Chapter 123

• "How dare you speak so offensively about me behind my back, when you don't even know me?" Roshene confronted angrily, surprising both gentlemen with her sudden intrusion into the study.
• Maximilien glared at her.
• "I see that someone here, besides being a social climber, is also rude," the chestnut-haired man asserted with disgust. "Aaah, don't tell me that in addition to the multiple flaws you already have, we must also add to the list that you are also a woman lacking in education. Did they not teach you that private conversations are precisely that, PRIVATE?" he added reproachfully.