'Only if I were stupid'
The accusation hung in the air like a dark cloud, suffocating Arabella with its implications. She felt a surge of defiance rising within her, but before she could respond, Eleonor's words cut through the silence like a knife. "Do not think I haven't noticed how you've been acting lately. So sweet and submissive," Eleonor sneered, her tone dripping with contempt. "What are you planning? Do you want Mason to start loving you?"
Arabella's breath caught in her throat, her hands trembling with suppressed rage as she met Eleonor's gaze head-on.
"What nonsense, Eleonor," she spat, her voice tinged with defiance.
"You want to have Mason by your side! I know it. So you can turn him against me," Eleonor accused, her words a twisted dagger aimed at Arabella's heart. "Do n
