The Male Lead’s Father Refuses to Break Off Our Engagement

Chapter 82

 

“Yes, but….”

Evelia stopped complaining any more and gestured to him.

“Don’t do that in front of me, go sit down.”

Cassis obediently followed Evelia’s words. He sat across from her and waited quietly until she spoke.

Evelia placed the two glass bottles that Samuel had given her on the table between them.

One was half of the poison, and the other was the antidote.

Cassis picked up the bottle of poison.

“What is this?”

“From now on, listen carefully to what I say.”

Evelia told Cassis, who was ready to listen, everything she had heard from Samuel.

It even states that Count Venion purchased poison, and given its purpose, it seems to be targeting the nanny.

However, since Samuel’s identity could not be revealed, she vaguely said, ‘I heard it from a reliable source.’

Cassis, who heard the whole story, was slightly impressed.

“Who gave you that information?”

“I’m sorry. I can’t tell you that.”

“Even to… me?”

Cassis looked a little disappointed. To be exact, there was almost no change in his expression, but Evelia felt that way.

“Let’s just say it’s a source of too much importance to tell even to you.”

Cassis sighed softly and asked again.

“Is the information trustworthy?”

“Yes.”

“If you trust it, I will trust you too. But targeting the nanny is a bit of a stretch.”

“Me too. Looking at the drug’s use, it seems like it is targeting the nanny, but in the current situation, there is no need to target the nanny.”

“Rather, If he targeted wife…”

“That’s what I meant.”

Evelia opened her mouth after a moment of contemplation.

“So, what do you mean? Why don’t we do it this way?”

Evelia whispered in Cassis’ ear so that no one could hear. Cassis’ eyes widened when he heard those words.

 

*****

 

After Evelia returned, Cassis became lost in thought.

“Count Venion.”

Just thinking about that name made me shiver. From the moment they first met, Cassis despised Count Venion.

How dare he blackmail him with Ruth’s father, and treat Evelia like that.

But after the hunting competition, his emotions became more intense.

I wanted to kill Count Venion right now. Honestly, even if he did that, the Emperor wouldn’t be able to punish Cassis.

That was the power Duke Adelhard had.

However, the reason he could not do so was entirely because of Evelia.

Anyway, Count Venion was Evelia’s father. Even if the two had broken off their relationship, he couldn’t have killed her father with his own hands, especially in a situation where there was no clear evidence.

But this time, you’re going to get poison and target Evelia?

Evelia said that the person Count Venion was targeting was more likely to be the nanny than herself, but in Cassis’ opinion, the target was Evelia.

Even though there is an antidote, Evelia could be in danger if she is not careful. I couldn’t just sit back and watch this.

Cassis rang the bell and called Logan.

“Did you call me?”

“Find out about the Venion family’s finances as soon as possible.”

“A line of funds?”

“Yes. I want you to find out what you can about Venion as soon as possible.”

“All right.”

“Oh, by the way.”

Cassis spoke calmly, but without hiding his anger.

“It looks like there’s a rat in the mansion. I want you to find it.”

Logan bowed.

“Yes, I will obey your orders.”

 

*****

 

Evelia left Cassis’ office and immediately went to see the nanny. At that moment, the nanny was coming out of Ruth’s room.

“Ah, madam. Young master is sleeping right now.”

“I came today because I had some business to do with nanny.”

“Oh, then please go to my room.”

The nanny took Evelia to her room.

Evelia looked at the neatly organized room and sat down.

“I’ll bring some tea.”

“No. It’s okay.”

Evelia refused, waving her hand. The nanny sat across from her with a serious face.

“Is something wrong?”

“From now on, don’t be surprised and listen carefully to what I say.”

Evelia took a deep breath and told the whole story to the nanny.

The nanny’s face was filled with astonishment when she heard what Count Venion was plotting.

“So, you’re saying I’m the target?”

“That’s the case.”

“But why do I…”

“Hmm.”

Evelia answered, recalling what she had organized with Cassis.

“What Count Venion is ultimately targeting is me and Ruth.”

“Oh my god!”

The nanny’s face was now blue.

“Why Madam and Young Master…”

“As you probably know, Nanny, I have now cut ties with Venion. But Count Venion wants to make his person Duchess Adelhard. Furthermore, he hopes to control the successor as well.”

“Then….”

“Yes. So he will kill me and Ruth and put his own person as Duchess of Adelhard.”

The nanny could no longer speak and covered her mouth with both hands. Evelia continued.

“If you want to target Ruth, the nanny who is attached to him will be an obstacle. therefore…”

Evelia could not bear to continue her terrible words. But perhaps that was enough to tell the story, and the nanny nodded.

“Then what should I do?”

“Currently, the poison that Count Venion obtained reacts with the headache medicine. Try to endure it without taking headache medicine as much as possible. but….”

Evelia handed over the antidote she had to the nanny.

“When taking headache medicine for unavoidable reasons, if you experience allergic symptoms, that is, difficulty breathing, take this medicine as soon as possible.”

“All right.”

“And…”

Evelia gave the last request.

“Even if your condition gets better, you have to pretend to be sick.”

“Why should I do that?”

Evelia smiled bitterly.

“That way we can put Count Venion at ease.”

 

*****

 

After listening to Evelia’s words, the nanny tried to avoid taking headache medicine as much as possible. She always carried the antidote I gave her.

However, migraine was a disease that should never be underestimated.

The nanny couldn’t bear the pain as if her head was splitting open and ended up drinking headache medicine.

And after a while, she started to feel out of breath. Her heart started beating so fast it felt like it was going to burst.

Only then did the nanny realize. These are the very symptoms of addiction that Evelia warned about.

The nanny quickly took out the antidote she was carrying in her pocket and poured it into her mouth.

The symptoms, which made it difficult to breathe as if her airways were swollen, gradually improved. Her heartbeat also started to slow down.

But is it because of the strain on the body? The nanny collapsed.

 

*****

 

Upon hearing the news that her nanny had collapsed, Evelia rushed over. I asked all the maids who were shedding tears and looked at the nanny.

As I held the nanny’s slightly cold hand, she gently opened her eyes.

“Madam.”

“Nanny!”

Evelia, who had raised her voice without realizing it, silenced her voice when she saw what was going on outside.

“Are you okay?”

The nanny smiled faintly.

“Yes. As you said, I took headache medicine and the symptoms appeared. So I took the antidote right away.”

“What a relief. I was very worried. I was very surprised.”

“I didn’t collapse to pretend to be sick, but I guess it was a good thing that I collapsed in the end, right?”

“Yes. That’s right.”

Evelia laughed as if she was about to cry. The nanny looked at her with loving eyes, as if she were her own daughter, and patted the back of her hand.

“I’m fine, so don’t worry too much, madam.”

“I’m sorry. I should have prevented this from happening in the first place….”

“No. You did well enough. By the way, shouldn’t you spread the rumor that I am in critical condition?”

“Yes.”

Evelia whispered, wiping away her tears.

“I’m sorry nanny, but….”

Evelia whispered in the nanny’s ear.

The nanny nodded after hearing her story, and the two’s plans began.

 

*****

 

Rumors that Ruth’s nanny was in critical condition quickly spread throughout the Adelhard mansion. The cause is an unexplained allergy.

However, the people in the mansion had never heard of the nanny having an allergy.

In particular, rumors began to spread among the kitchen maids in charge of food that the nanny might be suffering from another illness, as they had not given the nanny food that could cause allergies.

Evelia and Cassis quietly watched the rumor spread.

And he decided to send Nanny and Ruth secretly to Adelhard’s estate during the night.

“Mom, are you sure you’re not going?”