Chapter 40: A New Attendant (1)
Inside a garden full of crimson-red roses.
The lord of the place, Petra Liepherr, was lost in thought while looking at the cup of chrysanthemum tea in front of her.
Not a single strand of hair was out of place, with only a small sapphire hairpin adorning her head. Although she was once considered beautiful for her sharp eyes and well-defined features, she was no longer praised for her beauty by others.
It wasn’t that her appearance had changed, just that she had too many other titles that described her. A business genius, a meticulous administrator, and a ruthless being to her enemies and subordinates. Her eyes, once called “a beautiful pair of amber eyes,” were now called “the penetrating golden eyes,” instilling fear in many people.
Petra, not disliking the way others viewed, her, decided to let them be.
“Ruwan is struggling to procure sapphire source stones this year due to the western mines being almost depleted…”
