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Chapter 1

I had barely left the front hall when my attendant, Hilda Carr, hurried after me with red-rimmed eyes.It wasn't until we reached my suite that she dared to close the door and cry."Lord Page plans to marry Ms. Juliet, yet he's arranged for you to marry his second-in-command. What does he take you for? Does he think he can simply hand you off to someone else when he no longer wants you?"I handed her the divorce agreement. "Put this away."Hilda glanced at the betrothal papers in my hand. "What about this?""Ask Sebastian to come back."Sebastian Page, the Marquess of Gainsworth, soon returned.I pushed the betrothal papers toward him. "I agree to the separation, but I won't marry Josiah Hewitt," I said. "You arranged this match, so you can call it off for me."Sebastian stared at the betrothal papers, his expression darkening. "Isolde, I've already decided to marry Juliet. Even if you never marry anyone else, it won't change a thing.""Do you think that any woman who refuse

Chapter 2

The following morning, I returned to Jameston Manor with only Hilda.I hadn't finished sorting out the property I had brought into the marriage. I had only come to tell my parents that I had signed the divorce agreement.The gatekeeper recognized the Page family's carriage and hurried in to announce my arrival.When I walked into the main hall, my parents, my brother, and my sister-in-law were all waiting.As soon as I set the divorce agreement on the table, my father, Ronan Jameston, asked, "When is Lord Page going to marry Juliet?"Not one of them asked how I felt about the end of my marriage of six years."I don't know when the wedding will be," I replied. "I returned today to let you both know that I'll be living here for a while. And I have no intention of marrying Josiah."Father's expression darkened at once. "Lord Page chose a husband for you himself. It's a mark of respect for our family. If you call off the marriage, you'll offend both Josiah and Lord Page."My elder

Chapter 3

By the time I woke, it was almost noon.The doctor Mother sent for said I had caught a chill and developed a fever. My knee injuries would heal after a few days of rest.Father wouldn't let me stay in my room."You haven't moved out all of your belongings from Page Manor, and there are still the household accounts to hand over," he said. "Finish it all today. Don't let Lord Page think our family can't get things done."Those things belonged to me in the first place. I had every right to take them back. After this, there would be no reason to return.When the carriage reached Page Manor, Hilda helped me out.I used to walk the entire corridor without stopping, taking care of household matters along the way. Now, after only a few steps, my knees were trembling with pain.I gripped Hilda's hand and said, "We mustn't let anyone notice."As soon as I entered the main courtyard, I ran into Mother, who had brought Juliet with her.I had come to collect my belongings. Juliet was there

Chapter 4

Sebastian had medicine delivered to me twice, yet he never showed up in person.Father stopped the messengers at the courtyard gate.All they brought back to Page Manor was one message."Ms. Isolde has come to her senses."…On the morning of the seventh day, the entire Jameston Manor was decorated for the wedding.Father stood outside my door and announced, "You'll leave through the back gate for your wedding first. Then Juliet will depart from the front gate and marry Lord Page. Once both marriages are settled, there will be no more trouble with Merlin's appointment to the War Office."He had already sent word to Josiah that I had changed my mind. Father also ordered my bedroom door locked and forbade Hilda from going out to send a message.I changed out of the wedding dress they had sent me and opened the window with Hilda. She had barely climbed over the courtyard's wall when a scream rang outside.Merlin stormed in with several men, forcing the door open.I grabbed a can

Chapter 5

The doctor Josiah had summoned crouched beside the carriage. He checked my breathing, then felt for a pulse at my neck.A moment later, he slowly drew back his hand."She's gone."Josiah's arms tightened around me.The wedding chaperone escorting me tried to slip away, but one of Josiah's guards seized her and forced her to the ground."Seal the gates," Josiah said. "No one is allowed to touch the carriage, the sash, or the handkerchief."The Jameston family's steward hurried forward."General Hewitt, Ms. Isolde caught a chill a few days ago. She must have suffered a sudden attack on the way."Josiah drew his dagger and lifted the silk sash wrapped around my chest."You call this an illness? Then why tie her hands behind her back? Why gag her?"The steward turned deathly pale and couldn't answer.Conrad, Sebastian's personal attendant, arrived just then to check on the wedding.He had come to confirm that the ceremony was complete. But the moment he saw my limp hand and the

