Sister, I'm the Queen This Life (330 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 317

The fight between Ottavio and Isabella escalated further.

“Honestly, aside from your face, what else do you have going for you?”

“Ottavio. I’m warning you—shut that mouth of yours.”

“You strut around acting high and mighty just because you’re a cardinal’s daughter, but you’re nothing but a bastard yourself. Are you even nobility? The moment I saw you walking around with your chin stuck up like that, despite being worse than a commoner, I thought you were ridiculous!”

This struck right at Isabella’s deepest vulnerability. Up until then, she had managed to retain some composure, but now she lost all reason and lashed out bitterly.

“A mere count’s family dares to speak so disrespectfully of a cardinal’s house? My father outranks you by at least three steps in protocol!”

But Ottavio had plenty to say in return.

“Well said! So tell me—have you even contacted that illustrious father of yours? Have I ever even tasted a crumb from Cardinal father-in-law? You came here with nothing but the clothes on your back, you freeloader!”

Ottavio huffed in frustration.

“Because of you, our family is on the verge of ruin! Just because you were in a bad mood, you took it out on Camellia—and chose the worst possible way to do it!”

Ottavio clutched his head and slumped down onto the sofa.

“How am I supposed to face our ancestors now? I should’ve listened when my sister warned me!”

He muttered it like a monologue to himself.

“My sister told me plainly—you’re precisely the kind of woman to avoid: relying only on your pretty face, spoiled and vain, with a poisonous temperament and foul character!”

Hearing the word “freeloader,” Isabella, who had been standing silently in a corner of the bedroom, felt each word sink sharply into her ears.

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