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qAs the thought of a potential opportunity to escape crossed her mind, Francesca replied to Norah, “Anything's fine with me. You can pick any gown or jewelry.”

“That's great. I'll arrange for a stylist right away.” With that, Norah scurried off to get in touch with other household staff.

Francesca gobbled up the delicious lunch before preparing to take a nap. She mumbled, “I want to sleep for a bit. Wake me up a little later.”

“Sure. I'll wake you up at three. You still need to shower and do makeup and get dressed for the banquet.”

“Hmm.”

Francesca flipped over and hugged a pillow, falling asleep quickly.

Norah shook her head and smiled to herself. She reminded the maids to move around quietly so they would not disturb Francesca.

A short while later, Francesca's phone began vibrating under her pillow. She fumbled for it annoyedly and saw that it was a call from Anthony. She answered it, and he asked, “Where are you, Francesca?”

“What's up?” Francesca growled softly.

“I'm worried about those metal pieces in your brain, so I'm calling to remind you to go for surgery soon. You're a doctor, and you know better than anyone else how serious the situation is. You can't delay it any further.”

Francesca replied flatly, “I know.”

Francesca hardly considered the metal pieces a complex issue, and she would

back of her head.

over the past two days, though

prioritized the health of her patients, yet

Anthony's timely reminder, she might have forgotten all about the metal pieces

thoughts, she remained silent for a good long while, prompting Anthony to

and said, “I know it's urgent. I'll

as he demanded, “Did he lock

you think of? I

“But—”

“That's enough. Let's

rubbed her temples, which throbbed in

his nose? Plus, these banquets are always tightly guarded. I should drop the idea instead of banking on false hope. Still, I could get to know new people at these banquets. Maybe someone like Eva could bring me away from the castle. Then, I'll have a better shot at escaping. That has got to be better than sitting around idly! This

her room door as Francesca mulled over her escape plan. “Are you

You may

yawned and crawled out of

a few maids and stylists, ready to assist her during her bath

Francesca a headache. She declared, “Don't trouble yourselves.

“But-”