As Selena had found out that Ellen lived alone, scaring her was a fatal move. She planned to continue sending people to harass Ellen at night, rendering her unable to live in peace by keeping her on high alert at all times.

In the long run, any sane person would eventually lose their mind. Selena was on the verge of insanity as well. It had been two days since she was humiliated by Charlie, and she had spent those two days living in pain and resentment. She detested Ellen. After all, she was treated like this because of Ellen, and she vowed to make her life miserable.

At dawn, Jared had already changed into his sportswear and was waiting for Ellen to arise in the living room. Recently, they’d begun jogging together, as if they had formed a tacit understanding between them. To him, jogging wasn’t important-being with Ellen was.

Usually, she would get up at half past seven, but when he waited outside her door until it was half past eight and did not hear any signs of her waking up, he couldn’t help but feel a trace of worry. Did she fall sick?

In the end, he decided to knock on her door, and he soon heard footsteps inside. Instantly, the door opened to reveal Ellen with her hair down and her forehead coated in a cold sweat, standing by the doorway with an ashen face. From the looks of it, it was clear that she had not slept well at all.

“What’s wrong? Did you have a nightmare?” he asked in concern. Ellen nodded and apologized, “Yeah. I don’t think I can go jogging today. I want to rest a bit. longer. Is that all right?”

her forehead. After seeing that she did not have a fever, he assured her in a gentle voice, “Go ahead and rest! I’ll go make

intending to tell him what she encountered last night as she felt

she went back to sleep, she felt much more reinvigorated when she reawakened at eleven o’clock. Subsequently,

at home, leisurely spending her time taking care of the cat and plants. Every afternoon at three, Jared would order a different set of afternoon tea desserts for her accompanied

at a restaurant nearby. “Tell me, what nightmare did you have last night?”

I just thought of something scary,” Ellen lied, not wanting to bring up the grotesque pictures to him on such

she felt her stomach churning and covered her mouth with a hand, losing

off about her, Jared handed her a

her head. “It’s nothing.

expected, she was unable to continue eating after looking at

and the two watched documentaries on the couch in the living room. Ellen enjoyed watching historical documentaries, and so did Jared. But right now,

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