How to tame my beastly husband novel

How to tame my beastly husband novel

‘I’m sure I was……dead.’

Annette Bavaria, a woman from the most prestigious noble family in the Deltium Kingdom, returned back to the day of her wedding.

The groom’s face was fierce as they entered the hall for the ceremony. He clutched her arm tightly because he hated Annette terribly.

Now they were going to have a hellish marriage again, hurting each other.

“Don’t do this, Rafael.”

“Shh, Annette. If you really want me to stop, please don’t open your dirty mouth. I’m going crazy right now because I want to squeeze it right in.”

She looked at her husband tearing her clothes with tearful eyes.

He was still horribly mean, arrogant, and a beast who only coveted her body.

If she didn’t want to die again, she had to tame this wicked beast somehow.

There was no other option.

Associated Names

Related Series

Recommendations

Recommendation Lists

rapes his wife, the MC, over a mild understanding, using a whip, dog collar, corporeal punishment, and shaming.

I am no longer interested and he’s just gross and brutal in a not-fun or sexy way. It’s also exhausting and pitiful to watch the MC do all of the heavy lifting of having to «understand» this poor man-baby, who doesn’t try at all. Most of the effort to bridge the gap is on her side, and nearly all of the misunderstanding and abusive behavior are on his.

This is going to become one of those where the only reason our MC doesn’t end up being a beaten wife of an abusive rage monster is because she now has a special «power»

How to Tame My Beastly Husband

Chapter 63

Fortunately, Annette’s tardiness did not seem to have any adverse effect on Eucaly’s desire to work. Eucaly nodded her head and began to tell about her work experience by taking out some documents from her arms.

“I have completed a nine-year medical academy course in the Kingdom of Provatte. Here, I have also brought a recommendation letter from my supervisor and also one from the former president of the Royal Hospital. I’ve specialized in the field of chronic diseases and diseases related to women….”

Unlike her appearance, Eucaly’s tone, which had a Provatte accent, was a little stiff. Perhaps that’s why her self-introduction made Annette feel as if a teacher was giving a lecture to the student. Annette, who already knew about all this, listened while pretending to be interested in Eucaly’s career. She didn’t want to make it obvious that she had gone back in time and knew everything here. Thanks to this, Eucaly finished her self-introduction without any problems.

“I heard it well. You’ve had an impressive career experience, Miss Kayun. I think you’re as competent as I’ve heard.”

Annette smiled as she presented the letter of introduction she received from her former practitioner. That gentleman was a timid person, who was particularly afraid of Raphael. So he introduced Eucaly instead and ran away so that he would never be called to the Carnesis Mansion again. “Madam you must hire Eucaly!” Annette smiled as she recalled the desperate appeal of the practitioner to hire Eucaly.

“Well, madam. Then, whether I’m hired or not….”

Seeing Annette become silent for a moment, Eucaly’s expression became a little darker. She was worried that she might have given Annette a bad impression. Annette liked Eucaly’s such clumsy appearance. She was older than herself, but somehow her naive and clumsy actions made Annette want to take care of her.

‘You took good care of me in my past life.’

Annette in her previous life was very sensitive because of her long illness. Having a weak body was scary. Even healthy people become crazy if they have to lie down on a hospital bed every day. Annette cried, vomited, and desperately clung to Eucaly whenever she was seriously ill. Now that she thought about it, she felt sorry towards her.

Annette was so lonely in her previous life. She was abandoned by her father and her brother, Arjen and her sister-in-law, Claire were in an empire too far away. On top of that, she also had a bad relationship with her husband, Raphael. So, the only person on whom she could rely was Eucaly. Perhaps it was quite a burdensome situation for Eucaly as her doctor.

Nevertheless, Eucaly patiently took good care of her. Because of that, Annette’s condition also somewhat stabilized. She was also able to reconcile with Raphael, who came to check on her condition.

‘That’s when he started nursing me.’

At first, Raphael went outside leaving her completely to Eucaly’s care. It was expected since their relationship was so bad.

But one day, when Annette was on the brink of death, Raphael, who had come to check Annette’s condition for the first time in a while, looked very shocked. He had thought she was doing fine as usual with her treatment, but Annette’s condition was far worse than he thought.

After that Raphael always stayed by her side. Later, he took care of Annette’s every need on behalf of Eucaly and managed her medication and treatment. Even though he always fought with her, he seemed to be bothered by her death. Thanks to him, she wasn’t able to bother Eucaly till the time of her death.

‘Raphael looks violent, but he’s actually sweet.’

Annette laughed as she recalled Raphael’s sleeping figure lying on her bed like a lazy lion. In order not to waste her second life as before, Annette’s priority now was to take care of her health. To do so, she was trying to sleep more than before and take as little stress as possible. This was why she had hired a doctor to carefully take care of her health.

