Noelle didn't really want to curry Ophelia's favor, but she didn't want to let Beatrice down either, so she did as she was told. Just as she was about to knock on the door, she heard Ophelia's voice coming from the inside. "You're so nice. You're much better than your sister!"

"Don't say that, Grandma Ophelia. Noelle's nice, too."

"Nice? She's just a wild, uneducated woman. What she did recently has ruined our family's reputation!" Noelle lowered her hand.

"If Beatrice hadn't insisted, I wouldn't have let Hendrix marry her in the first place!" Ophelia continued. " Beatrice must have done this on purpose. She knew that I preferred you, yet she insisted on letting Hendrix marry Noelle. She's just trying to irritate me!"

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