Sister, I'm the Queen This Life (330 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 217

Julia de Valdesar read her newly received letter with a subtle expression. Seated at her desk in the shared study, she spoke to the person sitting across from her.

“It’s really none of my business to meddle in another household’s affairs.”

At her words, the fair-haired young man with soft gray-blue eyes looked at her.

“Should I say Ariadne is sometimes just too soft-hearted?”

She wiggled her fingers as she spoke.

“Letting the household staff roam so freely like this isn’t necessarily good for them either. Might they get the wrong idea?”

The man’s expression was nuanced. When he didn’t give the reaction she’d expected, Julia awkwardly added,

“No, I mean—it’s admirable of them, of course. They’re only looking out for their mistress.”

Yet she couldn’t hide her true feelings.

“Still, isn’t it overstepping for a servant to send a letter directly to their mistress’s friend?”

The letter on Julia’s desk was from Sancha. Written in polite tone, it introduced herself as Ariadne’s personal maid and explained that her mistress had seemed deeply melancholic lately; thus, if Signora Julia—her dear friend—could visit to comfort her, she would be infinitely grateful.

“Servants have their proper place to uphold. Of course I want to go see Ari—but that doesn’t mean her maid has the standing to summon me like this, does she?”

The young man, Francois—the Il Domestico of House Valdesar—quietly countered,

“Do you see me that way too?”

Only then did Julia realize she’d misspoken and covered her mouth.

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