Kapitel 57: FROM EXILE TO SACRIFICE

[Music Recommendation: With my heart ~ Ahn Eun-Jin]

"I have called her, I don't know why I have been sent when there are maids at our disposal, and I saw her speaking to a woman outside," Sophie said, slumping into her seat after she had gone to call Oriana.

Saline tapped her fingers on the table. "You should be on her good side because she's doing this in place of you,"

Sophie scoffed. "When you put it that way, it makes it seem like she's actually something. She is supposed to do it because that's what she's born for, to be my shadow."

"Sophie!" Saline barked, trying to silence her daughter, but the crown princess wasn't ready to stop.

"I've been pretending about it for so long, I think it's time to let her know her place. She's a stain on the royal family, and this marriage is the best way to wipe it off. I mean, look-"

Oriana walked into the dining room, and the conversation ended abruptly. She noticed the sudden silence but bowed.