Because She Had A Time Limit, She Became The Villain’s Daughter-in-law

with mine instead.

“Of course, I know you’re kind.
However, it doesn’t matter if he is a commoner.
What matters is…”

Suddenly, I felt my chest tickling.

The coughs had decreased a lot lately, but it came out now when I was in the middle of the garden with nowhere to go?!

“E-Evan, wait.”

“Why?”

“Wait a minute.
I need to go to the bathroom… Cough!”

Eventually, an inevitable cough came out.
Evan’s eyes widened in surprise when he saw blood dripping from my mouth.

“…Laria?”

Evan was usually indifferent, so I never thought he could make that kind of face.

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“Is anybody there? Gather all the kitchen maids right now! Poisoning…!”

“Evan! It’s not poison!”

“Who the hell is trying to harm the Young Lord’s wife?”

Your father!

I answered inwardly, but I held it in.
Of course, I couldn’t say it out loud!

Evan grabbed me by the arm with glistening eyes.
He seemed to be on the verge of going insane.

“I, I’m really fine, Evan.
This isn’t a big deal.”

Well, in fact, it was quite a big deal, but Evan’s expression was so severe that I uttered that unknowingly.

“Evan, stay calm.
You didn’t know before, but I’ve been this way since a long time ago.”

“What?”

His whole body was shaking.

Evan slowly wiped the blood around my mouth with his thumb and bit his lips.

“Since a long time ago? What the hell is happening to you?”

“Wait a minute, Evan.
Just calm down first…”

It felt as if he was about to cry, so I was in a bind for a moment.
I guess Evan was shocked more than I thought he would be.

Should I say I have a deadly disease?

Nevertheless, should I tell this kid, who was having a mental breakdown because of Ludva, that his wife was dying? It was too cruel to tell a child whose mother’s death was a traumatic experience, that his wife, who resembled his mother, would die, too.

‘When you’re in trouble like this, you should…’

“Evan, I need to go to the bathroom first.
It’s not poison, so don’t call innocent people and just ask your father for details.”

‘Toss the ball to others.
That was the best option.’

“I’m still young… so I’m not certain.
You would know better if you ask father since he appointed me a doctor as well.”

Would this work?

Evan wouldn’t let go of my arm, so I ended up having to use a cheat key to get out of the situation.

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“…Cough.”

“Laria!”

“Cough, Couuugh… E-Evan.
Let go… This is really hard for me, cough.”

At that, I started coughing with a pitiful look, like a tragic heroine.
Evan held me tightly, saying he would take me to the bathroom.
Nevertheless, I was extremely shocked to see the hands that supported me shaking so bad.

That’s why I tried to hide it from Evan as much as I could.

‘You can take care of this as you please, dad.’

After taking me to the bathroom, Evan handed me over to Lisa, who came in a hurry before scrambled to the Duke’s office.

“Wait for a moment, Laria.
Even if the Duke runs out of his budget, I’ll fix it somehow.”

‘I’m doing just fine even without spending the budget…’

When I came out of the bathroom, I saw Serena and Lisa, who tagged along, quarreling.

“I mean, how can you be a doctor and let this situation happen?”

“It wouldn’t make a difference if she’s next to me or not when she coughs,” Serena answered, shrugging.

“But you wouldn’t realize if there was an emergency.
Why aren’t you doing your job properly?”

Then, Lisa replied angrily.

“All right, I’ll be right next to her from now on, so you should go now.”

“What are you going to do? She must have blood on her clothes, so I’ll help her change.”

“Huh? I’ll help her.
Last time, I saw a dress in the closet that I haven’t seen Laria wearing before.”

“Why does the doctor get to choose clothes? That’s an abuse of power!”

I sighed and shook my head.
Fortunately, I didn’t have to stop the fight between them myself.

“Lisa, the Duke, and the Young Master are requesting for you.”

I couldn’t figure out why Duke Icard was calling Lisa, but it was a relief, anyway.

After Ludva’s incident, the two didn’t even look at each other.
So, it seemed that this would be an excellent opportunity to have a sincere conversation.

In the end, I took Serena and headed to my room.