At first, I even thought I heard it all.

“How foolish it was to hope that the lie would not be revealed and your plan would work,” it seems, a mockery flickered in Delord's haughty voice. Not only did he baselessly accuse me of who knows what, he also considers me a fool who thought that she could get away with it all.

- What?! How dare you accuse me of this! - I hissed, belligerently straightening my shoulders to appear taller and stronger, - I didn’t come here for this at all! And I put on the uniform only because ...

All my confidence vanished as our eyes met....