Chapter 693

---- Mrs.

Prescotts face twisted into sheer panic.

"Francis, thats the first thing you should have told me!" she yelled, clutching her head.

"If that butler put the pieces together, we're ruined!" Francis tried to calm her, but the words stuck in his throat.

"Mother, relax.

That woman has no credibility.

No one will listen to her..." "Dont you get it? The Duke is not an idiot! And the Duchess..

something has changed in her.

You saw it yourself!" she snapped furiously.

Besides, you shouldnt have left your sister behind in such a dangerous place! Oh, for heavens sake!" she exclaimed, feeling her blood pressure skyrocket.

"No,

of the border guard, youll be the first suspect?" Francis had thought about it, but he believed Duke Thesio and his

"Do you...

sees her, he'll know shes the biggest traitor," they stared at

imagined that their carefully orchestrated actions ---- would lead

need to escape, take the secret

Duke arrives," Francis rushed to gather the

you insane?! How do you expect me to go back there, into the most dangerous place right now?!" "But your sister, your sister...!" she

had to find a way to warn Alexia

middle of their

Knock, knock, knock.

They froze in silence.

Mrs.

the door, horror etched on

to

the ledger," came the voice of that old maid the

nanny

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