The Happy Life of a Duchess

Adele was a little confused.

On the one hand, she felt ironic for Mr. Duval's careful and thoughtful behavior.

On the other hand, she felt that Miss Barry's attitude was too strange, which made her have to be vigilant.

"Thank you for your blessing." Mr. Duval took up the conversation with a smile as if sensing Adele's hesitation.

He still looks like a restrained gentleman, and he doesn't seem to have any problems.

If it wasn't for Miss Barry knowing that the two sides had a very unpleasant quarrel because of the previous incident, it could even be regarded as forcing him, forcing him to leave the girl he likes and marry her...

Miss Barry may feel that his smile is more gentle, and it is the consistent spring breeze that she thinks and understands.

The fight with Adele has been going on for a while, even if it's just what she thinks she's fighting with each other.

But she is well aware of this kind of result, she has never been so badly hit, both outside and inside have been hit without any mercy, as for all the calculations, they have fallen to the point where they are now——

What's more, Mr. Duval is so affectionate to this lady, but he is so dismissive of her.

Miss Sophie Barry is a very conceited person. She is so conceited to a certain extent that she even feels that she has few failures.

But the failure that can be regarded by her is no more serious than the one brought to her by Adele. She knows very well that this is her most critical failure, but what is worse is that she has repeatedly failed, and her reputation Whether it's a man or a man, it really made her taste the taste of failure that she had never tasted before.

She thought that a man would look at his face and figure, and would not care about anything other than a sexy body.

But she didn't want to, her all-powerful sexiness and beauty fell hard.

She may not have much affection for Mr. Duval, and she herself is very aware of this. Compared with this couple who love each other and are in love with each other at a glance, her affection for the man is really weak.

But the more you can't get it, the more it will become a certain obsession, which is deeply rooted in her heart. She will choose Mr. Duval. Objectively speaking, there are certain situations where she has no choice but to do it, but right now——

Desire took root and sprouted deeply in her heart, clenched her whole heart tightly, and made her ache, making her wish to go forward and grab what she couldn't get immediately, and use all means.

The more in love they seemed, the more glaring it was to her.

The unwillingness and anger in the chest will burn more violently and crazily.

"Miss Barry?" Adele felt a little uncomfortable seeing her staring at Mr. Duval all the time.

This look is not a look of deep love, but the obsession-like depth and ferocity in it are more obvious.

She keenly noticed that Miss Sophie Barry's liking for Mr. Duval was obviously not to this extent. Even if she suffered a disadvantage in this matter, it should be similar to hatred, but it would not be like the feeling in front of her. This made her even more unwilling, and she wished for the time to come back so that she could have the chance to hold him.

This is a bit too paranoid.

Although Miss Barry is not a normal good person, Adele always feels that there should be something she doesn't know about it.

Something that made her paranoid, crazy, and unwilling, surged wantonly in her eyes, and finally almost swallowed her.

"Yes." Miss Barry smiled and looked at Adele, "You used to call me Sophie."

Her pretentiously intimate words made Adele feel a chill.

Her whole body seemed to be infected with something itchy, which made her unable to calm down.

It's like a person who doesn't like durian is forced to take a mouthful of soft and sweet durian——

Although she can accept durian herself, she has also seen how those who hate durian frown, as if they are about to die immediately just by smelling it.

At this time, she probably understood a little bit what those people were feeling.

"..." Adele just kept a polite smile.

Of course, she will not have a good attitude towards a rival who wants to deliberately gossip with her sweetheart or even use various methods to poach her. Besides, their previous grievances and grievances cannot be dispelled with a few words.

Maybe one day in the future, she can say that the two people are no longer in such an opposing state, but they are calling each other affectionately like friends by name——

To be honest, it was not easy for her to keep a polite smile.

There is no need to act like this hypocritically pretending to be intimate, and she is impatient in her heart.

From her smile, Miss Barry also saw her attitude.

She hooked the corners of her lips, but it was not enough to form a smile. The heavy makeup concealed her true thoughts. It was difficult to simply describe her mood as happy or unhappy, and her thick mask combined with it seemed to be more obvious. The eccentric temperament is also more unpredictable.

Compared with the arrogant posture in the past, there seemed to be something more in her arrogance.

