Inside Evelina's room

Evelina was brimming with joy. But of course, she put out a sad and worried front when others were present.

Although it was indeed cruel, Evelina merely thought it was the rules of the aristocratic life.

You step on others to climb up. If your too softhearted, then you have almost no chance to climb in society.

'forgive me for being cruel, little sister. I told you to stop getting in my way, I did warn you.'

"Miss....what if the coachmen tells on us? Miss, you shouldn't have let him go..." Carol said with a bit of worry in her voice.

Carol was not filled with guilt or worry because they 'took Angelina's life', she was worried that the coachmen would rat them off.

"Oh please.. that bastard received enough money to live a comfortable life! He got his pay, he wouldn't do anything..." Evelina rolled her eyes.

"But...."

"Shut up! Stop trying to ruin my mood! Go get me some tea or something!" Evelina's expression immediately changed and turned to a scornful and impaction expression.

"Uhmm...yes miss!" Carol rushed to leave the room.

"Hmph.." Evelina walked up to a page from a storybook that was crumbled up to a ball and was on the floor.

She straitened up a piece of paper looked at with cold eyes.

She brought it and placed it on her vanity table and took a quill. Then her cold gaze fell upon an illustrated picture of a young lady with silver hair.

Her eyes grew even colder and she immediately crossed off the face of the illustrated character.

The character's name was Adellea. She was played the part of a minor side character in a novel Evelina read.

She had silver hair and green eyes. This character was not very important in the novel. She only appeared for a few chapters before being killed off to strengthen the male lead and female lead's love for each other.

Evelina hated this character for some reason. She hated this character because the author said that this character was even more beautiful than the protagonist. Plus this character had silver hair, which immediately reminded Evelina of Angelina.

"Hah....goodbye sister...." An extremely cruel and horrifying expression appeared. "I wish you a horrible afterlife..."

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"This young lady is fine. Only a few minor burns. As long as she rest and continues to use the medicine, she should be fine."

"Thank you, doctor" Angelina smiled and nodded. After a while, her energy came back to her.

"Haha. It's merely this one's job" the old doctor laughed, then he left.

"Creak..." Angelina heard the door open and saw a handsome man with hair like the night sky and blue eyes that can seduce any women.

Now that her head was clearer, Angelina was finally able to reconize him.

"Wait.... it's you....the one...at the casino.." Angelina widened her eyes in surprise.

Charles brought with him a bowl of warm potato soup. He sat beside her again and took a spoon full of the soup.

"You should eat. It will give you energy" he said as his hand was in the air, holding and preparing to feed Angelina.

"...why...why do you keep helping me?...you...you do know that I'm not Lily righ-"

"No. You are her." Charles retreated his arm. His expression was extremely lonely. He glanced at Angelina and she looked like she really didn't reconize him..

She had completely forgotten about him...

How could she have forgotten him!?

Seeing the gloomy aura forming around Charles, she decided to avert his attention to another topic.

"Uhmm... what's your name?" But her words only made his sorrowful eyes grow more sorrowful.

But he still answered. "Charles.....m-my...my name is Charles" he had said this before... But back then..it really was his first time meeting her...

"Well...Im not sure if you know who I am but....I'm L-...I mean Angelina...Angelina Skyler" It was a bit strange. She was always cold and calm around other...but she somehow felt a little nervous.

For once in her life...she barely knew what to say.

Charles widened his eyes a little, then said, "how could you bear to say that name...!?"

Angelina stiffened slightly from shock.

"What...what do you mean...?"

He lowered his head. His eyes stared at the bowl of soup, but his mind seemed to be elsewhere.

*************

"What...!?"

"Their not sure she is really dead yet...but the chances of her survival...is..." The marquess looked at his wife's shocked expression.

"This....how could such a thing happen!?" The Marchioness was in disbelief. The last time the Marchioness saw Angelina, she was fine, how could such a thing happen so suddenly?

"The duke visited me again this afternoon...he said that we should change our decision and make the eldest daughter of the Skyler family... Chase's fiancee"

Yesterday, the duke visited the marquess and told him about how he disagreed with having Angelina be Chase's fiancee, and tried to convince the marquess to change his decision.

Unfortunately for him, he failed.

But now that Angelina is 'dead', he thought it was a good reason to change Chase's fiancee to Evelina.

"Outrages! His youngest child is missing and he is still thinking of the engagement!?" The marchioness felt even more shocked and disgusted.

"But it seemed we have no choice...we can't offend the duke right now..."

Although the Casspan family was powerful, they could not and should not offend the Skyler family.

"Tsk..." Right now the only thing in the Marchioness's mind is that, 'the Skyler family is so shameless..!'

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Meanwhile, the duke was humming on his way home. The thought of the 'death' of his own daughter no longer occupied his mind, he only thought about how happy Evelina would be when she found out she could be Chase's fiancee.

He hoped it could cheer her up from the 'death' of her sister.

When he arrived home, he immediately went to Evelina's room.

Evelina was still putting up the act of someone who recently lost their aunt and sister.

He knocked on the door and after ten seconds, Evelina opened it.

"Dad..?" Evelina's eyes were swollen, she looked extremely haggard.

Seeing this, the duke felt his heart sunk. He took Evelina into his arms and said,

"I know this month has been hard for you, Eve. But I got good news"

"What is it?"

"Since your sister is no longer here, I talked to the marquess and he agreed to make you his son's fiancee!"

"Wh.....really!?" Evelina rejoiced. But then immediately realized, and put on the act again.

"But....if Lina is really....dead... wouldn't it be wrong for me to be brother Chase's fiancee? What if people call me a cruel lady who stole her sister's fiancee?"

"Nonsense! No one knows about the shot engagement between young master Chase and Angelina! It will be fine." The duke patted his daughter's head.

"Okay dad" Evelina compromised. But in her heart, she rejoiced and was full of greed.

*************

"Do you really not remember anything...?"

"What are you talking abou-"

"Lilith"

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A/N: next chap will reveal how they met (｡•̀ᴗ-)✧