FreeNovelChapter 689 Leopold took a casual sip of his coffee, the bitter richness of the dark brew lingering on his palate.
He had his suspicions about the nurse Jessica had hired, and it couldn't have been a coincidence.
"She'd never bring in someone old and ugly because Dad wouldn't stand for it. He always insisted on young and pretty maids to look after him" Any beautiful maid inevitably fell prey to Chad's advances. After his death, Jessica generously compensated them and asked them to leave.
At that moment, Megan stormed over, her face flushed with anger.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt“Leopold, are you going to stand by and watch Lana walk all over me as if I'm nothing but dirt beneath her feet? I'm your wife, for heaven's sake, and she's nothing but a mistress. How dare she act so high and mighty around me?" A mocking smile flickered across Leopold's face as he said, “You know when Aurelia was my wife, she got along well with everyone. What's your excuse? Maybe you should look in the mirror for the problem" “Lam your legal wife, and they are mere concubines. They should respect me, and | should be their superior,” Megan retorted hotly.
There was no way she was going to sit at the same table with those enchantresses.
Leopold's lips twisted into a sardonic grin, "You seem to have misunderstood something, my dear. Before you walked through the Stirling family's doors, you were no different from ther, a mistress." His words slapped her across the face, the sting of his contempt burning her cheeks.
“But we're legally married. How can you even compare me to them?" Leopold's gaze turned icy, "The Stirling family has its own rules, and the law doesn't dictate our traditions. With your vindictive and arrogant nature, do you think you can be the lady of the Stirling family? You must be dreaming. If you were in charge, would anyone else even have a chance at happiness?" Megan felt a jump in her throat, tears of frustration welling in her eyes.
Her gaze drifted to the garden where the afternoon tea was being prepared.
There was Aurelia, chatting and laughing with Lana, without a hint of jealousy.
She had overestimated Megan and underestimated Aurelia.
"Megan, you need to quit your temperament if you want to be a true partner to Leopold,” Tanya advised gently.
“Expecting her to be virtuous? Maybe in another lifetime,’ Leopold scoffed before walking away.
Megan's face turned red, so furious she felt like hanging herself from a tree for him to see.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmOut in the garden, Skyler and William were on their hands and knees, hunting for bugs among the bushes.
They caught a few grasshoppers and watched them hop around in a jar.
"Grasshoppers are pests because they chew on plant leaves,’ Skyler said.
William blinked, his tone earnest, "Most bugs eat leaves, you know.
Silkworms eat them too, but since they produce silk, which is useful to us, we think of them as beneficial and even grow mulberry trees to raise them.
It's all about perspective" "Mice steal our grains and are called cunning, but when we take honey from bees, we're praised for our diligence. The snake doesn't know its venom, and man doesn't recognize his faults. Whatever benefits us is deemed good, and what doesn't is labeled bad." Skyler chuckled, "You're right, William. In nature, it's survival of the fittest, and as humans, we're at the top of the food chain, setting the rules of the world.
And in human society, it's the powerful who make the laws. The weak never have a say." "So, we must become the powerful, the rule-makers,” William declared.
Skyler nodded in agreement.
Aurelia, overhearing their conversation, smiled to herself, "You two were born winners." Unlike herself, who had climbed her way up from the very bottom of society's ladder, reaching for heights she never thought possible.
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