Chapter 90: BEEFS AND GRUDGES?— A LOVE RIVALRY
"The former patriarch of the Winston Duchy?" Vasily asked with slightly furrowed brows.
When Aristia nodded in confirmation, Vasily began. "The Winston Duchy’s current head is Duke Artem Winston. His father, the former patriarch of the Winston Duchy, is Lord Patrick Winston."
"Does the former head of the Winston Duchy have a good relationship with the former patriarch of the Eldridge Marquisate?" Aristia asked curiously, even though she greatly doubted it.
She was interested in knowing this ever since she had noticed the exchange of glares between the two former heads of the Winston and Eldridge families.
Viscountess Vasily shook her head in answer to her question.
"They don’t." She looked around and leaned forward, closer to Aristia like she wanted to share some gossip. "They’ve never had a cordial relationship." She added in a low gossipy tone.
She knew that Aristia had witnessed the exchange of glares between the two former heads and would nonetheless be curious.
She wasn’t planning on withholding any information anyway, so she revealed.
"When the two Lords were still young and unmarried, they had never had a pleasant relationship with each other. However, their relationship worsened when they were about to get engaged."
Aristia listened with keen interest, feeling even more interested at Vasily’s clearly exaggerated display of secrecy.
"Duke Patrick Winston and Marquis Lewis Eldridge had both wanted the hand of Lady Louisa in marriage. In the end, Lady Louisa chose Marquis Eldridge. This caused the Duke’s rivalry with the Marquis to develop even further."