The Scarred Queen's Rise (Athena) novel Chapter 528

Chapter 528

Thus she ordered her servant, “Go tell Lady Willow to get her ass back here immediately, or she can forget about ever setting foot in the Osborne family again.”

Kelsey, still seething, added sharply, “Tell her every single word, exactly as I said it, right to her face!”

‘The audacity of that woman, trying to manipulate my son!‘ she seethed inwardly.

Kelsey, unable to vent her anger on Fletcher, unleashed all her fury on Willow instead.

Willow may have held the title of the Osborne family’s mistress, but in Kelsey’s view, she had no sense whatsoever.

Despite being married, she frequently returned to her parents‘ home, this visit already stretching beyond ten days.

It made Kelsey question her motives.

The servant, seeing Kelsey was beside herself with rage, immediately rushed to the duke’s estate to deliver the message.

Willow had also been on edge these past few days, her heart in constant turmoil.

All this time she’d been staying at the Osborne estate, Michael hadn’t shown his face, not even once. It broke her heart:

Nona skipped in cheerfully from outside. “Lady Willow, someone from the Osborne family is here!”

“Really?” Willow’s face lit up with sudden joy as she sprang to her feet.

Nona nodded vigorously. “The messenger is waiting in the main hall.”

Willow’s eyes lit up with hope as she eagerly asked, “Who is it? Is Michael here too?”

“It’s just a servant,” Nona reported, though she found it odd. “He says he’s here to deliver a message.”

If Michael truly intended to fetch Willow himself, he wouldn’t send only a lowly servant.

Nona couldn’t help but wonder whether he was testing the waters.

Willow had been staying at the duke’s estate for days, and Nona was nearly frantic with worry.

She still couldn’t come up with a decent excuse to get Lady Willow back to the Osborne manor.

Seeing her chance, Nona tried to coax her. “Lady Willow, the Marquis must have sent a servant to make amends because he’s worried about you. Who knows, maybe he’s already back at the manor with a special surprise waiting for you!”

All Willow needed was an excuse, a way to return with dignity. Even if Michael didn’t show up himself, she could still use that as her chance to go back.

Nona’s words struck right at Willow’s heart, exactly what she wanted to hear.

Willow straightened her back and, feigning reluctance, declared, “Were it not for my lord’s sincere intentions, I would never agree to see him.

“Yes, Lady Willow! Once you’re back, you simply must make Lord Michael apologize properly!” Nona knew just how to sweet–talk, feeding Willow only what she longed to hear.

Willow and Nona made their way from the rear courtyard to the main hall. Sure enough, just as they had expected, the servant from the Osborne family was already there, waiting for them.

By the time Willow arrived at the main hall, her mother, Eloise, was already there.

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Eloise winked at Willow and said, “See? Michael must be worried sick, that’s why he sent someone to fetch you!”

Willow smirked at Eloise. “Mother always knows best.”

When the two entered the hall; Eloise maintained her dignified air as she asked the servant, “Did Lord Michael send you to fetch Lady Willow?”

The servant, recalling Kelsey’s words, shuffled forward a couple of steps, visibly uneasy. “Begging your pardon, Lady Eloise, but it wasn’t Lord Michael

who sent me.”

Eloise looked shocked. “If it wasn’t Lord Michael, then who sent you?”

The servant swallowed hard, stammering nervously, “It… it was Lady Kelsey…”

“Out with it! What’s with all this hemming and hawing?” Willow was beside herself with impatience. To her dismay, it wasn’t Michael who’d come to fetch

her.

Willow was desperate to know what Kelsey wanted to tell her.

Startled by Willow’s sharp command, the servant, clearly flustered, had no choice but to relay Kelsey’s exact words. “Lady Keley said, “You’d better get your ass back here immediately, or don’t even think about ever setting foot in the Osborne family again.“”

At these words, both Eloise and Willow turned deathly pale with shock.

Such an outright insult stripped Willow of all dignity.

Willow’s eyes welled up with angry tears as she choked out, “What utter nonsense! How could Lady Kelsey ever say such things to me?”

The servant flinched and had no choice but to reveal the truth. “It’s because of Lord Michael, he left the city with the Viscountess and hasn’t returned to the manor for several days.”

The servant wasn’t privy to all the facts, but he knew the whole mess started because of Athena, so he spilled everything to Willow.

At those words, rage overtook Willow. Her vision blurred, and she nearly collapsed from sheer fury.