Chapter 57

57 The Non-Existent Fiancé

Selma Payne’s POV:

Of course, it wasn’t alcohol. It was just non-alcoholic fruit water.

The girls were a little reserved at first, but they gradually relaxed and even began to tell my mother some embarrassing things about me in school.

“You haven’t seen the football captain’s face!” Mara chuckled. “He’s been a tyrant in school for so long. He wouldn’t have thought that someone would floor him.”

My mother laughed at my story of ‘bravely eradicating the bullies and evil forces in school’, while I laughed awkwardly at the side, praying that Mara and Avril would not expose me.

“This is the first time I’ve heard from someone else how much of a righteous person Selma is!” My mother looked at me with relief and said to Mara, “Thank you for telling me about this.”

Mara was flattered. “You’re being too nice. It’s nothing. If you want to hear more, we still have a lot of things about Selma.”

Seeing that the girls were about to ‘sell’ me out, I quickly changed the topic. “We met the southern Duke in the garden this afternoon. He’s such a noble man, isn’t he?”

The girls’ attention was diverted, and they nodded in agreement.

“You guys met Lennon?” My mother said, “Don’t judge him based on his aloofness. He’s a very good person.”

I asked my mother, “What was he doing at the palace?” Did the King summon him?”

Unlike Duke Frank, the southern Duke did not live in the Lycan Pack. He had his pack and could not become a minister. In addition, he was not a member of the Council of Elders, so he basically did not participate in politics.

I really couldn’t figure out what he was doing at the palace. He couldn’t possibly come to have afternoon tea with my father, right?

“Speaking of that... “My mother laughed. “Lennon came for his daughter’s hand in marriage. He wants to find a nice husband for his daughter as soon as possible. He loves his daughter.”

“Hand in marriage? So, Carolyn doesn’t have a fiancé right now?” I was surprised.

The girls were surprised too. They all knew that Carolyn had stolen Chloe’s role to ‘present her most beautiful side to her fiancé’ like Quincy Scott.

My mother didn’t understand why we were surprised. “Of course, Carolyn is only sixteen years old.”

She sighed. “Actually, I didn’t quite agree that Lennon gets his daughter an engagement so early. I know that you young people are not like us. You don’t like to be bound by marriage too early, right?”

The girls looked at each other and finally hid the matter with tacit understanding.

After dinner, my mother told us that she had asked Kara to prepare a bedroom for the girls.

“However, it’s also an interesting experience to squeeze in the same bed with friends, isn’t it?” She winked at us mischievously and left.

Mara and Avril seemed to have been completely captivated by my charming mother.

“She’s truly an extraordinary Queen.” Mara held her face and said, “I feel like a young boy. My heart is beating faster.”

“Wipe that smile off your face. You look silly.” Avril frowned as if she had not ‘fallen’ for my mother. “Have you met many Queens before? The ones in the TV series don’t count.”

“How can those shoddy actors be compared to Her Majesty?” Mara mumbled, “She’s a real, noble Queen.”

At night, the guest room was neglected, as expected. Four girls were squeezed onto my wide four-post bed.

We didn’t feel uncomfortable. Instead, we felt a different kind of peace.

“Just like little wolf cubs that are huddled together for warmth.” Dorothy was always straight to the point.

We chatted about all sorts of things for a while before the topic shifted to Carolyn and her non-existent fiancé. Carolyn had acted as if she was very much in love with her fiancé in school. Who would have thought that her fiancé didn’t even exist yet?

I had the same strange feeling again. “This doesn’t feel right. Carolyn is making me feel weird.”

“It’s obvious that she has a boyfriend behind the southern Duke’s back, or she’s delusional.” Avril never spoke politely. “Did she make up a lie to perform on stage? Forgive me for being blunt, but she’s not a good person.”

“Do you still remember what I told you before? Carolyn gave me a strange feeling?” Dorothy suddenly said, “I don’t feel this from the southern Duke. I could tell at a glance that he is a werewolf. The mixed bloodline does not affect that at all.”

“Are you saying that there’s a problem with Carolyn?”

Dorothy replied, “Sort of. I keep feeling that there’s something about Carolyn that I’m familiar with. Earlier, I suddenly realized that I felt the same kind of fluctuations from her on the day of the chaos at the academy.”

I instantly understood what Dorothy implied. She had detected magic fluctuations in Carolyn, but she had to keep her secret. Thus, she could only use chaos as an excuse.

Mara and Avril were shocked. “Doesn’t that mean that Carolyn is a witch? But didn’t the rumors say that the southern Duke’s family has elven blood? So how is she a witch?”