Chapter 23. Wendy

Luna's POV

“Miss Luna!” Estella exclaimed. “You’ve returned! “ Estella rushed over to me and welcomed me. Nana Sena was the next to come. They are the only ones here because I met grandfather Adelard outdoors gardening earlier. Because of the volume of Estella’s voice, it had been a little noisy earlier. The woman was the last to approach me.

“Where is Adonis?” I continue to ignore the lady in front of me and stare straight at Estella as if I don’t care who she is anymore. We’ll converse more than she does. I know Adonis is still in the office because it’s still early, but I’m not sure why I asked.

“Sir Adonis hasn’t returned yet. You know he’ll be returning home at night,” she remarked, and I felt like I wanted to be swallowed by dirt. Why did I ask her, knowing full well that she had an irrepressible mouth? I heard the woman standing behind me stifle her laughing. I raised an eyebrow as I stared at her. Is there anything amusing here? I’m tempted