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Standing up, she walked her great-granduncle and Solomon out of the manor.
Beatrice also decided to leave. Initially, she had planned to speak with Sophie. But since the older woman had stayed silent while the Jaffe family gave Sophie a hard time, Beatrice didn’t have the nerve to say anything now. So, she would act like she hadn’t come today.
The Jaffe family remained rooted in place, seemingly unable to accept this outcome.
Sophie was suddenly the legitimate daughter of a duke, and her husband could even inherit the title. This was unprecedented. How was it possible for someone with a different surname to inherit the title? But the king’s edict was clear-it was permissible.
If Blake hadn’t divorced Sophie, he could have inherited the title. This unexpected wealth and glory had slipped through their fingers.
After everything they had done, the Jaffe family had gained nothing. They hadn’t even secured a penny of Sophie’s dowry.
While they were frozen in place, Sophie returned to her room.
Lily, Holly, and the other maids had packed everything neatly. Lulu was also with them. Sophie hadn’t. allowed them to accompany her earlier, instead instructing them to stay behind to pack.
“The dowry items include many tables and cabinets that we can’t move right now. We’ll send someone to take them away tomorrow,” Holly said.
“That’s right. Even if it’s a spittoon, we must take it with us. Don’t leave anything for them!” Lily said vehemently.
Sophie nodded. “Let’s go back to Northwatch Estate!”
Her dowry had included two carriages. After loading everything onto them, a servant hired two more carriages. They departed from Valor Estate in a grand procession.
Everyone from the Jaffe family hid in the main hall, none of them daring to come out to try and stop Sophie from leaving.
The king had issued a divorce edict, severing the connection between Sophie and the Jaffe family. Moreover, she was now a duke’s daughter and had the queen dowager’s support. The Jaffe family couldn’t afford to offend her.
After a while, Jonathan quietly said, “Actually, this was a very good match. Sophie would have been a great daughter-in-law. It’s just that our family wasn’t lucky enough to have such a match come to fruition.
“Blake, what do you see in Freya? How is she better than Sophie?” Amelia asked, looking at her brother-
in-law.
Blake opened his mouth, but then remembered the letter he received from Freya before he divorced Sophie. He couldn’t find a single word to say. Instead, he recalled Sophie’s indifferent remark about how he wasn’t as honorable as he claimed to be.
Amelia sighed. “Even after Freya joins our family, I’m afraid we still won’t be able to call Sebastian over to treat Mom. Also, I doubt Freya will care for Mom like Sophie did. She used to sleep in the same room as Mom because she was afraid Mom might fall ill at night.”
“Was she really so attentive?” asked Blake, unwilling to admit his disappointment. “Maybe she was just pretending.”
“If she was pretending, she did a good job of it. I hope Freya can learn a thing or two from Sophie,” Amelia said with some annoyance.
She was irritated because she didn’t think Freya would take care of Rebecca. That meant it would fall to Amelia to care for the older woman.
“No, Freya will also care for Mom after she marries into our family,” Blake declared firmly.
“We’ll see,” Amelia replied.
A displeased Serena remarked, “Amelia, why are you saying these things now? If you like Sophie so much, why don’t you leave with her?”
Amelia glanced lightly at her younger sister-in-law and said, “Sophie treated me well. Many of my clothes and jewelry were gifts from her. Is there anything wrong with me speaking up for her? Unlike some people who take so much from others and then badmouth them.”
Having said that, she ignored Serena’s dark expression and walked away.
Amelia was upset. She was now in charge of a household that had no money or goods to their name. Despite that, they would still have to spend a lot of money on Rebecca’s medicine, as well as sell the remaining shops they owned to afford the engagement gifts for Freya.
The Jaffe family was truly as poor as could be.
In the evening, Freya had someone tell Blake to meet her by the lake. As they walked, Blake remained silent.
Freya was still unaware of the situation. She had expected him to explain the divorce voluntarily when they met up. But to her surprise, he didn’t say a single word. Also, there were scratches on his face, as if a cat had clawed him.
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After walking for a while, she stopped and couldn’t help but ask, “Did you divorce her? Did you her dowry?”
As the dusk gently illuminated Freya’s somewhat tanned face, Blake suddenly thought of Sophie’s bright and beautiful face. His heart twinged with pain.
Seeing how Blake remained silent with a pained look, Freya couldn’t help but get angry.
“You didn’t deduct it? Didn’t I ask someone to send you a letter, telling you to deduct half of her dowry? The Jaffe family has minimal funds left. If you didn’t keep some of her dowry, how are we supposed to live in the future?”
Blake looked at her and replied, “But that was her dowry. It didn’t belong to me, and it wasn’t something i earned. Freya, are you marrying me just to avoid the hardships of life?”
“That’s not what I meant.” Freya turned away, not wanting him to see the calculating glint in her eyes. “I was only hoping that we could focus on making military achievements together rather than worrying about money.”
“If we live frugally, we’ll get by. It’s not like my family is destitute,” Blake said.
Freya turned back to him and asked, “So, you really didn’t deduct it? She took all of her dowry?”
Seeing the disappointment and anger in Freya’s eyes, Blake suddenly felt a chill in his heart, as well as a sense of bleakness.
“When it came time to sign the divorce papers, a royal edict arrived. It turns out Sophie had already gone to the palace earlier to seek an edict for divorce. From the beginning, she planned to get a divorce and had no intention of sharing her position as my wife with you,” Blake explained.
“What?”
“She said it wasn’t something worth doing.”
Freya scoffed. “Not worth doing? Did she really say that? I didn’t even mind it, but she actually said it wasn’t worth sharing the position with me? Hah! That’s utterly ridiculous. Who does she think she is?” Blake flatly added, “Today, His Majesty’s edict posthumously elevated the Marquis of Northwatch to the Duke of Northwatch, and the title is hereditary for three generations. She is now the daughter of a duke. Her future husband can inherit the title, or she can adopt and nurture an heir from a collateral branch of the Devin family to inherit the title.”
Freya was dumbfounded. “What? How could His Majesty issue such an edict? Her future husband can inherit the title? How is that possible? Doesn’t this mean…”
Didn’t that mean Sophie was now highly desirable?
Initially, it didn’t matter whether Blake unilaterally divorced Sophie or if they mutually agreed to a divorce. Either way, Sophie would still have been an abandoned woman. Even if someone did want to marry her in the future, it wouldn’t be anyone from a respectable family.
But now, things were different. The king had given Sophie a great way out.
Marrying her meant inheriting the title of a duke and everything that came with it, so it was likely that noble families in the capital would flock to her.
But why? Something like this had never happened before. Why would the king set such a precedent for her?
“Freya, she knows how to fight!” Blake exclaimed.