# WebtoonLib — Garden of May #29: Chapter 28 ## Series - title: Garden of May - slug: garden-of-may-siz3a4k4 ## Chapter - number: 29 - chapter_key: 29-37zzxt - title: Chapter 28 - release_date: 2026-11-09 ### 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. - summary_language: en - summary_source: chapter_translation - summary_verification: verified ### 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. ## 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. ## Status - data_status: complete - summary_status: editorial ## Transcript - transcript_source: community - transcript_language: en - transcript_bubbles: 85 ### Content LOVE... IS A KIND OF MADNESS. DESTRUCTION AND HATRED, A CURSE. SCORN AND PLEADING, AND THE LUST THAT FOLLOWS. SO NO, THIS FEELING ISN'T LOVE. IT'S JUST THIS DESIRE FOR THE WORLD TO KNOW THAT YOU ARE MINE. NGH... AND AT THE SAME TIME, HAA A HOPE THAT NO OTHER MAN WILL EVER KNOW YOU. RIVER... I WANT THIS SUMMER TO LAST FOREVER, AND YET I WANT IT TO END AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, SO THAT EVERYTHING CAN RETURN TO ITS PROPER PLACE. I WANT YOU TO ALWAYS REMAIN IN THAT GARDEN IN MAY. POSSESS EVERY PART OF YOU. AH... I WANT TO 1 WEEK LATER EXCLUSIVE! DUKE BATTENBERG TO MAKE MASSIVE INVESTMENT IN THE SOUTH! THE PRICE? A WOMAN. OUR SOURCES HAVE CONFIRMED THAT DUKE BATTENBERG HAS STRUCK A DEAL WITH EARL E. THE PRICE IS SPECULATED TO BE THE EARL'S NIECE, LADY V, WHO CAME OF AGE THIS YEAR. WHAT IS THIS...? IT'S CLEARLY ABOUT ME. IT SAYS DOWN HERE THAT THE TWO OF YOU HAD A SECRET RENDEZVOUS AT A BOAT PARTY. THEY SAY THE DUKE ATTENDED THAT PARTY ON BUSINESS. THE RUMOR MUST HAVE STARTED BECAUSE YOU WERE BOTH IN THE SAME PLACE ON THE SAME DAY... MY LADY, IT’S NOT TRUE, IS IT? OF COURSE NOT, MARY. I’VE NEVER EVEN SEEN DUKE BATTENBERG’S FACE. THAT'S WHAT'S SO PUZZLING. HOW ON EARTH DID A RUMOR LIKE THIS START? HMM... DON'T TELL ME SOMEONE MISTOOK RIVER FOR THE DUKE? BUT HOW ON EARTH COULD THEY HAVE MISTAKEN RIVER FOR THE DUKE BATTENBERG? WELL, I GOT THE SCANDAL I WANTED, AND I KEPT RIVER'S IDENTITY A SECRET. SO WHY DO I HAVE SUCH A BAD FEELING ABOUT THIS? MY LADY. THERE'S A CALL FOR YOU FROM LINDEN. OH, VANESSA! I FINALLY GOT AHOLD OF YOU! DID YOU GET HOME ALL RIGHT THAT NIGHT? I WAS LOOKING FOR YOU EVERYWHERE AFTER YOU DISAPPEARED WHILE TALKING WITH MY GREAT-UNCLE. AH, YES... I MET UP WITH ROSALIND AFTER. I GOT HOME ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONCERN. ANYWAY, ARE YOU... OKAY? THE GOSSIP RAGS ARE FULL OF STORIES ABOUT YOU. TO BE HONEST, I’VE BEEN WORRIED EVER SINCE I SAW YOU. FROM THE MOMENT I SAW YOU WEARING THAT NECKLACE... THERE WAS ALREADY A LOT OF TALK THAT THE DUKE’S REASON FOR MAKING A HUGE INVESTMENT IN SOME RURAL BACKWATER WAS BECAUSE OF A WOMAN. BUT THAT NECKLACE YOU WERE WEARING JUST ADDED FUEL TO THE FIRE. JUST ADDED FUEL TO THE FIRE. I THINK YOU NEED TO BE SUSPICIOUS OF THE PERSON WHO GAVE IT TO YOU. SUSPICIOUS...? WHAT DO YOU MEAN? THIS RUMOR SEEMS TO HAVE A MALICIOUS STREAK, RIGHT FROM THE START. YOU KNOW MY AMILY RUNS A NEWSPAPER, RIGHT? OH... I FORGOT. ANYWAY! IT SPREAD SO FAST, ALMOST AS IF SOMEONE PLANNED THE SCANDAL AND WAS DELIBERATELY MAKING IT KNOWN. I MEAN, ALL SORTS OF RUMORS FOLLOW THAT DUKE AROUND, BUT... THIS ONE IS UNUSUALLY SPECIFIC. I’M JUST SAYING YOU SHOULD GIVE IT SOME THOUGHT. THINK ABOUT WHETHER THERE’S ANYONE WHO STANDS TO GAIN FROM THIS SCANDAL. ## See also - [WebtoonLib — Garden of May #29: Chapter 28](/series/garden-of-may-siz3a4k4/chapter-29-37zzxt) - for_series_detail: /llms-series/garden-of-may-siz3a4k4 ## Usage AI grounding / search / summarization. Cite WebtoonLib for any included content.