Love Burned, She Rose Unscathed

The visitor was Murray's assistant.

He mentioned that Mr. Sherwood had left some crucial documents in his study and had sent him to retrieve them.

Given their importance to company secrets and the urgency, Beverley hurriedly led him to the study.

"Is this the one?"

Assistant: "Should be, yes."

"Great, better rush it over to Murray, then."

Millie dawdled her way towards the guest bedroom, pretending to casually pass by the two, when suddenly, she noticed the study door was ajar.

Looking around and finding the upstairs hallway eerily quiet, Beverley must have escorted the visitor downstairs by now.

With a sly glance, she gently pushed the door open...

The study boasted a Western-style L-shaped bookcase, crammed from top to bottom with neatly arranged files.

By the window stood a coffee table, topped with a set of walnut wood coffee service.

To the left, a light-colored solid wood desk harbored a pencil holder and a few scattered books.

than Sadie, who came in for cleaning on

expressly forbidden from

she

approached the desk

sheet from inside

knowing what it was but curious, she took a single page out and tucked it into the other document holder before rearranging everything to

echoed, "Sadie, where's Millie? Wasn't she just here? Where could she have run off

feeling a rush of panic, hurriedly left the study before Beverley

out her phone,

you say you were going to sunbathe? How

flashed a weak

and suddenly I just wasn't feeling it anymore. You know how we

en

barbed manner of speaking, annoying as it was, she chose not to make a big deal of

Millie just smirked.

that evening, Murray made a quick

went straight to the study to grab two sets of

Suddenly, his actions paused.

standardized document holders, they were printed by

paper used by these factories varied slightly in color; one

one on top and the lighter beneath,