Love's Unexpected Awakening Elowen's Choice novel Chapter 305

Chapter 305 Good News, Bad News

Chapter 305 Good News, Bad News

Mira shook her head. “He came before dawn and left once it got warmer.”

Elowen sighed. “And Aunt Elspeth? How did she react?”

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“The Marchioness was angry at first. She shouted at the Marquess for a while,” Mira said. “But she never saw him. She sent in her card and went straight to the palace.”

Elowen blinked. “The palace?”

Later that day, Elspeth returned from court.

Elowen had already sent Cora to wait outside. The moment Elspeth arrived, Cora told her Elowen wanted to see her.

Elowen sat in the study with a book open in front of her, pretending to read, her nerves prickling. She only got through a page or two before hurried footsteps came to the door.

She looked up. Elspeth came in almost glowing. The second she saw Elowen, she burst out, “Ella, I’ve got good news and bad news. Which do you want first?”

One look at Elspeth’s face and Elowen could already guess the result. She held out a cup of warm water and tested her. “Want me to guess?”

Elspeth nodded, smiling as she took the cup.

Elowen tilted her head and pretended to think hard. “The good news is that you persuaded His Majesty, and he agreed to grant the divorce?”

Elspeth’s eyes lit up. “Exactly! Ella, you’re as sharp as ever!”

Elowen smiled. “So what’s the bad news? Did His Majesty refuse something else?”

Elspeth raised one finger and wagged it. “No, no. His Majesty was all smiles. He even drafted the royal decree on the spot. But the bad news is this: he’d already planned to honor me this Twelfth Night. He was going to grant me the title of Lady of the First Rank. He said our marriage falling apart couldn’t have come at a worse time.”

Lady of the First Rank.

Elowen caught her breath. In Avenlor, women could not serve in government, and Lady of the First Rank was the highest honor a woman could receive. It meant unmatched status and distinction.

In the entire kingdom, among both the living and the dead, fewer than ten women had ever held that title.

If Elspeth lost that honor because of the divorce, it really was a blow. But knowing her, she probably didn’t care much for that kind of empty glory.

As the news spread, it eventually reached Lydia.

Lydia’s hands shook with barely contained excitement as she grabbed Nina’s arm. “Lady of the First Rank! Can you believe it?”

Nina didn’t understand the title, but her mother’s grip hurt. She tried to pull away. “Mom, that hurts…”

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Chapter 305 Good News, Bad News

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Lydia ignored her and muttered to herself, “I was worried Alistair wouldn’t agree to the divorce. But now that there’s a royal decree, it’s settled. All that’s left is for Alistair to marry me…”

“Mom, please…” Nina’s eyes filled with tears.

Lydia didn’t seem to hear her. Then, all at once, she remembered what was hidden. She sucked in a breath, a hard look crossing her face, and finally let go.

Nina fell to the floor, startled and sore, but Lydia paid her no attention. She reached into her pocket and pulled out a small vial.

Years earlier, Lydia’s parents had tried to marry her to Alistair, but his family had already fallen on hard times. Lydia hadn’t wanted a life of poverty, so she married into a wealthier household instead.

That husband, however, had turned out to be a monster. In public, he seemed refined and gentle. In private, his beatings always left deep bruises in places no one could see.

Lydia had gone to her parents for help. They had blindly confronted her husband. He smoothed everything over in a few words, and afterward he only treated her worse.

She şank into despair and wanted nothing more than to escape-until she realized she was pregnant.

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