Chapter 5

Chapter 5

"Eliza Stonor, what in the world are you doing? Are you completely out of your mind?!" Sophie's voice rang out, filled with fury.

She had hoped there might still be a way to fix things, was now both fiarious and sumned. Her voice trembled with emotion, as if Eliza had just torn apart her own clothes.

Eliza kept the scissors in her hand, waving them around with a carefree smile. "What does it look like I'm doing? I'm cutting the gown. Didn't Dylan and you are it with their own eyes? Why all the drama?"

Dylan's eyes nearly shot fire. "You're seriously asking me that? That gown was custom-made for your coming-of-age ceremony, by me and Benedict! And you're just chopping in up like it's nothing?!"

Because no one

no one wants it anymore," Eliza said coldly, snipping again. "I don't want it, Sophie doesn't want it, so if no one wants it, it's gotta go"

Her icy demeanor made Dylan feel like he was looking at a complete stranger,

"Who says I don't warn it?" Sophie nearly screamed, rage bubbling over.

Shrid only turned the gown down to keep Dylan from suspecting anything, but she never expected Eliza to go this far.

she'd planned to wear the gown for her coming-of-age ceremony, but now, it was ruined-all because of Eliza,

This was the most expensive, most exquisite gown in all of Hasen City-there wasn't a second one like it.

Sophie felt a sharp pang of regret, as though her heart had been ripped out.

"When did you ever say you

you ever say you didn't want it?" Dylan demanded, his anger growing "Didn't you say you loved it? Didn't you treasure this gown!"

Liza didn't even flinch. "I don't like li

She said it slowly, emphasizing each word "Maybe I liked it once, but not anymore. I don't want anything that's not mine."

final snip, the gowns was ruined-completely shredded. Just like her relationship with Dylan

but if she'd cut ties earlier,

said, dropping the scissors and turning away Her tone was full of impatience as she ushered them out of her way Dylan stood there, rooted in the

this Is it because

didn't 1 misunderstand her! Isn't all of this her fault in the first place! Why is

all Benedict's fault He spolled you roisen, and now look

huh? Are you planning to turn everything upside

horse with

there, her back to him, she didn't spare him

now you

wan. I'll go get Benedict and the others, and they'll

had just picked up from the floor, along with

Sore Dylan

barely had time to react

out, the ragged crown

look, hesitated for a moment,

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Chapter 5

they left, so quiet that you could almost hear the hushed whispers of the

and Lady Sophie running out of Lady Eliza's room!" "Yeah, I think

Lord Dylan. If I'd known.

at Lady Eliza again. She must've

You

really want to get close to her after hearing

the case,

without a flicker of emotion, her expression unreadable. One voice in particular stood out—it was Lillian Reed, her maid,

hard in the secret chamber to please Sophie, and who had helped Sophie betray her,

ally.

secretly stirring up trouble among the servants, turning them

She'd never

Stonor family had

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