Chapter 125

Chapter 125

And just as the one-hour deadline was nearly up, the maid came back, gasping for breath, with a woman who was not Emma.

"I'm sorry, Miss! They said Emma had already been bailed out this morning, so I brought my friend, who's as close to your height as I could find. Is that all right?"

Rosalyn looked the woman over with displeasure, then nodded once she confirmed they were nearly the same height.

"Fine. Well done. You must have rushed like mad. Hendrik! Bring these two something to drink."

While the maid had been away from the townhouse, Rosalyn had taken the bottle of lemonade the maid herself had made that morning and mixed a generous amount of sleeping medicine into it.

Hendrik poured a glass for each of them, acting as calmly as he could, and handed them over.

Few young women would turn down a drink…