CHAPTER 25
LEILA’S POV
The silence in the room was deafening, and not a single person was breathing. My gaze was completely fixed on Lady Diane’s face; the emotions that passed through her were boldly displayed on her pretty face. Confusion, shock, denial, anger, rage, and more rage. I could feel it oozing out of her. Then her eye color changed, and her palm smacked me hard across the face; my head hit the floor, and I saw stars.
“How dare you lie to me?!” she roared. “You stupid, worthless b***h!”
My hand reached for my forehead, fingers touching the blood oozing out of it. Then I felt her grab my hair and drag me across the floor, past the veil at the arched entrance.
“Guards!” she yelled, and immediately, the two guards at the door walked into the room. “Take her down to the dun
