Chapter 56. Deal!

As she was immersed in myriad thoughts, brainstorming on how to "deal" with Flora, the thorn in her eye, there was a knock at the door once more.

Her eyes lit up brightly: "Have you returned?"

Yet the man who entered from the outside was not the one she had been longing for.

"Winky?" Selena frowned: "Why are you here? How many times have I told you not to appear before me unless you've been summoned!"

Her mood was already fraught, and Winky's uninvited presence only aggravated her further.

Noting her interrogative tone, Winky deflated, sighing heavily.

His long scar, stretching from his forehead, twitched.

"But I... Miss, I can't help but care for you and the child!" Winky had been Selena's shadow for years.

Being abruptly dismissed now, he could hardly bear it.

Selena's brows furrowed further, her voice raising: "Didn't I already give you money? Go! The farther, the better! I don't need you anymore! Go quickly!"

She hadn't