Revenge Costs Interest [EN]: Chapter 49

Revenge Comes with Interest 50. I Want to Sleep with You (49/200)

50. I Want to Sleep with You

2023.09.19.

Terrence blinked repeatedly, staring at the two pieces of paper in front of him.

“Is one grapes and the other corn?”

“Every time Terrence impresses me, I’ll sign a grape on the bunch.”

“So, only when all these grapes are filled with Grace’s signature, I can sleep with you?”

“Yes.”

Terrence’s face crumpled miserably. They had confirmed their true feelings and apologized, so he thought they could just move on. But this woman had developed a strange habit of always dwelling on rights and wrongs.

“There are too many grapes.”

“Then, would you like to do it with corn?”

The corn next to it was packed with kernels, so many that it was impossible to count. If you took the time to count them, there would probably be hundreds.

“Is this the only way?”

Just thinking about the gloomy prison still gave Leah the creeps. It was a place she never wanted to experience again.

“Yes. What Terrence did to me was a terrible memory.”

‘Ha! How absurd, something I haven’t even done when I was young.’

“Let’s just get married tomorrow.”

Terrence looked at Grace with sparkling eyes. That was the only legitimate way he could sleep with her.

“Marriage has nothing to do with it. Don’t avoid the essence.”

‘Repay your sins?’

He quickly counted how many grapes there were. Oh no, there were fifty. If it were around thirty, he could finish it within a month.

“If I accomplish all of this, no take-backs.”

In fact, Terrence also felt a great desire to atone since he had startled Grace.

“Of course. But.”

“But?”

“Until you fill this all up, no kisses or hugs. I’ll hold your hand.”

Terrence almost tore the paper to shreds. He didn’t know Grace was such a vindictive woman.

Terrence suddenly felt a surge of injustice.

“Fine. But you know, Grace, you have to promise me one thing too.”

A fair negotiation should never be one-sided.

“Never leave my side without a word again. If you break it, I don’t know what I’ll do.”

There was no hint of laughter in Terrence’s voice.

Leah nervously swallowed hard. In reality, he was a man who could do things no one could imagine.

“There’s more.”

“More?”

“Don’t smile carelessly at other men. Only look at me.”

‘He seems to be very mentally ill.’

Leah could only awkwardly smile in embarrassment. In addition, a sense of defiance rose within her. His demands shouldn’t only apply to her.

“Terrence, don’t smile carelessly at other women either. Only look at me.”

“As much as you want.”

Seeing his confident expression, she felt like it wasn’t fair. Because Terrence didn’t usually smile at other people.

‘I think I’ve been outsmarted by Terrence.’

No, why would I smile brightly at men other than Terrence? I have so much to do.

At that moment, Leah thought of Allen’s younger sister, Libet. Should she tell Terrence about making a dress for her?

“Terrence, I have something to tell you.”

It was too dangerous to keep secrets from him.

“Allen McDowell’s younger sister commissioned Chaneil to make a lace dress, saying she would wear it to the Crown Princess selection [a competition to choose the Crown Princess]. Of course, I accepted the commission.”

At Leah’s words, Terrence didn’t say anything for a long time. He just stared at her as if trying to gauge her intentions.

“Grace, you must have had your own reasons for accepting it.”

“Terrence…….”

She thought he would get angry and oppose it. She expected to hear him scold her for creating a connection with Allen, but he was moving her so much.

“I just wanted to separate public and private matters.”

“I see. I respect Grace’s decision.”

Terrence listened to Grace’s words perfunctorily and approached her desk, dipping a quill pen into the ink.

“Didn’t I just impress Grace?”

“You did.”

“Then, sign the grape.”

Terrence put the pen in Grace’s hand and brought the paper. Leah signed one of the grapes in a daze.

“I’m going to sleep with you no matter what. In the same bed every day.”

Leah wondered if he needed to show such a strong obsession with sleeping with her.

“I also have something to tell Grace.”

Terrence said, looking at the paper with satisfaction.

In short, he had a friend in Galdenia whose younger sister was also going to the selection banquet.

But the problem was that his friend’s family was noble but not very well-off.