Chapter 6

Sebastian waited outside the whole time the coroner examined my body. He tried to go inside, but Josiah blocked his way."Isolde is already dead. Do you still have to let them violate her dignity?" Sebastian asked."If I don't have her examined, no one can prove she was murdered," Josiah replied.Josiah tossed the bloodstained sash at Sebastian's feet. "My lord, if you truly want justice for her, then wait."The coroner emerged half an hour later."The deceased has marks from being bound at both wrists and injuries from kneeling. Her fever had not yet broken."The cause of death was tight binding around her chest and abdomen, combined with an object stuffed into her mouth that blocked her breathing. She fought desperately for her life."Sebastian asked, "How did she injure her knees?"Another wedding chaperone suddenly burst into tears. "Mr. Jameston Sr. made her kneel in the family chapel. Ms. Isolde refused to marry, so she had to kneel all night. Today, her brother ordered u

Chapter 7

Sebastian had ice brought from the ice cellar. He used it to make a bed of ice in my suite.He refused to let them close my coffin.Hilda was found in the Jameston Manor's woodshed.Both her hands were raw and bloody from climbing over the wall. She rushed into my suite and collapsed beside me, sobbing so hard she almost passed out.Sebastian stood outside the door. “Why didn't she send someone to ask me for help?”Hilda whipped around. "Ms. Isolde begged you for help three times, my lord!"She continued, "The first time, she asked you to cancel the engagement. You told her to wait seven days. The second time, she came to you with injuries from kneeling all night, and you still told her to wait."When she asked for help the third time, she told you that her family would force her into the marriage."Hilda seized the packet of medicine from the table and hurled it at Sebastian."Lord Page, it's not that she didn't ask for help. Every time she begged you, you pushed her one step

Chapter 8

Three days after I died, Sebastian went to the palace.The new king, Frederick Lancaster, didn't make him kneel for long."Are you here to seek justice for Isolde Jameston, or to answer for what you've done?"Sebastian kept his head lowered."For both reasons. I failed her by allowing the Jameston family to force her to remarry. Your Majesty, I ask you to punish me as I deserve and investigate her whole family."Frederick ordered a sealed box brought in."Two weeks ago, border troops captured one of Alistair's men in the north. He once handled Alistair's private letters and hidden accounts."When Alistair was overthrown, he escaped the capital with his case. "He and the evidence have now been brought back under guard. The handwriting, seals, and accounts have undergone preliminary verification."Frederick fixed his gaze on Sebastian. "It was only yesterday that I learned the king's decision to arrange your marriage six years ago was no coincidence."Sebastian opened the box.

Chapter 9

Sebastian took the secret letters to the High Court's prison.Juliet was still wearing her wedding dress. She had been locked up for three days, but she hadn't lost hope.As soon as Sebastian walked in, she jumped to her feet. "Sebastian, I know you're upset. But I never wanted Isolde dead. Once this is all cleared up, we can still have our wedding."Sebastian tossed the letters in front of her.Juliet took one look at them, and all the color drained from her face. "I didn't write them.""The handwriting, your personal seal, and the messenger's testimony have all been verified.""Prince Alistair forced me to do it!" Juliet seized the bars, panic rising in her eyes. "He wanted me back then. If I refused him, my whole family would suffer. What else could I do?"The palace attendant who had come with Sebastian unfolded another letter. "Prince Alistair, I am willing to marry you and serve you. Sebastian is nothing but a soldier. He is unlikely to survive his trip to the border. Ev

Chapter 10

On the seventh day after my death, the elders of the Page family gathered at the family chapel. They refused to let me be buried in the family plot."Isolde signed the divorce agreement and was sent to the Hewitt family. Even though the marriage never took place, she can no longer be buried in our family plot as part of our family."Sebastian pulled out the copy of the divorce agreement kept at his manor and threw it into the brazier in front of all the elders."I was the one who asked to end the marriage, and I forced her to marry someone else. Isolde never betrayed our family. We were the ones who failed her."The elders still refused to change their minds.Sebastian brought over the family register and set it on the altar."If anyone denies Isolde a place in our family plot, I will have my own name struck from the family register today. If she has no place in the Page family, then neither do I."Martha tried to reason with him through tear-filled eyes. "Sebastian, she's gone.

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