Chapter 158

“I had no idea about any of this. Everything related to the Pellon earldom… I only did what my mother told me to do…”

Lauren had certainly done many bad things, but hearing her son testify like that made even me feel a bit sympathetic. The expression on her face—the disbelief—was almost pitiful.

“It’s basically the same as being betrayed by her own son. Lady Marshall risked everything to make her son the Earl of Pellon, after all.”

“She brought this on herself. Trying to make Jayden the Earl of Pellon was nothing more than Lauren’s greed. But Jayden won’t meet a good end either.”

Trisha clicked her tongue and shook her head.

If Lauren hadn’t been blinded by greed, her life would have been the envy of many.

The Pellon family would have paid her a very generous allowance and living expenses. Maybe thanks to that financial stability, the…