Raising my Fiancè with Money

Chapter 84: Fight

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Lilia, who has been stuck at home since her birthday, decided to go out after a long time.
It was because of the conversation she had with Violet yesterday.

— As of now, I’m thinking of entrusting you with the business in earnest.

After concluding that she would take over the business, Lilia has been studying business management in her spare time.
However, she has not yet participated in the overall management, so it was embarrassing to name her as a successor.

—Since I can’t entrust the upper part to you from the beginning, let’s start with store management.

—You are already running a store?

—Then get the sales report.

Lilia pulled out a sales report, and Violet was at a loss for words when she saw it.

—…..It’s going too well, isn’t it?

The store was thriving enough to say that they hit a ‘jackpot’.
Even though she knew Lilia’s fortunes, looking at the numbers, it felt even greater.

—Were these all existing stores?

Lilia nodded.
Up until now, all the stores had been purchased by her and operated by the employees.

—This time, participate directly from the beginning.

What to sell, what to do with the location and interior of the store…..
Violet demanded a shop entirely made by Lilia’s hands.
So today, Lilia was going to walk around the streets and think about what kind of store to run.

As she leaned her head against the window of the carriage and looked out the window, many thoughts flooded her head.
Then, naturally, she thought of Richard.

‘If I give him money, he’ll break the engagement?’

Lilia frowned when she recalled the contents of the letter.
She was sick and tired of him being so pathetic.
She knew he was crazy about money, but she didn’t know he would come at her like this until the end.

Lilia recalled her long past and regretted it.
It was a waste of time and memories with Richard rather than having made money.
Alone, she felt sorry for the way she had been foolishly fond of him.
The guy called ‘her fiance’ was looking at her like a fountain he could drain dry.

Lilia, who uttered a lot of swear words inside, quietly saw the scenery outside the window.
She was just passing by the river.
Looking at the water sparkling in the sun, she remembered the beginning of her relationship with Richard.

On the day she fell into the water after visiting the palace, she was so distracted that her memory was still not clear.
She remembered only fragmentary things like a book torn in places.
The big hand that pulled her from the water…….
She also knew that it was Richard who saved her because her parents told her later.

What would have happened if Richard had not saved her? She wouldn’t have believed him to be her fate, and she wouldn’t even have thought of getting entangled with him.

‘I need to return the button.’

Lilia remembered the button she had kept in the drawer.
When she got home that day, she found that she had a button in her hand.
When she fell into the water, it seemed as if during her struggle she tore the button from Richard’s shirt.

Lilia regarded the button as a treasure.
She used to take it out from time to time and see it.
Later, when she found out about Richard’s affair, Lilia disposed of all of the items that were related to him.
But she couldn’t throw away the button.

She tried to clear her mind completely by giving it back directly to Richard.
But, as time went by, the remaining emotions disappeared without a shred of residue.

‘Let’s just throw it away.’

Lilia changed her mind.
When she had spare time to think about Richard, it would be better to think about how to make him look like a beggar.

If he is broke, he wouldn’t be able to hire a lawyer properly, so it wouldn’t be a bad idea to call a trial and break the engagement.
There was evidence of cheating, so it wouldn’t take years to win the case.

Above all, the reason why she did not rush to break up her engagement immediately, was because of Duchess Evantheon.
After breaking off the engagement with Richard, Duchess Evantheon will push her (Lilia’s) engagement to Karhan in earnest.
To use Karhan.
Before that, Karhan had to establish his position and get his say.

“Lately, Lord Evantheon hasn’t been coming.”

At Malek’s words, Lilia, leaning against the carriage window, looked up.
Then Frances quickly spoke.

“Has something happened? When he comes next time, I want to compete with the sword.….”

“He seems to be busy with his work.”

Malek, who was looking at Lilia as she answered with strange eyes, asked carefully,

“Did something happen that day?”

“……Why?”

“I think you’ve been sighing a lot and talking to yourself…….
If not, I’m sorry.”

Lilia, who was stabbed at her heart, closed her mouth tightly.

“Nothing happened.”

After a long time, Lilia answered.
As she said, nothing really happened.
It was just a walk together at night.
There was no reason to be awkward, but the reason why her heart is still shaky……… It must have been because she couldn’t forget the look in Karhan’s eyes that day.

Soon the wagon stopped.
Lilia first stopped by the stationery shop Cliff gave her for her birthday.
It wasn’t very big inside, but a lot of sunlight flowed in and it felt warm.

While looking around the store, Lilia picked up a diary.
It was a luxurious diary with a navy cover and a gold rim.

“It’s fine, isn’t it?”

Having gotten the diary that caught her eye, Lilia left the store and walked around the downtown area.
As she walked down the street, she could see the changes in fashion at a glance.
The stores that were shiny and popular were quiet, and some stores had changed to different industries.