Annette, who had made up her mind, smiled warmly at Eucaly.

“Welcome to the Carnesis family, Miss Kayun.”

At those words, Eucaly, who hadn’t met Annette’s eyes until now, raised her head for the first time. The dark expression on her face had now slightly brightened. As she stood stupefied in a place, Eucaly took a deep breath, and then bowed her head to Annette.

“Thank you, madam. Please call me Eucaly.”

“All right, Miss Eucaly. I look forward to your kind cooperation.”

Annette smiled at the look on Eucaly’s face, which looked much better than before. She was in desperate need of a job because she was far away from her hometown and didn’t have a place to stay. Now that she was hired as a physician of an aristocratic family, no wonder she was so relieved.

Annette was going to leave after clearing herself of her false charges. However, even after that, Eucaly would still be able to work here. Aristocratic families seldom kicked out a doctor who was hired by them once. In addition, because of Raphael’s personality and excellent health, he wouldn’t even remember that he had a doctor in his mansion. Annette was pleased to be able to help Eucaly like this. She owed a lot to her in her past life.

‘But in this life, I’ll try to be less indebted to Eucaly.’

Not only with Eucaly, but she also wanted to do the same with Raphael. There’s no way he would take care of her in this life, but again, she couldn’t say for sure. In her previous life, she was really amazed to see him nurse her from her illness even though he had a terrible temper.

Of course, Raphael’s care didn’t always go smoothly. There was too much of a rift between the couple to do that. While nursing, Raphael often got angry at Annette’s nervous responses and ran out of the room in a fit of rage. But he always returned to Annette within half a day.

Then he boiled the soup he had thrown away and scooped it to feed her. He also changed the sheets and helped Annette up, as her condition didn’t even allow her to get up. At the last moment of her death, he even….

‘Did he cry for me? I don’t remember very well.’

Annette remembered the moment when death loomed over her body. At first, her vision flashed and became dark and then her hearing ceased. She was very scared and started panicking. She tried to move her hands, but her arms and legs had already been paralyzed. And a cold numbness, that one felt when their skin was pressed against ice for a long time, slowly overtook her whole body. That was the feeling of death that Annette remembered.

Her sight was the first thing that disappeared, so Annette couldn’t see Raphael’s face at that time. However, she remembered seeing his contorting face in her blurred vision as if he was going to cry. She didn’t want to make Raphael look like that again. For that, it was evident what she had to do.

“Then Miss Eucaly, would you like to have a meal together to celebrate your appointment as our family doctor?”

Annette, who had woken up late, couldn’t eat anything. So she smiled while hiding her growling stomach. Her tone asking her employee was unbelievably sweet. Of course, Eucaly agreed.

The long-awaited day had finally come. The fall harvest festival hosted by the temple of Odessa Louis had begun. In words, it was just a ritual, but actually, it was celebrated like a festival in the temple. On this day, everyone, regardless of age or gender, visited the temple to relish the delicious sheep’s milk cheese, and wine.

Thanks to this, all of the nobles living near the capital of Deltium, the bourgeoisie, and the commoners, all headed for the Odessa Louis’ temple. Even Celestine Keers, who will soon become the Crown Princess, would also attend. Annette was also going to do the same, but her way of visiting the temple was a little different.

“Let’s see, the Western Tomb is probably around here…….”

Annette headed to the cemetery of the temple of Odessa Louis, referring to the map that Railin had sent in advance. She had to climb a mountain a bit to avoid other people’s eyes, but it was fine as she had safely reached without getting sick or sore anywhere. Thanks to this, she was able to enter the cemetery without being seen by anyone.

She was glad it was festival time now. Originally, no one paid attention to the cemetery on a festive day. People were instinctively reluctant to visit a cemetery on a joyous day, for fear of attracting bad luck. Thanks to this, Annette was able to look around the cemetery where even a single ant couldn’t be seen.

The place she had promised to meet with Railin was the western tomb, but it was not easy to find the way because the cemetery was very large. Annette, who was struggling to find the way, raised her ears. She could hear the loud voices coming from the distant temple. Everyone seemed drunk after drinking a lot of wine, that was made in the temple. No one would notice Annette in such a busy atmosphere.

‘As expected, Sir Railin is so amazing. I think we’ll successfully infiltrate the temple today.’

Annette was a little relieved. She was very nervous ahead of the big event. Since her return, Annette had continuously faced huge challenges that she could not even imagine before. Annette felt both unfamiliar and amazed at herself. She never thought people could change 180 degrees for their survival.

Fortunately, Annette was soon able to find the Western Tomb, the place of her appointment. At first, she thought things had gone wrong because she went to the wrong tomb in the east. She was scared when she saw no presence of either Railin or the new priest’s clothes that he was supposed to prepare. It was fortunate that the priests had kindly embossed “East” on the floor of the cemetery.

