Stolen Heart — Episode 9

Two dinners were delivered to the ancestral home. For two, sir? Did I stutter? No, sir.

Mr. Voss, a word. Then allow me to be direct. What's up? People are beginning to talk about you and Mr. Ashford.

About what? You and Mr. Ashford. You are being received as... I slept in a chair because he had a fever. It will still create a scandal.

Then perhaps the family should stop manufacturing appearances. If people are talking, tell them the truth. And what truth would that be? He brought me soup.

That answer will not quiet the rumors. Then stop feeding them. The family is under public pressure. The family is always under pressure.

It simply chooses who has to suffocate first. Come upstairs. Breakfast is getting cold. You ordered breakfast? For two. Rice, you disappeared after the announcement.

I stopped attending events where family news is just treated as entertainment. And yet here you are. Not alone.