Chapter 734 Melissa’s Oath

    Madam Evelyn’s gaze grew darker, sharper,

    Ste’s eyes fixed on Melissa too.

    Between the two of them, it felt like they were ready to tear her apart.

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    Under Madam Evelyn’s stare especially, Melissa’s chest tightened. She swallowed nervously. “W–what does this even mean?”

    Ste’s tone was cold. “So this isn’t what you sent me?”

    “What?”

    “Stop pretending,” Madam Evelyn snapped. “Tell us the truth.”

    Melissa shook her head frantically. “No, it wasn’t me! That thing isn’t mine.”

    Even if it had been hers, why would she ever send it to the Dawson familyi? /i

    Under Ste’s icy eyes and Madam Evelyn’s suffocating pressure, Melissa’s mind went nk. She tried to make sense of the situation, but nothing came.

    “I swear, it really isn’t mine!”

    She was close to tears. Madam Evelyn’s gaze was terrifying–especially with her saying not to pretend.

    “Heaven help me, I’m not pretending,” Melissa blurted in panic.

    Wait…

    Then it clicked.

    Ste was pregnant now, and her wedding with Abraham had already been set–with the Dawson elders‘ approval no less.

    So if this thing had suddenly shown up here…

    Melissa’s mind cleared in an instant. She finally understood the weight of it–and her panic grew worse.

    “Madam Evelyn, this really isn’t mine. I would inever /istoop ito /isomething so disgusting.”

    Who in their right mind would send someone a used pregnancy test? It was vile.

    No wonder it had been sealed in a little box. To someone who didn’t know, it could look like something precious–when in reality, it was just to keep Madam Evelyn’s treasured girl’s hands from being dirtied.

    And now that she thought of it…

    During her time abroad, Melissa had done plenty of reflecting.

    She had truly been recklessst time. Ste was Madam Evelyn’s child–raised and cherished by her. The entire Dawson n adored her. Ste’s position in the family was unshakable.

    Even if Melissa had somehow managed to marry Abraham, what would that have gotten her? Nothing but a

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    life of hell.

    Once inside the Dawson family, Ste would always stand above her, crushing her down. Just the thought of it was suffocating. She didn’t even know what madness had possessed her back then.

    But she had thought it through now.

    She would never again covet the untouchable Abraham of Falvaria.

    “This isn’t me… I swear it isn’t me.”

    She had been rash when Ste first returned to Falvaria.

    But heaven and earth as witnesses, this really wasn’t her doing.

    Madam Evelyn narrowed her eyes. “So Miss Dawson refuses to speak the truth today.”

    Clearly, neither Ste nor Madam Evelyn believed her.

    After all, even when the news of Abraham and Ste had spread, Melissa had still dared to provoke her at that banquet.

    Seeing their disbelief, Melissa’s panic boiled over. “It’s not me, I swear!”

    Madam Evelyn tilted her head slightly toward the butler. “Bring Madam Bogden here—”

    “Wait! It really wasn’t me! I swear on my life–if I sent that thing to the princess, may I be hit by a car the moment I step outside, struck by lightning in the rain, choke on the first sip of water, die on the first bite of food, and never wake up from sleep again. How about that?”

    Ste: “…”

    Madam Evelyn: “…”

    The two women exchanged a nce, each seeing the same conflicted emotions in the other’s eyes.

    Then both turned back to Melissa.

    “It wasn’t me,” Melissa cried. “If it was, may I die a horrible death!”

    Before leaving the country, her mother had warned her: the Dawson family must inever /ibe provoked.

    And with the Bogden family’s situation already precarious, if the Dawsons struck against them now, their whole house could copse.

    So to prove her innocence, Melissa resorted to the most vicious oath she could make.

    When silence stretched, she added desperately, “If I did this, may no one ever want me. May I grow old alone, a nun for life. Is that enough?b” /b

    For a woman, that curse was harsher than death.

    She truly had been pushed to the brink.

    But then–who had done it?

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    Could Falvaria really have sonicone with a mind darker than hers?

    No, bthat /bwasn’t fair. She had at least been open in her desire for Abraham, shameless though it was

    But whoever pulled this stunt had done it in the shadows–making her the scapegoat.

    She thought back tost night, dragged out of bed by silent men who never said a word.

    Her heart was still pounding even now.

    Who had set her up? Whoever it was, if she ever found out, she’d take that woman’s life without hesitation.

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