ahead and shared everything she suspected.
That the masterminds behind the drug incident were likely Marquis Crewe and Rebecca.
That Marquis Dunklin, who seemed to have ties to Marquis Crewe, and the Delphinium Foundation, were also somehow involved.
And that, because art or donations could easily be used for money laundering, there might be more people suspicious of this than expected.
However.
āItās strange, but the style of the artists supported by Delphinium tends to look very similar.ā
āYes. Every artist has their own unique style or worldview, but theirs are almost like carbon copiesā¦ā
Words sheād heard from Henry.
And several pieces displayed in Delphiniumās gallery that had felt somehow off.
āThey were like depictions of pain, rage, and violenceā¦ā
And the image of the violent addict she had seen at Count Braumhillās estate.
Finally, the drug that had reached out to her today.
It didnāt feel like just an organization for money laundering. How many people could even guess at this?
If she hadnāt come across those pieces of information, she never would have suspected Marquis Crewe and Marquis Dunklin were involved with the drug.
Marquis Dunklin aside, why would the Minister of Finance, who lacks for nothing, get involved in the drug business?
Her grandfather spoke through gritted teeth, voice tightly restrained.
āWe were already looking into Marquis Crewe and Marquis Dunklin. Thereās always been something suspicious about themā¦ but weāll dig even deeper now.ā
If itās the Minister of Finance, heās the kind of person who could easily bribe a palace maid.
The Minister of Finance was the next most powerful man after the Chief Justice.
Recruiting a handful of lackeys for dirty work was nothing to him, and besides, he was grandfatherās political adversary.
At that moment, Ash spoke in a calm voice.
āI have already implored His Majesty to quietly find the perpetrator. Nothing good will come of it for my wife if poison is mentioned. So I ask that the three of you act as if you know nothing about this matter.ā
But though his voice was as calm as running water, a deadly, steely light flickered through his gray eyes, as if barely suppressing rage.
Everyone was restraining their fury over what had happened to Nina.
āā¦But Duke, it seems you and my granddaughter have different thoughts about divorce.ā
āPlease, speak freely, sir.ā
āI have sins of my own, so how can I speak so comfortably? More than that, I want to know why your mind has changed so suddenly, just as we are finally about to set things right. Since our views differ, Iād like to hear your side.ā
ā¦No plans for divorce.
Nina herself was curious why Ash had said that, so she pricked up her ears, waiting.
He lowered his deep eyes, savoring his words in silence, then slowly opened his mouth.
ReadingRainbow9266
I actually feel bad for Ash here lol. Probably for the first time in the entire novel so far. I mean, heās barely come to terms with his feelings, and yet now he has his wifeās family questioning him when he hasnāt even decided what heās going to do or revealed his feelings for Nina yetā¦ Iām dying of curiosity, but I have a feeling heās going to brush it off with something like, āthis is a subject I should discuss with my wife before anythingā.. or something of the sort