Chapter 98
Tristan frowned slightly, and a trace of annoyance flickered in his deep, ink–black eyes.
He did not stop at Xandra’s call, but instead continued walking straight towards the Roscente Family Manor.
Xandra had put in a lot of effort for this act.
She was genuinely kneeling there and had been for more than three hours.
Since entering the Roscente Family, she had never been subjected to such humiliation.
Yet, every time she thought of Tristan, she gritted her teeth and endured it.
She heard the sound of a car approaching.
She deliberately adjusted herself to the most perfect posture and expression, determined to evoke Tristan’s pity for her.
However, she supported her trembling figure there, performing for so long.
But she completely failed to receive even a glance from Tristan.
In fact, Tristan paid her no attention and walked straight past her into the manor.
If Tristan were to really enter there.
How could her act continue?
These security guards were all quite sycophantic!
As soon as they saw Sophia in power, they all sided with Sophia, giving her no opportunity to enter the manor!
Naturally, she could not let Tristan enter the manor just like that.
She could only timidly draw Tristan’s attention.
But…
Even if he heard her call.
Tristan never gave her a single glance.
Xandra’s heart twisted hard, her face, with its smudged makeup, was truly as pale as paper now.
Wasn’t Tristan here for her?
Wasn’t it because he heard she was suffering at the Roscente Family, that he came over specifically?
She was so pitiful now, still kneeling outside the Roscente Family manor for so long.
Didn’t he look at her even once, nor come to show her any
“Tris!”
concern?
She raised her voice unwillingly, struggling to move her legs that had long gone numb from kneeling, propping herself up, and tried to throw herself in Tristan’s direction.
Her eyes were bloodshot, tears brimming, hoping Tristan could clearly see her grievances, her pain, her sorrow.
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“Tris, why are you here… The thing I wanted least, the thing I wanted least was for you to see such a vulnerable side of me….”
Her voice was choked with sobs, her face full of pain and grievance, and she staggered toward Tristan’s arms.
Gary was speechless.
He vigorously rubbed his arm, his face showing disdain, “Ah! Help! What disgusting lines, she actually spoke them!”
Saying so, he shoved the gift box he was holding into the security guard’s arms, immediately hugged Tristan’s arm, and was about to pull him behind himself.
After all, this was his little sister–in–law’s home.
What if little sister–in–law saw that woman throwing herself into Tristan’s arms and misunderstood?
He was simply worried sick about Tristan’s happiness!
Yet, Gary didn’t even have time to pull him.
He then heard a “thud“.
Xandra, whose legs were numb from kneeling, couldn’t stand steadily at all. After staggering a few steps, she stumbled and fell to the ground.
She was wearing high heels.
With this fall, her knees hit the ground first.
The tender skin, pampered by the Roscente Family’s wealth, was instantly scraped by the ground, oozing bright red blood.
She cried out in pain, her eyes blurred with tears, trying to prop herself up, but the pain in her legs made her say “hiss,” and she fell heavily to the ground again.
“Tris, it hurts…
Xandra looked at her scraped foot, the pain and grievance causing real tears to well up in her eyes.
She gazed pitifully at Tristan.
She hoped Tristan would come over to help her stand.
Then she could take the opportunity to snuggle into his arms and complain about her grievances.
But…
Her miserable state only attracted a faint glance from the man.
That gaze, cool and indifferent, showed no emotion at all.
“Go,” he turned his eyes to Gary beside him, his voice cool and icy.
Xandra’s heart sank heavily.
She lay on the ground, her face with its shattered makeup meant to look naturally pretty, was pale and flushed, full of shame and indignation.
She clenched her delicate fingers, her eyes on Tristan’s back, full of blame and accusation.
She was already so pitiful!
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After all, she had been his fiancée for more than ten years.
At this moment, how could he not care about her?
Why did he come here, after all?
Was it just a coincidence?
Or… Sophia?
No! Impossible!
Tristan had no idea about Sophia’s identity, he definitely wouldn’t know Sophia was here.
