Larissa paiked the car and told Sapphire to wait while she approached the Lincoln Manor\u2019s gate and rang the bell. A middle\u2013aged butler soon appeared.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m here to see Josette, the second lady of your household,\u201d Larissa stated directly. \u201cI am her niece,\u00a0<\/p>\n
Larissa.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
As the butler of a prominent family, he was well\u2013versed in the goings\u2013on of high society. The biggest news lately was the return of the true Judson heiress and her stunning debut at her reception, where she had outshone Regal City\u2019s darling, Honora. Just last night, her engagement to Haskell Palmer had been the event of the season, and rumors were swirling about how highly both Haskell and the Palmer patriarch regarded her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMs. Judson, please wait a moment while I inform her,\u201d the butler said before turning back toward the house.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Inside the main hall.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d Josette exclaimed, a surge of anger rising in her chest.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She shoved her husband, Jagger, who was trying to wake himself up with a cup of coffee. The hot liquid splashed onto his clothes and lap.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat is your problem now?\u201d he snapped.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMy problem? Didn\u2019t you hear the butler? My dear niece is at the door!\u201d Seeing his apathy, her frustration grew.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIf I hadn\u2019t trusted you to handle Zendar, I never would have made that bet with her in the first place!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Jagger took a napkin from the butler and dabbed at the spill.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat are you so afraid of?\u201d he said, getting up. \u201cSo she\u2019s here. We just don\u2019t open the door. What\u2019s she going to do, force her way in?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Josette considered this. He was right. If she just stayed inside, what could Larissa possibly do? Wait outside forever? Let her try.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Hiding was embarrassing, but kneeling to Larissa would be a complete loss of dignity. She would never do it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cButler, you heard him. Do not let my niece in,\u201d Josette commanded.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cUnderstood,\u201d the butler replied.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou lose your composure over the smallest things,\u201d Jagger grumbled as he headed upstairs to change. \u201cYou\u2019ll never have the bearing of a proper lady of this house.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
His words stung. He was the one who had failed her, yet somehow it was her fault.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her resentment for Larissa deepened. If that girl hadn\u2019t stirred up so much trouble, she never would have gotten involved in the first place. A woman\u2019s job was to be beautiful and spend her husband\u2019s\u00a0<\/p>\n
1\/2\u00a0<\/p>\n
09:12\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chaply 287\u00a0<\/p>\n
money, not fight over inheritances Larissa\u2019s ambition had thrown her own life into disarray.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Larissa waited outside the Lincoln family gate for some time. When the butler didn\u2019t return, she guessed that Josette had instructed him not to open the door, thinking that would be the end of it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
As if\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sapphira got out of the car, her face flushed with anger. \u201cJosette is deliberately leaving us out here to humiliate us,\u201d she fumed. \u201cFor an elder to be so shameless is unbelievable!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMom, calm down,\u201d Larissa soothed. \u201cWe came here for satisfaction, so let\u2019s not get worked up. Since Aunt Josette won\u2019t come out, we\u2019ll just have to make her invite us in.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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