Valerian arrived at the Marquis's study. Upon entering, he and his brothers were present. The Marquis began to mention that Marlene had injured her knees during the fall and was now sad because Valerian had ignored her, causing her to think she was hated by the blonde.
"I don't hate her, but I don't care what happens to her. If she fell, it's because of her clumsiness. Or did you see me push her?" she speaks seriously.
"The problem is not whether you pushed her, the problem is that you ignore her when she's only trying to get along with you," replies the Marquis.
"You should be grateful that she wants to get close to you," says one of the blonds.
This was Einar, the younger twin brother. Meanwhile, Kenai, the older twin, looks at her angrily.
"But I'm not interested in getting close to her. If you only called me for this nonsense, I'll be on my way."
"Stop, you must apologize to Mar, she's very hurt," says Kenai.
"Sure, when you kiss the soles of my shoes," she smiles mockingly.
"Valerian! More respect for your brother, and you should apologize," shouts the Marquis.
"Marquis, I'm not going to apologize because there's no reason to. I'm tired of listening to you, always, it's the same thing." If this new Valerian lacked anything, it was patience, and what little she had, those people were quickly exhausting it.
With that said, Valerian left the study annoyed, but the Marquis had remained silent because he noticed something very clearly. Valerian had called him "Marquis" instead of father, as she had always done. He even noticed that the blonde's gaze towards them was cold and empty.
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Outside the study, her maid was already waiting for her, worried about what might have happened, but Valerian tells her that it was nothing. On the balcony of the stairs, Marlene observes the blonde and when she looks up, she feels a slight chill, as Valerian's gaze held an expression of arrogance.
"Were you expecting them to hit me? I'm afraid not this time," she speaks coldly.
Marlene wanted to answer, but she only sees Valerian walk away. These last few days, the young blonde had changed a lot. Before, she would just keep quiet when her brothers scolded her, and when she spoke, it was to beg them to believe her, but now, she just looks at them with annoyance.
The next day, Valerian arrives at the Marquis' study asking to speak with him. He is surprised because the girl just stands before his desk without curtseying or giving a polite greeting.
"I want to go to the countryside, to the Lacaster grandparents' mansion. They left me that mansion," she speaks bluntly.
"Why do you want to go? There are only a few servants in that mansion. What about your classes?" asks the Marquis.
"It doesn't matter how many servants there are, I will go. And those classes, Marlene can take them. After all, isn't she the one who is always with the Crown Prince?"
The Marquis, who before had not taken his eyes off his documents, finally did so, but he was annoyed by the blonde's last words.
"What are you insinuating? What you say could affect your sister's reputation," he scolds her.
"Cousin, she's my cousin, and I don't care about her reputation. If it's ruined, it's because she can't keep her hands off other men," she replies calmly.
"I will not tolerate you speaking about my daughter like that, so..."
"I'm leaving. If you don't want me to ruin your precious daughter's reputation, let me go to the countryside and break my engagement to the Crown Prince," she replies, already annoyed.
"Do you think it's that easy? Breaking that engagement could offend the royal family."
It seems that for the Marquis it is not important that Valerian continues with the engagement to the Crown Prince, since he does not even try to make her desist from her decision.
"It won't happen, the Prince has his eyes on Marlene, he will be happy if he changes his fiancee, I just want the mansion in the countryside," she assures him.
The Marquis remains silent, as he did not expect Valerian to talk to him about something like that, when he saw her very excited about her engagement to the Crown Prince, she even never missed her classes. And now, she wants to leave and abandon what she has worked so hard for.
"If you leave, you don't come back..." he warns her.
"I wasn't planning on coming back. Why would I?" she asks without any expression.
"Fine, I'll take care of everything."
The Marquis returns his gaze to his documents, while Valerian leaves the place without another word.
Valerian arrives at her room and informs her maid that she must pack because they will be leaving for the countryside. She even asks her to gather all the jewels, they will go out to sell them to have extra money in case the Marquis does not give them anything.
"How are we going to survive in the countryside if he doesn't give you your allowance?" asks the frightened maid.
"Mandy, I'll know how to fix that, now we just have to get ready."
Valerian looks for a comfortable dress to go out in, even wearing a cloak, while the maid gathers all the jewels.
When they finish, Mandy quickly goes downstairs to ask for the carriage and Valerian comes down shortly after. At the foot of the stairs, the twins were there, ready to leave as well.
"Where are you going? As far as I know, we haven't invited you," Kenai mentions.
"What? I don't know what you're talking about, young Lacaster," replies Valerian. "Why would I want to go with you? The flower of society can't be near such a small thing." She looks the twins up and down.
Kenai is surprised by the way Valerian speaks to him, especially since she walks past him out of the house. He peeks out and sees her getting into a carriage used by the servants, surprising both him and Einar. They look at each other, but before either of them can say anything, Marlene arrives before them with a radiant smile, ready to leave.
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After a couple of hours traveling to the village, Valerian has finally arrived. Getting out of the carriage, Mandy guides her to a place where they can sell the jewels but explains that she must be careful not to get ripped off. Upon entering the place, she uses the hood of her cloak. Standing at the counter, she shows the jewels to the person in charge. He is fascinated by the sight of them, as they are jewels of good quality, but he has some doubts about their origin, assuring that he does not buy stolen jewels.
Valerian shows him her family insignia and says that she is only selling the jewels to buy new ones. After a couple of minutes, Valerian gets a large amount of money.
"You did well, miss. I was afraid that man was going to rip you off," she lets out a sigh of relief.
"I told you I knew what to do."
They both go to buy some sweets and go back to the carriage.
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