imagen was starte in her apology. There were no pretense of reluctance,
rbera was a little surprised.
Although their past conflicts were indeed unpleasant, they had never caused Felicia any real ham tilven Imogen’s genuine attitude, Felicia naturally wouldn’t bold a grudge
Could it be that she realized she had been betrayed?
What intrigued Felicia mone was <b>how </b>Imogen suddenly came to her senses, Col |
After some thought, Felicia asked, “Ms Russell, you must have seen it by how, right? About Arclide and Johanna.<b>” </b>
Imagen forced a smile, feeling even more sorrowful inside.
Felicia had only been in the Russell residence for two days and hadn’t even interacted much with Archie or johanna, yet she had seen through their dirty little secrets so <b>easily</b><b>. </b>And she, the one most <b>involved</b>, had only just woken up to the truth.
Imogen nodded and replied, “Yes, I <b>saw </b>it with my <b>own </b>eyes. Felicia, thank you. If it weren’t for your medicine, I might still be kept in the dark.” “You’re wee,” <b>Felicia </b>replied.
She thought to herself, “I was paid full price for the <b>treatment</b>, after all. Consider this extra information a bonus.”
Felicia said, “Lactually only found outst night. I was nning to get you to take the medicine today so that you could see the truth for yourself. But it seems you’ve already figured it out. In a way, it’s better this way. <b>Wounds </b>only heal when the discharge from the infection is drained. So, I should actually congratte
<b>YOUL </b>
Felicia blinked yfully, her voice gentle and melodic. Her words struck <b>a </b><b>chord </b>in Imogen’s heart.
“Thank you” Imogen smiled radiantly.
The two of them tell into conversation and, before long, hadpletely forgotten about Stephan.
Stephan clicked his tongue but remained seated with his legs stretched outzily. His fingers reached out to gently hook Felicia’s, ying with them absentmindedly. His hand was then promptly swatted away with a <b>sharp </b>smack
Undeterred, he tried again–<b>only </b>to have his hand swatted away once more.
Finally, Stephan tumed his attention to Imogen<b>, </b>but before he could say anything, she gave him a swift kick. Forget it.
Giving up. Stephan sprawled on the lounge chair, resigned to waiting for them to finish their chat.
After a long while, Imogen and Felicia finally wrapped up their conversations
<i>It </i>was bess
better that he stayed out of this.
Felicia nned to excuse herself and give them some space<b>, </b>so she offered, “I’ll leave you two to talk I’ll take a walk outside.”
“No need.”
*No need!”
Stephan and Imogen spoke in unison and, without hesitation, reached out–one grabbed Felicia’s left arm while the other clutched her w “We’re all family now. There’s no need to leave.”
rwrist.
Stephan patted the seat next to him, gesturing for Felicia to sit down
Before she could refuse, he gave her alight tug, pulling her onto the couch. As shended, he slipped <b>a </b>small dish into her hands. It was filled with neatly peeled <b>grapes</b>.
That morning. Felicia had casually remarked that if Stephan had <b>so </b>much energy, he might as well peel some grapes for her<b>. </b>She never expected him to actually spend the entire morning doing just that.