Her Graceful War Song by Summer's Blaze

Chapter 1010

Carissa smiled sweetly when she saw Rafael had returned so early, her eyes crinkling with warmth.

"Have you settled all the cases?"

"Not yet, but I didn't feel like staying up tonight," Rafael replied, his gaze meeting hers.

Without realizing it, the hard edges of his face softened. A smile tugged at his eyes as he walked over and sat down next to her. Jacob glanced back and called for some drinks. "My throat's about to catch fire. Get some cold fruit juice."

Violet laughed and asked, "What kept you so busy today, Jacob? Your voice is hoarse."

"Had to go round up the shops, negotiate with some people," Jacob said, giving a respectful nod to Carissa before sitting down.

was uninterested in those details, so she turned her attention to Rafael. "You said

it was discovered that all the money her shops made was funneled to Eleanor. She also had some shops with

linked to the case were sealed, but she had two private shops left. Unfortunately, they were both registered under Henry's name. After his execution, those shops were seized and confiscated. Jessica had been hiding this from the Marquis of Ironridge, hoping he wouldn't look down

even borrowed 10,000 silver coins from Lady Molly and said it was for a business venture, and that they would

that her cousin was involved in this,

divorce wasn't enough to cover it. She had to selt her properties and jewelry to pay the fine. If she hadn't, she would have faced jail time. Now, she still owes Lady Molly 10,000 silver Coins plus interest. After Jessica's divorce, Lady Molly sent people to

really brought this on herself! After all that, she still lent money out at a high interest. The king didn't e even gether involved in the treason case, yet she still didn't know how to keep a low profile? She

the

coins,"

"That much? How much money did she actually lend

it. She just happened to hit that moment. This case is being handled by lan's people, so