You gotta give it to these FLs. Their stupidity is lower than the Mariana Trench.
Back then she was forced to act like she's cherished in public, she probably still feared the count more than anything
Why would anyone believe her? The Count had spent years building a reputation for loving her as his own. So if she suddenly said "he's abusing me and selling me off" it would not make any sense to anyone.
Better not to look like you're a liar for sympathy and just be someone who wants money.
All she had to do was tell the whole truth of her situation in the carriage. My adopted dad wants the money back he put into me so I need 100k. If I don't he's going to sell me to an old fucker. She gone reincarnate and do the exact same thing