Chapter 149

Lori never expected her son, Jamie would shun her, too.

"Hang on," came a cold voice that pierced the silence.

It was Cedrick, and he was not about to let Lori go that easily.

The organizer, Jones turned to look at him in fright.

"M—Master Cedrick, do you need anything else?"

Cedrick's eagle-like eyes pierced through the air and scanned past Catelyn, landing on Lori.

One look from him was all it took for Lori to feel as though someone had grabbed her by the throat; her blood ran cold as it became increasingly difficult to breathe. She shivered and was instantly overwhelmed by the urge to leave as soon as possible. However, what Cedrick said next shattered her completely.

"Missus Mason has disrupted the order of the ball and assaulted a person in public. Isn't it far too casual for you to leave just like this?"

Lori turned to face Cedrick without a trace of her earlier smugness, and she had nothing but fear left.

Cedrick was the eldest son of the Mason family. Lori, too, could