The Happy Life of a Duchess

Mr. Duvall thought her cute, cat-like fiancée full of curiosity would ask about it, and he was still struggling with how to politely tell her something that didn't quite work out in a more reasonable way that would satisfy her , but didn't want the music together, she suddenly mentioned another matter.

"How do you know so much about the Barry family?"

Although she still had a gentle smile on her face and her tone of voice acted coquettishly, the nerves in Mr. Duval's mind instantly tensed when he heard the sound, and he did not hesitate to do his duty. Relying on instinct, he replied without hesitation.

"I almost suffered a big loss from them, and almost let my lovely fiancée leave me. Naturally, I have to figure this out."

Adele's face could be felt to have softened, although she still looked like a polite smile.

"A perfect answer."

He seemed to see such an answer from the change in her expression.

Mr. Duval said with a smile, his words were quite calm:

"You can't take a loss in vain—you always have to pay it back, don't you?"

Adele's eyes fell on his face. Mr. Duval had a consistent smile on his face, but it still made her think about the sharpness of it. She just felt that she seemed to know another person of Mr. Smart again. one side.

Unexpectedly, her husband has such vengeful traits. I saw that he intentionally called someone from the Barry family to end the rumors. I didn’t want him to make a silent note in his heart, so that people have been observing the movements of the Barry family. , and also inquired into such a secret thing.

Adele guessed that Ms. Sophie Barry, who had been planning a lot on Mr. Duval's body in the Barry's family, could not be seen, but he had already taken it into his heart—

This is not a good thing. Mr. Duval went to check on her obviously not because of any romance, but he pulled her down with all his strength.

Just like many other people who were more or less calculated by the Barry family, those girls and their families who were stepped on by Miss Barry as stepping stones intentionally or unintentionally, and their families, didn't they hold on to each other in the same way.

However, their intentions are clearer, and they also plan to take action on the things that Miss Barry planned the most, otherwise her marriage will not be stuck at this point. It is not easy to look at one another, especially in the She planned all kinds of people, and it seemed that she had already defeated all the competitors.

As a gentleman, Mr. Duval, of course, cannot "return" her by spreading gossip or talking privately with his wives to deny her character.

As Adele knew, her father, the duke, was secretly plotting to trip Mr. Barry. Unfortunately, the duke's father was old and had no influence in the political arena. Special real power ability, and at the same time, because the conflict between the two sides is related to Adele's reputation, it is something that cannot be done solemnly, so he is not easy to deal with the Barry family in a public way, and can only observe and wait for the opportunity.

Adele guessed in her heart that her Duke's father must have not investigated to this extent, but Mr. Duval was different.

This shrewd politician and her Mr. Smart obviously have extraordinary acuity and investigative ability, and of course the ability to act is astonishing.

He has the strength and contacts in this area. Although he doesn't look like a mountain, he is indeed a veritable first-class celebrity in the circle, not just touted by others.

He was able to vaguely find out that Barry's family had invited more doctors——

Judging from the fact that Mrs. Barry didn't go home many times before, Mr. Barry probably won't be the one who asked for a doctor. In this way, Miss Sophie Barry is the only one, and only she will need a doctor in the near future. .

"She is pregnant."

Adele guessed in her heart, but because her stomach was not visible and the father of the child was unknown, she couldn't be sure.

There are quite a few men who have more or less relationships with Miss Barry. Although she was not a courtesan in name before, she was indeed touted by many men for activities, and many men seemed to be very close to her.

Adele hadn't guessed from beginning to end whether the Barry brothers and sisters were not clean, but because there was no other evidence, it couldn't explain anything.

But after thinking about it, if Miss Barry is really pregnant, then her eagerness to find a new home can be explained.

It doesn't matter whether the stupid gossip about the Barley family's plot to Mr. Duval was on Miss Barley's own mind or someone else planned it for her, but once she got rid of her bachelor status, she could rely on it when she got engaged. The man is gone.

Although getting pregnant after getting engaged sounds bad, but if you want to get married as soon as possible in the name of this, there are still such things.

For example, there are some flirtatious garbage men who coax some pure girls who don't know people well, and have sex with them. Once they become pregnant, even if the girl's natal family is unwilling, they can only take the girl to the other party's house , asked him to be responsible.

Once this happens, if there is really a child, Mr. Duval will have absolutely nothing else to say under the condition that he is already engaged——

He also has a pair of unmarried children, he can bear a bad reputation on his own, but if the stigma falls on Duval's surname, the marriage between Armand and Morgane will be bad.

At this time, everyone can only pinch their noses to recognize it.

Needless to say, if Miss Barry was pregnant, the child's father would still be a little unclear.

If she finds a way to have a relationship with Mr. Duval, then she can be said to be his son, but if Mr. Duval abides by etiquette as he is now, there may still be a "child's own father".

Regarding this person's identity, Adele really couldn't imagine it, and she couldn't imagine that the unmarried Miss Sophie Barry was so bold that she was pregnant first.

