“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.

likely succumbed to the cold, and they would discover her lifeless body. Still, Nancy’s refusal to

caught off guard by her

already a large search team, and one more

shake off

watch TV with me for a while? We haven’t

in such an affectionate mood, couldn’t resist her request and replied, “Okay, I’ll watch TV

no sign of Millie. Marcus’ face

unflappable personal secretary, dared not approach him

seen Marcus like this before, and his heart was heavy with worry

someone cried out, “There’s something in this

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