Her Gilded Revenge For Stolen Fate novel Chapter 43

Chapter 43

Celia couldn’t help but wonder, ‘Why is fate so unfair?‘

Enoch was out of favor with the king. He couldn’t hold a candle to Xavier. But fate had to mess with her.

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The Silvermoon Twinbloom, which had refused to bloom, just had to burst open right when Enoch was performing the water ritual.

All of a sudden, Celia’s eyes widened, her gaze locked onto Vivian and she couldn’t look away.

Celia remembered that Vivian had gone to see Enoch earlier and seemed to have handed him something. ‘Maybe the blooming is connected to whatever Vivian gave Enoch, Celia thought.

Celia was itching to rush over and frisk Vivian, to pull out that potent secret remedy and show it off in front of everyone.

way, Vivian’s little schemes would fall apart on their own.

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But she couldn’t. As the eldest daughter, Celia had a reputation for being gentle and always looking out for her siblings.

Though she knew Vivian’s actions were suspicious, she couldn’t call her out in front of everyone. If she did, people would start questioning her intentions.

But just letting Vivian get away with it like that was too much for Celia to swallow

Besides, Xavier had always been the king’s most trusted son. The king even sent him to Juashiton to handle disaster relief.

He was just about to take Enoch’s place, but then the whole Silvermoon Twinbloom fiasco happened.

Suddenly, Enoch became the one heaven seemed to favor, and that would definitely put Xavier’s position at risk.

But if Celia managed to expose Vivian and reveal the secret remedy behind the blooming Silvermoon Twinbloom, all that talk about Enoch being heaven’s chosen would become nothing but a joke..

After a brief moment of contemplation, Celia steeled herself and made her decision.

Out of the corner of her eye, Vivian caught Celia’s resolute look, and a slow smile spread across her face.

“System, what do you think Celia will do?” Vivian asked.

“She’ll search you herself. If she finds the bottle, she’ll make a scene and drag the whole thing in front of the king,” the System replied.

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But Vivian shook her head. “Celia would never step forward herself. She’ll find a convenient pawn to do the job for her.

“Sylvia’s already under Beatrice’s suspicion, and she’s just a concubine. No way she’d dare make a scene here.

“But Matthew is different. He’s the legitimate son, the heir apparent. Even if he messes up and gets into trouble, that title’s stil! his. Tt’s why Celia can act without worrying about consequences.”

The System was skeptical. “Is Matthew really that dense?”

Vivian nodded. “He puts Celia above his own life. If Celia tells him to jump, he asks how high. He follows her around like a loyal puppy.”

The System was speechless, never thought Vivian would roast her own brother like that.

“Just wait and see,” Vivian said.

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Celia got closer to Matthew, her face full of worry as she leaned in and whispered, “Vivian just handed something to Enoch. Do you think that’s what made the Silvermoon Twinbloom bloom?”

Matthew froze for a moment, his mind racing as he tried to recall every move Vivian had made.

Vivian really has no shame, chatting up Enoch and acting all mysterious. Who knows what kind of sneaky tricks she’s up to?‘ Matthew thought.

“If it were just an ordinary lily, maybe we could let it slide. But it’s the Silvermoon Twinbloom, and it happened right on the Festival of Fortune.

“Even though Father is a duke, he still can’t afford to be blamed for deliberately messing with the Silvermoon Twinbloom,” Celia said.

Celia pressed a hand to her chest. Her voice was trembling, and her eyes were rimmed with tears.

She was already beautiful, but with teardrops as big as pearls rolling down her cheeks, Matthew felt his heart twist for her.

“Celia, don’t worry. I’ll get to the bottom of this. No way I’ll let Vivian bring shame to our family,” Matthew promised.

He was genuinely worried about the Snyder family’s future, but there was a selfish edge to his resolve too.

Vivian used to be a lowly illegitimate daughter, yet she got a royal decree of praise from the king. And now, even Enoch’s favor is falling on her.

Matthew couldn’t help but wonder, ‘What about me?

‘If I don’t put Vivian in her place, she’ll never respect me, and the whole distinction between legitimate and illegitimate children will be thrown into chaos.’

Celia gently wiped her tears with an embroidered handkerchief. Her beautiful eyes glistened with tears and were filled with gratitude.

After everyone finished worshipping, they stood up.

Matthew stormed over to Vivian, grabbed her wrist, and demanded in anger, “What tricks did you pull?”

“What are you talking about? I don’t understand,” Vivian replied.

“What did you hand to Enoch?” Matthew pressed.

Vivian tried to pull away, looking all pitiful, her voice thick with grievance.

“Enoch is so noble. How could he possibly accept anything from me? Matthew, have you lost your senses? This is the Sanctuary of Peace, not Aurea Manor,” Vivian said.

She raised her voice on purpose, not to wake Matthew up, but to draw the attention of Quentin and Beatrice.

Beatrice’s face was as dark as thunderclouds as she barked, “Matthew, let go of her.”

But Matthew refused to let go.

“Grandmother, Vivian is both stupid and vicious. She’ll drag the whole family straight to hell for her own petty schemes. Matthew burst out.

Matthew was so riled up that he lost control of his voice, and everyone nearby turned to look.

Beatrice’s face darkened with disapproval, and even Quentin felt his dignity crumble.

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“You brat. Not even listening to your grandmother now?” Quentin snapped.

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“Father, I have my reasons for doing this,” Matthew said, finally letting go of Vivian and clasping his hands in a formal salute, making sure his voice carried.

Quentin’s veins bulged at his temples. He was so furious that he could’ve slapped that idiot right then and there.

With all these people watching, if Vivian really did anything wrong, he couldn’t let the king find out.

Matthew was basically throwing him into the fire.

Quentin forced down his anger and asked in a low voice, “What reasons?”

“I saw Vivian hand something to Enoch. Maybe that’s what caused all this…” Matthew blurted.

Before Matthew could get another word out, Flora clamped her hand tightly over his mouth, silencing him.

“Matthew’s been sick these past few days. His mind’s still a bit muddled. He’s just rambling nonsense,” Flora said quickly.

Flora just couldn’t match her son’s strength.

Matthew shook off her hand and said firmly, “Mother, Vivian’s definitely hiding something. That’s what made the Silvermoon Twinbloom bloom ahead of time. Search her right now.”

Quentin was beside himself with rage. He smacked Matthew across the face, but it did nothing to cool his fury.

After all, it was Enoch who made the Silvermoon Twinbloom bloom early, and backing him was the Fletcher family.

Conrad Fletcher commanded a hundred thousand troops. There was no way the Snyder family could ever compete with

someone like that.

If they really went to war with them, it’d be a fight to the bitter end.

“You little punk. Vivian’s your own sister. Even if you two don’t get along, you can’t throw wild accusations at her,” Quentin. shouted.

Quentin was still calm. He dumped all the blame on Matthew, making everyone think Matthew was being petty and jealous. That was better than letting the family get dragged into a fight for the throne.

But just when Quentin was trying to smooth things over, someone else wasn’t about to let it slide.

William stepped forward, his gentlemanly face carrying a faint smile as he tried to mediate. “Quentin, no need to get mad. Matthew’s just speaking his mind. He didn’t mean to cast doubt on his sister.”

William was Victoria’s younger brother. Quentin wasn’t exactly close to him, but as fellow officials, there was always a certain. level of respect between them.

Just as Quentin was about to nod, William’s next words made his blood run cold.

“Why no Williams

have her searched? That way, you can prove your daughter’s innocence and put Matthew’s doubts to rest,” gently.