She just stood there silently, like a petrified pillar, about 15 minutes later, outside the office, through a layer of doors, in front of the door, there was a light meal placed there. 

 There was a light knock on the door. The person outside did not say much, just softly reminded her, "You have to eat."


After that, there was no more sound.

In the room, the woman stood for a long time, not knowing how much time had passed, she raised her hand, opened the door, and bent down to pick up the lunch box placed in front of the door.

She softly said to the empty air: "Selma, thank you."


Only no one heard.

She went behind the desk, opened the lunch box, and ate slowly, bite by bite, not feeling any taste, no matter how fragrant the food was, it was as bland as water. She felt time passed very quickly, outside the window the sky was getting dark.


She looked at the clock, it was almost time to get off work, but she did not want to go back to that house.

Jerome did not call her all day, she thought, her threats in the morning, in the end, maybe they still had an effect, maybe they were afraid.

She looked over the pile of documents on the table again, in the end, there was no reason to delay the return time. 

She quietly left the company. 

The car was in the basement. She slowly entered the elevator and went to her floor. Standing outside the door, she looked at the closed door in front of her with a very complicated feeling.

She gently raised her hand, and gently placed it on her left chest, through a layer of clothes, she could still clearly feel, the irregular heartbeat in her chest hair. 

Opening the door, the room was pitch black, she breathed a sigh of relief…… it seemed that Jerome had taken him away. Immediately after, she felt a little empty in her heart. She quickly suppressed this empty feeling. 

Pressing the switch on the wall, warm light spread throughout the living room. 

She looked into the living room, there was no longer that person on the sofa, that person still liked to curl up on the sofa. 

Throwing her school bag down, she slowly walked towards the bedroom and turned on the bedroom light, there was no one in front of the bed. 

Turning around, she slowly walked out of the bedroom, and around to the balcony. On the balcony, there was only a pair of binoculars placed there. 

She couldn't help but reach out to touch it, the binoculars were cold, without any warmth. 

 She wanted to regain her current state of mind but found that her heart was feeling hazy and confused.

When she passed the living room again, bent down to the table, her footsteps suddenly stopped, it was a table full of food, she stood silently in front of the table, looked at it for a long time, she reached out, touched the bowl… cold, no longer had any warmth from last night.

That's right… he's gone, how could anyone reheat the food for her? That's right… he's gone.

"Good, he's finally gone." She said.

Picking up her chopsticks, she ate each bite of cold rice and soup.

The lights in the living room were still on, the lights in the bedroom, bathroom, and balcony, she turned on all the lights in the whole house, the warm light, spreading to every corner of the big house.

But she, frowning… always felt, as if something was missing.

 At night, the woman had trouble sleeping, and at midnight, the raindrops fell on the window frame, she tossed and turned, forcing herself to sleep many times.

She had been tossing and turning in bed many times, for a long time, but she still wasn't sleepy at all.

She took off the blanket on her body, walked barefoot on the floor, and angrily walked towards the window.

She put on her pajamas, walked barefoot to the living room, and turned on the TV. A children's program immediately caught her attention. Suddenly, she was stunned for a moment, and then she remembered that she hadn't watched TV for a long time. The TV in the living room was monopolized by that person.

She also followed that person's example, curled up on the sofa, and the screen was "Happy Sheep and Gray Wolf", she was staring blankly.

The wolf eats the sheep, this is the law of the jungle, she doubted her own thoughts, but couldn't help but think of that person, did he watch this every day?

A gentle knock on the door sounded outside.

 The woman's ears quickly perked up.

The sound of scratching on the door rang out, after listening for a long time, she was even more certain that she had not heard wrongly.

A thief?

As soon as she thought of this, she immediately denied it. At first, that person was willing to let her move out of Elise's house, he must have been very confident in the safety of this building.

She turned around and walked into the house.

The door was still wide open.

Without looking at the person behind her, not knowing if he followed her or not, she slowly walked in, holding clothes and towels from the bedroom. When she walked out, there was no one in the living room. She raised her head and saw that person still standing at the door, looking into the house, staring at her.

She quietly walked to the door, she stuffed the clothes and towels in her hand into that person's hand.

She turned around and returned to the room.

When she turned around, she saw that person receiving the clothes from her, for a moment, her eyes suddenly emitted a warm light.

 'Ashley, you're so good." Behind her, the other person's voice suddenly rang out.

She stopped at the bedroom door, her palm, silently holding it. 

Lowering her head, she walked into the room, no longer paying attention to the sounds outside. 

Closing the door, in a flash, she almost shed her protective layer, weakly leaning against the door. Milan, what do you want me to do? 

From beginning to end, the woman did not open her mouth to ask a single question, why did he appear at her door, why did he come back?