Chapter 387

After a long, hot bath and a quick check on her post–surgery wounds, Glynnis was ready to indulge in a glass of red wine.

“Linda? Linda!” Glynnis called out. The housemaid, Erica, immediately rushed in, “I’m here, Ms. Glynnis.”

Ever since Evadne had assigned her the task of spying, Erica had been trying to get close to Elspeth and Glynnis, trying to gain their trust. Although Elspeth was naturally suspicious and hard to win over, Glynnis was a lot more naive and easier to approach.

So, Erica made herself indispensable to Glynnis, offering her unending support and assistance. Otherwise, as a lower–class maid who had previously worked for Marilla, Erica would have been kicked out of the Windermere Estate in no time by Glynnis.

“Go to the wine cellar and bring me a good bottle of wine.” Glynnis ordered, applying a face mask to her now surgically–enhanced face. Erica nodded and quickly left to fulfill her task.

Glynnis then realized that she had left her phone in the movie room on the third floor. She couldn’t survive a minute without it, so she had no choice but to retrieve it herself. As she was walking, she suddenly saw a shadow pass by. She let out a gasp, almost dropping the mask from her face. A few steps away, a pale woman with disheveled hair emerged from the dimly lit corridor.

Upon closer inspection, Glynnis let out a sigh of relief. “Mom, is that you?”

Elspeth, hunched over and wrapped in a cashmere coat, peered at Glynnis through her messy hair. Glynnts was astounded to see her once sophisticated and elegant mother

in such a state.

Elspeth suddenly grabbed Glynnis‘ arm and dragged her back to the bedroom.

“Mom, what happened? My arm hurts, Mom!”

“Shut up! Be quiet!” Elspeth snapped, silencing Glynnis with a fierce glare.

Once they were back in the room, Elspeth looked around nervously before locking the door. “Mom, what’s going on? What happened?” Glynnis asked anxiously.

Elspeth sat on the couch, still shivering despite the warm room. “Glynnis. I made a mistake tonight. I said something I shouldn’t have/

“What? What did you say?” Glynnis was full of questions.

“I went for another cosmetic treatment tonight. Dr. Victor gave me an injection. He said it would make me feel relaxed, better than the medication I had been taking.” Elspeth explained with a trembling voice.

“I fell asleep after the injection. When I woke up, Dr. Victor asked me who Cynthia was!” Glynnis gasped, goosebumps all over her body.

“Mom. What did you say? And who is this Dr. Victor? How could you say that?“”

The real cause of Thaddeus‘ mother’s death was not a secret to Glynnis. In a way, Elspeth was the one who drove Cynthia to suicide!

Elspeth had cleverly manipulated Cynthia’s maid into replacing her depression medication, spread rumors about Cynthia, and eventually drove Cynthia to jump off the building.

This was Elspeth’s proudest achievement, although she could never brag about it to anyone.

“I don’t know. I don’t know how much I said. I don’t know what I told him.” Elspeth admitted, her eyes still unfocused and her voice shaky. “But Dr. Victor swore to me that he would keep everything confidential. He won’t leak it out!”

“Mom! How could you be so naive! Dr. Victor is not your son, what if he spills it out? What if he blackmails you later?” Glynnis exclaimed.

Just then, Glynnis heard a faint noise. She tiptoed towards her bedroom door and burst in, only to find it empty. She let out a sigh of relief, her forehead covered in sweat.

What Elspeth had told her was too serious. If anyone had overheard, it would be the end for both of them.

me!” Elspeth shook her head vehemently, but deep down she was

she do? She was now utterly dependent

had developed a strong dependency on

daughter. I would never hurt you. Listen to

He is definitely up to something! As for Cynthia’s death, that secret must be buried with all who know about it! As long as he lives, he will always

been almost twenty years. All the

up her spine as she nestled into Glynnis’s arms, “Unless that wench Cynthia comes back from the dead to point at me, no

“What about Acacia?”

an abandoned pawn! If she ever wants to return to Elmsworth, she has to

her rationality slowly regaining control, “By the way, that maid who I bribed, the one who was always by

!

in R–town, running a small diner. She’s indebted to us. She would

concept of shared honor and disgrace. If Elspeth fell, her days in the Abernathy family would not be pleasant.

moment, letting Glynnis help

the closet door

wine. Her face was pale from the

What should she do?

she

or

to her

when she helped her change clothes, Glynnis couldn’t help but shudder. Now that Frederic and Elspeth were rarely sharing a bed, especially since the incident with Myra, their

wine from her and went straight into her room, slamming the

stood there, her maid’s

Glynnis had no mood for

and more fearful. She needed to investigate him in private. Glynnis removed her dry mask, washed her face, took off her robe and opened her

out her phone and

Yes, that was right.

foolish woman, Glynnis, had installed hidden cameras

she left and had hidden in

that wench Erica heard all of her and Elspeth’s conversation,

know about that sinful

drenched in cold sweat, her teeth chattering as she paced

up her phone and called Elspeth,

was about to

have a

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overheard our conversation! She was hiding in my closet! My

was on the verge of losing her cool

of the phone

Are you listening?

“That maid cannot stay.”

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