I Had an Arranged Marriage With My Unrequited Love — Chapter 13
Dialogue Transcript
Dialogue Transcript I Had an Arranged Marriage With My Unrequited Love — Chapter 13 74
...DUCHESS?
...WHAT SHOULD I DO?
“IT’S NOT TRUE, IT’S NOT TRUE.”
I REPEATED IT TO MYSELF HUNDREDS OF TIMES, BUT...
MY FEET STILL ENDED UP BRINGING ME ALL THE WAY HERE.
NO ONE WILL KNOW I’M THE DUCHESS IN THIS STATE.
I’LL JUST CHECK... AND LEAVE.
WELCOME, MY LADY.
EXCUSE ME. BY ANY CHANCE...
COULD YOU CHECK IF THE DUKE OF DELOISTER IS STAYING HERE?
AH, PLEASE WAIT A MOMENT.
THE DUKE OF DELOISTER...
YES, HE IS CURRENTLY STAYING AT OUR HOTEL.
...AH.
WHAT WAS I HOPING FOR BY COMING ALL THIS WAY?
A FLIMSY DENIAL THAT THERE'S NO WAY YOU'D DO THIS, EVEN NOW?
A PATHETIC HOPE THAT MAYBE THIS IS JUST A BUSINESS MEETING?
IN THE END, UNLESS I SEE IT WITH MY OWN EYES...
...
...NO, LET'S JUST FORGET IT.
ONCE I FACE THE TRUTH BEYOND THAT DOOR,
I MIGHT TRULY SHATTER COMPLETELY...
...THE RUSTLE OF A DRESS?
THIS SOUND IS REALLY...
YOUR GRACE.
PLEASE DO NOT TAKE MY ADVICE LIGHTLY.
LEAVING THE ESTATE VACANT FOR THIS LONG...
IT IS PRACTICALLY ASKING FOR MISUNDER- STANDINGS.
THE DUCHESS MAY HAVE NOTICED AS WELL.
YOU SHOULD RETURN TO THE ESTATE NOW.
...VERY WELL.
I WILL RETURN TONIGHT...
REST ASSURED, THEODORA.
MADAM?!
HOW ON EARTH DID YOU END UP ALONE IN A SUDDEN DOWNPOUR...!
A DISHEVELED APPEARANCE HE HAS NEVER ONCE SHOWN IN FRONT OF ME.
DO YOU... FINALLY FIND PEACE ONLY BY HER SIDE?
HOW FOOLISH.
IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME... I ALREADY KNEW.
I THOUGHT THAT IF I JUST PRETENDED NOT TO KNOW AND KEPT IT LOCKED INSIDE MY HEART FOREVER,
EVEN THE SMALLEST WARMTH YOU GAVE ME WOULD TRULY BE ENOUGH.
BUT WHY... DOES IT HURT SO MUCH I CAN BARELY BREATHE?
...NO. LET'S STOP ACTING SO PATHETICALLY.
IF HE WERE TO SEE ME LIKE THIS,
OUR RELATIONSHIP WOULD SPIRAL INTO SOMETHING EVEN WORSE THAN IT IS NOW.
EVEN IF YOUR GAZE NEVER REACHES ME AT ALL, I...
YOUR GRACE.
...IRENE?
WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE INSTEAD OF SLEEPING?
I HAD A FEELING YOU MIGHT COME TONIGHT... SO I WAS WAITING.
YOU LOOK COLD, IRENE.
YOUR FACE IS PALE, TOO...
ARE YOU ALRIGHT?
AN UNFAMILIAR LINGERING SCENT GRAZING THE TIP OF MY NOSE.
IS IT THE SCENT OF RAINWATER, OR PERHAPS...
I WILL HAVE THE MAIDS DRAW A WARM BATH.
BEFORE THAT, PLEASE AT LEAST TAKE THIS BLANKET...
THAT'S WHY...
IF MY HEART CAN NEVER REACH YOU,
THEN AT LEAST TONIGHT, YOUR WARMTH...
COULD IT BE THE SCENT OF THAT YOUNG LADY?
...YOUR GRACE.
...IRENE?
I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU ALL THIS TIME.
...WHY?
IRENE.
YOU NEED TO REST MORE, AND...
YOU NO LONGER NEED TO FULFILL YOUR MARITAL DUTIES TO ME LIKE THIS.
I WILL TELL THE MAID TO HELP YOU WITH YOUR RECOVERY.
PLEASE GET SOME REST.
...THIS IS ABSURD.
"YOU NO LONGER NEED TO FULFILL YOUR MARITAL DUTIES"...?
DON'T TELL ME OUR MARRIAGE-
IS IT REALLY OVER JUST LIKE THIS?
Chapter Summary
Chapter 13 of I Had an Arranged Marriage With My Unrequited Love follows Irene as she confirms her husband is staying at a hotel and confronts her suspicions of betrayal. Going to the hotel in disguise, Irene learns that the Duke of Deloister is staying there and fears facing the truth behind the door. She suffers seeing her disheveled husband talking with Theodora in the rain, and tells him she waited for him when he returns to the mansion at night, only to be shaken by his words that he no longer needs to fulfill his marital duties.