"....." Evelina's expression darkened immediately. But she quickly covered it up.

Unfortunately, Chase has already seen her expression the second before she was able to recover her usual smiling expression.

Evelina was smiling but she was gritting her teeth. Her heart turned cold and filled with murderous intent.

'that bitch..! She is clearly showing off her skill in embroidery!' right now, Evelina really wanted to run towards Angelina and slap her countless of times.

"Then forgive me for interrupting lady Angelina's rest" Chase said with his signature charming smile.

"No at all, sir Chase! Sir Chase did nothing wrong! It is my pleasure to be receiving a visit by sir Chase."

If it was the past, Angelina would've felt her heart turn warm seeing his charming and warm smile.

But now, her heart merely turned cold towards Chase's warm smile and manner.

"Lina, if your still tired, you don't need to force yourself" the duchess said with concern.

"It's alright, mother. I'm no longer tired!" Angelina reassured the worried Duchess.

"Hm... alright"

"Master, the drawing room is now available to enter" a maid spoke.

"Hm good!" The duke led them all to the drawing room.

Since they all just had tea, only the duchess, Evelina, Angelina, and Chase drank tea.

They all sat down and began to chat again.

"Hahaha. Although this is not the first time we met, this is the first time I have met you as a possible son in law" the duke said while laughing.

Chase smiled warmly and sipped his tea.

"My lady." Carol came in holding a handkerchief and handing it to Evelina.

"Hm? What is that, Eve?" The duchess asked.

"Well...umm..." Evelina shyly handed it to Chase. "I-im...I'm not very good at embroidering like Angelina...but I tried. "

"I wanted to give brother Chase this...."

Chase gazed at the handkerchief.

"Al-although...I'm not brother Chase's official fiancee, I'm a candidate..!"

Chase's gaze moved from the handkerchief and to the flushed girl handing it to him.

"........" Chase took the handkerchief and smiled.

"Thank you, lady Evelina"

Evelina smiled brightly.

"Oh my..!"

"How sweet....!"

The few maids standing aside were suprised and pleased. One of the maids leaned against their friend and whispered.

"It seems lady Evelina is in love!"

"it's such a nice scene to see... they do look like a match made in heaven" the other maid whispered back. Smiling with joy.

Angelina clenched both of her fist tightly.

This was obviously a scene to humiliate Angelina!

By doing this, Evelina showed that she already thought of Chase as a engagement partner. And if Angelina gets engaged with Chase, she would be labeled as a 'sl*t', a 'jealous b*tch', and more.

People would view her as an evil woman who stole her older sister's fiancee.

The duke was also suprised, but he was also quite pleased. He immediately had a sense of proudness towards his doted upon daughter.

The Duchess became nervous. She too noticed the hidden intent behind this show of 'love'.

The handkerchief looked messy. You could clearly tell that Evelina was not very good at embroidering at all.

"I-im sorry if brother Chase doesn't like it....I know it looks rather ugly....i-" suddenly Evelina interrupted.

"Elder sister don't say that! I'm sure young master Chase could see your sincere effort in making the handkerchief!" Angelina said with a face filled with support and reassure.

'hmph! Evelina, you thought I was gonna stay quiet? '

"....." Evelina's face stiffened.

Angelina now acted as a supportive sister. She had to play her cards carefully.

By acting this way, Angelina looked like she was showing her support for Evelina's intentions of having Chase as her fiance.

people would view her as a kind lady that sacrificed such a great chance of marrying a good man, for her own sister's happiness.

"........" Evelina was speechless for a couple of seconds before saying " thank you, sister."

"No need to thank me, sister. If you want, I could teach and help you in embroidering." Angelina smiled sweetly.

".......you..." Evelina muttered to herself.

By saying she would like to help and teach Evelina, she also pointed out how much better she was at embroidering then Evelina.

Fortunately, none of the others in the room catched on to Angelina's hidden meaning in her words.

They merely thought it was a simple show or support by Angelina towards her elder sister.

"How kind of the youngest miss...." A maid muttered to herself.

"What a wonderful sisterly relationship do they have..." another maid muttered.

"Lina..." The duchess was touched. She was happy that her children got along so nicely.

She already felt quite sad when Alex and Angelina fought and could not get along.

There was a moment of peace. But it didn't last long.

The duke's secretary called for him and the duke left.

Soon Alex left. Then the duchess.

It was just Evelina, Chase, and Angelina now.

Chase got more nervous. He could feel the tension building between the two daughters of the Skyler family.

"So brother Chase..i-"

"Miss"

Evelina was once again interrupted.

"....yes?" Evelina smiled at the maid who came in.

"Lady Sonia White is looking for you"

"......" Evelina's eyebrows furrowed but she quickly hid it with a smile.

"Alright" Evelina got up reluctantly "please lead me to her"

Evelina now had a hint of hatred towards lady Sonia for interrupting her time with Chase.

"Have good a time, sister" Angelina snickered in her heart.

Evelina's eyebrows twitched. This b*tch! She'll have to teach the little brat a lesson later!

Evelina left with Carol. Following the maid.

Now, it was just Angelina and Chase.

'It's time to start my plan!'

"Young master Chase, what do you do for fun?" Angelina asked. She picked up her tea cup gracefully and sipped quietly.

"Well I very much enjoy practicing my swordsmanship" Chase responded with a warm smile.

"Oh yes...I heard from the other ladies that young master Chase is quite skilled in that field."

"Oh really... thank you" Chase smiled even more warmly.

'Heh..' of course Angelina knew Chase loved being complemented on his swordsmanship skills.

After all, she spent her previous life devoting herself for him. She spent hours trying to please him.

It has finally come to use now...

"To be honest....i-......" Angelina hesitated.

"Hm?"

"Well...I know this is quite strange for a lady to say this....but I'm quite interested in swordsmanship as well..."

To be unique is to attract attention. If she can manage to attract Chase's attention, it will be only a matter of time before she gain his love.

"What..? Really?" Chase was suprised. But in a good way. He never thought there would be a day where he would hear such words from a lady.

Usually noble ladies would avoid doing any work or rough activities. To avoid damaging their perfectly smooth palms.

"Indeed..." Angelina blushed a little.

"Young master Chase must thing I'm a weird person now..." Angelina said while looking away. She looked a like precious, nervous, and embarrassed young lady.

Yet it carried a beautiful charm.

Angelina, in her previous life as Lilith would always practice with her brother.

Marquess's Bailey didn't mind it as well. He adopted her because he couldn't have a daughter. And he needed a political tool.

If you have a son, they can be your heirs.

If you have a daughter, their a tool for alliances between families, by marriage.

The marquess wanted Lilith to be able to marry into any type of noble family. So he encouraged her to learn many things.

Although she wasn't amazing at swordsmanship, she was okay at it.

Lilith diligently worked hard on her swordsmanship skills. She wanted to impress Chase.

But she didn't even get the chance to. Chase stopped visiting her after meeting and falling in love with Evelina.

He felt that it would make Evelina said if he visited his fiancee, so he stopped coming.

So she wasn't even able to show him her hard work.

She damaged her smooth and white hands for nothing. The scratches and calluses on her palm only reminded her of her failure.

Lilith was disappointed and hurt, so she eventually stopped training.

But now, it seems her hard work wasn't for nothing. The skills she learned could finally be put to use.