I’ll Become the Female Lead in this Trashy Webnovel

59. Results of selection (2)

She twisted her brown hair nervously. It had been a few weeks since she entered the mansion but she was frustrated because she hadn’t made any progress in her work. It was a problem that could have been easily dealt with if the bad-tempered man was away from Ariad. Unfortunately, Duke Filtmore didn’t want to stay away from her for an hour. It was obvious that he cared for the woman very much. After waiting for the right opportunity every single day, she finally found a chance. Duke Filtmore left the lady when the crowd outside the mansion became too loud. Upon entering the bedroom, she handed the drink immediately to the woman standing in front of the window. It was an apple juice that contained sweet-smelling poison. This poison, which was handed to the royal family, could lead to a quick death even after taking a minuscule amount. Without a doubt, Ariad must have drunk every single drop. Soon after, she was vomiting blood and twisting her throat. She screamed when a sign of movement came from outside the room.

“Lady Ariad!” She had accidentally grimaced in her concerned act as the servants rushed towards the woman.

“I’m in trouble! Lady Ariad drank the apple juice that the lord had made and suddenly———-”

At least, her tearful voice was excellent to the point of deception. She was certain that she wasn’t going to be questioned since the lord did make the juice himself. She just found the opportunity to put some poison in it. Even the doctor would find it difficult to implicate her in this crime since the poison was too small. She carried on imagining herself living such a happy life upon receiving her monetary rewards. She intended to depart from this mansion today and head for the Imperial City. So-hee checked that particular episode and burst into laughter. She was able to remember the servant’s appearance——-a brown-haired, freckled woman——before she lost consciousness.

“I’m going to steal your fortune.”

Nevertheless, the important content was vaguely written. It was said that the poison was handed over by someone from the royal family but it didn’t say who the person was.

“A ruined novel. Very arbitrary.”

So-hee cursed her novel and quickly read the previous episodes. Kelly’s portion was overwhelmingly large from the moment Ariad left the castle. It was filled with her negative emotions such as sadness, anger, jealousy, and depression of a woman who had been turned away from love. Kelly, in particular, had a previous history of intentionally handing it to Ariad, who was allergic to pineapples.

“Is Kelly the criminal?” So-hee bit her lower lip and asked, deducing the culprit. Joshua would have killed Ariad’s child according to the synopsis, but he couldn’t have been the criminal when he handed over the divorce documents coolly to celebrate his birthday. It was clear, then, that it was either Bianca or Kelly, who harbored tremendous anger against Ariad. Blood had formed on her lips before she returned to the real world. It was too early to be sad.  The heroine, Ariad, wouldn’t die from that hard poison. But what about the child? Would it be safe?  Sohee swallowed the sleeping pill on the left side of her desk. She wanted to go back to her novel right away to confirm it with her own eyes. Please! Please! She repeated that until the moment she fell asleep. Comments that So-hee didn’t check were displayed on the computer monitor that wasn’t turned off yet. So-hee’s complex psychology which contributed to Ariad’s sudden disappearance from the novel wasn’t included at all. As a result, the responding comments were bound to be messy. However, So-hee no longer paid attention to the things she had hung on to so desperately.

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Even before she opened her eyes, the scent of blood infiltrated her nostrils. Deon’s enormous body was the first thing she saw as he tightly held Sohee’s right hand. As her eyes focused, Deon’s face became clearer as she looked at his cry. The whites in his eyes were bloodshot as if he had been crying for a long time.

“I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have left your side.” A heavily cracking voice sank. The doctor standing behind him kept his head down. Even if it felt like the situation was heading in a negative direction, So-hee couldn’t let go of her hope. Until the day before yesterday, the child’s fetal movement was vivid. So-hee, who raised her left hand and touched her pregnant belly like a habit, closed her eyes shut. She couldn’t feel anything. Her stomach was flat as if the child had never existed in the first place. As she sat up with difficulty, her gaze dropped. Only the blood staining the bedsheets proved that the child existed.

She already knew it from the moment she went back to her room after her death. Nevertheless, the horrible situation hit her heart so coldly. Tears flowed endlessly over So-hee’s cheeks. So-hee screamed as her overwhelming emotions broke free. She just wanted to protect the child and she hated herself for not being able to do it properly. She was a pathetic mother.

‘It’s all your fault, Sohee.’

In her dream, she remembered the voice of the man who had talked about the death of the child. Now it seemed like it was all her fault. The arrogant choices that she thought were right, had only produced this sort of result.