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In a conversation a week earlier, while her friends Rosalind and Blair Fabian Winchester joke around with Fabian Winchester, Vanessa decides to create her own scandal without dragging anyone else in, and offers River Ross, who is on leave from the navy, money to be her lover for the summer.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"Garden of May tells the story of Lady Vanessa planning a scandal to escape the mercenary marriage arranged by her uncle to Baron Howard, who is nearly 70 years old. In a conversation a week earlier, while her friends Rosalind and Blair Fabian Winchester joke around with Fabian Winchester, Vanessa decides to create her own scandal without dragging anyone else in, and offers River Ross, who is on leave from the navy, money to be her lover for the summer.","key_events":["In a flashback to one week earlier, she discusses scandal ideas with two school friends.","A young woman decides she needs a scandal to escape an arranged marriage to a nearly 70-year-old baron.","She approaches a naval officer working at the manor and offers to pay him to be her lover for the summer."],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"1 WEEK AGO\nJUST PRETEND YOU'RE MENTALLY UNSTABLE.\nOR ACT LIKE A COMPLETE BUMPKIN!\nI CAN EVEN LEND YOU MY GRANDMOTHER'S DRESS IF YOU WANT!\nROSALIND FABIAN WINCHESTER\n\nWHY ON EARTH DO YOU STILL HAVE THAT?\nBLAIR FABIAN WINCHESTER\nBESIDES, HE'D PROBABLY LIKE IT MORE IF YOU WORE GRANDMOTHER'S CLOTHES.\nBARON HOWARD IS ALMOST 70, AFTER ALL.\nDON'T SAY SUCH HORRIBLE THINGS!\n\nI MISS BEING AT SCHOOL WITH YOU TWO.\nBACK THEN, WE COULD MAKE JOKES LIKE THIS WITHOUT A CARE IN THE WORLD.\nI SUPPOSE MY UNCLE WAS JUST WAITING FOR ME TO GRADUATE FOR THIS LITTLE \"BUSINESS TRANSACTION,\" WASN'T HE?\n\nWHAT IF WE ANNOUNCED TO EVERYONE THAT WE’RE LOVERS?\n\n...YOU AND ME? BLAIR FABIAN WINCHESTER, THE MAN WHO ALREADY HAS A FIANCÉE?\nWELL, A SCANDAL WOULD PROBABLY HELP, DON’T YOU THINK?\nESPECIALLY IF IT’S WITH THE HEIR TO THE MARQUESS OF WINCHESTER... WHO ALREADY HAS A FIANCÉE.\n\nTHAT'S IT!\nA SCANDAL WOULD CERTAINLY HELP EASE THINGS.\nOH, I'M NOT SAYING YOU SHOULD PRETEND TO BE BLAIR'S LOVER!\nTHE WORLD IS CHANGING SO QUICKLY,\n\nBUT SOME PEOPLE ARE STILL OBSESSED WITH A WOMAN'S PURITY...\nISN'T IT JUST SO OLD-FASHIONED?\nVANESSA.\n\nIF IT EVER GETS TOO HARD TO BEAR, PLEASE, JUST TELL ME.\nI'LL DO MY BEST TO HELP.\nYes, Yes!\nIF YOU WANT TO GO ON THE RUN, OR DISAPPEAR — WHATEVER IT IS.\n\nI COULDN'T POSSIBLY TROUBLE YOU TWO JUST TO GET OUT OF A MARRIAGE.\n\nTHERE HAS...\nTO BE SOMETHING —\nSOME WAY I CAN HANDLE THIS ON MY OWN...\n\nI KNOW YOU'LL FIGURE SOMETHING OUT, ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.\nI FORGOT ABOUT OUR DEAR VANESSA'S COURAGEOUS STREAK. IT DOES LIKE TO SHOW ITSELF NOW AND THEN.