1 Chapter 1-Laundry Basket(1)

It takes a great amount of courage to try and find the mistress of your husband as the madam of the Duke's family.

Of course, that would only be the case if I was the 'real' Duchess.

But it was different with me, since I only woke up one day as the wife of an important character in a novel. My husband meets with a woman secretly, every night at a place he bought with his own money, and the woman was a commoner at that, someone of much lower status.

Yet the two were deeply in love.

"Excuse me...."

The frail lady's shoulders were trembling.

Her neck was so long and pale that I was reminded of an animal that was known for having a long neck.

Ah. Now's not the time to be spacing out.

I tapped my teacup as I tried to remember.

"I'm sure you already know who I am."

The woman lowered her head and did not meet my gaze, as if something terrible might happen if she did.

Considering the fact that her hands are trembling, she probably thinks that I despise her.

Maintaining an elegant pose, I gazed at her exposed shoulders.

She looked more frail than thin with her pale arms and slender fingers. Her hair, which flows down was as light as her skin.

She looked like she would fly away if anyone did so much as tap her.

She was like a baby bird that had fallen out of its nest, making you want to hug her.

"Yes... I do, Duchess."

Her non stop trembling hands told me that she was still extremely nervous.

"So you should already know what I'm going to say."

Woah. Calm down, girl. I'm not planning on throwing water on you or anything.

Of course, this would normally be the perfect time to throw water on her and drench her face. It was a common scene in morning dramas.

"As you already know, my husband is Duke DeLove."

Duke DeLove had taken in a mistress after a mere 3 months of being married to his official wife.

Not only that, he used his own money to purchase a house for her and met frequently with her.

That small, stable place was a place you would call a 'Lovers' Nest'.

"And you are?"

I already knew, but I asked anyway, pretending not to know. The woman flinched, then replied.

"S-Seira Torsoné."

My husband's mistress was a beautiful commoner named Seira Torsoné.

I woke up as the wife of Duke DeLove, the irresponsible teacher of the male lead.

I was inside the book when I opened my eyes, and I began realizing what role this man's wife had in the novel as I was adjusting.

After getting married, the Duke narrowed down his lover and mistress to one person. And that person was right in front of me, Seira Torsoné.

Of course this probably meant Seira had an amazing personality & beautiful looks as well, but there was no questioning the fact that the two were deeply in love.

In the original works, I'm caught up in a battle for power and end up dying, and Seira automatically fills in my spot. After that... I didn't read on so I'm not sure.

I stopped reading because I was mad and didn't really expect the male lead to learn much from a teacher like my husband.

Duke DeLove was someone who was not only skilled enough to teach the male lead swordsmanship, but was also talented in strategic matters, which meant he had a huge influence on political matters as well.

To top it off, he had an appearance that made anyone who saw him stare in awe.

Anyway, he was someone that women couldn't help but fall for.

And I was his wife, who was stressed and depressed over a man like him, and ultimately ended up dying because of a battle for power.

Just like how every 'possessed' situation is, I knew of the dark future that would come.

"Don't you think all the paintings here have beautiful, unique colors and lines? It's really a heavenly place for people like us since they even have a resting area prepared in an amazing place like this."

The situation we were in made the mood rigid, and I tried to loosen it up a bit by bringing something up that didn't stray too far from Seira's interests.