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Chapter 183

“Ah! So that’s why Countess Corindel has been absent from social circles lately. She must be searching for her daughter, terribly worried, I imagine.”

“It would be better if the countess never finds Yvette,” Emily replied with a frosty expression.@@@@

Rumors about Countess Corindel exploiting her daughter for marriage deals were common knowledge among the nobility. The countess’s cold-heartedness toward her daughter made her a frequent subject of disdain in social circles. It was even said she shamelessly arranged meetings between Yvette and noblemen old enough to be her father.

Yet, the notoriously picky dowager selected Yvette Corindel, a seemingly insignificant choice. The aristocracy whispered theories about the dowager’s motives.

“She must want to bolster her own son, Tébés.”

It was obvious: the Duchess Dowager sought to undermine the grand duke while elevating her own biological son, Tébés. The engagement between the grand duke and Yvette seemed part of this strategy.

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