‘Those who are closest to God, how considerate of you.’

Annette was deeply impressed. Although she first attended this temple for Celestine, she wasn’t exactly a believer, but she decided to believe in the goddess Odessa. Anyway, after finding the right path, Annette looked around and entered the western part of the cemetery carefully.

“……Is this the right place?”

As she opened the heavy stone door and entered, she could see the “West” mark embossed on the floor.

‘I think I’ve come to the right place.’

A light breeze from the dusty cemetery brushed against the tip of her nose. Even in broad daylight, the room was quite dark with grey tones all over it, giving off a gloomy atmosphere. The only sound one could hear inside the building built for the dead was the sound of Annette’s footsteps.

Annette looked around, but couldn’t find Railin. Instead, the statue standing in the center of the tomb seemed to stare down at her. Maybe because it was dark and she couldn’t see its face well, the statue felt even more dismal.

Knowing that she was doing ‘bad things’, Annette trembled unknowingly. She closed her eyes and clasped her hands in a prayer before the statue.

‘I’m sorry, goddess Odessa. I’ll leave right away after meeting Celestine Keers.’

Just at that moment, the statue standing in front of Annette’s eyes suddenly reached out and grabbed her shoulder.

How to Tame My Beastly Husband

Chapter 59

Listening to Annette’s words, Thomas’s eyes shook like reeds. He was even dubious about what he had heard. Suspecting Annette’s intentions, Thomas said nonchalantly,

“Oh, are you? I’m sure Marquis would be very pleased to hear that. His wife not only cares about the household but also the operations of his mine! As a fellow man, I really envy the Marquis. Hehe!”

Thomas laughed loudly, but the tips of his eyebrows were slightly twitching. From Thomas’s point of view, her interest could not be entertained. Even though Raphael was the owner, Thomas was able to do whatever he wanted because Raphael had left all the mining operations to him and did not pay much attention. But if the ownership of the mine gets in the hands of Annette, he would be left with nothing. Naturally, his eyes, looking at Annette, were filled with caution.

After seeing this, Annette raised her hand gracefully and held her chin. Then a large diamond tucked over her velvet glove gave off a dazzling glow. It was an excessive design that she never would have worn if it was her usual self. However, it was also a good bait to attract attention. As soon as Thomas’s gaze turned to the diamond, Annette smiled arrogantly.

“That’s right. He has little interest in mines. So… Shouldn’t something precious belong to someone who recognizes its value? What do you think, Mr. Bradley?”

“…What? Excuse me, Madam, what are you talking about? Well, I can’t understand…”

Annette looked at the embarrassed Thomas with an even more charming smile. It was the smile that she had learned from Railin. It was only for this moment that she had intentionally dressed up in fancy clothes and shown Thomas too much attention. Annette, lazily leaning her head, whispered with a gleam in her eyes.

“I mean, I think I can do a lot better if I become the owner of the mine. Whether it’s regarding its operations or profits. And maybe… also give the loyal employees who helped me, plenty of my ‘sincerity’?”

When Thomas heard Annette’s suggestion, his eyes became wide open with shock. He looked as if he had never expected to hear something like this from her. After seeing this, Annette became more confident. It seemed she was doing a good job in acting. Annette, with her head tilted, smiled like a cat and further cornered Thomas.

“What do you think, Mr. Bradley? Are you willing to help me out?”

“Madam, that…… It’s so sudden, I’m not sure how to answer.”

Thomas’s bald head gleamed with embarrassment. In fact, from his current standpoint, he couldn’t help but be embarrassed. He had come here as Raphael’s mine manager at the order of Allamand. But the employer’s daughter suddenly stepped in, saying that she too wanted the mine. So it was a bit embarrassing. After putting Thomas into a spot, just like she wanted, Annette decided to step back.

“I think you need time to think, Mr. Bradley.”

“Yes, ma’am. I’m so sorry, but I can’t give you an answer right now.”

Thomas, who was sweating a lot, analyzed her words and bit her bait. In response, Annette nodded and pretended to be sullen for not receiving an answer. There was an awkward silence between the two, but it was soon broken by Annette.

“Then Mr. Bradley. I heard you say you’re from West Deilun?”

“That’s right, ma’am. Do you know about Deilun?”

Thomas answered Annette’s question with a confident smile. ‘He must have forged his hometown as well.’ It seemed he was also a good actor. Annette decided to be generous with him. She was cheating Thomas anyway. Annette with a curious look asked by tilting her head.

“There’s a traditional song that’s popular in the Deilun area, isn’t there? I listened to it by chance before. It was really rich in notes and was more pleasant to hear than I thought. But maybe it was because the lyrics were unfamiliar, I couldn’t understand what the song meant. Since Mr. Bradley is from there, you should know the meaning, right?”

