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Theodore rejects both the royal marriage and Hailey, but secures respect for his decision in exchange for promising to meet her at least three times.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"In Garden of May Chapter 20, Duke Theodore is cornered by his unexpected meeting with Hailey G. Morton and his grandmother's pressure to marry. As Hailey hints at the rumor about a woman in the south and says he will need her help, Grandmother makes marriage to a Morton a condition for proving loyalty to the crown. 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MORTON.\n\nHOW DID YOU KNOW I WAS HERE?\nMY COUSIN? OR MY GRANDMOTHER?\n\nHMM...\nI'M AFRAID I CAN'T ANSWER THAT.\nI DON'T WANT TO UPSET YOU BY TELLING THE TRUTH,\nAND FOR THE SAKE OF THE TRUST BETWEEN US, I DON'T WANT TO LIE EITHER.\nHAH...\n\nHOW AMUSING.\nYOU TALK OF TRUST AFTER MEETING A FEW TIMES?\nI HEARD A RUMOR\n\nTHAT YOU’RE COURTING A WOMAN IN THE SOUTH.\nIF THAT’S TRUE,\n\nYOU’RE GOING TO NEED ME SOONER OR LATER.\nJUST AS I NEED YOU, YOUR GRACE.\n\nI TOLD YOU, I REALLY DON’T NEED ANY HELP!\nI’M PERFECTLY CAPABLE OF WASHING MYSELF.\nBUT YOU WERE STRUGGLING SO MUCH SINCE IT’S BEEN A WHILE.\n\nW-WELL, YOU...\nKEPT PUSHING IT...\nANYWAY — I FINISHED THE DRESS FITTING WHILE YOU WERE AWAY.\n\nI GUESS I'LL REALLY BE GETTING MARRIED ONCE SUMMER IS OVER.\nTHERE'S NOT MUCH TIME LEFT.\nFOR THE WEDDING, AND FOR MY PLAN...\n\nIF YOU SAY THAT HAILEY GIRL IS ACCEPTABLE,\nI WILL DROP THE MATTER OF A ROYAL MARRIAGE.\nSO IT WAS YOU WHO SENT HER, GRANDMOTHER.\n\nUNFORTUNATELY, SHE IS NOT ACCEPTABLE.\nAND I HAVE NO INTENTION OF ACCEPTING A MARRIAGE INTO THE ROYAL FAMILY, EITHER.\nARE YOU TRULY DETERMINED\nTO SEVER THE BATTENBERG LINE?\nTHE MORTONS ARE A FOUNDING FAMILY OF INGRAM, AND THEY HAVE A FINE REPUTATION.\n\nIF YOU REFUSE TO MARRY INTO THE ROYAL FAMILY, THEN MORTON IS YOUR BEST OPTION.\nPROVE YOUR LOYALTY TO THE CROWN THROUGH THIS MARRIAGE.\nGRANDMOTHER.\nTHEODORE.\n\nWHAT CAME OF YOUR PARENTS’ PATHETIC LITTLE LOVE AFFAIR?\nDID WE NOT WITNESS IT TOGETHER?\nI SHALL NOT FAULT YOU FOR WHAT YOU’VE BEEN UP TO DURING YOUR HOLIDAY.\nMEET WITH THE MORTON GIRL AT LEAST THREE TIMES.\n\nAFTER THAT, I WILL RESPECT YOUR DECISION.\nTHIS OLD WOMAN'S HEART IS TRULY WRETCHED.\nI ALWAYS TOLD YOU NOT TO FORSAKE THE FAMILY FOR SOMETHING AS TRIVIAL AS LOVE.\n\nLOVE? WHAT LOVE?\nIT WAS A RELATIONSHIP TAINTED BY DECEPTION AND LIES FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.\n\nAH...\nTHERE IT IS AGAIN...\nI WONDER IF RIVER ROSS EVEN KNOWS\n\nHOW HE LOOKS AT ME SOMETIMES.\nTHIS MAN OFTEN ACTS\nAS IF SUMMER WILL NEVER END.\n\nAS IF\nTHIS RELATIONSHIP\nWILL GO ON FOREVER.","bubble_count":63,"pages_count":23,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"In Garden of May Chapter 20, Duke Theodore is cornered by his unexpected meeting with Hailey G.","spoiler_summary":"In Garden of May Chapter 20, Duke Theodore is cornered by his unexpected meeting with Hailey G. Morton and his grandmother's pressure to marry. As Hailey hints at the rumor about a woman in the south and says he will need her help, Grandmother makes marriage to a Morton a condition for proving loyalty to the crown. 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