Chapter 797 Family tension

Chapter 797 Family tension

Rose was surprised to hear this at first before saying with a bitter look, "I think I should be the one that's asking you this. You're the one that summoned me back by saying that you're sick."

Count Amboise narrowed his eyes for a bit as if he had to think about this before turning to look at Henry.

Henry turned away when he saw Count Amboise looking at him like this.

Count Amboise remained silent as he kept staring at Henry before turning back to say, "Right, your father was ill, so he wanted you to come back. Is there something wrong with that?"

Rose was surprised by how shameless he was before saying, "But you're not ill."

"I was ill and now I'm better." Count Amboise said in a calm voice, as if he wasn't shaken by her accusation at all.

Rose was even more surprised by how shameless he was.

The sayings really were true...the older a pepper is, the hotter it becomes.

It was clear that Count Amboise had a lot of experience with matters like this, which was why he wasn't fazed at all by Rose's words.

But the clues that I got from this made it very clear who the real culprit behind all of this was.

I could tell that there was someone who had acted behind the count's back to orchestrate all of this, that was why it seemed like the count didn't know anything about this.

And that person was in the room with us.

But as a father, it didn't seem like Count Amboise was planning on exposing that person and was even planning on covering for them.

Rose just looked at Count Amboise for a bit before saying, "Alright, since you're better, there's no reason for us to stay any longer. We're leaving then."

This time it was Count Amboise's turn to be surprised, but the way that he showed it was a bit strange.

Instead of showing actual surprise, he just slightly knitted his brows.

Even though the count didn't say anything, it was clear by the slight furrowing of his brows that he also had a slight reaction to this.

Henry came forward and said, "Sister, you can't talk to mother and father like this."

This time, he had actual justification which was what gave him the confidence to speak.

It was just too bad for him that Rose didn't give him any face at all.

"And who do you think you are to talk to me like that? I have to remind you that I am a duchess, the wife of a duke. You are nothing more than the son of a count, one that hasn't even inherited a title yet. Do you really think that you can talk to me like this?"

If she went even further, then she might have slapped him in the face.

But he was still her brother, so it wasn't as if she could just slap him right in the face like that.

That didn't mean that it didn't feel like getting slapped in the face for Henry.

The words that Rose said were like slaps that made his cheeks sting.

It was even so powerful that he wasn't able to lift his head to look at her.

The only thing that he could do was shoot looks at me like he wanted me to help, but this time, he was surprised to see the stern look that I had. The way that I looked at him made him feel pressured as well...

Since my wife was bringing out her status as the duchess, I naturally had to support her as the duke.

If they were going to disrespect her, then I would side with her no matter what.

Both Rose's mother and father didn't know what to say in this situation since she had brought out her title.

After all, both of them were technically lower ranked than her and couldn't say anything if she was to bring out her title.

Even if they were her parents, it couldn't be done.

There was this tense atmosphere that filled the air.