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

better

and put the bowl on the bedside table. His gaze silently fell on my face. "Do

was stunned by the question and did not know how t o answer him. I got up and said, "There's some soup left in

narrowed his eyes and shook his head, saying,

talk much after that. Seeing that it was getting late, I returned to my own

at night,

I regret

and

had always been just one answer to this question, and that was I had never regretted

the night, I was

up from the bed and

calmed down a little, I remembered that the window of Jordan’s room was open, but I could not

figured he most probably

and take a look or I would

got out of bed and left the room. I came to Jordan's room and knocked on

I heard something falling on the floor from inside. It created a

door and walked into the bedroom to find the bedside lamp on. Jordan was not i