little miss austin

Alice immediately shook off Oliver's hand.

Julian hurriedly said, "It's not me!"

Oliver followed suit: "It's not me!"

The Baron snorted.

"Alice—" Oliver held out his hand.

She silently took his hand again.

Julian was very impatient, "It's so boring! She doesn't know which man she slept with, why do you think it's me or Oliver? I don't even give her a straight look, so how can I sleep with her?!"

Makes sense.

The Baron mused.

"Did Melissa identify me or Julian?" Oliver asked coldly.

"No."

"Father, you should trust your son."

The baron pressed his forehead, "I shouldn't have left her at home."

"But you can't refuse the Baroness," said Julian mercilessly.

The maid brought in the doctor, who greeted the baron and quickly entered the bedroom.

The baroness came out of the bedroom, and Lihua threw herself into the baron's arms with rain, "She bleeds a lot!"

"I know that. How is she?"

"The baby is still there, it's just—" She turned to look at her stepson, and Alice, "Oliver, don't you have anything to say?"

Alice didn't panic at all, and was even a little excited: here we come, the classic plot of dog blood is here!

She looked at Oliver in a daze, "Oli, what is the Baroness talking about?"

Julian said very politely: "The father of the child is Oliver!"

Alice was stunned, her voice trembling, "What does this mean?"

"Alice, I didn't, you trust me!"

Alice burst into tears with anger, "I came to see you as soon as I heard you were injured, but I didn't expect——I didn't expect you to sleep with another woman! I hate you, I hate you!"

She wiped her tears and turned and ran out of the living room.

Oliver hurried to catch up, but he couldn't see, and hit the door frame all at once.

Julian hurriedly shouted: "Oliver, Alice!" He went to help Oliver and sent him out of the room.

The baroness didn't expect Alice to turn around and leave after scolding, and hurriedly shouted: "Everyone stop! Oliver! Julian!"

The baron pressed his forehead again, "Stop shouting, they won't go anywhere, listen to what the doctor says first."

Alice was waiting for the brothers at the foot of the stairs.

Julian brought Oliver over, "Go down first and go to my room."

Oliver seemed a little nervous, "Alice."

"I know it can't be you. But she might say, you mistook her for me, and you can't see it anyway."

Julian said contemptuously: "The little witch taught by the old witch!"

Maria fell asleep again, and Julian went in to look at her, saw that she was asleep, and closed the bedroom door.

"She's falling asleep again, she's never getting enough sleep now."

Oliver fidgeted, "She's shameless!"

"Did you really not give her a chance? Didn't she try to enter your room?"

He smiled wryly, "There was one time, during the first few days when you came here, she somehow got into my room and got into my bed. She sprayed your perfume, Alice, she is so cunning."

Julian stared at first, then wanted to laugh, "And then?"

"I can't even tell if she is Alice. Even if she wears the silk nightgown that Alice likes to wear and wears Alice's usual perfume, but she can't speak, isn't it hard to tell?"

Alice imagined, "Did she kiss you?"

He was a little guilty and nodded indiscriminately.

"Is she a better kisser than me?"

"Not as good as your kiss." This cannot be a wrong answer.

She frowned, "It's annoying, I don't like her at all, no, I hate her! Is that why she wants to marry you? Are there no other fools out there?"

"Then you have to figure out who Caroline Chandler is." Julian was a little excited, "Our mother is the real baroness, Caroline Chandler is just a shameless hunt A man's kind of woman, and so is Melissa Chandler."

"I understand."

"Alice, help us quickly and find a way to drive this despicable and shameless mother and daughter away."

Alice was speechless for a while, "Caroline is already married to the baron, so it's not easy to get a divorce, right? And little Augustus."

"Father didn't like Augustus."

So the baron only likes Caroline, a beautiful woman?It's not surprising that he already has two grown heirs, and it's true that he doesn't need to have other children, but a woman like Caroline Chandler would definitely want a child to increase her leverage. But in fact, if the noble lord doesn't want to be a person, he can declare that she is mentally ill at any time, and send her to some remote nursing home. No one will speak for her at all.

The same is true for children, who can even be treated as if they don't exist when they are sent to other places to be raised.

Very ruthless and scary when you think about it.

So, how unreliable is "love" based on a man's conscience.

"If your father doesn't agree, there's nothing I can do. Ask the Baron, does he want Oliver to marry Melissa?"

