Catherine didn’t know much about Bonita’s upbringing, but she guessed that Bonita hadn’t been raised as nobility.
The Hilton Baronetcy had been closed for a long time, and its sole heir, Aria Hilton, had disappeared for six years.
Was it a difference in upbringing? Or just their inherent nature?
Catherine gazed intently at Bonita. Then a worried voice came from the side.
“Lady Lysianthus, are you alright? You look pale.”
As Catherine was still looking at Bonita, she was startled. Turning her head, she saw Aria with a concerned expression.
“It might be best for you to go to your room and rest. We can talk with Bonita later, right?”
Then she smiled gently.
“You…”
Catherine opened her mouth but found no words. She glanced at Bonita one last time before staggering out of the drawing room, a stark contrast to her earlier aggressive behavior.
Bonita’s eyebrows drooped.
“Did I, perhaps, displease the Lady?”
“That’s not possible.”
Luke quickly reassured her.
“Mother is just shocked. You are nothing less than a miracle…”
Luke swallowed hard, looking at Bonita holding Aria’s hand.
He summed up the situation, simply saying,
“Truly, welcome back home, Bonita.”
Following the Duke’s request, the temple immediately sent information about the girl to several noble families and the royal family.
The letter stated that the girl who appeared at the Duke’s house was indeed his biological daughter, and the temple vouched for this fact. It also mentioned that official correspondence from the Duke’s house would arrive soon.
The news caused a stir among the noble houses.
Paternity tests are usually the prerogative of the nobility, but they are typically conducted to uncover infidelity or illegitimate children within the family.
“The loss of a legitimate child is never common, especially in that Duke’s house!”
The nobles who knew of Luke Lysianthus’ temperament generally believed he would have no more children and that the dukedom would pass to his brother, the Count of Delfinium, upon his death.
But then, suddenly, the Duke’s only daughter appeared.
In the Kingdom of Aleph, where primogeniture is practiced for legitimate offspring, it was not unheard of for a daughter to inherit if there were no sons. If this girl was indeed the Duke’s biological daughter, even if she was born out of wedlock, there would be no major problem in her inheriting the title.
It might be a subject of gossip, but who would dare to say anything? After all, she was the Duke’s only child.
And naturally, this news reached Eloide’s family, the Rothweil Counts. However, their focus wasn’t on the emergence of an heiress to the Lysianthus dukedom.
“Now, what did you say?”
Dylan Rothweil, the eldest son of the Rothweil Counts, couldn’t hide his displeasure as he asked. His younger brother, Lennon, replied with a calm expression.
“The Duke of Lysianthus has a daughter.”
“A daughter? How can a daughter just appear? What, did he adopt some distant relative’s child?”
Dylan scoffed and flipped through the papers.
“I know the Count of Delfinium has two sons; a daughter is unexpected. Was he that reluctant to pass the title to his brother? It’s such an incomprehensible sibling relationship.”
“You know it’s not like that, brother.”
Lennon pointedly addressed Dylan’s denial.
“We received a letter from the temple. The Duke of Lysianthus and that girl are undoubtedly father and daughter, and the temple is vouching for it.”
Dylan’s pen halted in mid-air. He asked quietly,
“How old is that child? Five years? Four? Younger?”
“Brother.”
“Yes. I guess the Duke of Lysianthus had no choice. Even if he didn’t bring in a wife, as a noble, it’s natural to want to pass the family line to his own blood”
“She’s seven years old.”
Crunch.
Upon hearing Lennon’s words, Dylan clenched his fist, crumpling the fragile documents in his hand. He lifted his head with a menacing look.
“Seven years old?”
“Yes.”
“Seven years old. That means, eight years ago was when the relationship started. Or even earlier, considering it wouldn’t have been successful from the first try.”
Dylan gnawed inside his mouth, his thoughts racing.
“That bastard, how dare he cheat on our Eloide?”
When yandere male lead believes she loves him — but she never did
“How dare you!”
“How dare you make me love you, only to cast me aside as nothing more than a friend?!?
“I will never accept that.”
“I will never let you return to him.”
“Even if I have to burn myself to ashes.”
“Even if I must shatter my purity, my dignity, my very soul.”
“I will never let you escape me!”
This was the first novel that introduced me to the matriarchal genre. I’ve read it three times already!
At first, the male lead despised the female lead. Later, he misunderstood that she liked him, so he condescendingly and reluctantly reciprocated her feelings.
Then, he suddenly discovered that she was kind to everyone in the same way, and there was already someone she cherished in her heart, and that person was not him.
The male lead couldn’t believe it, he became angry and crazy. He was determined to capture her body and heart by any means necessary.
Synopsis:
Want to see how a green tea bitch male lead falls in love with the female lead?
Want to see how he flirtatiously pursues the female lead?
Want to see how he gets slapped in the face repeatedly?
The male lead is a green tea bitch, a poisonous lotus, jealous, ruthless, unscrupulous, with a venomous heart, and he’s also a delusional maniac.
The female lead is righteous, positive energy-filled, kind, a holy mother.
Let’s see how two people with extreme personalities come together~
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