The Villainess Hides Her Wealth - Chapter 80.2

Chapter 80.2

“…”

“Was it really a mistake?”

There was nothing more to say.

She had even revealed that she had done it to get to know some insignificant young ladies.

She had nothing else to do but appeal to emotion, so what else was she going to say here?

‘Wrong.’

Now that it had come to this, there was a last resort.

Lilika released all the strength from her exhausted body.

“Lilika!”

She pretended to faint. Lilika’s feeble body collapsed on the floor.

Her intention was to avoid this situation.

But… Crown Prince Enoch wasn’t shaken at all.

Duke Primrose gritted his teeth at the sight of his cold appearance.

“My young child is having such a hard time. Must you really continue with the lawsuit?”

Any lawsuit could be settled in the duke’s residence. It wasn’t like Lilika killed a person.

However, the problem was that the other person was involved with the imperial merchant guild.

Duke Primrose tried to somehow negotiate with the imperial merchant guild and Yunette, saying that he would offer compensation to the affected noblewoman.

But since he showed this attitude… it was inevitable that it would make his emotions boil.

“She didn’t do it on purpose, she did it without thinking!”

“Did you teach your daughter that she can act without thinking, Duke Primrose?”

Because of what she did without thinking, Yunette’s image of ‘cosmetics for you’ and ‘healthy cosmetics’ suffered catastrophic damage.

If Lilika’s actions had not been revealed, Yunette would have really collapsed.

The good image it had so far would become its weakness.

“I heard that the noble lady could have become blind.”

“It was impossible for that to happen just from applying the cosmetics once! It was because the noble ladies hated Lilika and were jealous. She fell into a trap. You really don’t know, Your Highness!”

“If she didn’t want to go to court, Lady Lilika Primrose should have publicly admitted that she made fake cosmetics and apologized. But isn’t she the one who keeps acting shamelessly?”

Duke Primrose’s face turned red at the crown prince’s words.

“I can’t believe you didn’t change your mind even after I said all this. The imperial family is really Primrose duchy’s…”

“Enough!”

At that moment, Duchess Primrose, who had stayed quiet until then, interrupted them.

“Honey, you should stop too.”

“Why are you interfering!”

“If you continue to be this emotional, Lilika becomes a lady who makes mistakes and doesn’t reflect on them.”

“That…!”

Duchess Primrose took a step forward. Then, she bowed her head to the crown prince.

“…!”

“I apologize. As her mother, I raised her wrong.”

Being the duchess, she had authority.

She had never bowed her head because of doing something wrong before.

“I will take responsibility, and let Lilika acknowledge her guilt and apologize.”

“…”

“So even if it is for my sake, please settle the lawsuit.”

Duke Primrose stiffened at the sight of the woman in front of him.

She was a woman who always annoyed and bothered him, always pretending to be nice.

But… he couldn’t believe she even bowed her head in this situation.

“Then, for the sake of Duchess Primrose, I will let this matter go.”

The crown prince quickly approached the duchess and told her to raise her head.

“Don’t forget, Duke Primrose, that the reason I’m letting this go is because of the Duchess.”

Duke Primrose clenched his teeth strongly.

He didn’t like that face that was pretending to be good to the end.

Why should the head of Primrose, the foremost duchy of the empire, be humiliated like this?

‘He only became the crown prince thanks to his brother’s death… Acting like this when he doesn’t know anything. Speaking as if he had no intention of withdrawing at all if my wife had not stepped forward.’

However, he could not even raise his voice again and stop the crown prince as he turned around and left.

This was all…

“Lilika, that child’s fault.”

***

Lilika had come out after she fainted, so she didn’t know what happened after that.

Even after a priest was called to check her healthy body and she received divine power, she was only immersed in the thought that she was pitiful.

‘I can’t believe I got that kind of look from His Highness.’