Chapter 290

• When Antern arrived at Valor Estate to collect the debt, the staff immediately informed Evelyn. Without hesitation, she summoned Adrian to the study for a full explanation. Adrian knew the incident couldn’t be swept under the rug any longer too many people had witnessed the scene and whispered behind closed doors. With a heavy sigh, he laid out every detail for his mother.
• Evelyn’s face flushed with fury, her voice sharp and tense. “This is a disaster, Adrian. A real disaster. How could you end up with such a liability as a partner? It’s not enough that she’s been disrupting the household constantly now she’s causing a scandal by storming Northwatch Estate? Does she really think we can afford to alienate the Northwatch family at a time like this? Has she even paused to consider how damaging this is to our reputation? Did she go there just to embarrass us?”
• Her hand clenched against her chest, her words laced with frustration. “She must have gone there deliberately to provoke Cassandra, trying to sabotage your engagement to the third daughter of the Earl of Silverstone. This is reckless and unacceptable!”