\nOh That's Right,\nSO LET'S NOT WORRY TOO MUCH!\n\nIS THAT MAN MR. ROSS'S NEPHEW?\n\nYES, I HEARD HIS NAME IS RIVER ROSS.\nHE'S SERVING AS AN OFFICER IN THE NAVY.\nHE RECENTLY FOUGHT IN THE BATTLE OF POTSDAM,\n\nAND I BELIEVE HE WAS GRANTED A LONG-TERM LEAVE FOR HIS SERVICE.\nIT SEEMS HE'S HERE TO HELP MR. ROSS WITH HIS WORK.\nI DID HEAR OF A HANDSOME NEW HIRE.\nALL THE MAIDS IN THE MANOR ARE GOING WILD OVER HIM!\n\nRIVER ROSS...\nRIVER!\nCOME ON, HURRY!\nPATTER\nPATTER\n\nWAI—\nWAIT FOR MEEE!\nDID HE ALWAYS LOOK LIKE THAT?\n\nSTILL, THIS WILL BE MUCH EASIER SINCE WE KNOW EACH OTHER.\nMARY.\nIF YOU DON’T WANT TO SELL SOMETHING, YOU JUST HAVE TO MAKE SURE NO ONE WANTS TO BUY IT, RIGHT?\n...HUH?\nIF I CREATE A FLAW SO GREAT THAT NO ONE WOULD DARE MAKE A PURCHASE...\n\nHOWEVER,\nTHE SCANDAL MUST BE MINE AND MINE ALONE.\n\nIN THAT SENSE, RIVER ROSS IS A SUITABLE CHOICE IN MANY WAYS.\nAND IT DOESN’T HURT THAT HE HAS AN EXCELLENT PHYSIQUE.\n\nIT'S AS IF GOD SENT AN APOSTLE TO SAVE ME.\nMARY, CAN YOU GO ON AHEAD?\nI HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY TO MR. ROSS.\nM-MY LADY...?\n\nWHAT DO YOU MEAN, YOU WANT TO BUY ME?\n\nEXACTLY THAT.\nBE MY LOVER JUST FOR THE SUMMER. I WILL PAY YOU WELL.\n\nLADY VANESSA.\nLET'S SKIP THE FORMALITIES. JUST TELL ME WHY.\n\nI NEED A SCANDAL\nBIG ENOUGH TO RUIN MY MARRIAGE PROSPECTS.\nPREFERABLY ONE THAT GETS ME KICKED OUT OF THE MARRIAGE MARKET ENTIRELY.\nSO IF WE WERE TO HAVE A CHILD... THAT WOULD BE EVEN MORE PERFECT.\nI WILL ALSO COMPENSATE YOU FOR GETTING CAUGHT UP IN MY SCANDAL,\nAND I'LL GUARANTEE YOUR SAFETY AFTERWARD.\n\nWHEN THE SUMMER ENDS, IT'LL ALL BE AS IF IT NEVER HAPPENED...\nVANESSA.\nBUT WHAT IF,\n\nAT THE END OF SUMMER...\n\nYOU FIND YOU'RE NOT TIRED OF ME?","bubble_count":81,"pages_count":27,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"Garden of May tells the story of Lady Vanessa planning a scandal to escape the mercenary marriage arranged by her uncle to Baron Howard, who is nearly 70 years old.","spoiler_summary":"Garden of May tells the story of Lady Vanessa planning a scandal to escape the mercenary marriage arranged by her uncle to Baron Howard, who is nearly 70 years old. In a conversation a week earlier, while her friends Rosalind and Blair Fabian Winchester joke around with Fabian Winchester, Vanessa decides to create her own scandal without dragging anyone else in, and offers River Ross, who is on leave from the navy, money to be her lover for the summer."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/garden-of-may-siz3a4k4/chapter-4-2jqgp2","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — Garden of May #4: Chapter 3","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-11-10T16:17:24.654Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/garden-of-may-siz3a4k4"}}