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"Duchess, what a shame. Deborah, why did you mention the pendant?" Katherine watched as Brenda feigned surprise, even embarrassment.

This had been her plan from the very start.

Her sister must be rolling in her grave because right now, Katherine was cursing her in every possible way.

How could a woman stoop so low for a man?

"Duchess, I’m so sorry, I only mentioned the pendant to my friend because, well, you… you believed it was a gift from the Duke for your anniversary, and, well, it turned out it wasn’t…" the shameless woman said with a guilty smile. "He had it made for someone else."

There was no need to specify who that someone was; it was obvious. The woman wearing the real one around her neck was not the rightful wife.

"It seems she liked it so much she had a fake one made. I imagine that with the noble’s pension the Duke gives her, she wouldn’t be able to afford something that valuable," one of the women behind Brenda murmured maliciously.

Katherine clenched her fists