Maria held her breath in the middle of her throat, as she looked at Adrian, who held the look of interrogation on his face as he stared back at the old housekeeper.
“Well…? Care to tell me what you were doing?” Adrian did not beat around the bush and directly popped the question to Maria.
She began fidgeting her gaze, roaming her eyes everywhere, but except on to Adrian’s face where she feared that if she looked at his face, he might be able to capture her gaze and extract the truth out of her.
“Oh… I… I was waiting for someone to come downstairs… since… umm… Junior Master Jared had prohibited everyone from going upstairs and…”
“Why were you waiting for someone to come down?” Adrian cut her off, wanting an explanation over Maria’s presence near the staircase.
“Oh… I wanted to know if
