*PREVIOUS CHAPTER*
Elia whispered to her servant: "I'll make sure to ask for mercy for your pregnant sister, bitch". The servant's eyes immediately turned dark and she went silent.
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The duke and I returned to our estate after being forced to watch Elia's servant getting beheaded. Having seen so much blood as doctor in my last life, I fainted after seeing the servant getting beheaded. The pregnant sister will get beheaded after her baby turns 4 years old, it was truly sad to hear.
"Are you feeling better?" The duke was sitting across me, he carried me to our chamber after I fainted. I gave him a nod. Mary prepared a glass of water and I drunk from it.
"Countess Selina arrived home safely and she sent you a gift to thank you". Mary handed me a small box. My mood dropped. 'She sent me a lingerie set last time, what would she sent this time..?' My face grew gloomy and my soul left my body.
I carefully opened the box little by little. I was surprised with what she sent me, it wasn't something that I would expect from her. She sent me a lot of herbs and medicine. The duke looked at the box and grabbed a random herb, he immediately put it back and sighed.
"I seriously can't understand how you can see any difference between those things" I gave him a glare and gave him a 'hmph'. "You don't need to know" I said with a pouting face. The duke smiled in secret and left the room.
"The knights admire your medical skills a lot, duchess. They think of you as an angel from heaven" Mary said with sparkling eyes. I looked outside and watched them train and thought to myself: 'What would they do if I wasn't the duchess they know?'.
*The next day, 2 p.m.*
I got a letter from lady Geneva's lover, Steve Meddins. He wanted to meet me at a cafe downtown. I didn't have a good feeling about this, he would surely try to ask why I said such harsh words to him last time. I also didn't plan to meet him again, but I needed more information about Geneva.
I put on a hood and told Mary to prepare a carriage, I was going to end Steve from meeting with me again.
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"Lady Geneva, you came!" Steve immediately stood up but I shook my head. "I'm here to tell you to stop meeting me" I said it pretty harshly, otherwise he would continue chasing me. I saw Steve's face change and he looked me in the eyes.
"Run away with me! I'll ensure your safety! You can run from the old man!" I frowned and I put my hands on the table. "Tell me about that old man" I stared intensely into Steve's eyes, I could see him trembling a bit.
"You mean about the prince Finn? Your dad sold you to him, how could you forget about that?" Steve sounded pretty angry when talking about that old man Finn.
"After I ran away, I hit my head on something and got amnesia. I got adopted by the Luvenis family before I got married to duke Florys" Steve jumped from his chair. "You're married?! That prince won't let you go!" Steve was worried and held my hand again.
"Was I married to that Finn?" Steve heavily shook his head. "There are rumours about it, but you're only engaged". I sighed in relief, it would be bad if I had two husbands.
"I'm staying with the duke, you should keep yourself safe". I got up but Steve grabbed my arm. "Are you in love with that duke?" I turned around and saw his sad face. "It doesn't have anything to do with you".
"Did you forget all our moments together?" I saw tears forming in his eyes and began to feel a bit bad. "I can't remember any of them, please don't touch me" I pulled my arm back and gritted my teeth.
"Oh my, that man got rejected!" A woman behind us whispered. "That man was touching the lady without permission, it's expected!" A man said to his friends.
I left the cafe and quickly got on the carriage.
I looked outside and something bothered me about Steve's question. I tried to erase the thought but I couldn't.
'Do I like the duke...?'.