THIBV - Chapter 91

While Bridget and Lauren were arguing in the living room, Chloe stomped out and walked down the hallway, grumbling.

"It's so wide, it's fucking wide!"

The maid candidates who were chatting in the hallway frowned and glanced at Chloe at her rough speech and sloppy gait.

"Who is this?"

"Don't ask me. How would I know a bum like that?"

The girls shrugged.

Without knowing it, Chloe was walking around looking for a place to stay until she found a restaurant and went in.

"Hey, I want water!"

Chloe gave directions to a passerby and sat down in any seat she could find.

But the one who received the order just passed Chloe behind as if she didn't hear it.

Chloe saw that and grabbed her arm.

"Can't you hear me? Give me water, water!"

That was the moment.

Slap!

Chloe's head turned.

Chloe, startled by being hit in the cheek, turned around to face her opponent.

The other person, Leticia, the girl whose name Bridget had tried to ask, was looking down at Chloe with disgust.

"How dare something so lowly dare to do so."

"What, what? What is this? You're crazy, you don't know your place working in the palace!"

Chloe jumped up and groaned.

"I am the daughter of the Count of Florence! I am a nobleman! You crazy thing!"

She reached out and tried to grab Leticia's hair.

But Leticia dodged lightly and then quickly slapped Chloe's hand, arm, and head.

"If you don't have a title, you're not a noble. You're just a girl from a noble family. If you marry a gentleman of similar status without inheriting the family title, you're just a citizen of the bourgeois class. And if you don't have money, you're just a commoner."

Leticia looked Chloe up and down and snickered.

"Looking at your limited knowledge. Hmm, you'll end up worse than a commoner."

"This..!"

"...uncultured behavior, and manners..."

Chloe, who had not received the education that noble children received could not understand everything Leticia said.

She just understood that she was ignoring her.

So she reached out again.

But Leticia's movements a moment ago were not a coincidence. She was a rare noblewoman who had learned martial arts.

Chloe got hit again.

Leticia clicked her tongue.

"No learning ability."

Millea, who had just heard the commotion, frowned.

"What is this situation?"

As soon as Chloe saw Millea, who was obviously the manager of this place, she pointed at Leticia and shouted.

"Hey! You're the head maid, right? This rude maid dares to touch me and ignore me, so give her a lesson right now!"

Chloe was smug.

But Millea looked at her as if she found it pitiful.

"I am Countess Millea Spencer. And you?"

Chloe flinched.

"Oh, Countess?"

"Don't make me say it twice. You?"

"Young Lady Chloe... is the daughter of Count Florence."

"Chloe, no one calls themselves Young Lady."

Chloe's cheeks turned red after being pointed out in front of Leticia.

"Uh, anyway, this maid...!"

"Leticia is not a maid. She is the daughter of the Countess of Lunalock. She is also Lady Winston's temporary maid."

Chloe was surprised.

Lunarock was a famous family that even Chloe knew about.

When you go to the shopping district, there is a very large dress shop and jewelry store run by the Lunalock family. They are places that are highly praised as luxury brands.

The Lunalock family also runs a large merchant house and the goods they handle there are all high-quality items, so they are renowned among the nobles.

Chloe also knew Lunalock's status well.

She soon looked back at what she had done and her face turned pale. She knew she had made a mistake, but her pride was too hurt to apologize.

Even at home, she was the youngest child who was loved by her mother and older brother.

"How would I know you're a noble lady when you're wearing such a cheap dress? You should have told me from the beginning!"

That was a mistake.

"Miss Chloe, you have no discerning eye."

Leticia watched with amusement from the side as Millea coldly criticized her.

"I am afraid you do not resemble Mrs. Winston in the least. Consider yourself lucky today and go back, and never, ever, ever come near the palace again. It is not a place for Miss Chloe to run wild. I wish you would go back and reflect on yourself and know your shame."

Millea's words were sharp and decisive.

Those cold eyes were too scary for the girl to bear.

Chloe bit her lip, but her mouth was twisted into a grimace and tears welled up in her eyes.

Feeling a little embarrassed, she grabbed her cold cheek and ran outside.

'Bridget must be worried.'

Millea sighed.

***

Isaac watched in wonder as Chloe ran out crying and got into the carriage.

After that, Lauren was dragged out by the maid and put into the carriage.

'What's the matter?'

Isaac felt cheap.

It was clear that those two were causing trouble.

In this situation, if he goes back inside to talk to Bridget, he might end up running into Julian like last time...

'This time I might really die.'

An angry Bridget could have lost her temper and told Julian to kill him.

Isaac had no choice but to get on the carriage, waiting for the next time.

'Well, I guess you understood what I wanted to say even without me having to say it.'

How much trust she has in his family and how she can use that to do whatever she wants.

Bridget will soon be forced to seek him out.

Isaac left the palace shouting in joy.

The carriage windows were tightly shut.

These days, Isaac can't go out with his face exposed.

This was because when people recognized him, they would come running and throw stones at him.

Lauren and Chloe were crying and venting their frustrations in the carriage.

Lauren complained that her good daughter was turned into a demon by the devil Julian.

Chloe cried and cried, saying that the maid of the palace had embarrassed her.

Isaac shook his head.

'Why are women so noisy?'

He became annoyed and just left them on 13th Street, telling them to walk away on their own.

When he got home like that, Cedric came running to him.

"Sir, Mrs. Bellingham is in labor."

"What? Already? Isn't there still a few weeks left?"

"That was the case. But it suddenly happened. Mrs. Bellingham said she started having stomachaches a few days ago."

"What, so there's nothing wrong with the kid?"

"I guess she'll have to give birth to find out."

Isaac became so angry that he swore.

"He is a precious child. How on earth did she take care of herself to have a baby already? What on earth is she doing! Go and tell Penelope that if she doesn't give birth to a healthy baby, she's in big trouble."

Cedric was about to say that Penelope had been acting suspiciously, that she had been making a lot of noise in her room lately as if she was jumping out of bed on purpose, but he just kept his mouth shut.

'I should tell Madam.'

The doctor suspected that Penelope had self-harmed after seeing the bruises on her body, but Penelope vehemently denied any such incident.

However, all the employees of the mansion were suspicious of Penelope's actions.

Cedric had a hard time understanding the reason for his strange behavior.

"I cannot convey your message to Mrs. Bellingham, as she is not at the mansion."

"Where does a woman in labor go?"

Isaac opened his eyes wide as if he was amazed and let out a sigh.

"She packed her bags and left in the morning to give birth at her parents' house."

"She went to her parents' house? Why is she taking my child to her parent's house?"

Isaac became suspicious.

"Send someone to Count Hudson's mansion immediately. Make sure that my child is not taken away. Bring him back as soon as he is born!"

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