He Stole Me From My Deadbeat Husband-Chapter 487

Everyone in the ballroom began whispering as they gossiped about Sarah Lancaster, the daughter of Earl Klaus Lancaster.

In their minds, Sarah was an ungrateful woman who didn’t seem to be in the mood to talk to such an amazing young Duke.

If only one of them had the chance to dance with the Duke, they would try to charm Henry as much as possible because a marriage with Duke Henry of York would change their life for the better.

Henry returned to Lord George’s side, and the old man warned, "Your hostility towards her is showing. You should be more careful."

"Pardon me, Sir. I’ll be more careful next time," Henry apologized. But you should know I have no intention of entertaining the idea of marrying her."

"I can see why you don’t like her," Lord George said. "I have enough experience to see she is one of those people who will do anything for her goal, even if it means harming others."

While Lord George decided not to bother with Henry’s problem, he still had to warn him again, "Gather enough evidence against her, and I will come with you to meet Klaus."

"Don’t worry, if things are going according to my plan, then I could find all the hard evidence alongside all the people who have worked with her in roughly six months," Henry said.

"That’s quite a long time. Are you sure you can contain her while searching for all the hard evidence?" Lord George asked.

"I’ve got tremendous help from my cousin, Vernon Phoenix Gray, to ensure we can limit Sarah’s movement. As long as she still uses all the facilities that her father gave her, she has no chance to escape," Henry said. "Six months is necessary because I want to make sure that sly rat will not slip away this time."

Lord George nodded. He was quite happy with how Henry seemed to be very decisive.

After all, becoming a Duke meant he had to make hard decisions, whether financially or politically.

**

This was the first time in her life that Sarah felt so unsafe. She, the noble lady who was always in control of everything, was scared of Henry, the foolish boy who was an obedient dog ten years ago.

It was unbelievable in Sarah’s mind, and she couldn’t accept that her chance to become a Duchess was close to zero now with the amount of hostility Henry had.

Sarah told her driver to return to her father’s mansion. She couldn’t wait to tell her father about everything... with a bit of favorable twists.

Sarah walked out of her car and acted as if her toes had been cut off. She writhed in pain as she approached her father, who sat alone in the living room with a dark expression.

’It seems that he is in a bad mood now. This is the best time to fish for sympathy. I can’t be the one on the losing side as long as I have my father’s support,’ Sarah thought.

Thus, she limped towards her father and sat on the sofa beside him. She leaned on her father’s arm and cried in pain, "Daddy, look at what Henry did to me!"

Sarah lifted her leg to show her swollen toes.

Klaus glanced at his daughter’s swollen toes but said nothing, which aggravated Sarah, who expected her father to start asking many questions about her well-being like he always did.

"Don’t you see this, Dad? This is what happened when you sent me to come to the party! That man attacked me!"

"By crushing your toes?" Klaus asked.

"Yes! Ugh, what a vile bastard!" Sarah pouted. "Dad, why don’t you look upset? Don’t you love me? You should be angry that that man has hurt your daughter!" she demanded even more.

Klaus went silent for a while. Though he looked calm, there was a brewing storm deep in his heart.

"I just got a call from my old friend, George. He apologized for what happened. Henry tried to dance with you, but you seemed pissy, which got him nervous, so Henry accidentally stepped on your toes," Klaus said. "I thought you were the one who wished to be the Duchess, so I pushed you to meet him. But look at what you did right now. Do you know how disrespectful you are, Sarah?"

Sarah was shocked by what her father said.

Pissy?

Nervous?

What the fuck was this?!

"Dad, you know that I’m always well-mannered! Everyone knows that! Why would I intentionally look pissy in front of him? Henry is the one who intentionally stepped on my toes!" Sarah yelled at her father.

She understood the situation was severe, which might lead to her father’s annoyance. She was already at enough of a disadvantage since she got heavily surveilled by Vernon and Henry, so she couldn’t lose her father’s support!

"Then do you think my old friend is lying?"

"Of course, that old man is lying!" Sarah got worked up. She had been frustrated for so long because so many things went out of control, and to control her father was the least she could do. "That old man must’ve been pressured by Henry to say those words because that bastard hates me!"

"Hates you?" Klaus frowned. "What did you do, Sarah? How could Henry hate you when he was in love with you before?"

"Ah—"Sarah was speechless as she accidentally misspoke. "T—That woman, Katherine, has been poisoning his mind. She keeps painting me as the bad woman in front of Henry, and Henry is a weak-minded man. He gets influenced by that mistress of his..."

"Mistress, huh?" Klaus’ brows relaxed a bit after getting the explanation he needed. "I still don’t think my old friend will lie to me, and I know he has integrity and honesty. That’s why we became long-time friends and business colleagues."

Klaus leaned on the sofa and glanced at Sarah’s swollen toe, "You should get that treated. Don’t worry, I’ll handle this problem. But remember, this is the last time I’m covering for you, Sarah. You are a mature lady and should act like one in public."