Chapter 25

Cecile hummed as she swapped out her earrings for a new pair.

Life these days was worth living.

Elena was upright to a fault.

For Leana's sake, she would surely come up with the two million gold.

Cecile patted her cheek.

"You used your head well. Thanks to that, you'll be fed for life, won't you?"

Cecile herself was the one who had given birth to Elena so prettily, so the child ought to repay that debt.

As Cecile was humming happily and about to open her cosmetics, someone came to the door.

The only people who ever came to this house were debt collectors, or Baron Benjamin, and lastly...

"Hmm, Elena?"

Or perhaps someone sent by Elena.

This clever girl.

It seemed she had sweet-talked Maxim and squeezed money out of him.

Cecile shot up from her seat and ran down the stairs.

With a bright face, Cecile threw…