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.

forget

I’m exhausted.

We should sleep.”

her words, the room darkened as the lights were

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

taken its toll on him, especially with

had pushed him away, denying him even a

What a wretched feeling!

exhaled a deep,

etched

he wrapped two heavy military coats around

on

been up and about

to get some

seething with frustration and finding no outlet for

to decide if

too tired to

head to

and, seemingly without any worries, drifted off

snores soon filled the

heavily, silently enduring the solitude and swallowing the bitterness of spending another night without

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