No matter what Lady Octavia might have felt about these words, after Brandon Heath had finished speaking, he simply walked away.
This time, even as Lady Octavia called to him, he did not stop in his tracks.
*
Lady Octavia returned home with a bellyful of anger and resentment.
Just as she was stepping into the hall, she heard Madam Heath exclaiming happily, "Stacy is the first child of Brandon's generation, and my first great-grandchild. Her Hundred Days Banquet must be held with great fanfare. We should invite all the celebrities of Closia to celebrate this occasion."
"By the way, Aria Rowlett, who spread the branches of the Heath family, has made a great contribution. We have to reward her properly."
"I think the house in the east is very nice, how about we give it to her as a reward? What do you think?"
The house in the east?
On hearing these words, Lady Octavia, who had just entered the hall, involuntarily paused, the fury in her chest surging up to the top of her head!
