Chapter 2586

Nathan, sitting against the wall, listened intently.

He could hear Hilda and Lucinda conversing in the next room.

“Lucinda, when Mr.

Payne arrived today, he seemed more perturbed than Mr.

Shaw ever did.

The way he looked at you today-it was troubling.

He might be speaking the truth.”

Nathan paid close attention, eager to gauge Lucinda’s response.

After a brief pause, Lucinda’s soft voice drifted from inside the room.

“None of them can be trusted.

They’re all too good at pretending.

just forget it,

I’m exhausted.

We should sleep.”

the room darkened

of light that had peeked through the doorframe vanished, and Nathan’s face

toll on him, especially

her, she had pushed him away, denying him even a simple

What a wretched feeling!

exhaled a

etched on

he wrapped two heavy military coats around

on it,

up and

get some

frustration and finding no outlet for it,

to decide if I sleep

to argue, simply

I’ll head

down and, seemingly without any worries, drifted off to

filled

and swallowing the bitterness of spending another night without his

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