“Meaning of the traditional song? Ah…. yes.”

A drop of sweat trickled down from Thomas’s dazzling head. Although he had memorized the specialties of the fake hometown and famous names related to it, he didn’t know much about the traditional songs. But it was okay. Annette also didn’t know anyway.

‘Ah, it’s all made up.’

Annette smiled, concealing her thoughts. Then she asked Thomas, naively blinking her eyes as if she was not at all suspicious of him.

“Yes. I’m not good enough at singing, but would you like to hear it? I really want to know the meaning of that enchanting song.”

“Oh, yes, yes! Of course, I would like to hear it!”

Thomas, whose face became red, nodded knowingly. He was very embarrassed because he knew nothing about the traditional songs of Deilun. He wondered what he would do if he got caught because of this and his identity was exposed. But on the other hand, he was also grateful to hear Annette sing it for him first. After listening to the song, he could make some meaning out of it, right?

“Well, it’s somewhat embarrassing, but I’ll sing a little bit.”

Annette cleared her throat, pretending to be unaware of Thomas’s feelings. Then Thomas, with a flattering smile, bowed his head and leaned in a little to focus on her singing. After confirming this, Annette opened her mouth and began to sing a random song.

The morning sun is golden.

The afternoon sun is white

The evening sun is red.

And when the moon rises, everything disappears

It was just a random song, but its effect was clear. Thomas, who was leaning forward, fell asleep on the table and snored loudly. Annette, who confirmed this, quickly got up from her seat.

‘I don’t have much time. I have to quickly find the evidence that could prove Thomas is a traitor.’

As a regressor, Annette’s “special ability” was to put people to sleep. Fortunately, the ability was instantaneous, so most of the people fell asleep in 30 seconds. However, the only flaw in this was that it was difficult to estimate the duration of the ability.

If the opponent was as sleep-deprived as Raphael, the ability lasted for a longer duration. However, if she forced a sober person to sleep, the effect did not last for more than five minutes. Therefore, she had to move as fast as possible in situations like this.

Annette looked around the parlour and searched everything that stood out. But there was nothing on the shelves near the table or on the bookshelves. According to Railin’s report, Thomas didn’t get a house around here. Instead, Thomas shared a room and board in this large mining office building.

‘Then the only thing left to search is there.”

She approached the back door that she had noticed earlier. Perhaps inside this door was Thomas’s personal living space. But the door was tightly locked. Annette hurried back to Thomas and searched his arms carefully.

‘Key, key… I found it!’

She felt something similar to a key when she looked in the inner pocket of Thomas’s right vest. But Thomas fell asleep in a precarious position on the table. So she was unable to take out the key from his inner pocket. Annette grunted and then lifted Thomas by grabbing him by the shoulder. Fortunately, after much effort, she was able to take the key out of his vest pocket, but there was another problem.

Thomas, who frowned, showed signs of awakening. The sounds of his loud snoring had disappeared. Frustrated, Annette quickly sang and put him back to sleep. She was doubtful whether it will work again on the person she had already used it on. But fortunately, Thomas fell asleep again. As he started snoring again, Annette breathed a sigh of relief.

‘I almost got in trouble there.’

Her hands trembled as she felt the danger of this work. It was a very tense moment for Annette, who had always lived as a good child and like a flower in a greenhouse. But now there was no time to hesitate. Annette, grasping the warm key, hurriedly opened the door behind the parlour. Inside, there was a bedroom with a slightly stale smell.

‘Please, I hope I can find any evidence……!’

Annette went into Thomas’s bedroom, praying earnestly. She wanted to bring some gain to Raphael, who had entrusted her with this job. And at this opportunity, she also hoped that she could cut off her father’s paws extending toward Raphael.

Fortunately, her prayers were soon answered.

“Thank you very much for forgiving my rudeness, madam.”

Thomas, who got up after falling asleep, blushed deeply. Then his head turned red, making him look like a big boiled octopus. Annette politely took her gaze off his bald head and smiled generously.

“Oh, it was because you were tired. I know Mr. Bradley works very hard for the mining business.”

“I’m really grateful for your generosity. Well, I’ll think seriously about your request. So please give me a little time.”

Thomas lowered his voice and whispered, to which Annette nodded with a subtle glance. He still seemed to believe that Annette was a greedy woman who coveted her husband’s mine. She was sure he would tell her father about this and ask him what to do.

But it didn’t really matter. The evidence of Thomas’s embezzlement was hidden inside the large hem of Annette’s dress. Thomas would be done for as soon as she returned to Raphael with this. So he won’t have a chance to get a reply from Allamand. Annette smiled gracefully, suppressing her still pounding chest.

