The Woman From Hell

Chapter 1009

He did not talk to me again after that and concentrated on eating the wheat flour soup.

Of course, I was not going to start a conversation with him when he was eating, so I sat down on a chair and quietly watched him eat.

After a while, he looked up at me. His gaze sank slightly. "Was life hard when you were in Zenon?”

I froze and looked at him in surprise. "How did you know that I lived in Zenon?"

The man laughed. "How hard could it be for me to find out?"

After a pause, he continued, "I know that you have a sandalwood box, and since I want that box, I had to investigate you. Isn't it very normal for me to know these things?"

His words made sense, so I nodded and said, "Yes."

Seeing that he was merely staring at me without saying anything, I guessed he must be waiting for me t o reply to his earlier question.

Feeling a little helpless, I said, "How could life be hard? Although I wasn't leading a luxurious life, I had everything I needed. Besides, Zenon had a slow pace o f life and I always felt at peace when I was there. It's

way better than

on the bedside table. His gaze silently fell on my face.

t o answer him. I got up and said, "There's some soup left

narrowed his eyes and

Seeing that it was getting late,

at night,

regret

my lips and looked out the

always been just one answer to this question, and that was I

was awoken by the sound

up from the bed

a little, I remembered that the window of Jordan’s room was open, but I

figured he

take a look or I would

I came to

heard something falling on the floor from inside. It created

the door and walked into the bedroom to find the bedside lamp on. Jordan was