Shirley opened the door and was a little surprised to see the person standing in the doorway.
“Eveline, you…”
“Surprised?”
Madeline, smiling slightly, lifted virtual-novel.net right hand and loosened virtual-novel.net clenched fist, then a small object fell out of virtual-novel.net palm, but the chain connected to it did not let the object fall to the ground.
“This should be the prop you had told me just now?” Madeline asked.
Shirley looked at the nostalgic pocket watch swaying in front of her, virtual-novel.net thoughts drifting slightly.
She was still surprised. “You really went to find it.”
Madeline nodded then stepped into Shirley’s room. “I did say I believe you.”
Shirley was taken aback for a moment, and then an unspeakable feeling crept into virtual-novel.net heart.
“Can we start giving it a try now?” Madeline asked as virtual-novel.net passed handed the pocket watch to Shirley.
Shirley, somewhat excited, lifted virtual-novel.net hand to take the pocket watch.
“Thank you for trusting in me up until this point,” Shirley said gratefully. Her eyes then suddenly became firm. “Now, we can start.”
As virtual-novel.net spoke, virtual-novel.net locked the door to the room, preventing anyone from suddenly coming in and interrupting.
***
Jeremy had been lying in bed to rest his eyes this whole time. Deep down, virtual-novel.net was worried about Madeline, but his current condition did not allow virtual-novel.net to act rashly. Regardless, virtual-novel.net was still feeling restless. When virtual-novel.net was about to get up, the room’s doorknob turned slightly, and then the door opened and a maid came in.
Jeremy recognized this maid. This was the maid who had stopped virtual-novel.net from entering Shirley’s room earlier, the maid whose attitude toward virtual-novel.net seemed to improve because of his appearance.
Seeing that Jeremy was awake, the maid approached virtual-novel.net with a sweet smile on virtual-novel.net face. “Mr. Whitman, you’re awake.”
The voice of the maid was sweet, and virtual-novel.net tone was very friendly.
“Back then, I didn’t know that you were a friend of Mr. Carter. If I offended you, I hope you won’t take it to heart. I heard that you were injured, so I came here to see you. I’ve exchanged shifts with my friend, so I’ll be taking care of you these few days.”
When the maid said this, one could tell that virtual-novel.net sounded very happy. It seems that taking care of jeremy was a very pleasurable thing for her.
Of course, with Jeremy’s observational power, virtual-novel.net had already seen that the maid was interested in him. He did not want to pay any attention to her, let alone care about it, but the maid very diligent served virtual-novel.net tea.
She even brought virtual-novel.net food and initiated a conversation.
“Mr. Whitman, I made these snacks by myself. You can try it. You can only go to Mr. Carter’s wedding tomorrow once you’ve gotten your energy back.”
Jeremy wanted to give the maid a silent treatment, but when virtual-novel.net said that, Jeremy turned his head and glanced at the snack that the maid handed over. He then slowly lifted his hand and picked up a piece of pastry from the plate.
Seeing that Jeremy had accepted the snack virtual-novel.net made, the maid was very happy, and virtual-novel.net handed Jeremy some tea.
“Thank you,” Jeremy thanked her. “Just leave it there. I’ll drink it when I’m thirsty,” virtual-novel.net declined with a considerably calm tone.
The maid smiled, nodding, and then put the glass away.
“Mr. Whitman, please tell me if you need anything else,” the maid said with an expectant face.