Chapter 601

“Ms. Archer, it’s been ages. You’re still a sight for sore eyes, the man said, his gaze lingering on Elsie’s face, which as a winter’s moon. His smile was light as a feather

“Thank you for the compliment, sir Elsie replied her eyes modestly lowered, her tone neither servile nor overbearing

Truly a testament to Mr. Chambers years of careful guidance: Gentle and poised, elegant and dignified. Sometimes even feel like you are the spitting image of Ms. Evadne Ms Archer you are the most perfect substitute I’ve ever encountered.”

Elsie’s expression remained unchanged, but her eyes darkened with the weight of his words.

The term “substitute turned all his preceding praise into biting sarcasm

Avery didn’t pick up on the awkward moment but instead opened a case to reveal an antique vase. This is an ancient piece, latticework revolving vase I secured for you at the Aethena auction. A small token, I hope you f Lit acceptable” Alexia raised an eyebrow

She had been tracking this vase for the gentleman as well, which had sold for a fortune to an anonymous domestic buyer. She hadn’t expected that buyer to be Avery

Avery was indeed a consummate pleaser, a loyal hound to the end extra care with the dad0044

The man nodded slightly “Mr. Chambers, you are thoughtful as always. I’ll be counting on you to take extr project

Avery bowed deeply. Rest assured. I will spare no effor

left, the room, filled with the scent of incense,

striking degree, more stunning?” Alexia’s hands gently rested on the man’s shoulders as she leaned in to whisper seductively in

into a smile, and he

cue, knelt before him, her radiant face lifted to his, her

her. She’s just a low–grade substitute created to satiate Avery’s desires” The man leaned forward, his fingertips tracing her jawline, tilting her face up. “But you, you are my meticulously crafted masterpiece. How could a

of darkness flashed through

all beings were merely his possessions. Thus, being referred

now for you to make your move. As Avery said, the best way to manipulate a man is to exploit his pity. I worry that Frederic, out of guilt, might

lightly. “He won’t.”

that Elspeth has been utterly toppled, Glynnis has no significance in the Abernathy family any

both in one fell swoop? Useless pawns are nothing but eyesores on the

the end will you know

taken

to be wasteful, that thrift is a

comfortably, “So I intend to use each pawn to its

help but sneer. “Your full

to sip, Texpect him to deliver a satisfactory report on the

the day of judgment. Elspeth filed an appeal

the second trial

in the darkest corner of her cell, vacantly staring at the iron bars

ladder, someone had to be her stepping stone,

first person she

it was this woman, dead for twenty years, who delivered

had regretted it.

necessary: what difference would her

adoration, had become reckless and lawless,

Frederic’s love was nothing

out strands of gray, the intense pain snapping her

never

probably hadn’t loved Cynthia much either.

accepted the so–called truth of her suicide

and blurred eyes, muttered incessantly in madness,

get your comeuppancem you’ll pay for your disloyalty! I’ll be watching

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