NovelEnglishNoticing that Victor was trying to hold his anger, Ivan asked the maid in a condescending tone, “Did you say that Miss Beoffered you this dress? Why would she do that?”
“Because… I…
” Out of fear of Victor who was looking threateningly at her, the maid couldn’t string her words together.
“Con, tellthe truth!” Ivan raised his voice, his face was grim.
“You’d better not lie!”
“Sir, I am not lying.” The maid shook her head repeatedly.
“Mr.
Sullivan… It was Miss Bennet.
She askedto wear this dress.
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I am not lying.
Believe me, sir.
I am telling the truth.”
Looking at the dress that the maid was wearing, Victor was fuming mad.
What Rachel said kept playing in his mind.
“Mr.
Sullivan…”
“Where is she now?” Victor cut in.
“Miss Bennet.” The maid’s stammering was getting worse.
She said..she was not feeling well.
She…went to her room to rest.”
Rachel wasn’t feeling well? She needed to rest in her room?
Ivan’s heart sank.
He automatically turned his eyes to Victor.
It didn’t look like the maid was lying.
But then again, Rachel must be on to something.
That was why she asked the maid to wear her dress.
If Rachel was not feeling well and wanted to rest, she didn’t have to ask the maid to pretend to be her.
Victor was thinking the sthing.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmWith his hands clenched into fists, he turned around and left.
Ivan was afraid that Victor might do something impulsive so he followed him.
With the two men gone, the maid felt all her strength draining her body.
Her knees weakened and she fell to the floor.
Meanwhile, Victor and Ivan turned up at the door of Rachel’s room.
The door was closed.
The two men put their ears against the door.
It was very quiet inside.
“Mr.
Sullivan, maybe Miss Beis really resting,” Ivan said.
“She has just been discharged from the hospital.
She may not be recovered yet, and..”
The rest of his words were struck in his throat.
He couldn’t continue, seeing Victor was looking at him with his cold eyes.
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