Chapter 37

Several weeks had passed and yet, I still couldn’t forget what happened at the market when Alice Evergreen took me there. I saw Henry with another woman, and I felt like dying during that moment. If it wasn’t because of Jillian, I would surely succumb to loneliness, but she needed me, so I had no choice but to be stronger than my emotions.

When we got back at the shelter, I thought something bad had happened to everyone when the shelter was so silent. But it turned out that an unexpected guest came. His name was Alexander Frost and Alice Evergreen hated his presence at the shelter.

As soon as Alice got the chance, she dragged Alexander away from the women and scolded him, but he just chuckled, and confidently claimed that the shelter needed his presence from time to time. As they argued, I wondered about their relationship, but when I asked Alice about it, she claimed they were just friends. Gretchen also told me that Alexander and Alice have been friends for a long time, a