If Tristan went in and saw Sophia…
Sophia would surely rely on their grandfather to cling to Tristan.
She couldn’t let that happen!
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Xandra’s heart twisted painfully, her face, steely with shame and indignation, also took on a grotesque, terrifying twist.
She gritted her teeth, her gaze sweeping to the other side of the estate.
“Little Miss… Little Miss!”
A middle–aged woman in a maid’s outfit suddenly rushed out of the manor.
Her eyes were red, and she looked at Xandra with a face full of heartache as she cradled the pitifully pained Xandra who hac fallen to the ground.
Gary’s gossip antennae shot up instantly, and he tugged hard on Tristan’s arm, “Tristan, another actor has entered the stage, let’s have a look, let’s see which act this is!”
This live version of a melodramatic drama was more exciting than watching TV or reading novels.
Especially…
when the protagonist might actually be Tristan.
Gary was unwilling to move his feet.
His eyes were shining, and his face was full of interest as he stared at the middle–aged woman holding Xandra while she cried loudly.
“My poor little Miss… why must you kneel here? The master… he cannot see anyway…”
“Little Miss, stop crying, the master won’t be so heartless… he’s just, just been deceived by that Miss. Roscente. For so many years, you’ve given so much to this family, everyone has seen it. Kneeling here, wouldn’t it just be playing into some people’s hands?”
Amidst the crying.
Tristan, who was being held back by Gary and had no interest in this farce, was about to shake off Gary’s hand and enter the
manor.
Upon hearing “Miss. Roscente“.
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He paused his long legs, turned his eyes slightly, and glanced indifferently at the two with cold, dark eyes.
When Mary saw Tristan really stop as planned and looked over, she tightened her grip on Nandra with eyes filled with joy,
The two exchanged a glance.
Mary then set her sights on Tristan, crying towards him, “Mr. Yeats, please, I beg you, help her. I am pleading on behalf of her…
“For the sake of her love for you, please help her this time…
Gary’s eyes lit up.
Oh dear, the drama had just begun, it was time for Tristan to take action.
But, it was certainly impossible to expect Tristan to play along in this act.
So, he cheerfully asked in a gossipy tone, “Help with what? How can we help?”
Although this was not Tristan’s direct inquiry, Gary had always represented Tristan.
Mary felt that this plan could indeed be smoothly implemented, and she grasped the opportunity to help Xandra soar to great heights. She hurriedly cried out, “Surely… surely you already know, they has brought back Miss. Roscente…”
“Before her return, our miss and the master, sir, and young masters lived harmoniously together.
Gary was out of words. Did they think he was a fool? As far as he knew, this freeloader barely saw the Roscente Family even once a year; where was the harmony?
Mary continued: “You know, the young miss has always been filial. Over the years, she gave up many opportunities just to spend more time with her family; she truly considered the Roscente Family her own home.”
Gary did not speak. No, they didn’t know that. All they knew was that if the Roscente Family weren’t the richest in the capital, this freeloader would have run away faster than anyone.
Mary said: “But… since Miss. Roscente returned, our young miss has been suffering grievances. She is kind–hearted and didn’t want to disturb the family’s harmony, so she kept enduring it.”
Mary did not stop: “She, she was just brought back, while our young miss has been with the masters for so many years, forming deep bonds. What right does she have… what right does she have to bully our young miss like this?”
As she spoke, Mary’s expression became more and more indignant, as if she had transformed into the embodiment of justice.
At this moment, Xandra played up her act, looking pitiful and aggrieved as she reached out to tug on Mary’s hand, shaking her head slightly, “Mary, let’s just stop… stop talking…”
Mary, filled with both distress and disappointment, insisted, “These are all facts, young miss, you’ve already suffered so much, how can we not speak of it?” She then pleaded to Tristan, “Mr. Yeats, young miss is, after all, your fiancée… She’s been bullied to the point she can’t even enter her own home, surely, for the sake of her being your fiancée, you should speak up for her, ask Miss. Roscente, Miss. Roscente to stop treating young miss this way…”
“For so many years, young miss has been… to be worthy of you, she’s been working hard to improve herself where you couldn’t see, her love for you is sincere…
“Tik
A light sound interrupted Mary’s wailing.
