The New Duchess
Chapter 27: End 1

Grace opened the three boxes, this time Ai was completely shocked by the contents. The jewelry was really beautiful and luxurious.

“ wah, beautiful once” guman Ai admires the jewelry in front of her.

“ all this I found in the mistress room, tuan” said Grace who stood back to the three jewels.

Axton manages his hunting breath, how he copes with this problem. This evidence is so powerful as to make Grace's speech all right. Believe me not believe all this jewelry is in sight.

“ are you sure this is all found in my room?” Ai asked in a flat tone. Ai played a bit of a charade, this has come to a climax. The solution must be on target.

Grace nodded weakly answering her mistress question. Grace acted pretentiously scared and guilty by her speech. Axton was still silent digesting such a shocking incident.

“ do you want to explain all this Duchess?”  Axton asked after thinking of a few suitable sentences.

“ I don't know why this pile of jewelry is in my room, maybe there is someone who entered it “ replied Ai intended to offend Grace.

“ what do you mean by someone entering it?” Axton is very interested in the words of Ai. Grace was a little scared if her plan failed. He scratched his non-itchy nape.

“ yes there may be someone who wants to throw me out, ranging from financial books that I never knew, to the existence of a pile of this jewelry in my room. Isn't this too obvious for a liar” Ai to continue to issue his argument, now it's his turn to herd Axton's oponi.

Axton realized that all of Ai's explanations were indeed considered correct, this problem was so clearly cornered Ai. But he also has no evidence to escape from all this.

“ do you have any proof with your saying?” Axton is trying to be more objective now lest he lose his little wife.

“ em, it doesn't seem to be “ replied Ai lightly, Axton's forehead puckered hearing Ai's unreasonable answer.

“ but I have a witness” just now Axton wants to express his annoyance, his wife's follow-up sentence makes him calmer. But not with Grace, he thought hard what all this time he left a trace. Grace was absolutely certain that her plan was so clean.

“ witnesses, who?” Grace who was starting to get scared just asked Ai.

Looking at the anxious Grace, Ai raised the corner of her lips slightly. Grace did not expect that Ai could do something like this.

“ that worker, the man who came with you while carrying these boxes ” replied Ai lightly. Cold sweat started to form on Grace's forehead. How not the worker who helped him was none other than the man who put all that in his mistress' room.

‘ ouch, what if she opens her mouth’ Inner Grace squeezes the end of her dress.

The atmosphere became so tense, obviously this problem was so electrifying the entire house. Some servants accidentally went upstairs, they peeked and stole what happened in the master's study.

“ tell me did you put the boxes in my room?” ai asked directly at her point, she stood up while pointing at the worker.

The man's eyes bulged with fear, glimpsed by Grace who looked anxious.

“ quickly, tell me you put this city-box 2 days ago” Ai plainly said it. He no longer plays pleasantries.

“ t, no mistress. I don't know anything related to those boxes” replied the working man. Grace's eyes glared at him giving a sign that she had to hide the truth.

“ mistress, didn't you yourself ask her to take the jewelry 5 days ago?” Grace changed her plan. After thinking if Grace kept this a secret herself, it was likely that the gatekeeper would have leaked it all, so all was left to her mistress. In an unexpected situation like this made Grace in a fog to strengthen her plan.

“ ah yes, I was indeed assigned a mistress to take the jewelry. Did the mistress forget?”  said the working man that Grace had coded to follow her plan.

The two men decided to take down their mistress. The man did not want to lose his job so was forced to join in slandering Ai. Though in his heart this working man did not have to make the mistress who had been kind to him guilty like this. But circumstances forced him to choose a path like this.

Axton's gaze was so sharp on Ai. There was almost hope that could make his wife free. Now an increasing number of witnesses who helped incriminate Ai's position. Axton breathed a rough breath, why is it so hard to believe this truth. Now his anger can no longer be contained.

“ are you trying to lie Duchess?” Axton lightly massaged his forehead. The longer the more makes his wife can not avoid this problem. Axton was so worried about this.

“ no! It was obvious that the two of them were lying. I never told this man to take these jewels, after all ,”

“ stop! Until when do you keep dodging. All this is pretty clear” Axton raised his voice. It even made the whole room shocked to hear it.

“ is there still not enough evidence and this witness? “ advanced axton with breath hunting. Grace cheered cheerfully in heart. Soon his plan to get rid of Ai will succeed.

“ aren't you ashamed of your actions? Is it hard to tell me directly if you want to buy jewelry. Why hide like this? Does this have anything to do with you planning a business with that snot guy?” Axton really can't manage his emotions. Ai was instantly silent. All the words he heard were so heartbreaking. Really he did not expect that Axton would be this angry. More like that snapping question made Ai want to cry right then and there. But she didn't want Grace to see her weakness.

“ yes, I was born poor without a complete family. Get used to hanging out with men even living in a place that suits men. But you can't just demean me like this. I assure you Duke Wellington, I didn't take a dime of your money. And you if I told you to. Which store did you pick up?” Ai wanted to solve this problem immediately. He couldn't possibly directly bring the shopkeeper to testify, this strong evidence should be laid at the right time. Otherwise Grace would have easily dodged it.

“ reply !” Axton fell silent, only this time seeing Ai become another figure who was firm and hard.