Lahat ng Kabanata ng Nine Ungrateful Sisters: Kabanata 371 - Kabanata 380

Stanley started toward the door. "Do you have any idea how hard it is to fall in love with someone in this world? Do you have any idea how much it hurts to be handed off to someone else by the person you love? I'm sorry. I can't take that kind of pain."He turned and strode out without another word.Frank blinked. His brain took several seconds to catch up with what had just happened. Under different circumstances, he would have burst out laughing.Late the previous night, someone had already contacted him and told him to cooperate with what was coming. The moment Stanley produced his Draconox credentials, Frank had practically bent the knee.The business Stanley wanted help with, however, had been more than a little unexpected. It involved using Amara to accomplish a particular goal.The details remained vague, but the core objective was obvious: Stanley needed to marry Amara, or at least secure some formal connection to her. Whether the marriage actually happened didn't matter n

Frank's eyes shifted. "Honestly, I've been sick of the Chamberlains for a long time now. If you really want to destroy them, I actually have an idea. The question is whether the great envoy is interested.""Oh?"The two leaned in close.As Frank explained his plan, Stanley smirked. "Good. If this works, I'll submit a request to my superiors to bring you into Draconox."Frank's face lit up with undisguised delight. "Thank you, Mr. Draxler. Thank you!"…While Amara and her sisters dealt with Frank, Irene lay in bed, turning everything over in her mind.Something felt wrong. An uneasy weight pressed against her chest.Ever since Oscar had left the household, not a single day had felt right to her.Her sisters were consumed by their own lives and ambitions. None of them had time for her, especially Amara. From the moment Jason moved into the household, all of Amara's attention had shifted to him.What was so special about him? He could not even handle the simple things that the

The sight hit Irene like a physical blow.Oscar had grown up in the Chamberlain household too. She could barely bring herself to look at it. When Oscar had been driven out, how had he managed to look at this place?The weight in Irene's chest grew heavier, strengthening her resolve to find him.At some point along the way, however, her reason for coming had quietly changed. She was no longer here to ask for his help. She was there to rescue him from that.Irene moved deeper into the shantytown, but a sheltered young woman raised in comfort had no place in an area like this. Everything about her stood out.Before long, a few young men with dyed hair wandered over."Hey, beautiful. Looking for someone?"Irene's first instinct was to turn around and leave immediately.However, the group spread out and blocked her path."Don't be like that. Tell us what's wrong. We'll help you out."She tried to push past them, first one way, then the other, but they blocked her every time.Hold

Titus panicked and reached for Irene, trying to catch her eye and signal her to play along.Irene missed it.George didn't, and his anger flared at once. "Get lost. Get out of my sight right now. The next time I catch you harassing a young woman, I'll break your legs and something extra."'An angry old man hurling threats at a group of young punks?' Irene's first thought was that he had lost his mind. 'Isn't he worried they may decide to make an example of him?'Unexpectedly, Titus clenched his fists, shot Irene a hard look, and held back two of his followers who had already started forward. He waved a hand, and the entire group turned and walked away.Irene stared in disbelief. "They're leaving?"The group had chased her all the way here with blood in their eyes, and now they were simply walking off?She glanced at the old man beside her. The stories she had read hadn't been lies after all. The truly formidable lived quietly among ordinary people. The real power in a room could

Of course they would be hostile toward a strange woman asking about him."I'm his friend." Irene told a small lie. "I heard he was driven out of the Chamberlains. I've been worried about him. I just wanted to come see how he's doing."That did it. The tension in the old couple's faces eased."Oh, a friend of Oscar's!"In Irene's eyes, the grandmother's expression changed at the mention of his name. Something close to tears flickered across her face.She took Irene's hand and seemed about to say something, but George cut her off before she could speak. "All right, enough of that. What are you getting teary-eyed for? Do you even know the kind of people Oscar keeps as friends?"Helena blinked and composed herself. "Right, right. A friend of Oscar's. You've come at a bad time, I'm afraid. He's been away these past few days.""Away?" Irene frowned. "Then I'll wait here. I have something important I need to discuss with him."George's expression shifted slightly. "What's your name, y