Herald of Steel

Chapter 1314 Lady Linda's Fate (Part-4)

'Marry my uncle in law?'

As Alexander made the incredulous statement, a sudden bout of silence descended over the large study as Miss Linda struggled to process what she just heard.

This was not something she had even dared to contemplate.

Marrying her brothers in law.... sure!

But now that she was forced to think of this alternative option.... a sudden surge of anger filled her heart!

This was because she recalled the few interactions he had with her, where Lord Castell spared none of his angry or nasty looks.

Due to Lord Kite's efforts, the man blamed her for all the troubles, so he bore no goodwill towards this rebellious niece in law.

Vice versa, given Lord Castell's recent actions, Miss Linda also saw the man in a very negative light.

"What nonsense are you spewing? Lord Castell cannot even stand me!" The lady hence spat at Alexander with a glare.

The man however was not discouraged by the lady's outburst.

On the contrary, he was quite pleased, chuckling to himself, 'Hehe, so you would be okay if he could stand you?'

Nitpicking at Miss Linda's words like this, Alexander then reinforced his point,

"And why not marry Lord Castell, my lady? After all, you are still very young. And from what I heard, he is single. Given your current position, it is already written you have to re-marry. The elders of your family will never let such a fine... 'political pawn' go unused."

"So rather than wait like an obedient lamb on a chopping block, why not take the initiative yourself? At least that way you will have some say in whom you are forced to spend the night with every day."

Alexander keenly noticed Miss Linda's mood go from anger to bitterness and then at last helplessness as he said his piece.

She clearly loathed the term 'political pawn' but was also unable to deny the fact she was exactly that, with no hope in sight of being anything otherwise.

"Is this your condition for loaning the 3 million? That I marry that old fart?" Then as Miss Linda came to grips with her state, she suddenly opened her mouth to pose this, her tone flat yet acrid.

"Hahaha, of course not. I am not 'that' generous. That is that this is this." Alexander very candidly proved her assumptions wrong, the humorous chuckle cutting through the heavy atmosphere of the room like a mellow breeze, "I remember what happened last time I gave you money. How could I repeat the same mistake twice?"

Alexander's eyes turned sharp and unyielding as recalled how he was swindled.

"That was all my husband. I had nothing to do with it!" Miss Linda however was very quick in her defense, dumping all responsibility on the poor, missing man, even though in reality it was actually her grand design.

After all, dead men tell no tales.

There was no guarantee that that would ever happen.

And even if it did,

"That is not to mention how any marriage with them will take a long, long time to finalize. There will be too many things to work out. The very first of which would be determining the successor. Remember... the Heeat family has not even officially declared your husband dead. So your two brothers in laws should have their hands quite full already, fighting each other! Where will be have the time to look for a wife?"

Now, Alexander did not have any intelligence regarding this and really made up the whole thing on the spot using his logic and imagination.

But the fortunate thing was Miss Linda was in the boat as him and had no real idea of the ducal family's succession troubles.

Thus as Alexander cleverly pointed out many of the hurdles, Miss Linda thought that she really could not afford to stick to her own plans.

"So your wish is that I take the bird I already have in my hand?" She spookily spoke, at last, her teeth clenched in unwillingness.

"Yes. Lord Castell is here in Caira. He told me he will remain here until things fully stabilized. That should take a long time. Long enough for him to change his thoughts about you." Alexander spoke not so euphemistically about Miss Linda flirting to seduce the man during his stay here.

However it seemed that Miss Linda was still very reticent about taking Lord Castell as her spouse, and thus sought more excuses,

"Then... what if I were to throw my support for one of my brothers in law? With my status and family.... I am sure I will be more than welcome! And then..."

'*Tsk*, there is really no going around you is there?'

Looking at the lady's dreamy, longing look, Alexander lampooned a bit inside a bit, finding it problematic that the lady kept finding ways to dodge his proposal.

So to push her once and for all, the pasha spoke hurriedly as a way to dismiss her idea,

"I am afraid the decision to support Duke Heeat's sons will be made by your family's elders... not you. This is too big a decision to leave to a weak widow like you. And who do you think controls the elders now?"

"......" Miss Linda grimaced at the answer, the name coming up being the same name as her to be husband.

"Like I said... the only way for you to get even some token semblance of independence is to marry Lord Castell. And I suggest you start doing it as soon as you can. Because your people cannot wait too long"

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