Chapter 59 - May The Best One Win

Though internal strife for a peerage within a noble family was known to erupt into bloody battles, women rarely found themselves embroiled in such savagery. Therefore, Joanna and Isabella, bless their hearts, couldn't grasp the consequences of tolerating Nicholas. Not until Maggie revealed the brutal truth of what he'd done.

"Oh, Maggie, I am so sorry to hear it..." Isabella reached out and squeezed Maggie's hand. "I didn't know."

"I also didn't know," Joanna swallowed hard.

"I guess you didn't read it in a pamphlet," Maggie remarked, her tone dripping with sarcasm. "Yes, I do not develop the habit of disparaging anyone through gossip. But do you know that Nicholas stood by when his father, Lloyd Cunningham, chased me out of Huntington Hall by unleashing a pack of Bullmastiffs?"

Both Joanna and Isabella let out a sharp gasp.

"He did not...!" they cried out in horror.

Maggie took a deep breath and regarded them with a cool gaze.