Night of the Abandoned Duchess

Spoiler: Chapter 42Rosaline tells Albert that Kyle found out everything, but fortunately, he's a good father to Leo. Albert says he also wants to help out with her father's murder investigation. He knows someone at the palace who can help. Rosaline asks why he's doing so much for her, and he confesses his feelings. Rosaline is speechless, but she had long guessed that his feelings towards her were more than friendship. She tells him she only thinks of him as a friend.

At Kyle's castle, Rosaline is telling Leo a bed time story with a dragon and a princess. He falls asleep before it ends, but Kyle asked what happened. She replies that in the end, the princess stabs the dragon and runs away, leaving the dragon alone to regret for the rest of its life. She says she doesn't want to talk to him anymore and once Leo wakes up, she'll go. Kyle tries to apologize again. Rosaline asks if he's apologizing about Olivia again and replies that it's not his fault that she pushed Leo, and it was her own misunderstanding what happened back then.

"But I mean, that's what I thought. If I had asked about it back then, it wouldn't have been this hard for so long. But four years ago, I couldn't ask. I was scared. It's scary to hear the truth, so can I ask you if I'm nothing? That was the most scary and terrifying thing."

He apologizes again for hurting her, but she thinks that she didn't just leave him because of Olivia. If they had been a normal married couple, they could have resolved their misunderstandings. She realized that the problem wasn't with Olivia or her infertility. The problem was "us".

Kyle continues groveling. "But even knowing that, I can't let you go until the end. I can't do it without you now. Looking back, in the beginning, just looking at you made me angry, nervous, stuffy, annoyed. It was only after you left that I knew it was called love. Rosaline... I realized it too late."

He asks her if she can hate him by his side. It was ok if she didn't love him like before. He didn't dare ask for her love. He wants the three of them to live together, and he would spend the rest of his life with a heart of atonement.

Rosaline replies that she always felt abandoned, even on the nights they embraced each other. All she had left was the facade of the duchess. And now she needs time to get used to all the changes. He implores again if she can adapt by his side. They didn't have to live as a couple again, but as a family of three with Leo. He tells her to take time to think it over. She says she doesn't know if thinking about it will make a difference and then walks away.
Spoiler: Chapter 43Kyle sent beautiful clothes and accessories to Rosaline again, but she refuses to wear them. She doesn't want to feel anymore indebted to him. In the past, she wanted to look pretty for him and purposely chose dresses that were flashier and more revealing than she liked. Now she just wears modest dresses. They're back at Kyle's estate, and Leo is running around playing. Kyle stares at her and remarks that she never wears the clothes he gave her. She replies "I don't have to look pretty anymore." In response, Kyle mutters "even if you don't want to look pretty, you're beautiful... whatever you do, no matter what you do." He walks up to her and caresses her cheek. She asks why he's staring and he says "it's exciting."

He thinks to himself that she always had a pretty face in his dreams. During their marriage, she would always show him a calm smile, but he turned his back to her. But now, it seemed so easy for her to turn her back on him. Touching her cheek now makes him realize it isn't a dream. When she asks what he's excited about, he replies "that now is reality... and I'm happy." Rosaline just furrows her brows and doesn't respond, and then leo intersects to say he's hungry. He takes turns feeding Rosaline and then Kyle, and then tells them to feed each other. Kyle tries to feed her, but she just turns her head away in embarrassment. Leo just continues eating.

At some point later, Rosaline visits Albert's relatives' house for dinner. She meets his relative Selina, and they get along well. Sevina says that Albert has told her a lot about her and how beautiful she is. Her and Albert are both kind and warm without the pretense of nobles. As they're eating, Albert says he has something to tell her once they're done. 

turns out the novel is very short, it's good that the conflict doesn't drag on 

And Spoiler: Comment on a spoilerall the men in this series suckkkkkkkkkk 

Spoiler: Chapter 51In the carriage, Albert is reading documents while Rosaline is trying to secretly cut her ropes with a piece of glass she picked up from the ground when she fell. However the glass is a bit too small, and she's struggling and accidentally cuts her wrist. When she moans in pain, Albert asks what's wrong, but she just plays it off that she hurt herself when she was pushed down earlier. Her escape efforts are cut short when he apologizes before blindfolding her.

Rosaline asks why he wanted to take revenge and if he was going to kill her. He replies that at first, he did want to kill her, but it's true that he likes her a bit. So now he's thinking of just taking her instead, and every time she sees him, she'll think of her lost son and the father he killed. He explains that her father pushed his father out of power and caused the downfall of his family. Rosalind tries to persuade him that her father may have sinned, but Albert shouldn't hurt innocent people (I think she says she'll pay for her father's sins but asks him not to hurt anyone else. Dialog was unclear). She thinks that she wants to escape as much as possible but if Leo or anyone else got hurt because of it, it would be better to die here.

