Chapter 134: Shattered Trust
"Ha, should I show this letter to everyone and reveal your true intentions?" I said, attempting to force her into admitting the entire truth. Instead of stepping forward to snatch the letter, she tried to grab it from my hand.
"Give it back! Can’t you hear?" she demanded, struggling to take the letter.
"No, I can’t. This is proof of the crime you committed, and I won’t let it go like this. I will show it to the duke so that he is aware of your true intentions," I declared, walking toward his study. She pushed me back, causing me to fall on the ground, and the letter crumpled on the floor. I crawled toward the letter, but she pulled me back, preventing me from reaching it.
"Leave me!" I exclaimed and kicked her stomach, attempting to break free and grab the letter. That’s when I heard a voice.
"What the hell is going on here?" the duke spoke.
"Alex, see what the duchess is doing to me. I know she is unhappy with me being here because I came here to marry you, but that doesn’t mean she should hit me," she acted, shedding fake tears.
"Wife," he called to me slowly as I tried to pick up the letter.
"Did you do this?" he asked.
"Duke, listen! I was here to show you—" My voice was cut off.
"Yes, Alex, from the moment she has come, she kept on saying she has something to show. She has something to show you. I don’t know what, but she kept on defaming me on the basis of the letter, the contents of which are still hidden," she said.
"No, Duke! Nothing is hidden! Wait, I will show you the letter. It was clearly written here that the princess has sent an assassin to kill someone. I don’t know whom she’s trying to kill, but her personal maid has sent the letter," I said while unfolding the letter to show him the content. To my shock, there was nothing.
"How is this possible? The content was here. It was clearly written here that the work was done as the princess wished, and there is nothing to fear by the princess, and she can finally marry you," I said, panicking.