Chapter 50

Grace’s eyes welled with tears as she looked pleadingly at Lady Blackwood. “Grandmother…”

Lady Blackwood glanced between Asher and Grace before exhaling deeply. “Very well. Grace, since you claim it was merely a misunderstanding, please explain yourself properly in front of everyone. I’m

certain Thalia isn’t unreasonable.”

With Lady Blackwood taking this position, Grace had no one left to shield her.

She sniffled, her expression a portrait of wounded innocence. “That day at the stables, I asked Thalia to teach me riding. Everything was fine until the horse suddenly went wild. I… I was thrown and injured.”

Everyone already knew this much, but Asher’s tone suggested there was more to the story. They maintained a tactful silence, waiting for her to continue.

Grace darted a nervous glance at Asher. His piercing gaze made her shrink back. She stammered, “It was just a misunderstanding, really. I thought Thalia disliked me and deliberately spooked the horse to hurt me. But later they found a wound on the horse’s neck–it must have been injured before being brought out. I must have accidentally pressed against it, causing the horse to bolt.”

She turned to Thalia with carefully manufactured contrition. “I’m sorry, Thalia. I misjudged you. shouldn’t have assumed the worst. Can you forgive me?”

Thalia’s brow furrowed as she regarded Grace silently.

I

Lady Blackwood spoke reproachfully, “Grace, how could you think such things about Thalia? She would never hurt you.”

Lord Blackwood also appeared displeased. “If you wanted to learn riding, why not take proper lessons? Not only did you end up injured, but you’ve created this ghastly misunderstanding with your brother’s

fiancée.”

At the mention of “fiancée,” a surge of jealous rage burned through Grace’s veins.

She managed to keep her voice steady. “I know I was wrong, Father, Mother.”

Asher’s gaze remained glacial. “That day, didn’t you explicitly claim that Thalia had kicked the horse, causing it to bolt? Why have you conveniently omitted that detail now?”

Without waiting for Grace’s response, Asher turned to his parents. “Mother, Father, who exactly has been

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Grace’s upbringing? How has she become like this–full of

Lady Blackwood exchanged

you actually lie, Grace?”

well–practiced anguish. “I… I was

you never mentioned that you lied. Is this what your education has

Winters had caught on to what

“Lady Blackwood, Lord Blackwood, my daughter would never harm anyone deliberately.

same influence

felt unexpectedly moved hearing her father and stepmother defend her so

her. Victoria had proven her care

her emotional barriers.

sorry, Thalia.

what Grace did was certainly wrong, but she’s apologized now. Couldn’t you find it in

Thalia frowned slightly.

impatient in Lady Blackwood’s tone, as if withholding forgiveness would

unfair. Whether

Blackwood’s eyes flashed with displeasure. “Asher, are you

replied, his expression carefully neutral. “I’m simply asking

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her sake, Thalia quickly interjected, “It’s fine,

subtle glance at Asher, reaching for his hand and giving it a gentle squeeze, signaling him not to pursue the

sharpness in his eyes softening immediately,

seized with such fury that she nearly cracked her teeth from clenching her

her palms

someday I’ll make you disappear from this

the middle of the night, Thalia was awakened by

pillow for her mobile, barely managing to open her eyes a crack as she groggily

cacophony of background noise

in annoyance, holding the phone away from her ear. “Who is this?” Her voice was thick with irritation at being disturbed in

other end didn’t

Say something,”

the chaotic background noise.

open enough to check

An unknown number.

she guessed

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