Why are you obsessed with your fake wife? - Chapter 54-1

“The reason is… related to your father.”

“What?”

“You must be aware of the tragedy that happened to the previous Marquis and his wife, right?”

“Yes, of course.”

The Marchioness died as the carriage rolled down the ridge, and the previous Marquis was seriously injured and had yet to recover to his consciousness.

Glenn almost had an accident along with his parents, but fortunately, he was spared the disaster as he was departing separately.

“And the prime suspect in the case… Do you also know that it is your father, Madam?”

“Well, yes.”

“My lord must be in a lot of agony right now. Is it right for him to be a lover with the daughter of the enemy who killed his parent… It has become his concern at the moment.”

“…….”

“So my lord does not accept the lady’s heart yet, not because you lack something. It’s not your fault. I’m sure he didn’t mean what he said yesterday. So I don’t want you to blame yourself.”

“…….”

In front of this genuinely concerned person, Nadia couldn’t bear to say something she had in her mind.

‘That’s not what my father’s doing.’

It really wasn’t. Really.

When the news broke in the capital that the Marquis Winterfell and his wife had an accident, the Duke Balazit said this.

‘Tsk tsk, Marquis Winterfell must have enemies inside. That goes to any other family.’

‘Oh, that means…… Are you saying that father was not behind the accident?’

‘What?’

At that time, he jumped up in a genuine rage.

‘Do you think I would have made such a clumsy scheme? If I did, I’d definitely kill them both! So that neither of them was breathing!’

The Duke said it in a tone that sounded like he was offended that his ability was doubted than the fact that he was falsely accused of assassinating his political opponent.

‘Anyway, it’s not something my father did.’

If the family head died, the property and territory would only be inherited to his son.

The Winterfell estate might be distressed, but their power could hardly be damaged.

Furthermore, after the incident, the northern lords became more united and began to be cautious of the southern forces.

How could such a quick-witted father have done something that would make him lose more than gain?

As Nadia’s father said, it was more likely that there was an insider traitor.

‘But even if I say that the perpetrator is not my father, it wouldn’t be convincing…’

As anyone would have thought, blood was thicker than water, defending her father would only cause a misunderstanding.

It would only be right to find out the real mastermind than to claim the duke’s innocence.

‘I’ll think about this matter later.’

First of all, Nadia would need to resolve the misunderstanding before her eyes. Nadia opened her mouth again.

“Sir Fabian.”

“Yes.”

“Thank you for your concern. But I really don’t mind. I never felt offended. If I looked depressed, it would be just your imagination or for other reasons.”

“…What?”

Fabian’s expression changed strangely. He looked like he didn’t understand how Nadia wasn’t offended.

To answer his question, she began to come up with an improvised excuse.

“Falling in love with a person’s appearance is not true love. True love is not about appearance, it’s about liking me as a human being! So I was not heartbroken by Glenn’s words.”

“…….”

Fabian thought.

‘Then what did she see of our lord that made her fall in love at first sight? Wasn’t it his face?’

Fabian thought Nadia was in love with a man she had never talked to because she felt a fateful love at first sight for Glenn’s appearance.

His lord’s appearance was really attractive and all the knights acknowledged it.

But she said it wasn’t a true love!

Sooner or later, there would be another debate on why the new madam was so clingy to the Marquis.

As if she could guess the confusion that her kinght escort was feeling, Nadia told a dreamlike story.

“I can wait until Glenn is attracted to who I really am.”

“Yes…, I see.”

“So if the reason why Glenn didn’t look good yesterday is not because of the sickness, then I want you to tell him that I hope I can have him back as soon as possible.”

Nadia was glad that Glenn wasn’t as weak as she was worried. Now she was confident enough to make him work hard.

“I have an inspection scheduled for tomorrow. If it’s canceled, I have to change all his schedules for a week.”

“Well, I’ll tell him so.”

“Please do so.”

Fabian bowed slightly and stepped outside to convey what Nadia had said.

Inside the quiet office, she was lost in thought, rolling her pen.

‘Attempted to assassinate the previous Marquis couple.… It was indeed a problem that had to be solved.’

Nadia remembered hearing about how the previous Marquis of Winterfell died in her last life.

‘It was said he slowly died with his whole body hardened.’