Chapter 114

A Plan (12)

Despite Louis’ supposed kidnapping, Rowena continued to go out, pretending to be on her usual schedule. The call followed shortly after a few days. The servant delivered a letter from a banquet.

The outer seal of the letter was stamped with the same sentence left on the previously received note.

It was the pattern of a stag without one horn.

Edith dissuaded Rowena from even opening the envelope herself. She used an envelope knife to carefully check the inside, confirmed that the envelope or letter paper was free of poison, and read the contents.

“If you want to save your brother, accept the invitation of Lady Otis, My Lady.”

When Rowena looked at Pina, Pina replied with a smile.

“There it is, Lady Otis, on the invitation that arrived two days ago!”

Lady Otis. She had heard of it. She was one of the most celebrated beauties in society, such as Emilia Hasler.

There were three young children, called the flowers of society, Emilia Hasler, Maryen Otis, and Liliana Wenson.

If Liliana was a pure beauty, Emilia was a colorful beauty, and Maryen was somewhat behind the two.

At the engagement celebration, Emilia drew attention in a black-decorated red dress, so it was not strange that Maryen approached her this time.

Is Maryen Otis involved in this?

If so, Matthias would have condescendingly spoken of Maryen’s name. Matthias was a flaunting disposition when he felt he was falling behind.

Recently, Rowena became engaged to Cecil, and it could seem to him that he was losing out to Rowena.

That’s true. He is only using Matthias, but I don’t think he would tell Matthias who he is.

As Cecil’s shadow was watching, Matthias was still hiding in Lambert. Rowena sighed, feeling the urge to drag Matthias and throw him in jail.

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Maryen Otis bit her lips. She knew she should refrain from hurting her lips, but she couldn’t stand the anxiety.

How the hell did he find out?

There had never been anxiety about this before. However, the conceived child died less than a day later, and the father took care of the midwife who was with her at that time.

Even the man who spent the night with her was killed by the assassin she sent.

It’s unfair!

It was only one night’s work. She was so angry that she was rejected by the Duke that she spent the night with her friend.

I should’ve worn a contraceptive ring…

She was wearing a fake contraceptive ring because she seduced him intending to sleep with the Young Duke’s child that day. She was so angry that she completely forgot about it.

Never had she made such a mistake before, so the despair that Maryen felt at that time was great. But she handled it well, or so she thought.

Until she read the note,

“Do you have anything in mind for the name of the dead baby?”

Maryen grabbed her hair at the creepy sentence. She was not able to tell her father, Count Otis. He may be her father but if words got out it would be great anger to him.

Who the hell knows about this?

The Count’s family was not powerless. It was a family that could proudly be listed as a high-ranking aristocrat.

If Paul Adelia hadn’t wasted his family’s wealth, the Adelia name would have gained a little power.

The Count of Otis did. Maryen constantly tried to find out who was threatening her. She also tried to find the person who delivered the memo, and she tracked down the person who knew what happened when she had a child.

Maryen found a man who disappeared completely from the village where she had disbanded.

He was an unpleasant person who was obsessed with Maryen’s beauty. There was enough reason to catch and torture him just because he smelled strange.

Maryen, who had told the truth and confirmed the process of the information being delivered, was horrified.

“Emilia Hasler!”

That arrogant, spiteful woman knows my past!

However, even if she knew who sent the memo, the Hasler was not a family that Maryen could do anything about.

So Maryen pretended not to know and was fulfilling Emilia’s demands through her control.

in the hope that one day she will pay off this debt.

This time, you want me to rent a mansion!

She knew something unusual was going on. If things went wrong, not only would she be destroyed, but her whole family would be involved.

After receiving a reply from the prospective Crown Princess Rowena Adelia to attend, Maryan realized that.

She couldn’t stand still.

Emilia Hasler had already refused her invitation, but she had to bring her into the meeting at all costs.