"Don't be funny" on Julian's face, "He will marry Caroline because he doesn't have to marry a well-matched wife. Melissa is neither a 'Lady' nor has money. How could she be Oliver's wife?" Wife? It's not that you don't understand this. Otherwise, why do you think she went to his bed secretly?"

"Just to use children to force marriage?" She wondered if this idea is not new. Kate had already thought of it before. Melissa would try to sleep with Oliver. He couldn't see it, and he might be hooked after a little seduction. After all, it's a man. , are lower body animals.

"She may not be pregnant, even if she is, she cannot be my child." Oliver continued to be irritable.

"How to deal with this matter depends on the baron. You should have a good talk with him. He actually has no way to force Oliver to marry Melissa, and of course he can't force Oliver, so—"

"Melissa is so stupid!" Julian said contemptuously.

"It's not smart. A smart woman should find a widower of fifty, like Caroline."

The maid knocked at the door and said that the Baron was calling the two young masters upstairs.

Alice yawned, "This matter has nothing to do with me, you two can deal with it yourself, I'm going back to sleep."

Boring!Melissa looked shrewd, but she was actually extremely stupid!On the surface, this matter is a matter of killing one thousand enemies and self-defeating eight hundred, not to mention that if the baron ignores her, Oliver will never be forced to agree to marry her, and it is impossible for her to achieve her goal.In the end, besides damage to her reputation, she might also be sent away by the baron. Maybe the baron would force her mother to find her a husband in a hurry to marry.

So the probability of success in this matter is not even 10%, and I don't know what Melissa is thinking.

As for whether she was really pregnant, whether she really had a miscarriage, it didn't matter, it didn't really matter.

Oliver and Julian went upstairs again, and Alice did not follow this time, and went back to her room.

Kate also came down from the servant's room on the top floor, and asked excitedly, "Miss Alice, did Melissa have a fake abortion?"

"I don't know, maybe I'm pregnant or maybe I've had a miscarriage, but that has nothing to do with Oliver."

"This woman is shameless!"

She agreed, "It's quite shameless and stupid. It's very stupid for a woman to use this kind of thing to coerce a man to marry her. It's impossible for me to do such a stupid thing."

"Miss, what will you do then?"

"Me? I don't have to worry about no one asking me to marry me, so this problem doesn't exist for me."

"I heard from Melissa's maid that Melissa thinks that since you don't like Master Oliver, Miss, you should stop pestering him all the time, otherwise she would have married Master Oliver long ago."

"Why did her maid tell you this?" Alice asked suspiciously.

"I bought it with money." Kate was quite proud, "I don't like Melissa, she is not a 'Miss', she is far worse than you, Miss! She is stingy, pays less, and rarely gives tips , the servants don't like her."

Alice laughed, "She doesn't have much money, even if she wants to be generous, she can't help it."

The Baron gave Caroline Chandler the title of "Baroness" but did not give her any money. He is a very shrewd man, so Melissa is still a "Miss" with no money in her hand, and she has a lot of new dresses Do it, and you won't have much cash left.So this is why the mother has become a baroness, and the daughter has to find a way to marry the future baron, right?

From this point of view, women still have to have their own money.

No matter where Alice lives, she is very generous with tips, just like when she stayed in Newstead Manor for a while, she sent the servants of Byron’s family to do things, and she would give enough tips when she left; now she has lived in Newton Manor for more than a month Almost two months, such a long time, you can’t wait until you leave to give a tip. If you send the baron’s servants to do more complicated or troublesome things, you will give tips in time, and exchange a little less money for the enthusiasm of the servants And the quality of service, very cost-effective.

On the surface, Melissa is the "Miss" of this family, but in fact she is an outsider, not the child of the baron. It is pitiful to think how the servants would treat her sincerely.This is because their mother and daughter do stupid things because they don't understand what kind of person Oliver is. As long as Melissa is a good step-sister, the baron will definitely find her a husband with good financial conditions, and Oliver will agree to give her Her small dowry.However, the human heart is always greedy. If Melissa could have a husband with an annual income of tens of thousands of pounds, how could she marry a priest or small landowner with an annual income of 1000 pounds?

