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She tells her maid Mary that she does not know the Duke, thinks River may have been mistaken for the Duke, then becomes uneasy after a phone call from Linden warning her about the necklace and the deliberately spread rumors.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"Garden of May Chapter 28 follows Vanessa being shaken by an explosive newspaper scandal after her passionate encounter with River. A week later, when the papers write that the Duke of Battenberg agreed to invest in the south in exchange for the Count's niece, Lady V, Vanessa realizes it is about her. She tells her maid Mary that she does not know the Duke, thinks River may have been mistaken for the Duke, then becomes uneasy after a phone call from Linden warning her about the necklace and the deliberately spread rumors.","key_events":["Linden warns the necklace fueled the rumor and suggests suspecting the person who gave it.","Vanessa suspects River was mistaken for the Duke and feels uneasy despite getting her wanted scandal.","In a phone call Vanessa tells Linden she met Rosalind after disappearing and returned home safely.","Linden says the scandal spread unusually fast and seems deliberately planned for someone's profit.","Vanessa discusses the rumor with her maid and denies ever seeing the Duke's face.","Vanessa reads the newspaper and realizes the story about Count E.'s niece clearly refers to her.","One week later newspapers claim the Duke of Battenberg will invest massively in the south for Lady V.","A passionate possessive encounter occurs where love is described as madness, curse and lust."],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"LOVE...\nIS A KIND OF MADNESS.\n\nDESTRUCTION AND HATRED,\nA CURSE.\nSCORN AND PLEADING,\nAND THE LUST THAT FOLLOWS.\n\nSO NO, THIS FEELING ISN'T LOVE.\nIT'S JUST\nTHIS DESIRE FOR THE WORLD\n\nTO KNOW THAT YOU ARE MINE.\nNGH...\nAND AT THE SAME TIME,\nHAA\nA HOPE THAT NO OTHER MAN WILL EVER KNOW YOU.\nRIVER...\n\nI WANT THIS SUMMER TO LAST FOREVER,\nAND YET I WANT IT TO END AS SOON AS POSSIBLE,\nSO THAT EVERYTHING CAN RETURN TO ITS PROPER PLACE.\nI WANT YOU TO ALWAYS REMAIN\nIN THAT GARDEN IN MAY.\n\nPOSSESS EVERY PART OF YOU.\n\nAH... I WANT TO\n\n1 WEEK LATER\nEXCLUSIVE! DUKE BATTENBERG TO MAKE MASSIVE INVESTMENT IN THE SOUTH!\nTHE PRICE? A WOMAN.\nOUR SOURCES HAVE CONFIRMED THAT DUKE BATTENBERG\nHAS STRUCK A DEAL WITH EARL E.\n\nTHE PRICE IS SPECULATED TO BE\nTHE EARL'S NIECE, LADY V,\nWHO CAME OF AGE THIS YEAR.\nWHAT IS THIS...?\nIT'S CLEARLY ABOUT ME.\nIT SAYS DOWN HERE THAT THE TWO OF YOU HAD\nA SECRET RENDEZVOUS AT A BOAT PARTY.\n\nTHEY SAY THE DUKE ATTENDED THAT PARTY ON BUSINESS.\nTHE RUMOR MUST HAVE STARTED BECAUSE YOU WERE BOTH IN THE SAME PLACE\nON THE SAME DAY...\nMY LADY,\nIT’S NOT TRUE, IS IT?\n\nOF COURSE NOT, MARY.\nI’VE NEVER EVEN SEEN DUKE BATTENBERG’S FACE.\n\nTHAT'S WHAT'S SO PUZZLING.\nHOW ON EARTH DID A RUMOR LIKE THIS START?\nHMM...\n\nDON'T TELL ME\nSOMEONE MISTOOK RIVER\nFOR THE DUKE?\nBUT HOW ON EARTH COULD THEY HAVE MISTAKEN RIVER FOR THE DUKE BATTENBERG?\nWELL, I GOT THE SCANDAL I WANTED,\n\nAND I KEPT RIVER'S IDENTITY A SECRET.\nSO WHY DO I HAVE SUCH A BAD FEELING ABOUT THIS?\nMY LADY.\nTHERE'S A CALL FOR YOU FROM LINDEN.\n\nOH, VANESSA!\nI FINALLY GOT AHOLD OF YOU!\nDID YOU GET HOME ALL RIGHT THAT NIGHT?\nI WAS LOOKING FOR YOU EVERYWHERE AFTER YOU DISAPPEARED WHILE TALKING WITH MY GREAT-UNCLE.\nAH, YES...\n\nI MET UP WITH ROSALIND AFTER. I GOT HOME ALL RIGHT.\nTHANK YOU FOR YOUR CONCERN.\nANYWAY, ARE YOU...\nOKAY?\nTHE GOSSIP RAGS ARE FULL OF STORIES ABOUT YOU.\nTO BE HONEST, I’VE BEEN WORRIED EVER SINCE I SAW YOU.\n\nFROM THE MOMENT I SAW YOU WEARING THAT NECKLACE...\nTHERE WAS ALREADY A LOT OF TALK THAT THE DUKE’S REASON FOR MAKING A HUGE INVESTMENT IN SOME RURAL BACKWATER\nWAS BECAUSE OF A WOMAN.\n\nBUT THAT NECKLACE YOU WERE WEARING\nJUST ADDED FUEL TO THE FIRE.\nJUST ADDED FUEL TO THE FIRE.\nI THINK YOU NEED TO BE SUSPICIOUS OF THE PERSON WHO GAVE IT TO YOU.\nSUSPICIOUS...?\nWHAT DO YOU MEAN?\nTHIS RUMOR SEEMS TO HAVE A MALICIOUS STREAK, RIGHT FROM THE START.\nYOU KNOW MY AMILY RUNS A NEWSPAPER, RIGHT?\n\nOH... I FORGOT.\nANYWAY!\nIT SPREAD SO FAST, ALMOST AS IF SOMEONE PLANNED THE SCANDAL\nAND WAS DELIBERATELY MAKING IT KNOWN.\nI MEAN, ALL SORTS OF RUMORS FOLLOW THAT DUKE AROUND,\nBUT...\n\nTHIS ONE IS UNUSUALLY SPECIFIC.\nI’M JUST SAYING YOU SHOULD GIVE IT SOME THOUGHT.\nTHINK ABOUT WHETHER THERE’S ANYONE\nWHO STANDS TO GAIN FROM THIS SCANDAL.","bubble_count":85,"pages_count":20,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"Garden of May Chapter 28 follows Vanessa being shaken by an explosive newspaper scandal after her passionate encounter with River.","spoiler_summary":"Garden of May Chapter 28 follows Vanessa being shaken by an explosive newspaper scandal after her passionate encounter with River. A week later, when the papers write that the Duke of Battenberg agreed to invest in the south in exchange for the Count's niece, Lady V, Vanessa realizes it is about her. She tells her maid Mary that she does not know the Duke, thinks River may have been mistaken for the Duke, then becomes uneasy after a phone call from Linden warning her about the necklace and the deliberately spread rumors."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/garden-of-may-siz3a4k4/chapter-29-37zzxt","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — Garden of May #29: Chapter 28","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-11-10T16:17:20.641Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/garden-of-may-siz3a4k4"}}