Chapter 155

"Ms. Lloyd, it's me, Orson."

"What's up?" Sylvia asked, trying to suppress the pain.

"My boss wants to see you."

To see her? For what? To witness the aftermath of his rendezvous with Bridget?

Sylvia couldn't hold back her anger, blurting out, "I'm already off the clock, tell him to visit me when he's free. Maybe he should focus on keeping his own house in order, maybe have a couple more of those energy-boosting smoothies." With that, she flopped back onto her bed.

Outside, Orson stood confused by the rejection and had no choice but to head to the makeshift study Bailey had arranged for Rupert.

"Mr. Garcia, Ms. Lloyd says she's gone to sleep."

"And you believe that hogwash?"

Rupert sat by the window on a solid oak armchair, legs crossed, one hand propping his chin, the other flipping through a contract. "Well...she might be genuinely tired, but she still seems to care about you," Orson ventured.

"Oh?"

That was a surprise. She cared about him?

held a grudge against him for sending Warren for a business trip. Orson stepped forward, reporting faithfully, "She advised you to drink more

eyes gleamed

"Energy-boosting smoothies...huh."

...

to her room by the

Bridget and Freya to know she was hurt, so she pretended to have a bit of a cold and cough, asking the servants to bring

her burns,

food; she barely managed a few

misty mountains

serene Thankfully, after the brief commotion next door, all was quiet, or she couldn't have enjoyed even a moment of

in the beauty when suddenly, the lights

dark could fully set in, Bridget's scream from next door truly startled her. "Rupert! Rupert! I'm so

shout snapped Sylvia back to

mountains was different from the city's. Here, it was pitch black, as if

way in the dark

person, Sylvia fumbled over slowly to the door. When she opened it, Christine and Freya were already standing in the hallway spooked

You scared me, Sylvia?" Christine

Sylvia emerged

out suddenly," Christine said,

Bridget's voice, dripping with coquettish

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