Alice began to brainwash Kate again, "Look! This is what happens when you don't have money in your hands. So whether you follow me in the future, or you get married and start a small business by yourself, you must have some money in your hands. Don't be too stingy. You should When you spend money, you have to spend it. A kind heart does not necessarily make a lot of money, but if you have no skills and evil thoughts, it usually doesn’t end well.”

In the next few days, Newton Manor was a bit of a mess.

The servants looked down on Melissa very much, and actually used the trick of pregnancy to force Master Oliver to marry her. Master Oliver is so pitiful, blind and plotted by a shameless woman.Oliver's old nanny yelled at Melissa in the servants' dining room for being a little slut and a slut for her little sweet baby, and at the same time complained why Alice didn't get engaged to Master Oliver earlier so that the master wouldn't be spoiled by Melissa. Blackmailed by a little bitch like Sha.

Julian has always been favored in front of his father, and he kept saying that Melissa is not a decent girl, it is not a problem to stay at home, she is already 20 years old, it is time to find her a husband and get married, or go away Send him to a convent in Devonshire for a few years, and let her cultivate himself.

The baroness cried and told her daughter that she was so stupid that she dared not say anything after being seduced by Master Oliver, and that she foolishly thought that he would marry her in the future; she also said that Oliver looked quiet and gentle, but he was a libertine, an irresponsible heartbreaker, Actually want to deny it.

Oliver resolutely denied that the child was his, and said that Melissa was wearing a silk nightgown that Alice liked to wear on his bed and tried to seduce him. Alice cried when she knew this.Once again, he doesn't want anyone except Alice, and don't try to falsely claim that he is the father of the child. How could he have an illegitimate child?

Melissa insisted that the child belonged to Oliver, and said that Oliver said that Alice was unwilling to get married. He wanted an heir, and promised to send Alice away as long as she was pregnant, and then be engaged to her.

Alice basically stayed in her room except for meal time, or stayed outside the manor all day long. When she appeared in front of people, her eyes must be slightly red, and she looked very sad.

That's not to mention, gossip always spreads quickly, and the Daylesford house next door soon found out about this shit. Warren Hastings wrote to Baron Bondfield, saying that Alice should return to Dale Sifford House, and she was not allowed to continue living in Newton Manor.

Alice packed up and left Newton Manor.

On the day she left, it could be said that she cried a lot. She stood under the steps of the main house, threw herself into Oliver's arms and didn't say a word, just kept crying.

From the butler Butler to the servants doing chores in the kitchen, everyone feels sorry for Miss Alice.More than half of the servants have watched her come and go since she was a child. Of course, it would be best for her beautiful young master to marry a girl who played with her since she was a child. Alice is lively, cute, generous, and has a good temper. She is not difficult to serve. Would be a wonderful hostess.

Neither the butler nor the head maid actually liked the fact that there was a new baroness in the manor. After all, there had been no mistress for 20 years, so who would be happy to have another senior administrator?One more mistress will actually have more things to do. The servants like the fewer masters the better, the fewer things the better, and the more salary the better.

After sending Alice away, Oliver lost his temper at home for the first time and messed up. The maid hurried to find the old nanny to appease the young master.

After the old nanny came, she hugged him distressedly, "Master Oliver, you are still injured, don't get angry."

Oliver said sadly: "Nanny, Alice is angry, she is crying so sadly, I can't comfort her well."

"Miss Alice is sad because she loves you. You should deal with this matter quickly, and then we can go and bring her back."

He was wronged, "Melissa's child is not mine."

"Silly boy, of course I know it's not yours. That little bitch wants to be a baroness, she is not worthy!" The old nurse was very disdainful, "However, you should take this opportunity to get engaged to Miss Alice as soon as possible, waiting for you Married and living together, a little bitch like Melissa can't dare to say that she slept in your bed!"

"I am blind now, and I cannot let Alice marry a blind man."

The old nanny hurriedly said: "Miss Alice will definitely not dislike you for not being able to see. Besides, it is only less than two months, and you will be fine in a few months. I have asked Master Julian to write to the earl Let him find you a famous ophthalmologist and pick you up to live there for a few months."

Oliver was taken aback, "Don't bother the Earl."

