“Hah, no worries!” He looked carefree. “You can still look for me if you want another walk next time…”

Before he finished, Kelly disappeared in the dark. Josiah widened his eyes, but he could only watch the frail white figure get farther away from him.

Zephyr told Cordelia discreetly, “I think Josiah’s fallen in love.”

Cordelia was feeding Ginger some cat food and failed to process what he said.

“He would too?”

“What kind of silly question is this?” Zephyr stroked her nose intimately. “Can’t Josiah enjoy the pleasure of romance?”

“Oh…” She murmured, “I see him being so close to Mr. Constable usually, so I thought he liked men!”

Zephyr’s eyes bulged, and he was at a loss for words.

“What’s in your little head even?”

Cordelia looked at him and grinned cheekily.

The next second, she hugged his arm and cuddled him. Her finger poked his chest playfully.

thinking… you’re so close to

what

her, tickling her. Cordelia almost choked from how ticklish she was. Just

felt his heart skip a beat. He could no

like Kelly had magic. Her eyes felt like a mysterious world that tempted him to

and felt their surroundings quieting down all of a sudden. It was like all the lights

coughs from the girl. It snapped Josiah out of his daze, and he removed his jacket to drape it on

“It’s okay…”

it around her. “Don’t you

licked her lips and looked

noises from the auction, and people were already

like it’s over,” said Josiah. “Uh… Let me send you home.

felt like a dream. Now that it

the unknown daughter of the Tanners. She did not know she could live until which day or if she would

servants looking for her could be heard from a distance. She stopped and looked back at

He gave her the

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He looked carefree. “You can still look for

disappeared in the dark. Josiah widened his eyes, but he could only watch the

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