Chapter 311
Seeing that it was getting late, Eliza stood up to take her leave
Nolan immediately rose to his feet and said, “Let me send you.
Elza thought he meant just to the door, but when she stepped outside, she realized her little carriage was gone, replaced by a larger. understated yet hoxurious one,
“I heard from the servants that one of your carriage wheels broke,” Nolan explained.
Eliza blinked in surprise. Huh? The wheel broke?”
She frowned slightly and thought. “That’s strange… I’m pretty sure everything was fine when I arrived.
Nolan remained calm, adding. “Yes, they tried to fix it, but it didn’t work out. So I went ahead and had them switch it o
“Alright.” Eliza replied, not thinking much of it.
out for this one”
She figured it probably got damaged when Lincoln had hijacked it earlier–maybe he’d crashed it somewhere.
Once seated in the new carriage. Eliza waved at Nolan and said, “Your Highness, there’s no need to see us off. You should head back. Well be on our way.
“Alright. I’ll come by tomorrow,” Nolan said.
Since they had already agreed that he would teach her martial arts, Nolan would visit her almost daily for the time being.
Eliza gave a small nod.Eliza Stonor
Sitting at the front of the carriage, Renee snapped the reins and began to drive the carriage away at a steady pace.
They had barely turned a corner down the street when a figure who had been waiting there rushed out and called out, “Your Grace“”
Grant ran over with a delighted grin, holding a delicate box in his hands,
He said, “Your Grace, here! This is a gift 1 prepared for you–it should be something very meaningful, so please, you must accept it!”
He placed the box directly on the front of the carriage, and before Eliza could say anything, Grant spun around and ran off, as if afraid shed reject it.
While running, he shouted, “It was a hat broken, so I had someone fix it! The craftsmanship isn’t great, so don’t hold it against me?
With that, he waved cheerfully before disappearing from Eliza’s view.
Lady Miss Eliza, this gift. Renee turned and asked from the front of the carriage.
Eliza sighed softly. “Well, he already gave it to me. Might as well keep it.”
She took the wooden box from Rence and brought it into the carriage.
As the carriage continued on. Eliza opened the palm–sized box–and the first thing she saw inside was an emerald hairpin, broken into several pieces
She blinked in surprise. “So this what Grant meant.
She reached out and picked up the hairpin The cracks were clear–it had been thrown, hard, and shattered into several pieces.
Whoever Grant had found to repair it didn’t do a great job
The lis was clumsy–possibly even deliberately so.
That thought made Eliza chuckle to herself
This hairpin had once meant a great deal to her.
It had been the engagement token between her and Caleb
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After their broken engagement at her coming–of–age ceremony, she’d turned the entire place upside down trying to find it—but it was nowhere to be seen.
Now, seeing it again suddenly brought back a memory: before the ceremony. Sophie had casually–and not so casually–hinted that the girl Caleb actually liked wasn’t her. Eliza, but Sophie.
That day, Eliza had already felt humiliated by Caleb. Then to hear Sophie’s smug and manipulative remarks afterward had pushed her over the edge. She had stormed off, hairpin in hand, and confronted Caleb about it.
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