Chapter 070: The warning

"I'm really sorry, ma'am. I tried to stop her, but she pushed me off."

Lyra's secretary appealed with a pleading tone from behind her.

"It's okay, Bancroft." Lyra waved quickly, glancing at Mirabel once more before signaling for her to leave.

Bancroft curtsied and immediately did as she was told.

Aria cleared her throat and shifted on her seat as she also watched Mirabel guardedly.

Her seat was not so far away from where Mirabel was standing.

"You snake!" Mirabel spat out at once as Bancroft left, pointing at Lyra with one finger as her voice trembled with rage.

"So you have finally succeeded in bewitching my brother, haven't you? You... I don't even know what to call you."

She gasped, brushing her face with both palms and exhaling before she began to speak again.

Meanwhile, Lyra maintained a stiffened posture from her seat, a slightly confused and surprised expression on her face.

"So you tried the first time, and it didn't work. Then you decided to upgrade your fucking dark sche