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 than

table. His gaze silently fell on my face. "Do you regret choosing

I got up and said, "There's some soup

narrowed his eyes and shook

not talk much after that. Seeing that it was

at night,

regret

and looked out the

this question, and

through the night, I was awoken by the

up from the bed and turned

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

figured he most

had to go and take a look or I would be

out of bed and left the room. I

I heard something falling on the floor from

the bedroom to find the bedside lamp on. Jordan was