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Chapter 71
The day after returning from South Downs, Grace immediately went to Lady Blackwood’s residence to air her grievances.
“Grandmother, Thalia seems to dislike me greatly, and I don’t understand why. That incident at the riding grounds was merely a misunderstanding–I was mistaken about her, but I’ve already apologised. She still doesn’t seem to have forgiven me.”
Sitting beside Lady Blackwood in the drawing room, Grace’s eyes were red–rimmed, her voice trembling “She has this inexplicable hostility toward me. I don’t know why she’s always targeting me.”
Seeing her granddaughter’s tearful state, Lady Blackwood was deeply concerned. She took Grace’s hand. “My dear child, tell me how the Winters girl has been mistreating you.”
Grace sniffled, her voice breaking. “Perhaps she feels I’m taking away some of brother’s affection, so she constantly excludes me. At the base camp, when we were resting, I made some beef stew for brother, but Thalia wouldn’t let him eat what I’d prepared. She took the bowl and ate it herself, then claimed my cooking was dreadful.”
Lady Blackwood frowned. “Did she really?”
“That’s not all,” Grace continued pitifully. “When I became tired from walking and asked brother to carry my backpack for a while, she refused to allow it. She declared that as brother’s girlfriend, he could only carry her things. Grandmother, please tell me if this is fair–I’ve grown up with brother since childhood, I’m his sister. Is it unreasonable to ask him to help with my backpack?”
Lady Blackwood’s frown deepened, her face clouding with displeasure. “This Winters girl is completely out of line. She’s not even properly married into the family yet, and she’s already acting like the lady of the manor, trying to establish dominance over you.”
“Exactly! I was utterly mortified. Not only that, but when we were crossing the stream, she wouldn’t let
brother help me across. I nearly fell into the water!”
Lady Blackwood gasped, tightening her grip on Grace’s hand. “How dreadful! This Thalia Winters is absolutely appalling! Grace, dear, were you hurt anywhere?”
Grace continued sniffling. “I was injured.”
She lifted her skirt slightly to reveal the wound on her ankle.
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What had been a minor scrape the previous night had almost healed overnight, with a scab forming. To elicit Lady Blackwood’s sympathy, Grace had deliberately rubbed the area against the ground that morning to create a fresh wound, enduring the pain to achieve her goal.
Now her ankle displayed a large patch of broken skin. To maximize impact, Grace had neither cleaned nor bandaged the wound, deliberately exposing the bleeding area to Lady Blackwood to gain her sympathy.
The tactic proved immediately effective.
Lady Blackwood was distraught and quickly summoned the servants to clean and dress Grace’s wound.
my ankle and couldn’t walk, I asked brother to carry me to the viewing platform to see
broke off mid–sentence,
anger, her tone hardening. “What
an adult, I should maintain distance from brother–that we needed boundaries. She
would soon marry into the Blackwood family and become its
I really keep my
to ask for his help when
joined the family and already she’s throwing
“you
on your side. At the next family dinner, I shall
of the Blackwood family dinner
up Thalia to bring her
found an excuse to send Asher
in the drawing room with Lady Blackwood and Lady Catherine Blackwood,
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the occasion, wearing subtle makeup and an elegant high–necked tea dress in pale
Chanel suit with her hair pulled back into a neat chignon, adorned with pearl earrings. She looked graceful and refined,
Lady Blackwood was
simply don’t have the elegance of traditional British attire. In my opinion, a proper English lady looks her best in a classic tea dress
eyes respectfully, responding softly: “You’re absolutely right, Lady Blackwood.”
Blackwood raised an eyebrow. “You’re not yet married into the family. No need for such formality. Please address me as
startled
did that mean? Lady Blackwood’s attitude toward Thalia seemed
her addressing Lady Blackwood formally. Why would she insist that Thalia
Catherine felt displeased. Thalia was her future daughter–in–law–how could she be treated
faltered momentarily.
seemed Lady Blackwood had taken
sight of Grace’s smug expression beside Lady Blackwood, Thalia understood
poisoned Lady Blackwood against
composure, responding demurely: “Of course,
watch this. She intervened with a smile: “Mother, Thalia is Asher’s fiancée and will be a Blackwood. Proper address is
toward
gaze Lady Catherine. Her tone was unyielding: “The engagement ceremony was cancelled.
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too premature for her to presume such familiarity.”
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