Chapter 291: Deceptive Trap
I watched as the duchess continued to giggle while rubbing her hands together. A shiver ran down my spine and I felt very spooked out about how she was acting. I had known that her character was a complex one, but I didn’t count on her being some kind of maniac on top of everything else.
“A fever or a sprained ankle? I’m sorry but I don’t think I understand...” I said without hiding my apparent shock.
“You’ll do as I say, right? We did make a deal with each other...” the duchess replied with a pleased smile.
Every sense in my body told me that something abnormal was about to happen. Duchess Flavia stared at me intensely and I could sense her excitement and that just confirmed that I had somehow gotten myself involved in another mess without really understanding anything at all.
“Even if you say that...” I began protesting.
The duchess shook her head from side to side before putting up her hand to signal for me to stop talking. I swallowed my words of protest when I decided to listen to what she had planned instead.
“If I were you, I would go with the sprained ankle plan. It’s easier and all you really have to do is keep repeating that it hurts every single time that you are asked,” she said before letting out a delighted laugh.
“Are you telling me to...fake an injury?” I asked with a sinking feeling in my tummy.
“You’re much more intelligent than I thought...” she said as her eyes and smile widened.