“Good-bye, then Mr. Bradley. It was really nice meeting you.”

“It was an honor for me too, madam. Then please be careful on your way home.”

Thomas didn’t realize that Annette was saying goodbye instead of ‘see you soon’. He thought she had said it wrong and just simply shrugged it off.

And that was the last time ‘Thomas Bradley’ saw Annette.

How to Tame My Beastly Husband

Chapter 56

It was late afternoon when Annette woke up again. The muscular man’s forearms, which were hugging her body, were pretty heavy. Annette, realizing that she had slept until the afternoon, blinked her eyes.

Suddenly her vision turned black and she wondered if there was a dark black hair-like curtain of darkness covering her eyes. She felt two warm lips touch her eyes.

“Wake up. Aren’t you hungry?”

The voice of the man, who lay next to her languidly, was very low and sexy. Raphael, who spoke more affectionately than usual, pressed his lips down on her temple. The soft texture of his lips completely woke Annette up. As she propped herself up, the things that happened in the morning came to her mind.

‘Oh, right! We fell asleep together last night and then in the morning…’

Annette remembered that she had fallen asleep on the way back in the carriage right after the ball. But since she was sleeping by leaning against Raphael’s body, she didn’t know that Raphael had later picked her up and moved her to her bedroom. In the morning, because of this, she reflexively burrowed herself into Raphael’s arms, wanting to look for warmth from his body. Recalling the events that happened in the morning, Annette bowed her head and blushed. Raphael, lying next to her, got up from the bed and examined her complexion.

“What’s wrong? Are you not feeling well?”

Raphael looked around at Annette’s face, wondering if he had hugged her too roughly. Annette did not refuse his touch but looked up at him quietly. The man who had quenched his greed was now quite generous towards his woman.

Annette was not very pleased with the whimsical actions of Raphael, who was again being nice to her. She thought it would be better to have a physical relationship with him. But that way, she would not be able to leave and would never be happy. Annette closed her eyes as Raphael gently swept back her hair.

Annette knew that even if she left him and found new happiness, there would be days when she would miss this hand. There would be nights when she would think of his warmth and feel lonely. To get rid of this feeling, Annette asked Raphael.

“I have a question for you. Can I ask you?”

As expected, his hands caressing her forehead, stopped. She would have rather appreciated it if Raphael had pushed her away again. Annette blinked, expecting him to turn her down. However, Raphael frowned and answered with a grimace.

“… You can ask me anything.”

It meant that it was up to him to answer. ‘Are you saying that I can ask any question I want?’ Annette opened her mouth with her cheek resting on his big palm.

“I heard that the demand for iron ore has skyrocketed these days. And because of that your iron ore mine has soared in value. What do you think? Are you making good profits there?”

“Why? Are you interested in my mine too?”

Instead of answering, Raphael raised one eyebrow and asked. Annette was worried that he might misunderstand that she was coveting his mine. Annette’s tone of voice rose as she quickly added her explanation.

“No, Raphael. It’s not like that. It’s a huge industrial change, isn’t it? So, I just had a few questions….…”

“I was just kidding. You don’t have to be so flustered.”

Raphael, with the corners of his mouth raised, grabbed her blond hair and gently twisted it between his fingers. Surely if it had been in the past, he would have sarcastically accused Annette for setting her eyes on his mine. But now that he had witnessed the scene of Annette fighting with her father last time, he knew she didn’t want his mine.

‘I already know what my father wants. Whatever it is, don’t even think about taking anything from Raphael. He’ll never give it to you.’

At that time, Annette fought against her father while trembling with a pale face. It was too much to suspect Annette after seeing it. Raphael finally admitted to himself; he had already started believing in her. He gently told Annette what she was curious about.

“That’s right. The profits have increased a lot. There were a lot of people who wanted to buy my iron ore mine. After all, it’s the largest mine in the Deltium.”

“I see. Um… You know, Raphael…. Maybe your mine has something besides financial benefits….. Are there any influential elements that could be used in politics or diplomacy?”

Raphael said nothing for a moment. Instead, he stretched out his arms and hugged Annette from behind. Then he started licking her neck gently. There were traces of Raphael’s bites on her white nape. It was unfortunate that her slender neck was marred by his bite marks, but on the other hand, seeing his traces on her aroused dark sadistic feelings inside him. Raphael, who licked the marks to soothe her, opened his mouth.

“Yes, it can be used to exert diplomatic influence on some countries. It’s a good thing that industrial efficiency has increased with the supply of iron to the common people, but not all countries can mine iron ore. So, I am also selling a significant amount of iron ore overseas.”

“Ah, then, if someone buys your iron ore mine…. they can mix a little into diplomacy and trade with certain countries.”

