Chapter 735 Kelly Brought In

    Melissa was already fuming inside.

    Facing Madam Evelyn’s pressure, she had sworn every vicious oath she could think of.

    The Bogden family might have declined, but Mr. Bogden still carried weight in Falvaria.

    And in Falvaria, people believed in oaths.

    To swear falsely–especially on something one had truly done–was unthinkable.

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    If Melissa really had been guilty, she would have hidden behind her father’s influence, not staked her life on curses like these.

    Ste turned to Madam Evelyn. “Mom, maybe it really isn’t her?”

    For Melissa to dare make such heavy oaths, it was possible she wasn’t lying.

    Madam Evelyn narrowed her eyes, studying Melissa.

    Melissa threw her hands up. “It really wasn’t me! If it was, may I be struck dead by lightning right now, would that satisfy you?”

    She was on the verge of madness.

    Who had done this? If she ever found out, she swore she’d make them pay

    dearly.

    The more she thought, the angrier she became. Wanting Abraham was one thing, but at least she had wanted him openly. To scheme in secret like this, and to drag her down as a scapegoat–this was intolerable.

    A thousand ways to torture the real culprit shed through her mind.

    Madam Evelyn nced at the butler. “Send her away.”

    At this point, it seemed unlikely Melissa was

    the one.

    The butler stepped forward. “Mrs. Bogden, my apologies. It seems there has been a misunderstanding.”

    “What do you mean?”

    “This matter is concluded,” he said.

    Melissa blinked, stunned. “Concluded? Just like that?”

    Her mind stalled. She stared from the butler to Madam Evelyn. What did they mean, it was just over?

    This wasn’t right.

    But… “It’s… over?”

    Shouldn’t there bepensation? She’d been dragged out of bed in the middle of the night!

    Half–asleep, terrified she was being kidnapped, then forced through the whole ordeal in silence–her heart had nearly given out.

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    And now it just ended here?

    Madam Evelyn’s voice was calmn. “Tell my butler what you’d like. He’ll see you arepensated”

    The message was clear she would be given something in retur

    Melissa was still unhappy, but she dared not push further in front of Madam Evelynb. /b

    With a huff, she rose. The butler gestured politely. “This way, Mrs. Bogden.”

    Melissa shot Ste a look before turning away.

    Her lips twisted in disdain. Abraham was too desirable. With a husband like that, Ste would never have peace. Somewhere, some woman would always be scheming in the dark.

    But who had done it this time?

    And why had she been dragged in to take the fall?

    Did she really look like someone who would send such a vile thing?

    The thought left her seething.

    After Melissa was gone, Madam Evelyn looked to Ste. “You think it wasn’t her?”

    “In Falvaria, people don’t swear like that lightly,” Ste said.

    Especially not when they’d actually done the thing in question.

    But Madam Evelyn’s eyes stayed cold. “That isn’t certain. There are people willing to risk even their lives for what they want. What’s a false oath to them?”

    So to her, Melissa’s innocence was far from proven.

    Given the Bogden family’s weakened state, she couldn’t rule it out.

    Ste frowned, but said nothing.

    “Bring Kelly,” Madam Evelyn ordered.

    To her mind, the ones with the deepest designs on Abraham were Melissa and Kelly. The truth had to lie with one of them.

    The butler, having escorted Melissa away, returned with Kelly.

    Kelly…

    Once the proud princess of the Tom family, she had been adored by parents and older brother alike.

    But those days were long gone.

    Now, she looked nothing like her former self–disheveled, fallen.

    Environment shaped people. It could raise them high, or grind them into the mud.

    Chapter 735 Kelly Brought in

    Once, Kelly had despised Ste as nothing but a Dawson foster child, sneering and stepping on her

    whenever she could.

    Now, her eyes burned with fury and resentment as she looked at Ste.

    It was the first time Ste had seen her since that incident three years ago.

    Their gazes locked.

    Kelly’s re was sharp, vicious.

    Madam Evelyn’s expression hardened. “It seems your years in prison taught you nothing.”

    Kelly froze.

    Hearing Madam Evelyn’s voice, her focus snapped back.

    On the way here, her attention had been fixed entirely on Ste–her eyes locked on her, her mind consumed.

    Now, Madam Evelyn’s words hit like cold water.

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