"She is so confident. Can it be that she is indeed innocent?"
"I wonder why people find it hard that a woman can also have money using the righteous means. Must it always be men who should be rich while women struggle?"
"I wonder too, but that's society for you."
"I am also curious about what kind of business she does."
"Who cares? I just want to see if that ugly girl will swear easily the way our pretty lady did!"
"I am curious too."
Eliza, at that moment, was panicking as what she feared was exactly what was happening.
A confident person was always the hardest to win against. And that foreboding feeling she was having seemed to be getting fulfilled.
However, since she had already stepped into the pit she had dug, there was no turning back for her.
And since she didn't believe in any gods or deities, Eliza wasn't scared of offending anyone or anything.
"I swear by the_"