Chapter 97.

Aisha’s POV.

Aurora’s piteous display did nothing to temper my rage, her contrived s obs falling on deaf ears. Nelly’s rapid footsteps drew closer, her anger palpable in the stillness of the night air. I remained rooted to the spot, arms folded across my chest, my stance a testament to my unwavering conviction.

“You know the price for your actions,” I seethed, my voice a low rumble that reverberated through the air.

“I didn’t do anything!” Aurora protested, but her words rang hollow, devoid of any truth or sincerity.

Nelly’s voice sliced through the air like a whip, her eyes darting back and forth between me and the sniveling Aurora. With arms folded across her chest, she took a protective stance, defending the treacherous maid before her.

“What’s going on here?” Nelly demanded, her tone urgent and commanding.

I wasted no time in delivering my incriminating evidence. “Your beloved maid almost took your life today,” I spat.

I explained everything to her, how I saw Aurora trying to poison her drink and how she gave me a lake excuse for not drinking the drink. Nelly’s expression hardened skepticism marrying her features.

“That can’t be right,” she insisted. “There must be a mistake. Aurora can never poison me,” she defended her, irritating me the more.

“You’re so quick to defend her, Nelly,” I seethed, my voice dripping with contempt. “Despite all the evidence, you still refuse to believe she’s a threat to your life. Aurora played you for a fool, manipulating you with her lies and deceit, yet you cling to her innocence like a drowning man clings to a life raft. You’re either incredibly naive or willfully blind.”

Nelly’s gaze hardened, her face a mask of defiance.

“Aurora has always been loyal to me,” she insisted. “I can’t believe she would do something like this.” I scoff.

“How long have you known this lady? Less than a month Nelly! And you are here

blabbing about loyalty,” I said, my voice tinged with disbelief. This wasn’t the Nelly I knew.

Nelly’s composure wavered as my words struck like a slap to the face. Her head bowed, defeated by the hard truths that shattered her illusions.

Aurora crawled to Nelly, tears flowing as she held her legs. “My lady, I’m innocent,” she cried out.

Aurora’s simpering pleas only served to sharpen my wrath, her self-serving drivel a vile insult to our intelligence.

a feral display

face crumbling into a mask

rage. “The

my lady!” she said, her voice quivering and I

red-handed, and your pathetic attempts at denial only

with ragged breaths as she struggled to maintain her

innocent!” she cried, her voice quivering with

ferocious snarl,

lies are as….” But

wedding,” Nelly said, her voice low. I let out a heavy sigh, the

she extended a hand

of concern and confusion. Aurora’s nod was as

was maddening as she wiped away Aurora’s tears, her tenderness a stark contrast to my seething anger.

voice low and menacing, our eyes

flicker of uncertainty in Nelly’s gaze as she turned to face me, her lips pressing into a thin line.

my words cutting through the silence like

lips, a thinly veiled

I’m doing,” she said, but her

new heights as Nelly turned her attention back to

innocence,” she declared, her voice a blend of authority

her voice quivering like a fragile

do anything to prove my innocence,” she pleaded,

with skepticism. Aurora’s faltering confidence only served to deepen my

I strode across the ground, my heels thudding against the earth as I picked the glass of

tracing the smooth surface as she sought any evidence of treachery. After a moment’s pause, she passed the glass to

commanded, her expressión unwavering as she watched

stammered, her

sly smile playing at the corners of

unflinching

claim to be innocent,” she said, her voice a whip of ice. “Prove

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