Why the heroine became the villainess?

CHAPTER V: REVELATION

"She coped up easily calling me by Zeke only. It felt nice having a friend.", he smiled to his own notion. "Well, I would like to talk to the other young nobles here by my own self, and I think you should also attend to your other audience today. I don't want to burden you much of my presence, Lady Beatrice"

"You are not a burden at all, Zeke. Please don't feel that way. And yes, you are right about the other audience...", she shook her head and hesitantly replied.

Zeke noticed the uneasiness on the face of the lady. He furrowed his brows seeing the hesitant and strange behavior of the lady in front of him. He tried to deny the idea that the lady wanted to take solely his attention, just like the other ladies towards him. I hope not so.

Then, she continued with a smile, "...but I can't let you be as you are the young heir of the duke. It is my obligation to check that you've enjoyed this tea party."

Not letting his disbelief to surface, Zeke is definitely stupefied. "Is she trying to say that she'll stay with me until the party ended? But how about the idea of making more friends? Did I get it wrong about her?", "I understand your concern, Lady Beatrice, but it is also your obligation as the one who is hosting this event to take care of the other attendees.", he calmly and composedly replied.

"But—"

"I am really alright, Lady Beatrice. You can enjoy yourself with the other young girls here", and after saying that he smiled languidly and turned his back to her, and walked towards to the table where the young male nobles are.

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Splash. Slap.

A juice was thrown to Lady Florence Woodse from Baron Woodse family and followed by a heavy slap that turned the cheeks of the lady to red tomato.

"How dare you to say that, whom here I am, the host of this tea party?"

"I am sorry, Lady Beatrice. It just a slipped of a tongue.", crying replied by Lady Woodse while holding her slapped cheeks.

"A slipped of---", shouting, Lady Beatrice was trailed off.

"What is happening here, Lady Beatrice?", Zeke asked immediately when he reached the commotion.

"Zeke, this girl here is saying non-sense.", she angrily yelled.

"Non-sense? Then, will you let me know what non-sense is that that you are talking about for you to throw your drinks towards the lady...", he stopped. "And I can see from her face that you even slapped her?", Zeke seriously and calmly questioned Lady Beatrice.

"Your way of questioning Zeke seems that I am the one at fault here. That lady started it all.", she grumbled while pointing to Lady Woodse.

"Lady Beatrice, I am just asking the details of the situation. Thus, will you let me help to understand it.", with serious face, he calmly pleaded.

"....This woman here saying that she likes you, and she even concluded that you, Zeke, also might feel the same way towards her when you just first met her here, and that is absurd. Is it not? How a lowly lady like her approached you, a very esteemed high ranking you, with those kinds of delusions?", she angrily explained.

Zeke was shocked by the reasoning came out from Lady Beatrice. Undisputable, it is true that it is an absurd idea that he might like a person who he just only met once, but the actions inflicted by the lady is preposterous as she was not by any position to unsavorily act like that towards Lady Woodse. With disbelief, Zeke found himself befuddled in a short moment, because of the sudden evinced of Lady Beatrice's real personality.