“Nancy, is everything okay? Your expression is disconcerting.”

Nancy quickly collected herself and turned around. “You misunderstood me. I just had a sudden facial twitch from the cold.”

Humphrey, trusting Nancy’s explanation, looked at the window, still wide open, and quickly wrapped his coat around Nancy’s slender frame to ward off the chill.

“Put this on. Mrs. Thomas is missing, and I’m going to join the search party. An additional person might speed up the process of finding her,” he said.

“You are not allowed to go,” Nancy immediately countered, her voice rising in sudden opposition.

Humphrey’s desire to go and find Millie was clear, but Nancy’s intense detestation for her made the situation complicated. The idea of him searching for Millie only added to her distress.

cold, and they would discover her lifeless body.

widened, caught off guard by her

mean, I’m concermed that you might catch a cold if you venture out there. There’s already a large search team, and one more person won’t make a significant difference,”

of shock, unable to shake off her sudden

voice softened as she said, “Why don’t you stay and watch TV with me

to find Nancy in such an affectionate mood, couldn’t resist her request

had been exhaustively searched, but there was still no sign of Millie. Marcus’ face was grim, his expression cold and fearsome, as if he were

usually unflappable personal secretary, dared not approach

anxiety grew. He had never seen Marcus like this before, and his heart was heavy with worry and

light from a flashlight caught everyone’s attention as someone cried out, “There’s something

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