Chapter Twenty Two - DONT UNLOCK

Valencia had become just as hard to meet with as Cecile. She had been given complete control over the affairs of the Countess; until Caroline had been deemed ready to take over, whenever that may be.

Caroline was quite confused by this dibocial since she had already been given some training by Vivian; the Viscountess, and Valencia had not started training Caroline in any of the Countess' duties; which would be the logical next step. It had begun to seem as though Valencia would be running the estate forever. Rumors of her being the Counts' lover quickly spread from the estate to the capital. They seemed observed at first, but they now no longer seemed as baseless as when they had first reached Caroline's ear.