How To Get My Husband On My Side

Chapter 117

Has she not yet realized her greedy plan of stealing jewels from me is stupid after all this time?

I didn't think she would be this daft.

"You know, Lucille."

"Yes, madam?"

"I won't be giving away any more jewelry."

Surprised, Lucille turned around as she was picking up the cold teapot, when I spat out these words with a little bit of mischief.

Her wide-eyed face was very worth seeing.

A mixture of surprise and fear flickered in her eyes.

I deliberately pouted at her expression.

"I won't give you anything but a fixed salary. So you can stop serving me."

"...W-What do you mean madam... That's not what I want!"

"Really?"

"......."

"......."

"Of course, if you want to give something to me, I'd be more than happy..."

The greedy Lucille stuttered, her face turning bright red.

And for a moment, I couldn't help but wonder how humans here were so shameless and insistent.

But that wasn't necessarily bad.

"Very well, I can give you an award when you and Ronja do particularly well. Don't expect much though."

"Yes, madam!"

And not much of a surprise but Lucille looked down humbly with a big smile etched on her lips.

Oh, she's as foolish as ever.

Should I say it's good to be able to see her honesty?

Honesty won't exactly bring her any empathy but it's good overall.

I fell asleep again after drinking the tea that Lucille brought me.

I didn't feel any pain in particular, but I fell asleep quickly when I closed my eyes, perhaps because of the over-excitement.

As my solemn father-in-law said, I have a lot of work to do after I recover, so I should rest as much as I can.

Thanks to the warm sunset that fell on my eyelids when I woke up from a nap, I sensed the shadow of someone near me.

I looked up to see if it was my husband, but it wasn't.

It was my beautiful sister-in-law who looked just like him.

On top of that, she was alone.

All the time I was here as a patient, Ellenia would often sneak up at the door, watch quietly and disappear only when the Doctor or the maids checked up on me.

Maybe she was afraid of me. That came without a doubt. But I just felt like we both weren't ready.

Ready for what? Even I wasn't sure.

While I was looking far away, Ellenia also stopped pacing and stared at me with that expressionless look.

The sunset glow from the window highlighted our faces.

"......you may have heard already."

The voice that finally rang was as calm and cold as her appearance.

Her long hands under the wide lace sleeves look especially dainty today.

"I sent Martha somewhere else."