I Became the Affair Partner of a Trash Duke — Chapter 20

WHAT GIVES YOU THE RIGHT TO SHOW UP HERE?

HOW DARE YOU EVEN SHOW

YOUR ARROGANT FACE RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME?!

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? DO I REALLY NEED SOME KIND OF PERMISSION TO WORK HERE?!

SHUT UP!

YOU SHOULD NEVER HAVE COME HERE!

IF YOU HAD EVEN A SHRED OF CONSCIENCE, YOU WOULDN'T BE PARADING YOURSELF RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY EYES!

YOU FRAUD!

YOU MURDERER!

U-UGH...

"AND PLEASE, MY LADY, DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT COMING DOWN TO THE FACTORY, ALRIGHT?"

WAS NANNY WARNING ME BECAUSE OF THIS EXACT WOMAN?

BUT WHY?

OUR NOBLE LADY PROBABLY DOESN'T REMEMBER A SINGLE THING. YOU THINK YOU'RE THE ULTIMATE VICTIM,

BUT YOU DON'T CARE AT ALL ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHOSE LIVES YOU ACTUALLY RUINED!

MY FAMILY, MY FATHER... WE TRUSTED YOU UNTIL THE VERY END!

SHE'S A VICTIM OF THAT RAILWAY INVESTMENT SCAM?!

ARE YOU TRYING TO TELL ME YOU HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA WHERE VIOLETA WENT?

I ONLY LOOKED AWAY FOR A SECOND! LITERALLY JUST FOR A SPLIT SECOND!

WHO COULD'VE KNOWN THAT WOMAN WOULD JUST VANISH INTO THIN AIR...

JUST ADMIT IT. YOU FELL ASLEEP, DIDN'T YOU?

WHO DO YOU TAKE ME FOR?!

BESIDES, SOPHIA, WHY ARE YOU EVEN MEDDLING? YOU SKIPPED OUT ON WORK AND ONLY DRAGGED YOURSELF HERE AT THE VERY END OF THE SHIFT!

I JUST STOPPED BY TO HAND IN MY RESIGNATION BECAUSE I'M GETTING MARRIED.

AND I ALSO WANTED TO THANK VIOLETA. I HAD NO IDEA ALL THIS CHAOS WAS GOING ON...

WHAT DO YOU MEAN, GETTING MARRIED?

WHAT DO YOU CARE WHETHER I'M GETTING MARRIED OR NOT?

COME ON, CALM DOWN ALREADY. AND MARCO, YOU SHOULD JUST KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT! YOU'RE THE ONE WHO MESSED UP, SO STOP RAISING YOUR VOICE!

WE SEARCHED THE ENTIRE FACTORY AND THE SURROUNDING GROUNDS, BUT SHE'S NOWHERE TO BE FOUND.

ARE YOU ABSOLUTELY SURE YOU CHECKED EVERYWHERE?

YES, THERE'S NOWHERE ELSE TO LOOK. WE SEARCHED EVERY SINGLE CORNER.

SHE TOOK OFF HER HAT, BUT ALL OF HER BELONGINGS ARE LEFT COMPLETELY UNTOUCHED.

AND CONSIDERING RAUL DIDN'T SEE ANYONE LEAVE THROUGH THE GATES,

IT'S OBVIOUS THAT VIOLETA DIDN'T DISAPPEAR OF HER OWN FREE WILL.

THE ONLY PLACE LEFT UNCHECKED IS THE WAREHOUSES, AND THE FOREMAN HAS THE KEYS TO THOSE...

I BROUGHT THE FOREMAN.

WHY DID YOU LEAVE YOUR POST?

W-WELL, THE THING IS... I HAD A SUDDEN, TERRIBLE STOMACHACHE...

HOW CONVENIENT THAT HE WASN'T AT HIS POST RIGHT WHEN THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED.

ON TOP OF THAT, HE DOESN'T EVEN HAVE THE WHIP THAT HE'S USUALLY INSEPARABLE FROM.

AND JUDGING BY THE TERRIFIED LOOK ON HIS FACE,

HE IS EITHER AN ACCOMPLICE OR A CO-CONSPIRATOR.

THAT MAKES THINGS A WHOLE LOT EASIER.

WHERE IS SHE?

A-A REVOLVER!..

WHERE DID YOU HIDE THAT WOMAN?

I H-HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT...

SO YOU DON'T KNOW, HUH?

SERIOUSLY! I-I SWEAR, I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING!

AS A RULE, STATEMENTS LIKE THAT MEAN YOU SAW EXACTLY WHAT YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE.

I'LL GIVE YOU TWO OPTIONS.

EITHER YOU TELL ME WHERE SHE IS...

OR...

GASP!

...YOU CAN DROP DEAD ALONG WITH YOUR ACCOMPLICE.

P-PLEASE, HAVE MERCY!

I-I ONLY HELPED CARRY HER!

IF YOU ARE ONE OF THE PEOPLE... WHO SUFFERED BECAUSE OF THAT INVESTMENT SCAM...

PLEASE, JUST WAIT A LITTLE LONGER, AND I... I'LL COMPENSATE YOU FOR EVERYTHING.

I AM TRULY, DEEPLY SORRY.

WAIT? WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO WAIT FOR?

MY FATHER WAITED AND WAITED, AND IN THE END, HE TOOK HIS OWN LIFE! WHAT EXACTLY AM I SUPPOSED TO WAIT FOR NOW?!

AND AFTER ALL THAT, YOU DARE TO SHOW YOUR FACE TO ME?!

WHERE DO YOU GET THE NERVE?

THAT'S WHY I'M GOING TO GET RID OF YOU MYSELF.

SO YOU'LL NEVER HAUNT MY LIFE AGAIN.

THIS IS ALL MY FAULT!

I HAVE NO RIGHT TO MAKE EXCUSES.

YOU'RE GONNA ROT HERE FOR THE REST OF YOUR DAYS.

FORGET ABOUT PEOPLE, NOT EVEN A STRAY DOG EVER PASSES BY THIS PLACE.

EVEN MARCO DOESN'T KNOW THIS WAREHOUSE EXISTS.

DON'T EVEN DREAM ABOUT ANYONE COMING TO RESCUE YOU.

JUST DROP DEAD HERE ALL BY YOURSELF!

BUT...

I DON'T WANT TO DIE JUST YET...