Chapter 109

Chapter 109

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The Duke of Dominique's residence was on a scale close to that of a castle.

Leopold and Eliza left their carriage with the coachman waiting at the front gate and transferred to a carriage that carried them inside.

And when they stepped down at the main gate of the keep, Adeline was already waiting to greet them.

"Miss Eliza! Verdi!"

"Lady Dominique!"

Adeline hugged Verdi with a broad smile as he came running. Behind her, the Duke of Dominique himself had come out as well.

After exchanging a glance of greeting with Adeline, Eliza straightened her posture, inwardly tense.

The head of Dominique, Maximilian.

His wife, as was the case with all the protagonists' circumstances, had vanished in an unforeseen accident.

His red hair had begun to fade rapidly after that. But his turquoise eyes were as piercing as ever.

The Duke's expression as he…