Of course, Natalie purposefully moved a table over to the door and blocked it to prevent Sean from breaking in during the middle of the night.

That way, she would immediately be alerted if someone wanted to force his or her way in.

Fortunately, the night passed peacefully without anyone attempting to break in. She slept very well and was invigorated when she woke up.

Just then, a knock sounded on the door.

Dropping her hands that she had placed at her waist while stretching, Natalie cast a wary look at the door. “Who is it?”

“It's time for breakfast, madam.” The housekeeper's voice sounded outside the door.

Natalie breathed a sigh of relief. “Got it. I'll be there in a bit.”

Phew! I thought it was Sean again!

“All right. Please hurry then, madam. I'll be going downstairs first,” the housekeeper replied.

Natalie grunted in response.

Shortly after, she heard the housekeeper's footsteps fading away.

Flipping the covers, she went over to the floor-to-ceiling windows and pulled open the curtains for a look. She wanted to see whether there was a ship, helicopter, or the like outside.

it might

was as calm as ever, as was the sky. There wasn't even a seabird in view, let alone

matter of time. The most important thing I've got to do now is to help him keep

pondering about it, she took a deep

she changed and went

an array of clothes in the wardrobe in the

a doubt, it was Sean who prepared

loathing toward him, she couldn't bring herself to wear the same clothes all the time due to hygiene reasons. Besides, she felt that those clothes would

was sweeping the floor. The instant she caught

detested that address, so she reflexively frowned. Yet, she

change that address. Hence, there was

for breakfast, madam.” The housekeeper made a sweeping

in acknowledgment.

the way ahead while she

in the dining room, Sean wasn't there. Jacqueline

and looking down at her phone at something or other, her

interested in whatever she was looking at, Natalie was very much interested in the cell

the thing she wanted most then. As long as she had a cell phone, she

figure out a way to get a cell phone from either Jacqueline

slightly as

away her thoughts, lest Jacqueline discerned them. That would be

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