The Ugly Wife of the Shady Duke - Chapter 46.2
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Grace recalled when he mentioned “last time.” When he gifted her many small and lovely flowers.
“The flowers from that time were also nice.”
“But they were all prepared for My lady’s hobby.”
“…!”
Only now did Grace realize that he had deliberately chosen flowers suitable for pressing.
Benjamin let out a shy smile.
“Recently, you have been giving away the things you made, so I thought, what if I didn’t receive any? I actually planned it quite carefully.”
It was a reason too childish to be called a plan. He, who could grasp anything he desired, simply wished for the flattened flowers pressed by his wife.
“I didn’t expect you to wish for that.”
“Well, you just have to remember from now on.”
As he gently held her hand, he added,
“I hope only happiness comes your way in the future.”
His voice was undeniably sincere.
‘If this is a lie, he should become an actor.’
Guiding her through the garden while gently leading her with their hands intertwined, he seemed familiar with the place. Judging from how he explained each one himself, it seemed that this was not the first time he had been to this place.
‘Looks familiar.’
He explained where and what flowers were planted, what types they were, and the characteristics of each one, like a person who had originally lived here.
He seemed like the owner of this greenhouse.
“You seem to know this place well.”
“Ah.”
At Grace’s question, Benjamin stopped his explanation as if caught off guard.
His ears turned red.
“Well, that’s…”
“That’s what?”
“Well…”
Benjamin hesitated as if confessing a childish lie he had made up. Grace had asked without any particular thought, but seeing him flustered made her feel even more flustered inside.
“You don’t have to say if you don’t want to.”
“I studied.”
“…?”
“…”
“Yes?”
They both blurted out almost simultaneously. Grace’s eyes widened in surprise as Benjamin unexpectedly confessed to studying.
He cleared his throat, a habit he had when embarrassed.
“I studied because I wanted to have conversations with My Lady. I didn’t know I would get caught, though.”
His natural way of explaining the flowers almost made her overlook it.
Grace’s mouth was slightly agape, she was taken aback by his attitude.
All her doubts from a moment ago seemed like lies.
‘Why can’t this person recognize that Grace has changed?’
She even began to doubt herself, wondering if she was in the wrong. Even though she denied it and whispered in her mind that it couldn’t be possible, she couldn’t ignore the voice that echoed and spread.
Benjamin was undeniably kind to Grace.
‘Then why did the original turn out that way?’
At least with Benjamin, there seemed to be no reason for him to harm Grace.
With this level of kindness, it seemed like he would offer favorable conditions for a divorce if he happened to fall in love with someone else.
‘Did Grace hold on to him?’
Perhaps there were unseen aspects in the original story.
Or perhaps, as the original portrayed him as the ultimate villain, there might be something he was hiding.
‘It’s strange…’
As she calmly reconsidered the situation with a clearer mind, there was nothing particularly unusual about it.
‘Why did I automatically assume that Benjamin killed Grace?’
She revisited the story, wondering if it was because of the vague description in the original, where they attributed Grace as a sick soldier within the mansion.
No matter how she questioned herself, she couldn’t come up with a proper answer.
The lack of information about Duchess Felton in the book was to blame.
‘Well, there was hardly any information about her other than rumors of her incompetence from the newspapers or people around.’
And yet, another question arose. If Benjamin was so kind and considerate toward Grace, could he really have been unaware of such rumors?
‘It feels like the genre of my life suddenly turned into a thriller.’
Since she died and reincarnated into this body, she couldn’t know the true thoughts of her affectionate husband, no matter how well she knew him.
Grace couldn’t help but feel that she was truly in a difficult situation.
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