Fiancée No More: The Forsaken Lady, the Prince, and Their Make-Believe Love Volume 2 Part 1 by Mari Morikawa

Author:Mari Morikawa
Language: eng
Format: epub

As the hospital advertised itself to the upper class, its interior was as luxurious as a mansion. Tohrmeyler had been put in a private room, the number of which was limited even in this hospital.

After a nurse showed her the way, Olivia stepped into the room, went up to the bed her father was laid up in, and held out the rose bouquet she’d had in her arms.

“Father, I’ve brought you roses from our conservatory.”

The large-flowered, faintly pink roses—the same color as Adeline’s and Olivia’s hair—were a sort cultivated at House Rainsworth. The sort’s registered name was Lady Adeline, courtesy of Tohrmeyler. These roses were special—they pretty much symbolized the love between Tohrmeyler and his wife.

“They have a pleasant scent. I am certain your father can smell it too,” said the nurse.

“I hope so,” Olivia replied quietly with a sigh.

Tohrmeyler was peacefully sleeping in the bed. It had been three days since he’d fainted in the middle of a quarrel with Adeline, and he had yet to regain consciousness.

“I see you have brought his son today,” remarked the nurse.

“Yes. He finally received permission from College to go outside. I apologize, but would you mind leaving me with my family for a moment?”

The nurse readily agreed to Olivia’s request, bowing and leaving the room.

“Father will recover, right, sister?” asked Henry once the family was alone. He was looking at Olivia with worry in his eyes.

Among her siblings, only Henry had taken after his father. Just having his face—which resembled her father’s—in her field of vision made tears well up in Olivia’s eyes.

“The doctor said we should be prepared for the worst if he remains unconscious for two more days...” Olivia replied quietly.

Nobles had large supplies of mana, so they were built more sturdily and had better natural regeneration than commoners. As befitted the head of a family bearing the high rank of marquess, Tohrmeyler had copious amounts of mana. And since a man like him was comatose for so long, the situation must’ve been rather serious.

The doctor had said that even if his consciousness were to return, there was a risk of complications, such as paralysis or having trouble speaking.

It was painful for Olivia to look at her sleeping father with a tube connected to his body that supplied water and nutrition.

***

After leaving the hospital, Olivia saw Henry to the Royal College’s dormitory, then headed home. The Rainsworths’ town house in Albion was in a corner of a street lined with nobles’ residences.

“My lady! I awaited your return!” said the butler who had come running to Olivia once she’d set foot into the entrance hall. “The mistress has collapsed on her way back from a government office...”

“Mother too now?!” Startled, Olivia opened her eyes wide.

Tohrmeyler was in a bad condition, so now House Rainsworth had a need to consider who would become the next head of the family.

However, the eldest son Henry was still only thirteen. Even if he were to inherit the rank of marquess, his mother Adeline would have to become his advisor and handle all the formalities for him.

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