From Slave To Queen (by Karyn Anderson) novel Chapter 296

me if you must.”

At this point, Willow dared not offer any excuses. She could only sob and beg Kelsey for mercy.

Kelsey merely wanted to teach Willow a lesson, she had no real intention of punishing her.

After all, the Osborne family still needed Willow’s resourcefulness to navigate their current predicament.

Seeing Willow finally yield, Kelsey let out a weary sigh. “I wasn’t trying to make things difficult for you, Willow. It’s just that the Osborne family is facing a real crisis right now.”

Kelsey’s sudden shift in tone left Willow utterly perplexed.

She stole a cautious glance at Kelsey, noticing her face clouded with worry and her brows deeply furrowed in distress.

Willow asked in a hushed tone, “May I ask what’s troubling you? Is there anything I can do to help?”

“Please get up,” Kelsey said gently. Willow hesitantly took a seat.

Kelsey gave her a long, troubled look before saying solemnly, “Michael has offended the Queen, and now Her Majesty is furious. Willow, do you have any

solution to this?”

Willow’s talents were exactly what the Queen valued.

The Queen had gained numerous valuable innovations from Willow. Papermaking, gunpowder, glassmaking, and other innovations, all of these earned the Queen a fortune.

The Queen saw Willow as her personal goldmine, naturally indulging her every whim.

Kelsey was no exception this time. She pinned all her hopes on Willow, desperately counting on her to devise a way to save the Osborne family from ruin.

Those so–called ways were really just ingenious ideas Willow came up with herself.

Willow let out a slow breath of relief. ‘As long as I’m still useful to the Osborne family and the Queen, Kelsey won’t dare cast me aside so easily,’ she

thought.

She hesitated, then turned to Kelsey and asked carefully, “May I ask what offense my husband has committed to make Her Majesty the Queen so enraged?”

Willow was no fool, she knew her tricks wouldn’t work forever. Her trump card would only be played as a last resort.

Kelsey caught Willow’s meaning immediately, it was clear Willow already had a solution in mind.

Kelsey said, “Athena has undermined the Queen’s interests, Her Majesty cannot let her live. But Michael…”

At this, Kelsey cast an apologetic glance at Willow. “Michael has been completely bewitched by Athena, he’s actually daring to defy Her Majesty the Queen for her. Isn’t he playing with fire, putting both his own future and the entire Osborne family at stake?”

A bitter ache twisted in Willow’s heart as she listened to Kelsey’s words.

Willow was both shocked and furious. Not only did Michael go to see Athena, but he even dared to defy the Queen for her.

Seeing the disappointment on Willow’s face, Kelsey instead comforted her, “Don’t take it too hard. Michael wouldn’t dare go too far. I called you back because only you can rein him in.

“Just give Michael a child or two, and he’l naturally stop looking elsewhere.”

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With red–rimmed eyes, Willow nodded to Kelsey. “I understand. But to appease Her Majesty the Queen, I’ll need your help to keep Michael from acting recklessly. If this happens again, I’m afraid the Queen won’t be so forgiving.”

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