Chapter 171

"Father, did you already have proof? Matthew asked, his expression tense

Gabriel replied coolly. "I do not have hard evidence. But Sophie did something before she disappeared".

"What was it?" Matthew and Anthony asked, puzzled.

Gabriel closed his eyes for a moment, then said, "She sent a maid to bring Isabelle to the estate"

Back then. Sophie had assumed no one would find out. But Annie, the maid she sent, was actually someone Gabriel had arranged to keep an eye on her. Naturally, he knew exactly what Sophie had done.

"Isabelle?" The name had not been mentioned in so long that even Benedict and the others were momentarily caught off guard.

Matthew was the first to remember. His brows furrowed as he asked, "You mean the girl who pushed Eliza into the water?"

Gabriel nodded. "That's the one."

Benedict's face changed at once. His eyes lit up with rage. "What was Sophie thinking? Why would she bring Isabelle here?"

Back then, Isabelle had nearly killed Eliza. If someone had not found her in time, she might have drowned.

Just thinking about it made Benedict's concern for Sophie twist into anger. His disappointment ran deep.

He had tried to understand Sophie. Her secret background was exposed in public and she poisoned Matthew in a moment of panic. Those things, however outrageous, could still be explained.

to her quarters. But even

be struggling

into the water had caused a major uproar. By the time it happened. Sophie had already

asked after a long pause, searching for a justification. "What if news of Sophie being punished got out, and Isabelle came on her own, trying

But either way, the two of them did meet. Not long after that, Eliza was summoned by His Majesty regarding the

trip to Plutonville might

one to preside over the ceremony. Father, who is the governor over there? Does he have any ties to our estate

of someone from Fletcher's side,"

as the connection was not with the Duke's estate, he could at least try to comfort himself that this whole thing must have

in it. She must have been manipulated. That scheming illegitimate daughter, Isabelle,

convince himself. But the more he tried to give Sophie the benefit of

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Chapter 171

on earth did Sophie and Isabelle do to Eliza he wondered. Plutonville was a disaster zone.

Yet Eliza had been pushed into going because she was Bortenland's Holy Lady. With a title

unworthy of

ached. "Sophie really went too far he said bitterly. "How could the set up Eliza like

didn't she?" Anthony cut in, clearly impatient. He obviously felt that since Eliza was unharmed, there was no point digging up the past. Besides, Sophie was

shooting his brother a glare. "Eliza is

her as an enemy," Anthony replied with a cold snort. "But she sure treats us like we

temples. This whole thing reeks of Isabelle's handiwork.

so underhanded. Sophie must've been tricked into

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