My Discarded Fiancé Returned (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 131

Good news reached Elise, who had been anxious all day, very soon. That the marchioness had given up on her and gone back, and that she could now serve as a handmaiden to the Crown Princess—both felt like unbelievable happiness.

“Elise…!”

“Auntie….”

The first to truly awaken her to the fact that her life had changed was Jane’s warm embrace.

Elise had spent the entire day fretting, fearing she might be sent back to her uncle’s house, and now she clung tightly to Jane, finally feeling relief.

“Auntie….”

“Yes, yes. You worried so much today, didn’t you?”

How could she possibly put this relief into words?

During the identity verification process, word had reached House of Sherwood, and just as she’d feared, the marchioness arrived, causing a commotion and demanding to take Elise away.

“You are, according to your identification papers, the daughter of our marquessate! It’s only natural that I, as the mistress of House Sherwood, take you back!”

The marchioness arrived with imposing dignity and glared at Elise as if ready to devour her on the spot. It was painfully clear she was furious that Elise had dared run away, abandoning her uncle’s care and bringing shame upon the family.

“Elise, answer me yourself! Wasn’t your running away just a childish whim? Aren’t you sorry and ready to return home?”

Seeing the marchioness’s pleading, desperate eyes, Elise knew that if she went with her now, she’d be beaten harshly, humiliated, and forced back into that suffocating house to endure it until her uncle’s death.

That had happened often enough in her previous life—no matter what Elise did, she couldn’t escape that hell until her uncle died.

“Your father is anxiously waiting for you. A maid wrote me a letter herself saying he’s been searching for you nonstop!”

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