"What a silly boy!" The old nanny said kindly: "Although the count is not your real uncle, he is also a cousin of the same grandfather as Mrs. Gemma. He inherited your grandfather's title, so he should take care of you and Julian. That What the little bitch does is not good! You have been away for a few months, and when you go home, I promise you will not let you eat at the same table with that little bitch again. "

Oliver thought about it again, and felt that it might be better to go out and avoid it?In fact, men don't care much about this kind of thing, and at most they will be said that he has been abandoned and his reputation has been damaged, but the actual impact is not great. Even if he wants to talk about marriage with some famous lady in the future, he will not be too affected. What's more, he won't like other girls anymore, as long as Alice is not affected.

Alice is very good at disguising and performing well. The Baron told him last night that it would be good for Alice to go back to Daylesford to live for a few days. Let her go and relax, so as not to make trouble with him, and wait for them to deal with Melissa before taking her away. Take it back.

The baron was originally dissatisfied with Alice's reluctance to get engaged to Oliver, but Melissa made such a fuss, which showed what a good girl Alice is, so he didn't care about her not wanting to get engaged for the time being, and felt quite guilty towards her Yes, after all, if he had sent Melissa away earlier, the eldest son would not have experienced such troubles, and Alice would not have been so sad.

Alice cried so much with Oliver in the morning, but it made the baron feel bad.He has no daughter, and girls from relatives sometimes come to stay for a while, and Oliver doesn’t play with them very much. It’s the first time Alice comes to play, and Oliver actually likes her very much. He also likes this smart and lively girl. Sometimes I feel that if I have a daughter, this should be her.

The carriage of Count de Flore's family arrived that afternoon, and the count sent a butler to pick up his nephew.The butler sent the earl a letter to the baron, saying that he would take Oliver to live there for a few months, and that he hired a famous ophthalmologist from Brussels, Belgium, with a lot of money.The baron would not delay his son's treatment, and hurriedly asked the maid to pack Oliver's luggage.

Oliver sent for Daylesford House to say he was going to Wokingham, and asked her if she would go with him.

Alice sent a message to Jacob, saying that she was going to stay in Daylesford for a week, and whether she would go to Wokingham or not would wait a week later.

Oliver set off for Wokingham the next day, passing through Daylesford and "meeting" Alice.

"You must go to Wokingham. Wokingham is not far away, very close to Steventon or London. The earl is my mother's cousin, and my grandfather has no sons, so Uncle Evelyn inherited the title. You've seen the count before, he's been hunting for a few years, but you probably don't remember."

"I don't want to go, maybe after I pass by, there will be some young lady crying and saying that she slept with you but you won't admit it."

He was angry and funny, "Nonsense!" He touched her face, "I don't even want to treat my eyes anymore, so you will always be with me."

"Don't be stupid, I'm still patient with you now, but maybe in half a year I'll think you're blind, you'd better get well soon."

"To Wokingham?"

"Well, I will go, but it will take a while. I have to spend more time with Mr. Hastings. He is old, and the next time I see him may be his funeral." She sighed.

She didn't ask the baron what he was going to do with Melissa, and he didn't say either.

In Alice's opinion, it would be ridiculous if the baron could not handle such a trivial matter.

A few days later, Kate excitedly reported that the baron asked Butler to send Melissa away, and the baroness lost her temper for this, scaring Julian and Maria to the next-door Gordon's house for a temporary stay. He was afraid that the baroness would be angry and wronged his little wife.

But no matter how upset, angry, and quarreled the baroness was, the baron remained unmoved, and said that if you feel sorry for your daughter, you can go and be with her.The baroness immediately shut up.

Hastings told Alice about it, and said that Melissa was very unwise, and stupid, and had chosen the stupidest course.

"Kate said that Melissa wanted to drive me away—she heard from Melissa's maid." Most of the maids are the ones young ladies confide in.

"That's too stupid." Hastings shook his head. "There are many ways to eliminate a rival in love, and you don't need to sacrifice your own reputation. She just needs to forge a few letters for you to read."

Alice thought for a while and agreed, "It would really annoy me if she showed me Oliver's love letter to her."

"Or use other hints to make you think that Oliver has some intimate relationship with her."

This Alice knows a lot of tricks, and she doesn't even need to have any intimate behavior or contact with Oliver to mislead others.For example, you can make a few hickey marks on your neck, and cover it up with a silk scarf, but "accidentally" let others see; Oliver is fine. Oliver can't see it now, so he won't be aware of her little conspiracy; Definitely more upset Alice.

So to sum it up, Melissa is really weak!The rank is too low, there is no need for her to make a move.