Love's Unexpected Awakening Elowen's Choice novel Chapter 164

Chapter 164 Behind the Blossoms

Elspeth’s eyes turned dark. Elowen…

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Ahead, the pavilion lay half hidden among flowering branches. Through the leaves, the outline of a man and a woman could be seen.

The man stood with his back turned. His face was hidden. But the woman was unmistakably Elowen.

Elspeth strode forward, jaw set, and then she heard Elowen’s soft sigh drift through the air.

“… Yes. I have missed you.”

Elspeth’s brows shot up.

“Unbelievable,” she muttered.

Beside her, Marwen scoffed. “Married to the Duke of Duskmoor and still sneaking off to whisper things like that to another man. Just wait, next they will be all over each other.”

Privately, she was thrilled.

Only catching them red-handed would finish Elowen for good.

Marwen turned eagerly to Elspeth. “You are the Duke of Duskmoor’s own aunt. You have to stand up for him. A woman like that should be dragged straight to the ducking pool.”

“I have missed her too.”

The man’s voice carried clearly from the pavilion.

Marwen froze.

Elspeth, who had been about to step forward, stopped short.

The man continued, “But my mother still will not let me see Sylvia. She refuses to approve our match.”

That was not Alaric’s voice. And this did not sound like a secret affair at all.

It sounded like something entirely different.

Elspeth frowned,

Marwen, meanwhile, had recognized the voice instantly. Piers.

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Chapter 164 Behind the Blossoms

A chill ran down her spine. Elowen had not come here to meet His Highness.

This had been deliberate. She had been maneuvered into this.

But by now it was far too late.

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Inside the pavilion, Piers sighed. “Sylvia and I fell for each other the first time we met. You were going to help us formalize things that day. No one expected Marwen to storm in. She did not know who I was. She thought I was some nobody and berated my mother right in front of everyone, said I looked like trouble. It was humiliating.”

Elowen replied gently, “She even said you had a father but no proper upbringing, and that if you had a mother at all, she must have been nothing but a disgrace. She said it in front of Duchess of Falconcrest. I tried to stop her.”

Elspeth slowly turned to Marwen.

Her teeth clenched. “Did you not just tell me the Duchess was the one holding Sylvia’s marriage hostage? Because that is not what I am hearing.”

Marwen shifted, avoiding her gaze. “She did not explain things clearly that day. And besides, what was she doing meeting Piers alone tonight? What was that about? Maybe she has her eye on him.”

Before she could finish, Elowen’s calm voice floated out again.

“Piers, you do not need to worry. I have been thinking about you and Sylvia. A few days ago, I went to see His Majesty and asked that he formally grant your betrothal. He agreed. The decree should arrive soon. Once it does, even your mother will have difficulty objecting.”

Piers sounded stunned. “A royal decree? Your Grace, I… I do not know what to say.”

His voice trembled. “I truly do not know how to thank you.”

“There is no need,” Elowen said warmly. “Sylvia is the Duke of Duskmoor’s cousin. That makes her family to me as well. The two of you care deeply for each other. Of course I would help. I would not let you carry regret for the rest of your lives.”

She smiled. “Just promise me you will treat Sylvia well.”

“I will. I swear it,” Piers replied at once.

Marwen stood speechless. By now, Elspeth understood everything.

“Marwen,” she said coldly, each word deliberate, you have some nerve.”

She had even used Marwen’s given name. That alone showed how furious she was.

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