Chapter 176 - 176

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It was very clear that out of the three of them, the most responsible one would be Duke Alphonso. Although Duke Gaston was normally responsible by himself, Duke Mason could irritate him.

And that could lead the both of them to a fight, which Lady Melissa was sure that Duke Mason would love to have with Duke Gaston.

Duke Alphonso was a calm and collected man, so he didn't like fighting, at least not physically, he much preferred verbal insults.

Duke Alphonso didn't like the stench of blood, which was surprising since he lived in the royal palace and Lady Melissa was sure that there'd be loads of blood every now and then

Though Lady Melissa couldn't see Duke Alphonso being in fights with how he presented himself to be to the public.

Duke Alphonso's personality to the public was way more different than what his actual personality was. In public he made himself look like a kind, naive, young nobleman who had been so lucky to be one of the Crown Prince's aides.

While in reality, it was a fake personality of the Duke's so nobody would suspect him for anything, he was smart whenever it came to matters in the royal palace though.

Duke Alphonso made sure not to act too smart, he knew what the Crown Prince or even the King would suspect if he acted too smart.

He knew that his smartness was an advantage that he had from most people, and he knew when the right time to use it was.

The royal family already had a leash on him, he wouldn't want more leashes added to his neck, he was already burdened with the one leash the royal family were holding on him.

The people who worked in the royal palace didn't have an opinion, and even if they did, they wouldn't be allowed to express it.

Though Duke Alphonso was a little different from them, he of course had his own opinions on things and knew whether a strategy or plan of theirs wouldn't work.

He'd give hints to the Crown Prince, and then the Crown Prince would think of the idea, taking all the credit for it.

It had worked for years and Duke Alphonso had no doubt it was going to work for several more if he was still working for the royal family or the Crown Prince.

Lady Melissa glanced at the clock on her wall, she had fifteen minutes remaining before she'd enter the carriage, with some help from Sophia she quickly put on the glass slippers and took a sip of water.

She was ready for this, ready to face whatever society was going to throw at her, because she was no longer the person she used to be.

Lady Melissa made her way downstairs, with a little help from Sophia since it had been some time since she last wore high-heels which was the first time she held a ball.

The ball had been weeks ago, maybe even a month or two ago, hence Lady Melissa needed some time to adjust to the glass slippers.

It was like any other high-heels, hard to wear, though after a few minutes of walking on them Lady Melissa quickly adjusted, being able to walk quickly in her high-heels, though she made sure to never run in them, or else something disastrous would happen to both her and her feet.

Which, Lady Melissa wanted to avoid as much as possible, her poor feet were already going to be in a lot of pain later on.

She didn't want her body to hurt anymore since there was a very high chance she'd probably fall if she ran with high heels.

Lady Melissa went downstairs, as the maids opened the door for her, as Lady Melissa went to the carriage slowly getting into it as she didn't want to fall.

After Sophia and Justin had both made sure that Lady Melissa had safely entered the carriage, they soon went into a carriage of their own together.

As Lady Melissa's carriage soon took off to the Victoria estate, and so did Sophia and Justin's carriage took off as well, following them.

After an hour or so had passed, Lady Melissa had finally reached the Victoria estate. She thought that she wouldn't be nervous but oh boy, she was nervous.

Lady Melissa took a deep breath, as she soon left the carriage with her mask in her face, heading inside to where the party was.

Speaking of her mask, it was a custom made mask with the colour blue on it as it had little white diamonds all over glued on it.

Lady Melissa had done and prepared a lot to ensure that she'd pop out to everyone's eyes, so she would be the apple of all their eyes.

Not like she wasn't already to some of them, though she didn't know that, and they didn't plan on revealing it to her.

At least not now, though maybe in the near future, she'll know soon enough about it though.

The maid opened the doors where the ball was held, as Lady Melissa confidently walked slowly down the stairs.

It was as if all the noise had stopped, and it was, everyone had stopped chatting or talking to each other as they all stared at Lady Melissa's beautiful appearance.

Lady Melissa smiled at them, as everyone was still stunned at her beauty, even though they couldn't see her full face since it had been covered by the mask.

Soon enough, Lady Melissa made her way at the bottom of the stairs, while everyone looked in her way, making way for her.

Lady Melissa approached Duchess Victoria, who was sitting down, with a group of girls standing up beside her, some of them which she had noticed.

Some of the girls there had humiliated her before in her previous life, and Lady Melissa hated them with every inch of her being because of it, though she didn't harbour that many negative feelings for them anymore.

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