“I decided to support all the expenses. If she’s selected, her title will rise and she’ll receive land. Above all, we’ll make the Crown Princess with our own hands.”

“Of course, we should help her.”

Leah also wanted that. She had decided to make Libet’s dress, but she had no intention of making her the Crown Princess of Galdenia.

After all, the fate of becoming royalty is something you’re born with. But it wouldn’t be bad to slightly twist that fate so that it leans to one side.

‘I need to find out the Crown Prince of Galdenia’s taste in women first.’

Leah’s worries deepened.

* * *

Allen heard unexpected news from the Chief of the Metropolitan Police, Tuazo, who visited him in the hospital.

“We caught one of the guys who terrorized President McDowell.”

“How did you catch him?”

They were all wearing black clothes and masks, so it would have been difficult to find out who was who.

“Those kinds of thugs are limited. If you go to a bar, brothel, or gambling den, you’re bound to catch one of them.”

“Did he confess easily?”

“That’s confidential, so don’t ask any further.”

“Tell me who’s behind it.”

Allen was impatient. He had to find out who dared to terrorize him in Brasel.

However, Tuazo kept stroking his twisted mustache, stalling. He seemed to have more to say to Allen.

“My daughter is getting married to a foreign nobleman this time, and they’re asking for an absurd dowry.”

Tuazo was a commoner who had risen to the position of Chief of the Metropolitan Police. So he was more obsessed with ambition and social climbing than anyone else.

‘Such a greedy human, his greed has no end.’

He had already made a fortune by destroying the Hamilton Trading Company, but he didn’t want to spend that money on the dowry.

Allen felt disgusted with Tuazo. At this rate, he would be sucked dry like a leech for the rest of his life.

“It’s such an unexpected person that President McDowell would be surprised if he knew.”

‘Could it be, is it as I expected?’

Allen gritted his teeth. He wanted to know, but he hated being extorted by Tuazo.

‘But I have to know. I could be attacked again.’

“Your daughter is marrying a foreign nobleman, so I shouldn’t miss such a joyous occasion.”

Allen smiled and accepted his request. Soon, Tuazo laughed heartily, expressing his satisfaction.

“It was Duke Courtois behind it. I think he’s very wary of the man who’s been hanging around his fiancée.”

“Duke Courtois? I just invited Lady Vizac to dinner. Besides, you know that I only have a pure intention to commission Libet’s dress, don’t you, Chief?”

“Of course. Originally, there were rumors that Duke Courtois was out of his mind due to the aftereffects of the war.”

Tuazo agreed with Allen’s words, but he didn’t agree at all in his heart. At the banquet that day, Allen was desperate to make Grace his own.

But he messed with the wrong person. Duke Courtois was not such an easy opponent.

“I’ll be on my way now, take care of yourself.”

Tuazo quickly left the hospital after seeing to his business.

On the other hand, Allen was about to explode, unable to overcome the anger that filled his head.

‘Terrence Courtois, I will definitely get rid of you.’

* * *

Terrence was having a serious meeting with James and Luke. Several books were piled up like a tower on the desk in the office.

“I can’t find a way no matter how much I look.”

Terrence said irritably, throwing the book down.

Luke was frustrated with Terrence and his mouth was itching to speak.

‘To find a way to impress a woman, it seems like you just have to do the opposite of what the Duke does.’

Just then, James, the oldest, stepped forward. The only way was for the person with the most life experience to tell him.

“First of all, you have to hide the forcedness. If you show the intention that I’m going to impress you, women will rather distance themselves. Pretend to be indifferent and uninterested, and then help them like a savior when they face difficulties.”

“Hmm, James’s words make sense.”

Anything forced and blatant is ugly.

“You have to make the lady unable to resist signing on her own.”

“Can you give me a specific example?”

“Example? That’s…….”

James hadn’t even thought about that.

“It seems like you can help the lady with what she’s doing?”

This time, Luke stepped forward. Well, is there a special way? Women are moved by small acts of consideration.

“For example, if she’s making clothes and can’t find a certain material, the Duke can get it for her.”

“Hmm, that’s not bad either.”

“First of all, you can help the lady successfully make the Empress’s riding clothes.”

Terrence was lost in thought for a moment.