Understanding Raphael’s words, Annette lowered her eyes. Of course, her father, Allamand, was not after the iron ore mine simply because of the financial gain. After all, the Bavarian family was one of the richest families in Deltium. What Allamand coveted was not the iron ore mine, but the influence he can exert over other countries through it.

Seeing Annette deep in thought, Raphael hugged her and pulled her closer to him. The delicate Annette fit right into his arms. As Raphael looked down at her, her round head and slender neck along with her small ears that were slightly peeking out of her long blond hairs, all seemed very pretty. He had a rough idea why she was asking about his mine.

‘In fact, I, myself didn’t expect this mine to be this profitable.’

Raphael was really lucky. His biological father, King Selgratis, gave Raphael a diamond mine and an iron ore mine in return for his major contributions to the war. At that time, iron was too difficult to smelt and so was quite expensive. Since it was difficult to procure, its use was also limited. Therefore, the iron ore mine that Raphael received did not receive much attention. But who knew that the tides of the time would turn like this in a few years?

‘It was probably given to me because he didn’t think something like this would happen.’

Raphael thought cynically. His biological father, King Selgratis, apparently seemed to care a lot about Raphael. But the things he would give him were like placing silver alms in the hands of a beggar. Raphael wondered if he was mistaken because of his own feelings or it was actually what the king intended.

Just then, Annette, who was still in Raphael’s arms like a doll, turned her head and called him. He looked so serious as if he had finished thinking about something. Annette reached out and grasped Raphael’s hand and then sighed.

“I know. My father…. He is coveting your mine. And because of me, you’re being put into undue pressure.”

After finishing speaking, Annette dropped her head as if she was ashamed. Raphael watched her little fingers clutching the sheets painfully. When he saw this pitiful sight, generous words flowed out of his mouth.

“It’s okay. It’s really nothing before what my uncle did to you. Well father-in-law really needs to do better. As the proud blue-blooded Bavarian, he is currently second in this race.”

Annette grinned at Raphael’s unexpected joke. For the first time, she realised that Raphael too had similar concerns as her. Just as she was worried about her father, Raphael also seemed to have some problems with his mother’s family. Perhaps that was why he could sympathize with her.

She never thought that she would be able to build a connection with Raphael in her life. It was an experience that she never had in her previous life. Was this life changing little by little because of her efforts? Annette, who was fiddling with Raphael’s hand, said in a determined voice.

“Raphael, I’ll protect your mine. No one can take away what’s yours. Even if it’s my father.”

Raphael’s blue eyes widened when he heard those words. Raphael, who was looking at Annette without saying anything, soon laughed out aloud. His sharp eyes curled into two small crescent moons, and his red lips, which only spoke bad words, were now pulled into a bright smile. Raphael replied, looking at Annette with blue eyes filled with amusement.

“That’s quite reassuring. Thanks to you, I feel very secure.”

Annette warmed up to his positive response. She was determined to protect his mine before leaving him. His naked chest, his arms hugging her, his cheeks and lips pressed against her body all felt pleasantly warm. It was a pity that she would have to leave her handsome husband, but it was a better choice for both of them.

Raphael only wanted a formal relationship and didn’t want to involve any personal feelings. But Annette didn’t want to live like that. Since this was her second life, she wanted to love and cherish someone and have a meaningful relationship with him. If Raphael refused, Annette had no choice but to leave him.

But before that, she wanted to solve his mine problem.

Annette’s little pink lips paled a little. To be honest, it was scary and hopeless to fight against Allamand. However, she really wanted to protect Raphael. It was her way of repaying him for the kindness he showed to her when she was sick in her previous life. Also in the first place, it was her own family who was behind it.

Fortunately, while Annette acted out the role of a good daughter, there were some things she saw and heard from the shadows. She knew what Allamand did to get what he wanted.

Now, it was time to stop being a good daughter.

How to Tame My Beastly Husband

Chapter 61

Annette narrowed her eyes and looked at the man’s face standing under the umbrella. She wondered why he had such a dark look on his face. The moment their eyes met, Railin suddenly smiled at Annette. His face immediately turned bright as usual.

‘He sure didn’t look happy. Did I see it wrong?’

Annette tilted her head. Railin approached her while playfully twirling his umbrella. With a window between them, he stopped and greeted her in a slightly different way than usual.

“Give me the grace of the goddess, O’ servant of the faithful goddess.”

The greeting that Railin just said was only used to greet the priests serving the Goddess Odessa. Annette, who understood his joke, grinned and replied in the same way.

“The breath of the goddess will always be with you, O’ Lamb of the devout Goddess.”

Seeing Annette accept the joke, Railin nodded satisfactorily and entered the cafe. Despite the rain, there was no trace of any water splashing on Railin’s pale gray trousers. Annette asked, looking at this curiously.

