Chapter 219
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On the day Tessa came to the Chancellor’s estate, Raul listened only to the midwife’s words, let Tessa enter, and insisted that she was his daughter.
‘Why?‘
Margaery suddenly recalled that Tessa had said the painting in Raul’s study was a fusion of Wrenna and Bertha.
And Raul had loved Bertha.
Otherwise, he would not have altered Wrenna to resemble Bertha.
And that painting…
Margaery suddenly looked at Keaton lying on the ground. When she lifted the mask from Keaton’s face, she felt a faint sense of familiarity.
But because Keaton appeared much older than the person in the painting, she hadn’t thought much of it at the time.
Now, thinking carefully, she realized Keaton also resembled the person in the painting.
So, is Keaton Bertha?‘
Margaery realized something extraordinary. Looking at Raul and Tessa’s expressions, her own became complicated.
‘Doesn’t today’s scene mean that Tessa killed her dearest ‘sister,‘ and Raul, together with his sons, cruelly killed the woman he loved most?‘
‘Indeed, heaven has its cycles. Since ancient times, who has ever been spared?‘
Margaery sneered coldly and subconsciously tugged at her clothes.
She didn’t know what sin she had committed to born into such a family.
Though wrapped in a fox fur coat, she felt as if the winter’s wind and snow had settled in her heart, leaving her chilled to the bone.
Dashnell unobtrusively encircled her waist. “From now on, you don’t need them.”
The Wallen family truly was unworthy.
The warmth of Dashnell’s palm brought Margaery back to herself.
Russell was already kneeling on the ground, leaning over the edge and looking down at the scene below. He was so tormented that he wished he could die.
As expected, Tessa was not the daughter of the Wallen family.
But Margaery was.
Yet, over the past year, they helped Tessa bully Margaery and committed so many wrongdoings.
By now, the damage was irreparable.
Russell felt as if his heart was about to break.
If not for Margaery’s quick thinking, using Keaton to replace herself, the person lying on the ground covered in blood today
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would have been Margaery.
He glanced at Margaery, feeling relieved.
Yet he also felt heartache.
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Although it was not Margaery who died, several brothers of the Wallen family had attacked Margaery, unaware that it was actually Keaton.
In other words, they still caused Margaery’s death.
He didn’t know how they could face the current situation.
Russell’s gaze fell on Raul’s face, his eyes filled with anguish and shock.
The expression on Raul’s face had already frozen.
He looked as if struck by lightning, and after a long moment, spat out two mouthfuls of black blood, pointing at Tessa, unable to speak, “You, you, you…”
He had intended to kill Margaery.
But the premise was that Tessa was his biological daughter, and Margaery was the one who had usurped her place, the one who had truly done wrong.
But now, it was clear that things were entirely different.
It was because he fell for Tessa’s schemes that he ended up where he was today.
Tessa even unearthed those shameful secrets he kept hidden in his heart, and now, the way his sons look at him had changed.
Raul was utterly ashamed.
“What?” From the front came Tessa’s triumphant laughter.
She tucked a stray lock of hair behind her ear and said, “Actually in the past year or so, Margaery has never bullied me.”
“On the contrary, I bullied her far more often.”
“On the day I first arrived, I asked her if I was worthy of eating that pear. She didn’t say a word, so I carefully put the fruit down myself.”
“I have to say, you men are all the same.”
Her voice could be described as gentle, yet full of sarcasm. “The moment you see me on the verge of tears, you assume she bullied me and immediately turn to scold her.”
“In the end, you just have a sense of inferiority.”
“Even after reaching the position of Chancellor, you still can’t shake that deep–rooted sense of inferiority, always feeling as if someone is bullying you. So, you see me as one of your own. Hahaha!”
Raul spat out another mouthful of blood.
Tessa had struck precisely at his weak spot.
Joshua was stunned, looking at Tessa in disbelief. “Tessa, I know you were kidnapped today and were frightened.”
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“Calm down, don’t say such things…”
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If what Tessa said was true, he didn’t know how he was supposed to handle the current situation.
He instinctively glanced at Keaton, then quickly looked away, no daring to face her.
Yet in his mind, scenes of being with Margaery, her calling his name again and again, her handing him the sword manual and saying in her childish voice that she hoped he would rise to success, all surged forth as if alive.
If what Tessa said is true, then what have I done?‘
“No, this can’t be true.”
He shook his head and looked at Tessa. “Tessa, you’re just angry that we arrived late, so you’re making things up, right?”
“Please tell me that none of this is real.”
Tessa was rendered speechless by him.
She looked at Joshua, a look of disdain in her eyes. “I’m making things up? Joshua, is your brain in
your pants?”
“I’m already like this, and you tell me I’m making things up?”
Tessa laughed. “Do you want me to tell your father and your brothers today, right in front of them, what you’ve done?”
“You keep considering me your sister, yet you can’t wait to climb into my bed. Tell me, is there touched?”
any part
of
me
you haven’t
“When I said my stomach hurt, where did you put your hand?”
“That day in the Hadley family’s carriage, your physical reaction was so obvious. Do you think I’m blind?”
“And last time, do you not remember what you did on my bed?”
With every additional word she spoke, Joshua’s face flushed a deeper shade of red.
Until it was dark red.
The rest of the people were stunned into silence.
“Joshua, you…”
Avery was astonished, a wave of embarrassment welling up in his heart, as if he himself had committed this sordid act. Subconsciously, he even moved a little farther away from Joshua
Joshua’s face was red to the base of his neck, as if he had been slapped several times in public.
Warren simply could not bear to watch, shaking his head and sighing.
Russell was dumbfounded. “They actually…”
Only Margaery sneered, “What a touching bond between brother and sister.”
She had to say that today’s drama was really wonderful. If she hadn’t come, she would have regretted it.
After finishing her jibes at Joshua, Tessa’s gaze fell on Raul’s face her words laced with
sarcasm.
“Also, that day when the coffee cup was knocked over, it was intentional on my part. But as long as I said it was Margaery’s wet nurse who did it, you immediately beat her wet nurse and threw her into the cellar.”
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“Raul, in all honesty, are you so certain it was really Margaery’s wet nurse who did it?”
“You are not certain.”
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Her face was full of mockery, “But you are happy to believe that the high–and–mighty Margaery incited her wet nurse to do such a thing, because in your heart, anyone who had a better childhood than you must be bad.”
Raul staggered, nearly collapsing to the ground.
Tessa’s words were a blow to both his reputation and his heart, exposing his bloody inner self.
“Furthermore, that time at the rockery, it was I who took the initiative to find Margaery.”
She looked at the Wallen family with ridicule. “She originally intended to hang herself, but I exaggerated the situation, forcibly dragged her down, and you locked her in the woodshed.
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Sara Lili is a daring romance writer who turns icy landscapes into scenes of fiery passion. She loves crafting hot love stories while embracing the chill of Iceland’s breathtaking cold.
