Chapter 86: Ivanov
"I can’t believe this! This is simply the most absurd of all things! This is a disgrace! An ignominy! A scandal! A breach of all nobility and decorum! What will the world say about me? That I raised some sort of a burglar? A night thief?"
An earful was prepared for me. Of course, but that wasn’t daddy. That was Saskia.
Father read the evidence of Natasha’s actions. He remained silent and then ordered the knights to lock down Natasha’s villa and conduct a thorough investigation. As for me, he left me with a silent and menacing stare. He then had a conversation with Edith Black and Matilda Ambrose as he called for Robert and a healer.
Robert began by throwing a tantrum at me, almost accusing me blindly of things but it was Matilda who cleared my name. She said, and I quote...
"... I was trapped in Lady Natasha’s mansion after having a disagreement about the work I was doing for her. If not for Lady Vivian noticing me getting escorted by Lady Natasha’s guards and the bravery of Lady Edith and Lady Isabella, I am not sure I would be here tonight."
... word for word.
Like I don’t know what is going on in the brain of that chick but I am grateful for getting me out of Robert’s head for now.
Isabella was found playing unconscious in a room in Natasha’s mansion. At first, she suspected that everything had gone horribly wrong and acted like an idiot but the moment she saw that the three of us were okay, she fixed her attitude and started to innocently act flirtatiously around Father right in front of Saskia.
How can this day get any worse for you, stepmother? Your friend was being accused of poisoning the ladies of high society, your stepdaughter broke into the house of your friend and fired her guns while trying to find evidence, and now this brat Isabella is trying to steal your husband in front of you.
Think, Vivian, think! You can make it worse for her!
Ah! I got it...