Jeanette the Genius: Defying My Evil Stepmother by Starting a Business with My Ride-or-Die Fiancé! Volume 2 [Complete] by Miyako Miyano

Author:Miyako Miyano
Language: eng
Format: epub

In the end, Claus had returned to the Guivarch estate. Jeanette had gotten through a lot of her work, and right as things were slowing down, Gideon approached her with a perplexed expression. “Jeanette, you have a guest.”

“A guest? Who is it?”

“Well... It’s Ariel.”

“Ariel?” Jeanette’s eyes grew wide. “I wonder if something happened? Oh, but this is perfect timing.” She had been meaning to inform her stepfamily about her father, and she was curious whether Leila was doing well. She started to request that Ariel be let in immediately, and that Sara prepare tea. “Sara, could you please make some tea? And Gideon, please bring Ariel—”

“Actually... Ariel said she wishes to speak with you outside. It seems she doesn’t wish for your conversation to be overheard,” Gideon said.

“Outside?” Jeanette echoed, exchanging a look with Sara. Why is that? And why does it matter if someone overhears us? Could it be that something happened to mother after all...?

“Milady, I will accompany you!” Sara declared, resolutely approaching Jeanette.

“No, it’s fine,” Jeanette responded, gently reining the maid in. “If Ariel doesn’t want anyone else to hear this, then I’ll go by myself.”

“But for her to ask you something like this out of nowhere... Isn’t it suspicious?!”

Seeing Sara act as if she were dealing with someone of dubious character, Jeanette laughed. “It’s just Ariel. I don’t think she’ll kill me, so it’s fine.”

“The range of things you’re willing to allow is way too big!!! Please be on your guard for anything else she might do!”

Eventually, Jeanette managed to persuade the vigilant Sara to let her go, and stepped outside by herself. She surveyed her surroundings and spotted Ariel standing on a street corner a considerable distance away.

“Ariel, what is it?” Jeanette asked as she approached her.

For some reason, Ariel jolted at the sound of her voice. She seemed unwell, and she was so pale that she looked on the verge of collapsing. “Jeanette...”

“Are you okay? You don’t look well. Oh no, are you sick?!” Jeanette fretted with concern.

The trembling Ariel shook her head. “I... I’m fine.”

She doesn’t seem fine at all! Jeanette thought, stepping closer to her stepsister.

As she did, Ariel very quietly whispered, “Sister, I’m sorry...”

Right at that moment, several men emerged from the alleyway and grabbed Jeanette, putting her in a full nelson hold.

“Ah?!” Before Jeanette could make any other sound, one of the men clamped his hand over her mouth, and they began dragging her into the darkness.

Why would you do this, Ariel?! Jeanette thought in a panic, but her voice was muffled and she couldn’t say a word. Ariel! Tell me! Ariel...!!!

Soon enough, the men forced her into a carriage that stopped by, bound her hands and legs, put a blindfold over her eyes, and gagged her mouth. From what Jeanette could tell, the men boarded the carriage along with Ariel.

But Ariel didn’t utter a single word, and the coach rattled into movement.

***

The carriage kept going, though Jeanette didn’t know where. Eventually, it came to a halt, and the men violently dragged her out.

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