Chapter 289 Bait And Deal

• The look of pain that flashed across her face made my chest clench uncomfortably. No matter what, I didn’t like seeing anyone suffering like that. The other thing that I didn’t know was why she was telling me this.
• “You should say something. You’re so silent now that it scares me,” the duchess said before she smiled at me.
• The painful and stressful look on her face was now gone and it was like she had reverted to the cheerful and beautiful young-looking duchess that I was used to seeing and spending time with.