The Lady Nun Vows Revenge by Caroline Rowland

Chapter 4

Chapter 4

Chapter 4

Stonor stumbled and collided with the sharp corner of the vanity.

She clenched her lips, already understanding the situation-just like in her past life, the same tricks Sophie had pulled on her were happening.

Seeing

Sophie's

's smug

gexpression, Eliza instantly realized she was about to fall into another one of her schemes.

Bending down to gather the scattered gown, Eliza said, with a calm facade. "Honestly, I don't understand. What did I do to upset you so much, Sophir? Why don't you enlighten me?"

Before Sophie could open her mouth, Dylan Stonor cut in, his voice sharp. "You know exactly what you've done!"

Eliza's eyes grew colder. She couldn't help but think-she hadn't realized it before, but now it was clear. Dylan was blind to the truth.

Right under his nose, he couldn't even see who the real culprit was and who was innocent.

Maybe, even if he could see, he'd still choose to believe whatever Sophie cold him.

Dylan shot Eliza a furious look, then turned to pat Sophie on the shoulder, comforting her in a voice that was almost too sweet, "Don't worry, Sphic, If something's wrong, just tell me. I'll make sure everything's set right

The closeness between them was almost suffocating, and Dylan didn't even try to hide it.

Sophie blinked her doe-like eyes, her voice trembling with faux distress, "Dylan, it hurts so much"

Sophie knew exactly how to push Dylan's buttons. She didn't need to say much- just a few words, and Dylan was already seeing red.

Sure enough, the second Dylan saw Sophie's pitiful expression, his temper flared, and he lost all reason,

pain only after touching the gown, and that led

slap landed squarely

out you're just as nasty as I thought, messing with the gown like that!" Dylan yelled, his face flushed

with the sting, but she gritted her teeth,

Here, no

to get out of

she did, everyone would take Sophie's side. Leaving the

her revenge.

first, she had to get through today's coming-of-age ceremony, because that marriage contract still hung

Dylan's threat to stop me from attending. Even if he's the second son of the Duke, he's not at the point where he can control everything. she thought

were holding their

Gabriel, would never let that

table and said. "If you think

check it"

time on this stubborn, blind

her room, pulling our a simple sky-blue dress from the wardrobe

muttering angrily to himself "Fine, I will. But if I find

Meanwhile, outside, Dylan was

later, Eliza walked out of her room, now dressed in a fresh

neatly folded, was now a complete meu-thanks

she hadn't been the one to go through it, she was sure Eliza had tampered with the gown. Her eyes stayed hard on the pile of

gown inside out, he couldn't find any signs of

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Chapter 4

Could I have been

hallway. Both

her to wear such plain clothes,

with jealousy. She hated Eliza's

it made her

to scratch it off.

gate and locked eyes with Sophie. Their stares met

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