Chapter 34

Madisyn’s gaze, icy and pointed, shifted to Kristine.

“Kristine, don’t you think you should apologize now?”

Kristine’s posture stiffened under the scrutiny, but she managed to muster an apologetic tone.

“I’m sorry, Madisyn.

I should have investigated properly.

“You shouldn’t be apologizing to me,” Madisyn retorted sharply.

Apologize to Fiona? But she was just a maid… Was that really necessary?

Yet, with the eyes of everyone in the room upon her, pride had to be swallowed.

“Fiona, I’m sorry for wrongly accusing you.

“The bet?” Madisyn interjected, a reminder hanging in the air.

remembered her

of jewelry was

collection of jewelry, amassed over the years and worth millions of dollars, was now a token

she instructed someone to bring her

jewelry

wrongly accused, she felt no obligation to decline the

rose to

interjected, “Just

stepped forward, a proposition

stay and be

looked at

first time she saw Madisyn,

brief

“Sure!”

mirrored by Elaine’s pleased

are attentive

to

on,

“Thank you, Mrs.

Johns,” Fiona responded gratefully.

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