The Woman From Hell

"Ms. Lane is an honored guest of Mr. Hodds. She isn't someone you can meet as you like." The man at the door looked difficult to deal with.

"Unless Mrs. Grant comes out and tells us that herself, how are we supposed to know if you're stopping her from coming out?"

Looking at Keith's righteous appearance at this moment, I simply thought he was ridiculous.

I knew he had been working with Theo and was his confidant, so he was surely involved in helping Theo to contact Alex. Perhaps he even knew all the details.

What I found ridiculous was that he even helped Theo by coming over and demanding to see me, looking not even remotely guilty about it. I was truly impressed. "Mrs. Grant is resting upstairs. It's inconvenient for me to interrupt her. If you want to seek her opinion, then please contact her yourself."

The man standing at the door had his hands behind his back, his expression blank.

I stood in the distance watching everything unfold with a heart as dead as a pool of stagnant water.

I saw Theo's figure from afar yet did not feel a stir in my heart.

Back then, I hoped he would have eyes for me alone. Right now, I hoped he would never see me.

A split second later, the phone in my pocket started vibrating. I knew it was

Keith's call without taking a look.

my phone, not even wanting to spare a glance

his head in disappointment and turning to look

worried that he would notice me hiding in the

across the corner where I was. He merely

he straightened his back, my phone started vibrating once

screen. There was still

'Ms. Lane."

suddenly rang

you don't wish to see them, you can ask

understood what he meant. After a long silence, I turned around. "There must be a back door

from the side door. I did not want to see what was going on at the entrance nor listen

I had

I chose to

the saying went, out

mind.

had come over for an examination

the window to look out at the night view outside the

I had switched my phone to silent. When I picked it up, there were already hundreds of missed calls from

my phone rang once more. I was startled