RBD 59

The Countess Dowager cried out in shock.

“P-please, don’t do this!”

“……”

“Duchess—no, Rachel!”

She grabbed onto the Duchess desperately.

“You were my best student. You know how proud I was of you!”

“……”

“You can’t treat me like this. There is a bond between teacher and student, so how could you—”

She stopped mid-sentence.

Because of the look in the Duchess’s eyes.

…It was pure disgust.

“Ah… now you’re trying to appeal to emotions?”

The Duchess twisted her lips into a mocking smile.

It was sharp and cutting.

“If I trusted you sincerely, then you should have treated me and Cecilia with honesty.”

“Th-that is…”

“Instead of deceiving me and abusing Cecilia behind my back.”

The Duchess brushed off the Countess Dowager’s hand as if it were trash.

Then she said calmly—

“Please leave now.”

“Rachel…!”

“If you continue like this, I will have no choice but to call…