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Chapter 73

Author: Abisola Janet
last update Huling Na-update: 2025-10-26 23:52:24

Ginevra’s POV

Matilde walked me home last night, I still hear the servants’ voices in my head — a knot of whispers that didn't sound like idle gossip. When I asked Matilde what they were saying, she went quiet on the spot, like a child caught mid-lie. I fixed her with the look I use on anyone who tries to patronize me.

“What are they saying?” I demanded.

“It’s about you, Signorina,” she said finally. “They think Signora Amara set you up.”

The words landed like a slap. I waited for her to continue. She didn’t at first, but she found the courage to speak when I didn't move.

“At the wedding,” Matilde said, voice small, “I saw Signora Amara near the guest house. She was talking to a waiter. Then I remember when she had gone for a long time — longer than anyone who only went to change. And a shadow passed when I asked the waiter who brought the drink …”

Everything clicked. The scene unspooled in my head — the loosening of her dress, the hush that followed, Amara’s too-calm
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