Of course, there is another possibility of asking a doctor, which is also conceivable.

Miss Barry could kill the child silently, although this thought just passed her mind, which made Adele feel a little uncomfortable.

This child is really innocent, and it seems that it is not a good thing to live or not to fall into such a mother's head.

Adele was basically convinced that Miss Barry was indeed pregnant, but right now she still had to attend the activities she should attend, and she still had the cheek to go to the dances she should have.

With the waistband, even if she wants to hide her belly, it is very easy when the month is still young. Adele also guessed that it should not be a long month. Whether this guess is correct or not will depend on the next day or two. Months later Miss Barry's activities developed.

"Is it because it hasn't been determined yet?"

"Ah."

When two people say this, they realize each other.

Mr. Duvall knew she understood, and Adele validated the reasons she had been vaguely telling her.

"I'll know later."

Adele winked at him mischievously.

If this is the case, then there are really articles to do.

Mr. Duval can't hold back right now. Although he has grasped something, he still hasn't acted. But if he can't hide it later or has more tangible evidence——

Not to mention him, others will not let Miss Sophie Barry go, it depends on what dramatic developments will follow.

The two changed their partners one after another. Duval invited several wives to dance, and Adele responded to the invitation of several elder gentlemen to dance. When it was halftime, she had time to rest for a while.

"Hey, it looks like you're in a great mood today." Leo came over with a smile and clinked glasses with her, holding sparkling wine.

"I saw you danced a few times with Mr. Fitch." Adele also responded with a smile.

"Ah... eh... this..." Leo seemed to sigh a little, but he seemed very happy.

"One who didn't pay attention..."

"It seems that you have a good impression of him." Adele was not surprised, "You two are progressing very quickly."

"It's just a good chat." Leo shook his head, not feeling shy to talk about it at all.

"However, my younger siblings seem to like Mr. Fitch even more..." She couldn't help complaining.

"He has never come to our house empty-handed. Every time he comes to our house, there are many gifts. It's no wonder they are unhappy."

"Hahaha..." Adele laughed, and immediately thought of a few children in their family.

Apparently, Leo also thought about it. The necklaces Heidi and Clara are wearing today were given by Mr. Duval earlier, and she also noticed the strange faces among the relatives of Adele's family.

"I also had a dance with your cousin, he is a polite gentleman..." Leo said in a deliberate manner, "But I don't think Mr. Alvin seems very close to your relatives in Frankfurt?"

Leo probably wants to use this to judge Alvin's character and possible attitude, after all, this matter is about Adele's possible future situation.

"It doesn't count." Although the content is private, Adele is unwilling to hide it because of the good relationship between the two, "He is still very friendly to Clara, but my father has some prejudices against Mr. Sessman and has scruples about it." In his mood, Cousin Alvin will not be very close to him, but he still likes Clara very much."

"Ah, so I understand." Leo nodded and whispered to her.

"Although he inherited your family's title, he seems to have a good personality, and I heard that he gave you a bit of dowry."

"Countess Stan, as an elder, gave me a country farmhouse in my hometown, about three or four thousand gold coins." Adele knew this.

"My cousin gave me a real estate in my hometown, which is about five thousand francs, but he also gave me some jewelry. He still loves me very much."

Adele summed it up like this.

Seeing this, Leo thought that she and this cousin really didn't have much of a grudge, so he also heaved a sigh of relief.

"It's good to have nothing to do, I'm afraid..." She didn't say the following words, but the family property was occupied by relatives whom she didn't know well, or even if the relatives with close blood relationship took the property, some of the original mother and daughter or other relatives took over the property. The example of relatives being kicked out is always comfortable when no family members are alive.

"Nothing." Adele reassured her.

"Oh, by the way, where did you find Mr. Weihan and Mr. Crewe?" Leo said that the interest on his face became a little higher, and she and Leo shared the handling here, but because Ah Dale is about to be busy preparing for the engagement ball here, and Leo doesn't want her, the protagonist, to be distracted by other things, so he takes the initiative to undertake most of the other tasks here.

"They are too reliable..." Leo smiled and clapped his hands.

"Let me tell you, hasn't the first issue already been published? Although it's only been a few days, the evaluation may not be enough. After all, the scope of our display and sales is not large at the beginning, even if there are some comments There is no way for writers or readers to read it.”

"What is it called? It's what you said. Word-of-mouth fermentation still takes a little time."

"I was still scared two days ago, lest the money you poured in would not even make a sound of water, so I kept asking the servants at home to run errands to observe, and asked Mr. Weihan to tell me the feedback and sales situation immediately, so that he Stay in touch with the booksellers at all times."

"I didn't expect it. I was worried that the things would not be sold, the backlog of inventory or we could only let us put the fire in the fireplace, and it turned out..."

"How is it?" Adele didn't follow up after she was basically ready to publish the publication and gave it to Mr. Weihan. She was busy playing with Clara and others, but she really didn't pay attention to the following content, Leo On the other hand, she was very nervous about this.

"Big success!" Leo said with a smile on his face.