"Please calm down Master Derick! I'm sure the lady drank the poison last night, even Master Arron had seen it!" Teresa cries.
"THEN HOW THE FUCK DID SHE WALK OUT OF THAT ROOM ALIVE IN MORNING!??"
I hear the sound of glass crashing followed by Teresa's scream.
No....no way...
So...don't tell me that was not sleeping medicine but Poison to kill Rosetta!?
I feel a deadly panic rise over my whole body...
I fall down on my knees covering my mouth in shock.
Then the reason why Rosetta wasn't mentioned after the 12th chapter was because....
She died last night in the 12th chapter...!
And just then I hear a voice.
"What are you doing over there?"
I look up to see Arron standing in front of me...
At this point I'm trembling on the ground covering my mouth in shock.
The ruckus inside comes to a stop.
"Who is there outside!?" Derek screams after hearing Arron's voice.
Arron...He saw Rosetta drinking the poison last night.
Then does that mean...
My eyes widen with shock.
Arron walks closer...
My heart starts beating faster again.
"No...! What are you doing? Stay away!" I scream at him.
But Arron looks completely unbothered as he moves closer and closer.
Then comes to a stop right before me.
"Can you move?" He says with his usual smirk.
"Huh?"
"The door...you are blocking it." He points towards the door of the room.
"Ah..." I instantly move my body to the side.
Arron opens the door and casually walks inside.
What the fuck is up with that psycho???
"Hey Arron what is going on? Why is Rosetta still alive?? Didn't she drink the poison last night?" I hear Derek asking him.
"Who knows?" Arron replies.
"What do you mean by that!? Weren't you in her room last night right? You were supposed to make sure she drinks that shit up!" Derick screams.
"Master Derick, please trust me...I saw The Duchess drink the poison last night...." I hear Teresa's whimpering.
"Stop calling her the Duchess! I'm the Lord of this house! There's no way a woman can be superior than me! She deserves to be under my feet!"
When I hear those words from Derick's mouth, I feel a bloody rage burn through my veins.
Balling up my fists, I get up on my feet.
I slam the door open, to find Derick beating Teresa up as Arron stood and watched.
"What the hell do you think you are doing!?" I scream at them.
Derick stops in his tracks to look at me.
"Rosetta...? Since when did you-"
"Everything. I heard everything!"
"Calm down Rosetta! I swear it's not what you think- it was not my plan but his! He wanted to kill you so that this property and wealth would be all his!" Covered in sweat, Derick points towards Arron.
"Come on now brother-in-law, you said everything we get will be 50-50! How can you forget?" Arron smirks.
Then looking at me he asks, "So how did you survive?"
His nonchalant eyes really gets on my last nerve...
How could you look at me like that after trying to kill me? Have you really got no conscience at all???
My brother and husband trying to get rid of me just to have my property...
I won't...I won't forgive any of you...
Taking a deep breath, I cross my arms.
"Teresa, get up" I order.
"Du-Duchess...Please forgive me..." She begs covering the wound on her head.
"I SAID GET UP!"
Everyone in the room gets surprised at the sudden loud voice.
The usual noble and polite Rosetta was gone, her eyes burned with an incomprehensible rage that wouldn't be calmed unless blood was drawn.
Teresa gets up weakly.
"Call the guards and ask them to bring out the whip" I order.
"The whip!? I beg your Pardon?? But for what??" Teresa gasps in shock.
My lips curl up into a smirk.
"What else? I ought to punish my dear brother and husband for their crimes!"
"Rosetta calm down okay? I swear it's not what you think!" Derick screams.
"I am perfectly calm, dear brother. In fact I haven't been this calm in my entire life, trust me!"
Then looking at Teresa, "What are you still doing over here? GO RIGHT NOW!"
Teresa joins both her hands together and begs, "Please let him go Milady! Punish me all you want! I was the one who gave you the poison last night! So please don't hurt Master Derick..."
Hah! What's this?
You are defending him after he beat you up like that??
"Do you love that man?" I ask pointing towards Derick.
On hearing those words, her face twists into a painful expression of shock and disbelief.
Her expression says it all.
"Rosetta, it was this wench- She poisoned you!" Derick says pointing towards Teresa.
And he doesn't even think twice before casting you aside.
But surprisingly, Teresa only smiles.
"Yes, it was me. I did it. So that's why...please punish me! And let him go!"
Her smile does a very bad job in hiding the pain inside.
What a stupid girl...
"Fine come with me" I say leaving the room.
Teresa follows me out nervously.
"Fuck! I thought I would die!" Derick breathes out a sigh of relief.
"She seems so different." Arron who was silent for all this time finally speaks up.
"You are right...I don't think I have ever seen her like that. That Rosetta...she never raised her voice against me...She never stood up to me like that!" Derick says.
"I wonder how did she survive last night..." Arron narrows his eyes.
"Are you sure she drank the poison?"
"Yeah, I'm sure"
"Maybe it wasn't strong enough to kill her or maybe she is immune to poison... Whatever it is though, it's bad for the both of us. That bitch will start being extra careful from now on and it will be extremely hard to carry out our plan." Derick bites his nails.
But unlike Derick, Arron doesn't look worried. He looks calm, his eyes are nonchalant as usual.
"I wonder why did she change so much..."
"Who cares about that? What are we gonna do now? Arron, I know how much you hate her...Can you bear being under your wife like that? A wife should submit to her man and obey him all the time whereas Rosetta...She treats you with no respect! Arron, I know she never thought of you as her husband! "
Arron's face darkens.
Derick moves towards Arron and pats his back.
"You and I both know how awful it feels to be under a woman...Even though I'm the man, father never recognised me as his son and let her inherit everything... His property, his title, his wealth... Everything slipped out of my hands!"
"Yes, I can't even imagine how awful it must feel..." I say.
Arron and Derick gasp in shock to see it's Rosetta, standing at the door surrounded by guards.
"Rosetta?? What are you doing over here? What about Teresa...?" Derick gasps in shock.
"She's waiting for you outside...Why don't you go see her?" I say with a smirk.
Then turning towards the guard, "Drag them out!"
"Wait-stop No!!! What are you doing!? I'm the Master of this house!!" Derick screams out, as the guards drag him out of the room.
"What are you doing? take him too!" I order pointing towards Arron.
"You are asking something impossible Milady! We can't possibly lay a finger on our Lord!" The guard replies.
"What do you mean your Lord? He tried to kill me!" I say.
"I'm sorry we can't do that...He is our master...The Duke of Rowells! Please don't forget that!" The guard bows down and leaves.
I stare at them in disbelief.
This is some kind of a joke right? Rosetta literally grew up in this house, she takes care of most of the duties...But her authority is still second to Arron's?
Arron breaks into a laugh.
"Looks like whatever you do, you can't touch me..." He smirks.
My hands twitch in anger...
Unable to control, I slap him right across the face.
"You fucking bastard!? Have you got no morality at all? That night...You tried to kill your wife and then fucked a man on the same bed!? Just how low can you stoop??" I scream at him
But Arron's face has no sign of remorse.
"I can go a lot lower...A lot more..." He smirks.
That attitude of his always gets on my nerves...!
I raise my hand to slap him again but Arron grabs my arm.
"Do you want to see how low I can go?" He pulls me closer.
Then bringing my hand closer to his mouth, he pressed it against his lips.
"Last night... Didn't you like what we did?"