As she walked around the alley, there was a shop that looked pretty good.
However, there were few customers, perhaps because of the location.
After wandering around for a while, Lilia found a prop shop.
It was a store that sold all kinds of miscellaneous goods, and the atmosphere was unique.
Lilia went into the store like she was possessed.

The interior of the store was more unusual than what she saw from the outside.
There was a long, shelf-shaped display, like a library.
Each display stand had a name, which seemed to be the name of the producer.

‘Are they renting the space? It’s pretty good…….’

It seemed to be a store that sold various artists’ products on consignment.
Lilia slowly began to look around.
It was fun to see since there were many unique items.

Then a small wooden box caught Lilia’s eye.
The exterior was engraved with a pattern, the lid covered with coloured glass.
It was an unusual shape that she’d never seen before, so she reached out to take a closer look.

At that moment, another hand popped out from the side.
When she raised her head in surprise, her eyes met with the other person who raised her head.

“!”

Both eyes grew wide at the same time.
It was none other than Stella Delotta.

“Oh, look who it is?”

Stella, who figured out the situation first, put one arm on her waist.

“Isn’t this Miss Bloden?”

Lilia frowned for the first time since the tea party.
She didn’t expect to run into her here, among so many stores.

Instead of answering, Lilia lightly glanced at Stella.
She seemed thinner than Lilia had ever seen before.
Her complexion also looked noticeably bad, Lilia didn’t understand why she decided to go out.

‘Well, I don’t have to worry about her.’

Lilia ignored Stella and tried to pick up the item.
Then Stella screamed,

“I’m the one who saw it first!”

“I touched it faster.”

“Don’t be ridiculous.”

Stella held on to the object without losing.
The pull from both sides tightened.
Lilia and Stella’s eyes met and lit up with sparks.
Since they were enemies, it was more like a fight for pride than wanting to own the object.

“Customer……!”

The owner of the store called Lilia and Stella after hearing the disturbance.
Lilia relaxed her hand.
Then the item fell into Stella’s hands.
Stella smiled triumphantly as if she had won, and Lilia said to the shopkeeper,

“I’ll buy it 10 times the original price.”

As Lilia won the game with money, Stella cried out,

“What are you going to do with 10 times more? Sell it for 30 times more!”

“Then 100 times.”

When it turned into an auction, the shopkeeper was at a loss.

“I can’t believe you’re pressuring me with money.….”

Stella knew the ending.
She couldn’t beat Lilia with money.
Stella, who was trembling, entered a meaningless bidding war.

“150 times!”

“200 times.”

“Then 300 times!”

At the price Stella shouted in a fit of anger, Lilia checked the item again.
In fact, it was not an item that she decided to buy from the beginning.
She was just trying to look inside.
Is it worth paying up to 300 times for that? The answer was no.

‘Sometimes losing means winning.’

Lilia changed her mind.
She had told the Delotta family not to lose against her, even at rock-paper-scissors, but buying that, for 300 times the cost, was a loss in itself.
If it was something she really wanted, she wouldn’t have stepped down, but…… It wasn’t.

“Yes, I’ll give it up.”

As Lilia backed down, Stella blinked.
Soon, she gave her a suspicious look. What’s wrong with her? That’s what her look said.

“What are you up to?”

“I think you really want it, so I’m going to give it up for once.”

“…Since when did you make concessions!”

“If you don’t like it, don’t buy it.”

Thinking that Lilia would change her words, Stella quickly held the object in her arms.

“Don’t regret it.”

Stella warned, with the corners of her mouth curled up.
Lilia shrugged her shoulders without answering.

‘I think I’d regret buying it for 300 times the price.’

Well, there’s a lot of money there, so there’s no need to worry.
Stella turned around triumphantly as if she were a winner.
It was when the sound of shoes walking toward the cashier rang out.

The beat of the shoes stopped, and her steps trembled unsteadily.
Lilia saw Stella’s body stagger.
And in an instant, her body trembled, and she fell to her floor.

Thud, the sound of the floor rang throughout, making Lilia open her mouth with a panicked face.

“Miss!”

Frances and Malek, who were waiting at the entrance, heard the sound and ran.
The owner of the store, who was watching in front of the cash register, also approached in a hurry.

Lilia immediately bent over and moved Stella’s dishevelled hair.
A pale, sickly face was revealed.
Below it was a skinny body.

Lilia suddenly remembered the scene she saw at the tea party hosted by Stella.
She couldn’t swallow a cookie properly and vomited in the corner of the garden.

‘I think it’s…….’

Sighing, Lilia ordered,

“Let’s go to my family’s hospital first.”

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