My Husband Hates Me, But He Lost His Memories - Chapter 14.1
Chapter 14.1
Translator: Yonnee
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Arriving in front of Lily’s room, Theodore found that he couldn’t meet her.
It wasn’t because she refused to meet him—unexpectedly, it was because she wasn’t in her room.
“The Madam just went out. I believe she’s on a short trip outside…”
“She couldn’t have gone alone. Who accompanied her?”
“That’s…”
At Theodore’s question, the lady-in-waiting named Jenna couldn’t come up with an answer and only stuttered.
Theodore stared at her and raised one eyebrow, then he asked again.
“Did no one accompany her? The Duchess of Valentino?”
“……”
Jenna couldn’t say anything to that. In fact, this had already happened so often. Lily Everett would go out frequently, and the one who’d come with her would usually be Charlotte. Except for Charlotte, no one else tried to accompany her.
It was ridiculous, to say the least, for a duchess to go out without an escort, but in the Valentino Castle, this was taken in stride. No one thought of Lily as the duchess.
Furthermore, both Missus Seymour and Theodore, the elder and the master of the household respectively, were indifferent to Lily. So naturally, the servants followed suit and ignored her as well. There was no evidence left, and the understated, subtle harassment they did was a bonus.
“Amazing.”
“I-I apologize.”
“What are you apologizing for?”
“……”
Jenna bowed her head down. Anyone with common sense could see that even if she had ten mouths, there was no excuse she could give. However, everyone thus far had rested easy because none of the Valentino household’s family members had reprimanded them until now.
“This must have happened often.”
“I will punish you accordingly later. Keep that in mind.”
“Yes, I understand…”
Theodore’s gaze went from Jenna to Charlotte, who then flinched slightly. She looked down at the floor, though with a straight posture.
…He had a nagging feeling for a while now, but she seemed to know something. She was the only lady-in-waiting close to Lily, so it was only obvious. With a low voice, Theodore asked.
“Do you know where the Duchess went?”
“…I apologize, but I have no idea.”
“You often went out with her. But you don’t know?”
“I went with the Madam to the suburbs for a stroll along the river before, but I really don’t know where she went today, Your Grace.”
“……”
Theodore smiled wordlessly—it was a sharp, glass-like smile. Charlotte flinched reflexively, and it was clear to Theodore that she was hiding something. Even so, he decided not to interrogate her further.
With Charlotte pretending not to know, it seemed to only be surrounding anything related to Lily.
The duchess, who had continued to receive the hatred of the duchy’s vassals, seemed to be hiding a secret of her own.
Whatever it was, he’d be able to uncover it later.
Theodore stepped closer to the door, reaching out to open it without any hesitation. Shocked by this, Charlotte’s shoulders trembled.
A noblewoman’s quarters was a place that even her husband should not be entering rashly when she wasn’t there. It was as custom dictates.
However, like a ruffian, Theodore invaded the woman’s quarters and began to search the room recklessly. Charlotte, who was taken aback, didn’t know what to do. But she had no way of stopping him.
Theodore took out Lily’s things one by one and inspected them. Notebooks, sketchbooks, diaries, small keys, jewelry boxes, hand mirrors…
When one jewelry box was opened, the very few accessories within glistened beneath the indoor light. There were only a few things inside—a simple pair of pearl earrings, a silver ring with a sapphire the size of a fingernail, a bracelet with a small diamond as the pendant of a thin cord…
It was a crude, insufficient collection for a duchess. Among the accessories, what caught Theodore’s eye was a necklace adorned with a light green peridot pendant. The large peridot’s hue was the same color as Lily’s eyes.
Staring at the necklace in his hand, Theodore felt a strange sense of dissonance with it. Strangely, one side of his chest seemed to be tightening.
“……”
He stared at the peridot necklace for a long time, but he soon placed it back into the jewelry box and set it down. Then, he started searching through Lily’s other things.
He didn’t think that he should read through the diary closely, so he just flipped through it. He didn’t know what the small key would unlock, and the notebook contained random words and numbers.
Lastly, he opened the sketchbook. And as he did, Theodore was unknowingly struck by it. The charcoal sketches were so good that they could be considered as an expert’s work.
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