"The arrival of you and Mr. Barry is the best blessing for our engagement."

When Duval said this, it was too narrow, and Adele almost laughed out loud, but somehow she tensed herself.

But Miss Barry's complexion looked even worse.

Mr. Duval sent an invitation letter to their family, in fact, the purpose is to break the rumors.

If they hadn't been there, maybe outsiders would pass on some stories about him and her. After all, some people have a mentality that they don't believe they have to believe their own thoughts when facing the facts before them.

And watching their getting along, you must know that they have nothing to do with each other.

Mr. Duval's favorite was Miss Adele, and this beautiful lady was equally very fond of this steady gentleman.

This is because two people have the right temperament and love each other, so they can come together.

It's not about doing it for some other utilitarian purpose or as a last resort.

The Barry family came to send blessings, no matter what they thought in their hearts and how reluctant they were, but it seemed that they, like everyone else, praised the engaged man and woman.

The previous rumors are really just rumors. After all, no one can tell where the source started, or in other words, even if everyone knows that this is probably a stupid move by the Barry family, since they don’t nod themselves, they will not agree. , then no one can grasp this, especially Mr. Duval and others seem to be unwilling to continue to hold on to this rumor.

With the news of the engagement coming out, the two newlyweds looked so harmonious and consummate, the rumors were naturally self-defeating.

Just like other unreliable rumors, what will happen to this company today and what will happen to that company tomorrow are all unfounded and unfounded content, which will soon be hidden.

It's not that the Barry family doesn't understand this matter.

After finally spending a lot of effort to plan something, the result was slapped in the face on the spot. Not to mention the failure of the plan, he still had to hurry up to clarify it invisibly.

But if they did not come, it would be even more detrimental to Miss Barry's reputation.

Everyone may not only say something because of this, they may have some first and last words, what's worse is that Miss Barry is pleased with Mr. Duval but was thrown away. within our means.

At this time, put a title similar to "deep love" on her head, so that a single lady can appear as a middle-aged gentleman who is bitterly in love with a certain middle-aged gentleman who is already engaged. The one thing that is really terrible for the lady——

She would have no way of getting married.

Judging from the vanity of a man, with such a reputation and such a label, it will be even more difficult for her to find a man who doesn't mind this kind of "green hat" as her husband. willing.

From this point of view, they had to come, and another protagonist in the scandal, Miss Barry, had no illness or disaster before, and she didn't even have a chance to complain about her illness, so she had to come.

In order not to intensify the rumors, she could only do this.

It was precisely because Miss Barry knew all this that even though she was already very annoyed in her heart, she had to dress herself up, enduring her temper that seemed to have become more uncontrollable, and insisted on putting on a smiling face.

Adele quickly figured all this out in her mind.

She felt a little bit emotional, before, she just made a simple temper and didn't want to see them, but now that she thinks about it, Mr. Duval's approach is the most appropriate, and it can't be summed up simply to vent her anger for her.

Although looking at Miss Sophie Barry's expression, it's really relieved.

The two sides reluctantly maintained their smiles in public, pretending to be friendly, enough to confuse the prying eyes of others, and Adele and Miss Sophie Barry were impatient to deal with each other.

Mr. Bonn Barry came down from the dance floor, and seemed to be very concerned about his sister. He quickly found an excuse, and after saying a few words of blessing, he took his sister to the other side.

"What's the matter?" Mr. Duval couldn't help asking when she saw her watching them leave thoughtfully.

"The two siblings... have a good relationship?" Adele frowned briefly, then let it go, showing a very natural smile.

"Yes." When Mr. Duval saw her mentioning it, he also answered.

"In my impression, this Mr. Bonn Barry has loved his sister very much since a long time ago, and the two have a very good relationship."

"Yes." Adele thought back.

"I was very impressed at the time. One time and the only time I went out to the store with Miss Barry to buy things. She took a fancy to a lot of jewelry, and the bill was sent to her brother directly, and then he paid the bill. The money... If I didn't miscalculate, her dowry should not be so rich, most of it was subsidized by my brother again and again."

"This kind of situation is quite common." Mr. Duval didn't understand her strange point. "It's like Count Garcia and his sisters. Even if they get married, he still supports them."