“Do I have to use magic to become a Secret Guild Master? Like walking on water or something.”

“I don’t know. After all, a charming beauty like me needs to have some secrets.”

With a mysterious smile, Railin pretended to show off his beauty. It was a unique charm of Railin but she didn’t dislike it. However, Annette hadn’t come here to crack jokes with Railin.

“So, have you set a date for the infiltration?”

“Of course. A week from now, it will be the second day of the harvest festival. We will meet at the Western Burial Tomb, a little far from the Odessa Louis temple. Very few people come there.”

Annette nodded her head. Well, though the festival was said to be celebrated for giving ancestral worship, the period of harvest ahead was celebrated no different from a carnival. On such a fine day, there would not be many mourners wandering around the graves. Annette asked Railin just to make sure.

“Are you sure Celestine Keers will come to the temple that day?”

“Has my information ever gone wrong?”

Railin asked back with a dizzying smile, with his eyes curved beautifully under the long eyelashes. Annette nodded at the fairly reliable answer. While lost in thought, Annette caressed the rim of the warm teacup and muttered,

“Recently, Celestine rarely socializes. I heard that because of this, people are doubting her qualifications to be a Crown Princess.”

“Well, yes. After all, her family doesn’t have that much power to support her for that position. There’s a rumor going around here that she’s showing signs of social phobia these days. Thanks to this, she seems to be getting a lot of resentment from her acquaintances. Of all the things, this came out as soon as she was confirmed to be the Crown Princess. It seems to everyone it’s the so-called case of ‘After she has succeeded, she has changed‘.…”

Railin explained by acting it out and skillfully changing his voice. Annette frowned at the words. Come to think of it, Celestine also suddenly canceled her attendance at the garden party of Marquis Eloque. Something was off.

“Why is Celestine acting so carelessly now?’

Annette, who suspected Celestine as the real culprit, was puzzled. Now, Celestine had finally got the position of the Crown Princess that she wanted so much. However, at this time with her goal so close, Annette couldn’t understand why she was suddenly throwing away the prepared soup handed out to her.

Well, it didn’t matter. She would eventually know all this when she confronts her anyway. The lingering desire to clear all the false accusations against her was the only reason keeping Annette here. If she was lucky, she might get the answer right away from her encounter with Celestine. And after that…….

Annette smiled when she recalled her prepared plans for the future. Unlike her bitter mood, her voice flowed out smoothly as usual.

“Mister Railin, if you don’t mind, could you please prepare for me to move to Osland? I’d like to visit the place, once this is all over. I have to check it out since I’ll be living there from now on.”

Finally! Railin’s ruby red eyes twinkled with joy.

After finishing her conversation with Railin, Annette headed to the carriage without much thought. It was time to go back to the mansion. It was a rainy day, and if she delayed any longer, Raphael would get worried. Annette laughed at herself for having delusions that ‘Raphael would care about her’. She wondered when this started to happen.

Annette quickened her steps and finally reached the front of the carriage. It was raining, so the leather boots that she wore had become soaked. The moisture sticking between her toes felt unpleasant. Just as she was about to get into the carriage, someone called her from behind.

“Lady…… No, Marchioness.”

The young man’s voice mixed with a foreign accent sounded very aristocratic. After waiting for her for quite a while, the man was completely soaked in the rain. Annette was surprised to see who it was. The young man, whose neatly done blond hair was sticking to his pale forehead, was someone she didn’t expect.

“Gerard? Oh my, don’t you have an umbrella? It’s raining so hard, what are you doing?”

It was Gerard, the butler of the Bavarian family, who was waiting for her. Annette, surprised by Gerard’s pitiful appearance of a wet mouse, grabbed his hand. Gerard’s hands were cold from being out for so long in the rain. She wanted him to come inside the carriage to warm himself up before his temperature dropped further, but Gerard refused.

“It’ll ruin the leather covers, Madam. It’s okay, so I’ll just…….”

“What nonsense are you talking about! Do I look like a person who can’t buy new leather covers? It’s all right, come on, get in.”

While scolding him, Annette pulled his hand in a determined manner and then made him sit inside the carriage. Gerard was her father’s trusted butler and he took care of her for a long time. Although she was now a little distant from him, she had always thought of him as a distant cousin. So to leave Gerard in the rain, while she talked with him sitting comfortably in the carriage, she wasn’t that heartless.

Suddenly being pulled into the carriage by Annette made Gerard finally laugh. He could feel the fine leather covers getting wet under his clothes. It was a little cold in the rain, but his heart warmed up from her kindness. His young lady was as sweet and gentle as she used to be.

“What’s wrong, Gerard? You came all the way here. Did my father make you do it?”

