BuzzNovelChapter 577
---- nothing, not even a small window leading to this side.
The floor! Ibegan tapping my heel against the wooden planks.
The Duke caught on quickly, even crouching down to inspect more closely, checking if any boards were loose,
searching for a trapdoor, anything...
but there was nothing.
Frustration creased my brow.
The Duke had trusted me, and now felt like | had wasted his time, making a scene only to be proven wrong.
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[dont see anything, my lord.
| thought..." | lifted my gaze to him, embarrassment creeping up my cheeks.
"Its fine, dont worry about it.
Its better this way," he reassured me, without a hint of reproach.
| didnt find anger in his eyes, which broughtsrelief.
Even so, | probably looked like shysterical woman seeing conspiracies where there were nonejust desperate
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtfor his attention.
| followed him out, my head lowered.
"You see, Your Lordship? Its just a pen," the administrator scoffed.
"To be honest, | find this quite offensive.
Without evidence, it almost feels likelike | was being accused of theft.
We are all honest men here, Duchess." "The Duchess didnt accuse you of anything," the Duke interjected.
His voice cout almost as a bark, effectively silencing the mans complaints.
"Were conducting an inspection, and this is part of the process.
Those ---- who have nothing to hide, fear nothing.
Or is there something you fear, Mr.
Philip?" "No, no, of course not," he quickly answered.
"Then we'll be leaving.
Perhaps we Il stop by again on the way back."" "Heres your book," | said, handing the documents back to him.
Just then, the braying of the donkey caught my attention.
Aworker was leading it by the reins, but the animal was agitated, stubbornly trying to return to the pen we had
just inspected.
"No, no, Alonso, your stable is this one now.
Con, behave," the worker tugged, struggling to get the donkey to move, until it finally gave in.
"Wheres the other one? There are two pens and only one donkey," | asked the worker.
"It died a few weeks ago.
Weve already ordered a replacement," he muttered before adding in a lower voice, "I see the Duchess is quite
the curious woman." "lam," Ireplied, holding his gaze, searching his shrewd eyes.
This man was hiding something! knewit.
He had just been smarter than us, and | hadnt been able to uncover his secret.
In the end, | left with the Duke, but my mind kept spinning, retracing the clues, going over every detail again and
again.
"You're going to grow old before your time," a cold finger smoothed the furrow between my brows, catching me
off guard.
The Duke had actually gotten into the carriage for this stretch of the ---- journey.
We pulled out spreserved fruits, fresh bread, and grapes to snack on.
"| tried to organize my thoughts while looking at him across the seat.
Our knees nearly touchedElliot was too tall for this space.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm"Tm sorry for making you look bad.
Now they Il all say Im paranoid," | admitted, adding yet another label to the long list Rossella had already
assigned to me.
"Stop giving it importance.
We just checked a donkey pen, thats all..." he shrugged, taking a sip of his wine.
Adonkey pen...
the donkey...
"Thats it, Duke!" | suddenly exclaimed, grabbing his hand and shaking him.
"Bloody hell! What now?!" he coughed, and | realized | had spilled wine all over his clothes.
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