The Swordswoman's Revenge Story after Rebirth

The Swordswoman’s Revenge Story after Rebirth

Chapter 34 William Arrives

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Michelle and Eleanor stormed back to the Velvet Wing, fuming with rage. Michelle was so furious she could barely breathe. “That little wench! How dare she be so brazen? She doesn’t even put me in her eyes

anymore”

Eleanor, teary–eyed, chung to Michelle’s arm. “Michelle, what do I do? Am I really going to end up

concubine?”

Michelle shot her an exasperated glare. “You should’ve never used that rice–cooked–into–porridge scheme. Now you’re trapped. And as if that wasn’t enough, you just had to drag William to the Duke’s estate and make a spectacle out of it! You’ve made it impossible to back out now. Foolish, aren’t you?”

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Eleanor sniffled, feeling wronged. “How was I supposed to know she’d suddenly get smart? I thought if we pressured her, she’d accept being a concubine. What right does she have to be Marchioness of Eldermere? William doesn’t even like her! Margaret doesn’t like her either!”

Matilda, seeing Eleanor’s distress, quickly soothed, “Alright, enough scolding. She’s already miserable. We need to think of a solution.”

Michelle was still fuming. “What solution? The Valen family probably regrets breaking off the engagement now, but if William wants to propose elsewhere, Margaret will never allow it. That would make them look bad. The only way…

A sinister glint flashed in Michelle’s eyes.

“What?” Eleanor asked eagerly.

Michelle took a slow breath, her voice calm but laced with venom. “The only way Margaret would give up -on that little bitch and arrange a different match is if she were either dead… or disgraced beyond repair.”

Matilda’s brief hope faded, and she scoffed. “As if that wasn’t obvious? Ryker and your uncle thought of that long ago. That’s why they sent you with the medicine. But now that it’s failed, there’s no better plan.”

Michelle’s lips curled into a cold smile. “If poison won’t work, we’ll have to try something else.”

ut her!

“Hurry,” Eleanor urged, stomach. “I can’t wait much longer.”

Matilda turned to Michelle anxiously. “What’s your plan?”

Michelle calmly adjusted her hairpin, her expression icy. “Tomorrow, I’ll visit Uncle.”

Matilda and Eleanor exchanged glances, both filled with malice.

the Duke’s estate, requesting to see Isolde.

expected William to come looking for her. When Noelle reported his arrival, she could hardly

believe it.

send him away?”

twirled the cup in her hand.

you dress up.” Noelle offered.

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William

Pearts

slid a

side hall, growing impatient.

visit was both his mother’s request and his own decision. Ever since Isolde had been granted the title of County Princess, his

father, and now that Isolde had done nothing wrong–worse, she had even earned merit–the Valen family had been the ones to

terrified William more than

even though he loathed the idea,

desperate to marry him. She used to look at

to avoid his father’s wrath, he was

she just needed an opportunity to bow out gracefully. By coming here, he was already granting her a

doing her a favor. And yet, as he waited, irritation simmered beneath his

arrived with a maid at her side.

single hairpin. There was no makeup on her face,

eyes met, for just a fleeting moment,

gaze.

Was this really

already seemed different, but he had dismissed it as his imagination. Now, however, she seemed like a completely different person.

a faint trace of indifference. “To what do I owe the

himself, straightening his sleeves as he composed his thoughts. “I came to ask–do you still

serene. “Has the Valen family not already called off the engagement? What

expression darkened slightly. “The engagement was broken off due

no misunderstanding,” Isolde said, settling gracefully into her seat. “You never wanted to marry me in the first place. Why force it? I have no desire to

“Are you

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past life, the one she had once believed she would stand beside until death. Yes in the end. their love had turned into

you hadn’t called it off, I would have Her gaze sharpened “William, I

clenched into fists. “You think you

“You fancy Eleanor, don’t you? Why should I want a man who would settle for her? If you had real ambition, at least you

your mouth!” William snapped. “Eleanor is

Isolde said lazily. “Why are