Chapter 157

“Have you been well?” Alicia regained her calm and returned Patricia’s question to her.

Patricia’s face frowned slightly in opposition and said, “Have I been… doing well?”

“It would seem so. You’re married now.”

Patricia gripped her hand to a tight fist.

“Do you know how old my husband is? Do you know that… that he’s forty years older than me?”

Alicia stared blankly. “Is that important?”

“Of course it is! What sort of woman would willingly want to live with an old, sick man? Or perhaps… since Her Majesty is living with such a young and handsome man, you care not what happens to others?”

Alicia sighed. “I don’t understand you. Why do you argue with me? Was your marriage not of your own choosing or something?”

“No, it was of my own volition. It was the only way I could rise through social ranks and become a noble!”

Patricia’s flaming red eyes flower with fervent passion.

“But… why do you think I ended up with that decision? Was it not because Her Majesty casted me and our father out? Be