the villainess acts Innocent again

chapter 24 : Conversation with the Duke part 1

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Sherry looked at Mary's lustful appearance as if she couldn't control herself in front of a beautiful woman.

Sherry "Well, thank you for your comfort. Of course, I don't find your words annoying. In fact, I've always wished to have a friend to tell her my secrets and things that happens to me."

Mary thought, doesn't her words mean that she want her to become her friend
Mary usually isn't that easy going of a person who befriends everyone.

But she has a weakness for beautiful women. She doesn't consider herself better than a man and Sherry hits all the beauty spots for her as she is her favorite type of beauty, the type that gives a feeling of weakness and simplicity like a white rabbit.

Mary "So we are friends now, right?"

Sherry "Of course, my name is Sherry. What is your name?"

Mary "My name is Mary. By the way, forgive me, Sherry, if this bothers you, but I am really curious to know what is bothering you."

It might be because she is a journalist but Mary is very curious person and most of the time she satisfies her curiosity by investigating new news to publish in the newspaper.

Sherry "Well it's just that a lot of things have happened lately that make me feel depressed.

Then Sherry took a deep breath and continued,

When I was young I always wondered why my parents treated me badly while they only cared and loved my brother Edward.

Sometimes I feel like the only reason they let me live was to serve them Like a maid.

Beatings and scoldings were common until one day Duke Braxton came. He saved me from being beaten by what I thought is my mom.

Then I learned that I was the real daughter of Duke Braxton and that these parents were not my real parents .

The reason behind my miserable life was that the couple who raised me had exchanged me with their daughter.

Then I went to the Duke's house full of expectations that I would receive the love of the family that I always wanted to have but never had.

Well they did not see me in their eyes.

What they saw and cared about was only Angela.

Although Angela smiled kindly in front of me, this is only when there were people around us. But when we were alone, she made fun of me for being rustic and vulgar.

And until recently I heard my father saying that he was going to announce me as Angela's lost twin sister, which meant that Angela still had the name of the Duke's biological daughter. I know I'm selfish and it would be better if I accepted Angela as my sister, but I just can't and that makes me feel like a villain."

As Sherry spoke she kept crying. Mary felt pity and wanted all her worries and fears to be solved.

Mary hugged Sherry and patted her to calm her down.

Now she can understand why the heroes love saving beauty.

In addition to the feelings of sympathy she feels towards Sherry, she feels extreme disgust towards Angela.

Sherry's experience reminds her of her own experience.

She was in the countryside and moved to the imperial capital to fulfill her dream of becoming a journalist, however at the beginning of her career she was ridiculed as a countrywoman and vulgar.

In addition, she cannot understand Angela's impudence Like how she has the audacity Doesn't she feel any guilt or shame? Her biological parents exchanged her with the duke's daughter while they were mistreating the biological duke's daughter.

Angela was enjoying what was not hers.

The journalist's intuition made her feel that the matter was not that simple.

"Do you think that Angela knew that she was not the Duke's biological daughter before you came?"

Sherry "Actually, I'm not sure. All I know is that Trisha, Angela's maid, is Angela's biological aunt, meaning that she is the sister of the woman who exchanged me with her daughter."

Sherry said, looking thoughtful.

Of course, she knows that Angela knows that she is not the Duke's daughter. It's just that this incident was unexpected, so the truth was suddenly revealed. But if Angela could, she would have hidden the exchange matter for the rest of her life.

After that, Sherry and Mary exchanged some words for a while, and said goodbye.

After Sherry left, Mary sat thinking that the incident that Sherry narrated was very interesting, that it could be made into a novel.

She thought that such an incident would arouse interest, in addition to being considered as a help to Sherry in dealing with Angela.

But First, she should verify its authenticity.

Meanwhile, while Sherry was on her way to the duchy, she was at least 99 percent sure that the matter of exposing Angela in the newspaper would success.

As soon as Sherry entered the duchy, she found Albert in front of her.

Albert: "My lady, the duke wants to see you."

Sherry guessed why the duke wanted to see her, but she said "Yes" with a happy smile as if she was happy that her father wants to see her .

As soon as Sherry entered the duke's office, the duke looked at her with mixed feelings. He had obtained the investigation results several hours ago and knew that Sherry had been deliberately exchanged. He had also been able to obtain the messages between Trisha and Goselle, those damned sisters who had planned the exchange.

He had expected everything except that Trisha, who was Angela's closest servant, was the mastermind behind this incident. Now it was understandable why she was taking a vacation these days.

But does she really think she could escape so easily? Just a short while ago, she, Goselle, and Goselle's husband John were imprisoned. Of course, it wouldn't be as easy as prison alone.

They will be tortured slowly until they regret the day they thought about confronting the Duke

If it were that simple, the Duke would not feel mixed emotions.

The conversation that Sherry had with Angela had been reported in detail.

The exchange had been exposed, which angered him a bit because he had intended to hide it and to announce Sherry as a lost daughter and twin sister of Angela.

Now that the news has spread throughout the noble circles, he will have to announce sherry as his biological daughter and Angela as an adopted daughter.

The Duke did not know exactly what he felt. He felt pity and sorry for Sherry, but on the other hand, there was love and care for Angela.

He had truly loved Angela as his daughter for 16 years, holding her in his arms and pampering her like a princess.

Those feelings were not fake, so he wanted her to live the rest of her life in peace and safety as a princess of the braxcton Duchy.

Sherry looked to the Duke's worried eyes, she knew he was thinking of Angela but she felt ridiculous.

The Duke used Angela's fabrications of bullying as an excuse for him to announce that Sherry was Angela's twin sister and that this was compensation for Angela's being bullied by Sherry.

But even without these fabrications, she knew very well that the Duke would still announce Sherry in this way.

To elevate the status of the daughter of criminals who are the cause of your biological daughter's misery is truly ridiculous.

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