Chapter 362
Agnes opened the first-aid kit and began to gently apply medicine to Isabella’s face, muttering angrily as she worked. “That wretched girl… how could she be so rough? Miss Isabella, why didn’t you call for someone? Let your father and mother see with their own eyes how she’s been bullying you p>
Hearing those words and seeing Agnes’s concerned expression as she tended to her wounds, Isabella’s pent-up grievances finally burst forth.
She felt wronged and miserable, her composure shattering completely.
She threw her arms around Agnes and began to sob. “Agnes… you’re the only one… the only one who’s truly good to me! In this whole family, you’re the only one who still cares about me! Me, the young lady of the Lancaster family… what kind of lady am I? I couldn’t even keep you here p>
“Mother kicked you out just to appease that country girl, without any regard for my feelings… Everyone favors her, everyone bullies me! What’s the point of me being in this family anymore p>
She cried with heartbreaking sorrow.
Agnes gently patted her back, her eyes glinting as she spoke in a conspiratorial tone. “Miss Isabella, you can’t think like that! You are the true heiress of the Lancaster family. That girl is nothing but trouble! She’s only acting so arrogant because she has Lancaster blood and because your parents feel guilty about her past p>
“If she dares to treat you like this today, tomorrow she’ll be trying to kick us all out! Don’t you see how brazen she is? She wants to sweep you out of the house and take everything for herself p>
“If you give up, you’ll be playing right into her hands p>
“Miss Isabella, listen to me. Given your parents’ attitude… it’s not impossible that for that girl’s sake, they might p>
Agnes paused, as if worried Isabella would lose control, and didn’t finish the
thought. Instead, she sighed meaningfully. “You need to start making plans for yourself, and quickly. You’re too pure and kind. How can you possibly win against a cunning, devious hick like her p>
Isabella’s sobs grew louder, her heart filled with jealousy and resentment.
She didn’t want to be thrown out.
She couldn’t bear to lose her status as the Lancaster heiress, to lose the life she had!
“But but what can I do? I have nothing left Isabella choked out.
Her family all doted on Serena.
Even Nicholas, the man she desperately wanted to hold onto, was now completely bewitched by Serena.
What could she possibly do?
“What do you mean, you have
nothing?” Agnes lowered her voice, a chilling tone creeping into it. “Miss Isabella, the enemy of my enemy is mynend. Don’t forget besides you, friend there’s someone else who hates her to the bone sŵnovels
Isabella’s crying subsided slightly as she looked up sharply. “You mean… that woman the Wynn family found p>
Agnes nodded, patting her back. “The
four daughter the Wynns
found, and her mother, they’re both dying to tear that girl apart
Isabella stopped crying, staring intently at Agnes.
Agnes continued, “Isn’t Miss Blackwood’s coming-of-age party tomorrow the perfect opportunity? You gave them an invitation, didn’t you? They would never pass up chance to break into high society p>
Isabella nodded. “You mean p>