Chapter 198
The Duchess’s legs trembled from disbelief.
A pair of eyes that did not intend to conceal the disgust and displeasure at her presence had also humiliated her frail pride easily by the obvious absence of respect for her authority by her own child.
She stared aghast at his chilling back, turning away from her, completely uninterested in the teary eyes she portrayed after hearing her only son utter words of honest despise to her.
Nonetheless, as soon as he disappeared into the long hallway, leading to his chambers, the woman flinched in awareness and hastily searched her surroundings with exasperated eyes and made sure that no other eyes had witnessed such disgrace.
Gulp...
’... I need to get out of here...’
Holding her tears back out of the disheartening humiliation, she went upstairs to the Head’s bedroom shared with her Husband.
Troubled by the unexpected experience, she dismissed the servants ready to assist her and closed herself into the empty bedroom as the gasping breathing from her rush became greatly apparent in the stillness of its solitude.
"Huff... Huff... Oh goodness..... Paul..."
The always pleasing son that politely would listen to her and flatter her beauty without problem after being asked... seemed like an illusion after witnessing a gaze filled with the honesty every previous exchange missed.
"My son too... That woman has ultimately corrupted him completely too... Just like my husband... Sniff... Now even Paul goes against me because of her!!!"
Elenaide’s heart ached at the situation she had come to be in and tears of rage flashed through her lids thinking of how the child she had also given birth to was taking away more of the authority she had over the House Elenaide was to lead along her Husband.