Chapter 234

Theodore had left, and Lydia Bond didn't feel like staying any longer either. Davina liked 'well-mannered, gentle ladies'—she was just putting on an act for now and had zero interest in keeping up the show. Keeping up the perfect-lady routine? Yeah, no thanks—way too exhausting. No one knew Lydia better than her own mother. Mrs. Bond could tell right away her daughter was faking it. She wasn't mad about the lie; what ticked her off was that after all their effort, Theodore just got up and left without warning. That was plain rude. Sure, the Chambers family had power, but the Bonds weren't ones to mess with either. If they really wanted to stir things up, the Chambers family wouldn't get off easy. Fed up, and noticing her daughter was clearly done too, Mrs. Bond decided to leave. She kept it civil on the surface and said to Davina, "Mrs. Chambers, we won't take up any more of your time today. We'll be heading out now." Davina picked up on Mrs. Bond's displeasure, but since her son had i