The Lady Nun Vows Revenge by Caroline Rowland

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439 Chapter 439

439.Chapter 439

"Matthew, do I really look that terrifying?" Sophie suddenly chuckled, forcing a smile as she suppressed the murderous glint in her eyes.

She thought, I can't kill him yet. If I acted now, Father would undoubtedly suspect

me.

He has already been displeased with me recently.

If I wanted to act, it had to be at the perfect moment.

'Besides, I still need to squeeze every last bit of value out of Matthew. Otherwise,

all the effort I'd put into this charade would have been for nothing.

After calming herself, Sophie touched her bloodied face and, as usual, put on a pitiful expression. "Matthew, do you think! look hideous now? Is that why you don't care about me anymore?"

"What? No, of course not! That's not what I meant at all Matthew, who had been startled by her earlier gaze, quickly softened when he saw her tearful expression. "It's my fault! I must've been seeing things earlier. I'm sorry, Sophie. Please, don't cry, okay?"

"Really? You're not lying to me?" Sophie pouted, her voice tinged with mock indignation.

"Of course not. How could I ever dislike you, Sophie? Matthew reassured her earnestly,

"No, you're lying. You must be lying to me." Sophie turned away, covering her face with her hands, her voice trembling with feigned sorrow. "I offended Diana earlier, and since she's your fiancée, I've put you in such a difficult position. Even

if you don't dislike me, you must resent me deep down, right?"

As she spoke, tears began to stream down her face. "It's all my fault... I understand if you blame me, Matthew. I really do... m so sorry..." she sobbed, her cries echoing pitifully.

"No, Sophie, that's not it." Matthew didn't expect Sophie to think like this. He panicked immediately, and the strange feeling that had risen in his heart just now disappeared in an instant

He hurriedly coaxed, "Don't say that. Diana is always like this. She hit you because of me."

The more Matthew spoke, the sadder he became.

Just as he coaxed Sophie, the second sentence became to speak for Diana.

Sophie immediately frowned.

She thought, This little bitch really has some means to make Matthew miss her so much.

annoying as

wonder they are

are bound

her heart, her eyes were

"You two bastards,

will definitely not let you

busy plotting her next move, while outside Hasen City,

At Saint Grace Nunnery.

all day. Her right eyelid

her of

like something

closed the scriptures she had just finished copying and handed them to

part of her duty to pray for the nation, Eliza had to transcribe sacred texts every

routinely sent to the palace, where the Empress Dowager would review them before. passing them on to the Ministry

these prayers during ceremonies, offering them at

every day, someone from the palace worry to collect

unlocked! After handing off today's prayers,

to the herb garden.

quietly weeded with her small hoe, hoping to

usual way of calming

she grabbed her

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a bit of weeding or planting herbs would quickly lift

no matter how much she worked, her

wrong with me today?" she muttered, pressing

Eliza pressed a hand to her

while before finally picking up her basket and hon. "Forget it. I just head back for now," she

felt that Diana should be back

didn't prepare dinner earlier, she was afraid that Diana would start

and then quickly walked back to

was already on her way back to

the carriage were two

the Empress Dowager had summoned Diana to the palace because a shipment of tribute goods had arrived.

grapes and

picked out two bolts of shimmering brocade without

particularly fond of such flashy fabrics herself, but Eliza adored them. She felt that they would

for her to