Annette asked while covering Gerard’s body with a blanket. Her heart thumped, wondering whether her father, Allamand, was going to send her another warning note. But Gerard shook his head and glanced intently at Annette. A small shadow covered his graceful face.

“My Lady, no……Madam.”

“Just call me whatever you like. What’s the matter?”

“I’m sorry, but I heard this by accident. The…… the mine of your husband. I heard you kicked out the mine manager.”

Annette’s heart started pounding. The news of her handling Thomas Bradley, her father’s subordinate, had reached his ears. She had expected it, but never thought it would happen so fast.

Annette now wondered how much she could trust Gerard, who was also her father’s subordinate. He would definitely never harm her as he had cared for her since she was a child. But it was different for her husband, Raphael. Annette warily asked Gerard,

“Aah right. Are you asking why he did that? Thomas kept a double ledger and tried to siphon off the profits of the mining business. From a business owner’s point of view, it is natural to fire such people.”

“It’s not just because of that, My Lady. You’re a smart person, so you must have already guessed everything.”

Gerard smiled bitterly. He knew the real reason Annette kicked Thomas out. Annette stared straight at Gerard’s face, not knowing what would happen. Then Gerard sighed deeply and knelt on the floor of the carriage.

“I’m not here to harm you or your husband today. Actually, I will quit this job and return to my hometown tomorrow. Before that, I wanted to say goodbye to you, so I apologize for coming here all of a sudden.”

“You’re going home? Why?”

“My life in Deltium was great, but now it seems it’s time to return to my native country. My brother, who just took over the estate, also needs help.”

Gerard did not give his reasons for leaving. Maybe it was because his plate of troubles got too big and he felt a sense of crisis, or maybe he was uncomfortable with the situation where he had to keep confronting her. Of course, there was also a possibility that it was a lie to bring down Annette’s guard. However, his candid tone and detached face felt sincere.

Just like how he knew Annette well, Annette too knew him very well. Although they had some conflicts in the middle, the time spent with Gerard was very long. It could even be exaggerated that the time spent with Gerard was much longer than the time she spent with her father. During those times, Gerard had consistently been a good butler. Now that he was leaving, she couldn’t continue to treat him coldly.

“I see. Please be careful on your way. I hope we can meet again, Gerard.

Annette bid her farewell in a soft tone and hid her regret. But Gerard’s visit wasn’t just for saying goodbyes. With Annette in front of him, he suddenly looked around. Then he pushed the window of the half-open carriage. Gerard then lowered his voice and whispered very carefully.

“Lady, although I don’t know everything…… but I’ve found one thing.”

“What? What are you talking about all of a sudden, Gerard?”

“The mine. It’s not just the Master, but there are some other people who are helping him. It’s a much more dangerous and bigger conspiracy than what the Lady thought.”

Annette’s eyes widened at the unexpected words. Allamand, the Duke of Bavaria, alone, was a great power. The self-righteous man didn’t need anyone’s help. She couldn’t believe that Allamand had someone’s help in planning something. It was totally unexpected.

“Would you mind telling me more about this, Gerard? I really appreciate it, but if you get caught…….”

While Annette was trembling with anxiety, she was very worried about Gerard. Although she was just trying to protect Raphael, she regretted being too harsh on him. Gerard chuckled sadly and shrugged his shoulders.

“Well, what can they do with someone who’s already gone? There’s something else I really want to tell you.”

Gerard, kneeling on the floor of the carriage, bowed his head. Then he kissed Annette’s rain-soaked boots without any hesitation. At his reverent attitude, Annette’s eyes widened in surprise. He looked up at Annette, still being on his knees, and smiled grimly.

“I sincerely apologize for insulting your husband the other day. That day, I felt like I had been robbed of my precious young lady whom I had brought up. I was really ashamed of my behavior. I shouldn’t have done…….”

“It’s all right, Gerard. You apologized to my husband then. It’s all in the past.”

Gerard again bowed at Annette’s words. Annette’s husband, Raphael’s face flashed in front of his dark eyes. Gerard hoped that he would soon realize what a great privilege it was to stand tall next to Annette. Because he was just a butler, he didn’t even get that chance. Gerard suppressed his lingering feelings and closed his eyes. He deliberately said his last farewell in a bright tone.

“The time I served my lady will always be the most precious and warmest memories of my life. Even if I go back to my native country, I will always think of you. Please be happy.”

When Gerard had finished speaking, he smiled with a cheerful face. Some tears had already accumulated near his eyes. Now not having anything to say to Annette, Gerard turned his back and jumped out of the carriage. Then he strode and disappeared into the darkness.

Annette sighed as she looked sadly at Gerard’s back from the window. She was worried if he would safely find his way back home. But now it was really time to go back home. Annette, looking out of the dark window, gave orders to start the carriage.