"What is it?" Brand saw the look on her face. "If you have something to say, just say it, Miss Knight. I've heard of your reputation, so I won't lump you together with certain people."
"Miss Delphine volunteered to go there herself. Lord Veronica also doesn't know about what happened between you and her—I only noticed it later by accident. I just didn't expect her to be so resolute. In fact, this is all my fault; for something this important I shouldn't have harbored any wishful thinking." Laurena sighed and answered, sounding a little self-reproachful.
Brand immediately became curious. "So, you're saying you know what this is about?" He truly couldn't help being curious; anyone who was inexplicably targeted by a woman acting like a madwoman would feel creeped out. In fact, even now, whenever he thought of Delphine's hateful gaze he still felt deeply uncomfortable.
