Chapter 320
Caleb tried to play dumb.
But every time, reality forced him to face the truth.
Gabriel said. “Eliza, you…
But the moment he opened his mouth.
Eliza slapped him.
hard across the face again.
Eliza asked coldly, “And who said you could call me by name?”
Her voice was ice–cold and spat, “Try that again.”
Caleb clenched his teeth once more. Feeling the burning pain on his cheek, he pressed his lips together, then corrected himself.“…Your Grace. I just have one question. Can you give me a straight answer?”
“Answer it, or leave. Your choice,” Eliza said with a faint smile, though there wasn’t a trace of warmth in her expression.
Caleb had no choice. After glancing up at Eliza, he finally asked slowly, “Do you Hate me that much?”
Eliza was utterly speechless.
She had thought Caleb had chased her for blocks and stopped her just to ask something important, only for it to be this?
Too dumbfounded to reply, Eliza didn’t even bother answering.
She turned and got into her carriage without a word.
“Wait, El–Your Grace! You haven’t answered me yet!” Caleb scrambled to his feet and rushed to stop the carriage
The next second. Eliza’s voice rang out from inside the carriage, “Kneel and don’t move!”
Her tone was frosty as she continued, “I never said you could get up. Stay right there. Don’t even think about standing if you don’t kneel (undi Sundown.”
“Tina, keep an eye on him, Eliza ordered.
After giving her instructions, she turned to Renee and said, “Let’s go. If he dares block us again, just run him over.”
Hearing this, Caleb’s eyes went wide in disbelief.
He thought. Did Eliza just say to run me over? If I
If I try to stop the carriage, is she not worried about killing me?”
In the end, Caleb didn’t dare stop them. He could only watch helplessly as Eliza’s chrriage pulled away.
The moment he turned his head and instinctively tried to rise, a dagger was pressed against his neck and a cold voice said. “My Lady said kneel until sundown.
Caleb froze. The blade’s icy edge pressed tightly against his skin.
Clearly, if he so much as twitched, the person behind him wouldn’t hesitate to strike.
Caleb didn’t dare move another inch
So there he remained, pitifully kneeling in the middle of the street just outside the city gate, all the
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until nighttall.
As darkness fell, the shadow guards vanished.
Caleb endured the pain as he dowly got to his feet. With both checks swollen red, he limpest back to the Marquis’s estate in complete disgrace
The moment he returned. Adeline was startled by the sight of him and cried out. “Ah! Caleb!
“My poor hoy, what happened to your face? What’s wrong with your leg? How did you leave the house just fine and come back like this? Don’t tell me Eliza sent someone to rough you up?
Chapter 320
Caleb shook his head in response. “She didn’t send anyone. She did this herself.”
Eliza had hit him, and she hit him hard
Both slaps landed with full force, leaving his cheeks red and swollen on both sides.
“What?” Adeline shricked, “Has she gone mad? How dare she lay a hand on you?”
Dale, who had been reading a chess manual nearby, gave her a cold glance.
Feeling his gaze, Adeline instantly clamped her mouth shut. But she still muttered. “Fine, fine. I get it. She’s Your Grace now, so course she dares.
yours. If anyone ends up getting
Dale warned her, “If you know that, then you’d better control your temper–and that mouth of y punished for it, it won’t be your son. It’ll be you.”
Adeline gave a cold
dd snort, “Like she’d dare!
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