Albert starts to aks if she wants to die, but suddenly the carriage seems to be attacked. Albert steps out to check and Rosalind tries to cut her ropes again. The carriage is toppled over, but she manages to cut her ropes and peeks outside. Men are fighting, and it seems like they were attacked by thieves. She tries to take the opportunity to run into the bushes, but someone grabs her wrist. Turning around, she's shocked to see Kyle. He urgently directs her to run up a road and says he'll send his friend Dustin with her. However, she sees that he only brought a couple men with him and is afraid he'll be outnumbered. As he's telling her to hurry and leave, someone appears behind him.
Spoiler: Chapter 52Rosaline screams as a sword comes at Kyle. He manages to block it but the man is pressing him hard. Kyle turns his head and tells her to go and call more soldiers. She still hesitates because he's severely outnumbered, but he keeps just yelling at her to go (why do authors always do this ? What does she think she can do here??). Dustin comes over and urges her to run. She finally starts running, but Kyle suddenly yells her name. Looking back, she sees a knife flying at her. Kyle throws himself in front of her and is struck in the arm. Rosalind trembles and screams his name. She starts to ask if he's ok, but Dustin grabs her and tells her there's no time. They just have to trust in Kyle and his abilities. They reach a horse, but Rosalind refuses to get on. She tells Dustin to call the soldiers, but she can't let Kyle die for her. He asks her what she can do to help, but she just says she can't leave him and runs back.

Kyle and Albert are fighting. Albert's side is injured, but Kyle feels himself losing strength in the arm that was stabbed. He thinks that when he investigated Albert, it was suspicious because he couldn't find much info on him, and then Rosalind suddenly disappeared, only leaving a letter. However, Kyle wasn't fooled because he knew she would never leave Leo behind. Assuming something had happened, he immediately sent out people to look for her.

Albert tries to goad Kyle, saying he's no different from himself, blinded by a woman. Kyle just retorts that he's not a murderer like him. Albert sees that Kyle is struggling and continues to goad him. But Kyle only wonders if Rosaline made it out safely and thinks he needs to live so he can see her. Suddenly, Albert screams and collapses. Kyle raises his head to see a shaking Rosaline standing behind him with a rock. Kyle quickly subdues him and then turns to her. She tearfully tells him she couldn't leave him behind. Kyle is touched but quickly moves to tie Albert to a tree with Rosaline's help. He tells her they'll wait for the soldiers to arrive. However, seeing her injuries and ragged clothes, he's angered and suggests they end it now before the soldiers come. 

Spoiler: Chapter 49 - Rosaline is kidnappedAfter Rosaline leaves the investigation unit without much progress, she goes to look for Anna. After wandering for a while, she finds her pouch on the ground. As she's calling and searching for Anna, Rosaline finds herself in a remote part of town. Suddenly, someone covered her mouth with cloth from behind. She feels a knife on her neck just before passing out.

When she wakes up, she comes face to face with Albert. He pulls the cloth from her mouth and when she tentatively calls his name, he tells her his real name is Jade. She tries to ask him why he's doing this and what happened to Anna, but he tells her to worry about her own safety first. He says he's not going to kill her right now, but he'll take her somewhere no one knows about. He forged a letter from her accusing Kyle of killing her father and also claiming that she wanted to run away with her true love, Albert, and start a new life with him.

Rosaline looks at him and says he was the one who killed her father. Albert admits it freely. Killing the father and taking his daughter was the perfect revenge. He says he initially approached her with the intention of killing her but changed his mind. He doesn't think it would be bad to live with her, who was affectionate despite her garbage father. Mentioning her father reminds Rosaline of Leo. She's more scared of leaving Leo behind than of what might happen to her. She's determined to get back to him.

She tells him his plan to frame Kyle won't work. When she asked the man at the market to investigate Kyle, she also had him investigate Albert. It was surprisingly difficult to find information on him. A knock on the door interrupts their convo, and a man in a black mask entered and whispered something to Albert.
Spoiler: Chapter 50The man appears to have reported bad news because Albert asks Rosaline how she knew. She replies that he was suspicious because she never told him her father was stabbed multiple times, and that info was never made public. Then she tells him when she spilled tea on him, it was on purpose. She figured since it was a physical fight, there might have been a wound because the assailant's clothes were torn. When she came in the room, she noticed the bandage on his arm that seemed too much for a slight burn, and there was no water or ice in the room to treat the burn. Albert doesn't deny it but asks if she has proof other than circumstantial evidence. She replies that his torn clothes will be the evidence, as they were a unique color. They were made by his mother who passed away, so it's unlikely he would throw them away.

Albert laughs and says he thought she was a complete idiot, but she's actually smarter than he thought. He continues to say that he doesn't dislike smart women, but he does when they know too much. He takes out a knife threateningly and tells her not to provoke him because he doesn't want to hurt her.

The man from earlier comes back and says all the soldiers are either dead or wounded, so it's time to leave. They tie her up again and bring her outside. She tries to look around to get a clue where they are, but the man yells at her and shoves her to the ground. Albert picks her up from the ground then the man drags her outside to a carriage. 

So he bought back all the properties she put on sale?  Lmao 

Another over-bearing, unnecessarily cruel ML and weak MC with sh*tty family. However, if you are after some smut, the novel has ample s*x scenes. 

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