Chapter 44 Midnight Attack (2)_1
The house was fully furnished with brand new, high-end furniture. A semi-circular staircase curved up to the second floor. From the upper hall, one could oversee the entire layout of the first-floor hall. Indoor greenery was placed in just the right spots, and paintings by famous artists, each of significant value, adorned the walls. From all this, Julia Bluen could tell that Glades Horne had put a lot of thought into decorating this place.
As she approached the sofa and reached out to dust it off, Glades’s low voice rose beside her. "Someone comes to clean daily. It’s very clean, absolutely spotless."
Turning her head, she locked eyes with his now slightly eased handsome features and asked with concern, "Can you tell me now?"
Glades looked at her too, their eyes meeting.
"I threw the ’flower pest’ out of the Horne Family’s gates."
Uh? What’s going on? Julia thought. Hadn’t he told her to ignore Orlando Evans? Why would he take action himself...?
"She, she didn’t... um, try to seduce you, did she?" After a moment, Julia Bluen cautiously glanced at him. As soon as her words fell, Glades’s expression darkened. She inhaled sharply, realizing she had guessed correctly. Immediately, she became furious. "How could that Orlando Evans be so shameless? But I’m not surprised. She dared to lure you into the Courtyard at my place, not to mention finding an excuse to stay at your house..." Julia Bluen had to stop herself, catching Glades’s suddenly piercing glance.
"Stay at ’our house’; clearly, she hasn’t given up her lecherous intentions, planning to overpower you—I didn’t expect it to actually be so. You haven’t been compromised, have you?" By the end, Julia’s eyes had become sharp as razors, scanning Glades, trying to ascertain if he had been tainted by the ’flower pest’.