"I'm not saying it's bad..." She simply felt something was wrong intuitively, but this was an unfounded guess, and she just mentioned it casually.

"However, those brothers and sisters who have a good relationship will always show a little bit of intimacy and friendliness in public, just like Armand, who will always take care of Morgana. If two people At dances or other occasions, he will pay attention to it from time to time."

"If Morgana might be worried because of her young age, then Earl Garcia and his sisters such as Mrs. Green, Mrs. Green will always talk about her younger brother in a very proud tone, although some people always think that she has always occupied Considering the advantages of brothers, but if one is willing to fight and the other is willing to suffer, or if the relationship between pure brothers and sisters is harmonious, then there is nothing to criticize. Will show some words and deeds that care about the family, whether it is sincere or false."

"You mean, for example, Mrs. Green shows off her brothers in a boastful tone, for example, other brothers and sisters will always think of each other and care about each other..." Mr. Duval seemed to have discovered what she thought was wrong.

"But Mr. Bonn Barry is not such a restrained and deep-tempered person, and Miss Sophie Barry is a very outgoing and arrogant lady. Judging from the previous performances."

"But..." The two looked at each other.

"But in public, unless someone asks about it or something is really relevant, they seldom mention each other. Mr. Bonn Barry will not openly care about his sister, although everyone knows he is Bringing my younger sister to the ball, giving her a good reputation or something, but instead, judging by the way the two of them left just now... the two of them kept their distance, which is a bit too unfamiliar."

"Too polite, like deliberately not mentioning the other party, or deliberately not expressing concern." Mr. Duval narrowed his eyes slightly, and quickly showed a social smile, "like Is it intentional to keep some distance, to prevent others from seeing anything..."

"But no one has ever doubted the relationship between the two siblings, because Mr. Bonn Barry is so kind to his biological sister, so good that sometimes it even makes people think that he is taking the whole Barry family as the base and doing his best. Holding my sister, no matter what decision or plan, as long as it is for Miss Barry, it seems that anything is fine."

"He did a lot of things behind the scenes. On occasions where Miss Barry was not present, he spared no effort to praise his sister in clubs or other places, and tried his best to promote her good name, and contacted friends and relatives to make plans... ..."

"And the two of them rarely mentioned Mrs. Barry, which is also very unusual. In other words, Mr. Barry did not mention his wife, and Miss Barry always disliked or even slandered Mrs. Barry. He didn't either. Clarifying or denying the meaning, it is better to say that the contrast of attitudes is very sharp...Of course, this may also have something to do with the impact of some of Mrs. Barry's actions."

Adele spoke quickly, with a polite smile on her face, making sure she only looked like she was whispering to her fiancé.

Gossip is really the nature of human beings, and no one can stop it, especially if it is a possible secret about someone she hates in her heart, it is simply magical.

She saw the Barry brothers and sisters walking towards the table where the drinks were placed, but there was no communication between the two of them.

But at a place not far from the wine table, Miss Barry just turned her head and her eyes wandered slightly, and her brother chose the one she wanted from several different wines from different origins—from her natural Judging by the smiling response, this is exactly what she wanted.

Then Mr. Barry put the cup on the table beside her.

He said something, then turned and left, probably in the direction of the poker table.

Afterwards, Miss Barry picked up the glass of wine that Mr. Barry took over but put on the table instead of handing it over from the table. She sniffed it, but suddenly frowned.

Adele almost thought that there was something wrong with the wine prepared by Duval's family, but then she thought it was impossible.

Miss Barry took a sip, and immediately covered her mouth with a handkerchief. Her expression was controlled very cautiously, even though there were not many people paying attention to her.

But Adele felt intuitively that she should have felt like vomiting at that moment, and if nothing else happened, she did spit the wine on the handkerchief.

Mr. Duval noticed her distraction, he smiled slightly, and looked at Adele:

"I know they're really unusual, but don't you think you're paying too much attention to them?"

"It's my fault." Adele immediately apologized.

Mr. Duval smiled generously and forgave her instantly.

He was good-tempered waiting for her to tease later, but he still couldn't help but follow his heartbeat.

"This is our ball, why not dance?"

"I just want to dance with you." She put her hand on his arm and said willfully.