The Lady Nun Vows Revenge - Chapter 487: Chapter 487

Caleb, of course, would mind. It was poison that would cause him excruciating pain, making life unbearable.
Already unsteady on his feet, Caleb watched in terror as Matthew approached him with the poison. He staggered backward in fear. "Don't come closer."
"Matthew, I'm your cousin, Sophie's husband. We're family now. Why are you treating me like this?" Caleb pleaded.
"Do you still remember you're Sophie's husband?" Matthew stood in front of Caleb, looking at him coldly. "As Sophie's husband, you should be accompanying her on visits. What are you doing here instead of being with Sophie?"
Caleb felt his thoughts were exposed, and his heart raced with panic. "I was just taking a walk," he muttered, his eyes darting around.
Matthew and Anthony saw through his lie instantly. They had known about Caleb's disgusting intentions from the beginning. They didn't expect that even after marrying Sophie, Caleb still had designs on Eliza.
"Just taking a walk?" Matthew laughed angrily. He raised his hand, holding the vial, and suddenly swung a punch at Caleb's face without mercy.
The punch nearly knocked Caleb's jaw off. He fell to the ground, tumbling comically.
"Ah, please stop. I know I'm wrong, Matthew. I really know I'm wrong. I won't come here again." Caleb begged.
Caleb was beaten by Matthew, already bruised and with a broken leg, and now Matthew was hitting him again. Every part of his body ached.
Caleb regretted coming to the Duke's estate. If he'd known coming back with Sophie would turn into this nightmare, he would've stayed far, far away. 'Cousins? Uncles? They're all madmen. I'll never come to the Duke's estate again,' he thought.
Anthony had vented his anger, and Matthew wanted to as well. After he finished, Caleb was lying on the ground, half-dead. Matthew opened the vial, grabbed Caleb's chin, and was about to force the poison into his mouth.
Caleb struggled desperately, but he was no match for Matthew with his injuries. As the vial of poison neared his lips, a shout stopped them. "Stop! What are you doing?"
It wasn't Gabriel or Sophie who came, but Benedict, carrying a bouquet of roses to Eliza's courtyard. He had come to drop off a few roses for Eliza and witnessed Anthony attacking Caleb.
"Benedict? What are you doing here?" Matthew and Anthony were surprised by Benedict's sudden appearance.
Caleb seized the opportunity to cry out, "Benedict, save me. They're trying to poison me, to kill me."
Benedict's face showed shock. He rushed forward and snatched the vial from Matthew's hand, smashing it on the ground just as Matthew had done before. This time, the vial contained real, bubbling, corrosive poison.
Benedict said, "Are you mad? Why are you trying to kill Caleb? He's Aunt Adeline's child, Sophie's husband. If you kill him, what will happen to Adeline and Sophie?
"Moreover, if he dies, both of you will have to pay with your lives, and even the entire Duke's estate will be implicated."
Benedict couldn't believe that Matthew and Anthony would be so bold as to kill someone in their home, especially Caleb.
Matthew tried to explain, "We're not trying to kill him. Just make him keep quiet and ensure he doesn't bully Sophie when he goes back."
Benedict found this even more absurd. He knew Matthew and Anthony doted on Sophie, but he didn't expect them to go to such extremes for her sake.
Caleb was the only child of Adeline and Dale. Gabriel's breaking of Caleb's leg had already caused a rift between the Duke's estate and the Marquis's estate.
Had it not been for Sophie's scheming and Caleb's genuine affection for her, insisting on marrying her despite everything, she, a bastard child, wouldn't have been worthy of marrying into the Marquis's estate in the first place.
Caleb had treated Sophie with kindness and consideration. Yet Matthew and Anthony seemed to think that Caleb bullied Sophie.
Caleb clung to Benedict's leg and wept uncontrollably. "No, Benedict, it's not true. They really want to kill me. I've been so good to Sophie, but they just think I'll bully her. That's why they want to kill me."
Caleb truly regretted everything. 'Sophie? Eliza? If I'm going to be poisoned to death because of them, I'd rather not marry either of them at all,' he wondered.
Caleb was the rightful heir to the Marquis's estate, and many women would have been eager to marry him.
Yet here he was, marrying a bastard child, giving Sophie a high status, showering her with expensive wedding gifts, and constantly defending her in front of his mother and father.
'I've been so good to her, but because I accompanied her on this visit, my leg, which had a chance of recovery, was broken again. I almost lost my life at the Duke's estate, all because of Sophie,' Caleb thought to himself.
A certain emotion was gradually taking root in Caleb's heart. However, because his crying was so heart-wrenching, no one noticed it.
"Benedict, I know you're the best. Let me go. I want to go back to the Marquis's estate. I want to go home. I never want to come to the Duke's estate again," Caleb said.
Benedict sighed. "Caleb, we let you down today. You're in no condition to return to the Marquis's estate directly. I'll call a doctor for you first, and then bring Father and Sophie here. Later, I'll send someone to the Marquis's estate to fetch your parents. We'll deal with this properly when they arrive and figure out how to make it up to you."
Benedict then instructed the servants to split into three groups to fetch the necessary people.