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The Shepherds grimaced at the Vanderwoods’ taunting, but they dared not retort. In the end, they fledthe hall in shame.

Much like the rumors suggested, the Shepherds had resorted to underhanded ways to call off Charlie’sengagement to Wynter.

They had chosen Yvette as the ideal wife for Charlie, believing that only an heiress who was bothlearned and cultured could be good enough to marry into the Shepherd family. As such, the betrothalwas made very early on with the Shepherd’s future glory in mind.

However, the Shepherds never expected Charlie to be betrothed to an imposter, or for that imposter tohave come from such a powerful@@novelbin@@

background.

To make matters worse, the Shepherds hadn’t discovered the latter part until after the engagement hadbeen called off.