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Chapter 18 • ────── ✦ ────── • A Snake The mansion was in a state of absolute frenzy upon her return. As Monica stepped through the entrance, she was amazed by the sheer volume of decorations and lanterns filling the garden. She had known the Mollets were wealthy, but the scale of this display was beyond anything she had imagined. “Oh, Miss Monica!” Hans the gardener greeted her with a look of relief. He had taken her packages and stacked them safely behind his work

Chapter 17 • ────── ✦ ────── • We'll Meet Again In the end, Monica left the boutique carrying four outfits, though in reality Louis was holding the boxes. By the time Monica regained her senses, she was already seated in a coffee house at the corner of the commercial street. She glared at Louis, who sat across from her. He narrowed his eyes and smiled. “My love, if you keep glaring like that—” “Louis, what’s in the bundle beside you?” “…A beautiful purple dress I bo

Chapter 16 • ────── ✦ ────── • Only to You Monica insisted on simply taking the money, but Louis maintained that such a thing was out of the question. “To send a lady away with mere cash would be improper.” “Why?” “It wounds my pride.” “But this was Garcia’s doing.” “Regardless, my pride remains at stake.” Monica had already resolved not to follow Garcia anywhere to buy clothes, regardless of whether he offered to pay. Louis, however, proved to be a formidabl

Chapter 15 • ────── ✦ ────── • Saturday's Arrangement “My wardrobe?” Riella’s face still hazy with sleep. Mrs Oran offered a bright smile. “The Mistress instructed me to help Miss Monica choose one of the dresses you sorted out last year.” Mrs Oran, perfectly dressed, stood in stark contrast to Riella, who sat in her nightclothes, clearly just risen from bed. Riella looked between Mrs Oran and Monica as explained how Lady Mollet had finally given in to Martinel

Chapter 14 • ────── ✦ ────── • Martinel Martinel was a good child. He was so considerate that Monica felt a twinge of shame for not expecting much from a boy raised in such a wealthy household. He deliberately walked in the shade to keep her cool and even handed her a fan. “You look hot, Teacher.” Just as he called Mrs. Mollet ‘madam’, Martinel addressed Monica as ‘teacher’ with the same politeness, even though he knew she was not officially his governess. Martinel w

Chapter 13 • ────── ✦ ────── • The Dull and Gloomy Physician Monica rolled up the sleeves of her forest-green dress, a garment more suited to a grandmother than a young woman. The heat left her no choice. She considered the long, heavy skirt before folding the waistline twice and securing it with pins. Exposing her calves made the temperature slightly more bearable. Still, the sweat would not stop. Fanning herself with one hand, she went to meet Martinel’s physician, a y