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Gary crossed his arms and smirked at the two, “One moment you’re saying she’s given up many opportunities for this family, the next, you’re saying she worked hard to improve herself to be worthy of my brother. Well, aren’t you contradicting yourself? So did she give up opportunities for self–improvement for this family, or did she seize opportunities for self–improvement for my brother?”
Mary’s crying ceased, her expression froze, and her mouth moved, unable to utter a word for a long time.
Xandra hadn’t expected Gary would focus on such inconsequential matters..
Shouldn’t the focus of these words be… that new Miss Roscenre they brought back, so arrogant and domineering, relying on her blood relation to this family, she couldn’t tolerate anyone and even bullying her, who had been with the family for over a decade, closely connected with them?
She was betting that Tristan absolutely did not know about Sophia’s identity.
So she wanted to use this opportunity to shape the image of “Miss Roscenre” in front of Tristan, letting him understand that in the entire Roscenre family, only she, Xandra, was worthy of being engaged to him!
But…
She had performed such a grand drama.
This Gary was actually nitpicking, looking for loopholes in Mary’s words.
How bored and idle was he?
Xandra was so angry she wanted to grit her teeth, but her rationality still made her strive to maintain the emotions on her face, fearing that Tristan might see throughher expression.
She bit her lips, which were lightly colored with lipstick, and slowly lifted her eyelids, looking at Tristan with tearful This action, this angle, made her sense of brokenness and grievance even more pronounced.
‘Her meaning is…”
She was just about to explain.
eyes.
Yet she saw that man, always with a calm demeanor as if carved in stone, his dark, jade–like indifferent eyes, fall upon her.
The man was like a deity, even with a calm and unruffled presence. Just standing there made him enough to draw everyone’s aze to him, unable to see any color around.
And so, the moment Tristan’s
gaze
fell on Xandra.
All of Xandra’s words came to an abrupt halt, her heart thundered wildly, and she gazed at him in a daze.
lis gaze, his sight, finally fell upon her.
He finally saw her worth, didn’t he?
Kandra
nervously clutched Mary’s arm, trying hard to maintain the elegance and stubbornness of a high society lady on her ace, yet appearing pitiful and wronged, performing it vividly.
Inder Xandra’s expectant gaze.
he man’s voice, cold as water, without a trace of warmth, “Fiancée? When did I ever acknowledge that ancée?”
you
were my
hose words, like sharp silver needles, pierced into Xandra’s eardrums.
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The light in her eyes dimmed at that moment, and her face turned paler inch by inch.
It seemed that the man did not see her pain, her embarrassment. In that indifferent tone, he continued, “Allow me to remind you, Miss, I had already clearly expressed my thoughts to Edward when he mentioned the marriage arrangement between our family. If the marriage partner is you, Xandra, then the arrangement is nullified, canceled
“And he agreed to my request at that time, Miss, you were present.”
-So, what makes you think you can claim the title of my fiancée?
Tristan did not speak these words aloud.
But the cold, mocking look in his eyes clearly conveyed this meaning.
Xandra’s face, broken and full of grievance, turned pale and started trembling with anger. A huge sense of shame almost engulfed her completely.
Her eyes grew redder, and her body, nestled in Mary’s embrace, shook violently.
How could he… humiliate her like this!?
Taking advantage of her love for him, could he hurt her so recklessly?
Did he not understand what a blow such words would be to her pride?
Just because it was her, Xandra, the marriage arrangement had to be called off…
Did he hate her so much, was he so unwilling to get engaged to her?
Did he really have to use such a cruel way to embarrass her, to make her unable to face anyone?
Xandra’s shame and embarrassment were at their peak, on the verge of erupting.
However…
Tristan seemed not to have given up on further humiliating her.
He still looked at her with that indifferent gaze, his voice as cold and detached as ever, continued
“My visit this time is to honor the marriage contract between the two families.”
“And that person will never be you.”
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