Vivian’s Gift to Isla

Mr Jameson immediately strides toward her with calm precision, his hands clasped behind his back, stopping a few feet away. He bows slightly and says:

"You called, your grace?"

Miss Merriweather, noticing the same signal, quickly makes her way over, curtsying lightly and saying:

"How may I assist, your grace?"

"I promise to grant Lady Isla's wish today but she is currently looking like a mess so I will trouble you to have her clean up and also have the Duke's bedroom clear, it will be nice if we add some scented candles"

The guests gasped in shock as they all couldn't believe what happening before them, all of those who were present were smart and they could understand what exactly was going on at the moment all of them couldn't help but look at the duke hoping he will finally say something or show a reaction, because this is not just about Isla anymore but also the effect it will have on the duke and the Valerion family reputation.

This is not just about the Duchess sending her husband's rumored lover to his bed, it's about the effects the matter will have on their reputation after tomorrow morning, no! Starting from tonight.

Although the Duke and Lady Isla already had the reputation of being unfaithful and lacking virtue in the noble circles, all that is just speculation by the people before because neither of them has not been caught engaging in any immoral acts together apart from them being seen together in public several times appear to be having a good relationship based on how they are both seen talking and laughing together severally which is unlike for the duke who has never been seen talking and laughing so happily with another gender including his wife.

If Lady Isla should truly end up sleeping in the Valerion castle tonight then the Duchess has truly made a big political move tonight by putting an end to Lady Isla's social life right after her debut before she even gets married.

Because whether the duke touches Lady Isla tonight or not as long as the duchess can make it possible for Lady Isla to sleep in the Valerion castle even if not the duke's room then that is definitely going to have an impact on Isla's reputation in the high society.

The noble circle places a high importance on a woman's purity and the moment there is any strain or doubt on a young lady's purity it marks the beginning of her and her family's poor reputation in the high society and there is no way such a woman will be accepted in the high society and this will harm her social standing greatly.

Even if the duke later marries her it does not mean that it will solve anything because the damage is already done and this will only affect the duke family more which probably might not happen because high-ranking nobles care about their reputation the most.

There is no way the Valerion family elders and the Duke's vessel will allow him to get married to a woman he is in a scandal with and one that her reputation is tattered and for a low standing for that matter.

Even if they will allow that duke to be together with her they will only allow him to take her as a side mistress and get married to another noblewoman with a high ranking and good reputation in the society and if that should happen only the gods will know what will be of fate for lady Isla because no woman could bare her husband having a mistress one who he's rumored to be deeply in love with for that matter.

However, they all start to doubt the so-called true love now that the duke still refuses to stand up for Lady Isla and protect her from the duchess.

Even though the nobles present know that this was arranged by the Duchess it doesn't mean that they won't follow her script and also who will want to offend the archduke's family and the imperial family for a daughter of a baron that is drowning in debt.

If they calculate their gain and losses, it is more profitable for them to support the Duchess who not only has the support of her powerful family, the archduke family but also that of the imperial family than to support Lady Isla who has no impressive family background except for her suspected relationship with some male nobles including the duke and there is no assurance that they will even support her.

At this point even Vivian is confused, how come nobody is coming out to defend Isla, there is no brainless side character that is trying to act like a hero neither is any of the male leads coming to her rescue most especially her husband.

What she is currently planning will not only affect Isla negatively but also his reputation is also at stake, to be honest, if he wants to protect Isla and prevent whatever she is planning at the moment, he can definitely do so because she currently doesn't have enough power at hand to stop him and one of the reasons why she is doing this is to get the male lead to reaction but yet he is still standing calmly and letting her do whatever she want as if also that is happening is none of his business.

She can't help but feel like she has Transmigrated into the wrong novel, there is no world power fighting against her for trying to tear the script apart neither is there a brainless side character who wants to be a hero trying to save the female protagonist and even the male leads are not making a move, and even destiny is not helping the daughter of destiny in her moment of trouble.

Is the Transmigrator cheats that powerful that she has already turned the female protagonist helpless the minute she entered the script but if it so then transmigrators won't have problems while trying to survive in the novel.

Or is it because the character she possessed has a background that is too OP and she is not timid like the original character even if that seems wrong to her because she knows how different it is to deal with the original protagonist from her experience in reading Transmigration novels?

Or maybe she did not Transmigrated and she is just dreaming, no! Everything feels too real to be a dream.

Something is wrong somewhere but unfortunately, the current situation did not allow her to think too deeply about it.

"Let me finish dealing with the female protagonist then I will have the time to think about what is wrong" Vivian murmured to herself.