A Beautiful Misunderstanding

In a panic, Essie covered herself with a towel and asked, "How did you get in?" She distinctly remembered locking the door.

"I have the key." Zac smiled mischievously. Then he came over to her and took her into his arms. Feeling the cold temperature of her body, he paused and asked, "Are you cold?"

After getting wet in the rain, how could she not feel cold?

"Let go of me. I need to change my clothes." She tried to push him away as hard as she could but she ended up grunting in pain. She had accidentally pulled on her injured knee after putting in all her strength to push him.

It was not until then that Zac noticed that her knees were still bleeding. He guided her towards the bed and helped her sit down. From the corner of his eyes, he caught a glimpse of the wet clothes on the floor. He frowned and asked, "What happened?"

"I got wet in the rain when I went to see the Epiphyllum, and I fell on the ground on my way back," Essie said in a casual tone.

Zac stroked her head tenderly then took out the first aid kit and disinfected her wound before applying some medicine.

Once he was done, he asked Jane to cook some ginger soup to help Essie get warm.

Jane turned around and was just about to leave when Essie stopped her. "Please cook a little extra and send a bowl of soup to Miss Valery as well," she said.

"Yes, my lady." Jane nodded and walked out.

Zac asked casually after hearing what Essie said to Jane. She pouted as she said, "Don't worry. She was in the pavilion, so she

a smile, Zac pulled her into his arms and

overthinks that kind of thing." She didn't love him. How could she

their room with a bowl of ginger soup in

you given some to Miss

stand the smell of ginger, so she asked me to throw it away," Jane answered. She felt that serving

Jane to bring the other bowl of ginger soup to her as well. She drank all the soup herself as

Zac let her take a hot bath. When she returned to bed, all she wanted was to sleep

night, so he quietly took her in his arms and let her have

she wasn't able to sleep well at all. The more time they spent together, the more she seemed to rely on him. She couldn't let herself get used to that. After all, he wasn't

was a quiet night, but Sage's shouting in the middle of the night

rain earlier that day, and on top of that, she refused to drink the ginger soup Essie gave her to dispel

called the doctor immediately and asked him

wasn't allowed to take any medicine, the

catch a cold all of a

blame to Essie. She glared at her and said, "We asked her to fetch an umbrella and a blanket, but she took so long and the cold wind kept blowing on our miss. She must have done it deliberately. She hoped that Miss Valery would catch a cold and the

wife got totally soaked from the rain and ended up scratching her knees because these two made her fetch an umbrella from the main house for them. And in spite of that, they weren't showing her any gratitude and were even trying to make her look like the bad guy. It seemed like I didn't teach this rat a good enough lesson last time. I should have cut off her tongue so that

was furious, she quickly