Before she approached him, she saw him as her only hope.
But when he rejected her, it was so ruthless and thorough.
Moreover, he wasn't just lashing out at her; he truly didn't help her at all.
Even though she initially thought that he was angry at her and that's why he refused to help, after eavesdropping on his conversation with Yannick Luther tonight, she understood everything.
Perhaps, ever since the scandal about him and Joanna Lawrence broke, he had already fallen for Joanna.
No smoke without fire.
She should have realized back then that those scandals could not have been mere rumors.
"Rebecca, don't bother entertaining such thoughts anymore," Lady Patrice watched Rebecca's face grow increasingly pale and advised with pity, "I've inquired about Mrs. Parkins' son already. He is a good, honest man with no scandalous affairs."
