Back in the master bedroom, Matthew could not stand the smell on himself, so he decided to take a shower before bed.

Meanwhile, Lucy went straight to bed from exhaustion. She had already gone to bed later than usual that night, but her sleep got interrupted too.

When Matthew got out of the shower, he saw that Lucy was already asleep, so he quietly turned off the lights and lay down beside her, holding her close as he drifted off to sleep.

...

Early the next morning, Matthew and Lucy got up to start their day.

Lucy cautiously opened the guest room door and saw that Hudson and Koven were still sleeping. Not wanting to disturb them, she headed to the kitchen to prepare breakfast for them. Meanwhile, Matthew went to the study to grab a book and settled down in the living room to read.

Lucy decided to make a simple breakfast of eggs, bread, and milk.

faces almost touching. Startled by the sight before him, he quickly shook Koven awake. Annoyed by the shaking, Koven

and neither was it Hudson's. Looking around the unfamiliar

kidnapped or something?" Koven asked

called him to pick us up yesterday. I don't know what happened after that, but I'm sure this

a pair of slippers before heading

out and saw Matthew sitting in the first-floor living room. Lucy was

noises, Matthew turned to look at them, and

come and eat. Upon

Matthew threw the newspaper onto the table and walked to the

break the awkward tension, Lucy said, "Let's eat before it gets cold Mr. Xender, Koven, both of you

them quickly nodded and

look at Matthew, who was eating silently with an ominous expression. He did

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