Kapitel 114: Tension In The Courtroom

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"I should be upset with you for your earlier betrayal, but if I am I have no other person to speak to." Samantha had complained to Lucy who was busy folding the snowy-white laundered towels she had gathered. With Ivan gone, the young maiden had returned to the servant's quarters to join Lucy who kept humming a romantic tune, but when she noticed Samantha's disapproving stare, she sighed and dropped the neatly folded towels on a tray.

"Sweetheart, I would betray you for your happiness." Lucy half-smiled before joining Samantha on the carpeted floor. "After tonight, once the royal court agrees with your union to Lord Ivan, and then he becomes King of EmptyHollow, I know in my heart that…. Everything will be perfect."