After raising her arm and stopping herself several times, Vicky returned to her room.
The next day, Vicky came downstairs for breakfast as usual.
After finishing her meal, she picked up her bag to leave.
However, while changing her shoes, she noticed a pair of neatly arranged black leather shoes at the
entrance and realized that Tyler might still be in the mansion.
She turned to the maid who was cleaning the living room and asked, âHas Tyler left?â
The maid usually met Tyler when she came over to prepare breakfast, but he was nowhere to be seen
that day. âI havenât seen Mister Hart today. He should still be here,â she said truthfully.
Recently, Tyler had been leaving early to avoid Vicky. Thus, she was curious as to why he had not left.
âIs he so hungover that he canât get up?â she thought bitterly.
She ordered herself not to dwell on it and went to the studio to start work.
At noon, Vicky, Cece, and Jennifer went to the restaurant together for lunch. As they ate, they chatted
about various topics.
âVicky, did Aurora contact you today?â Cece asked.
âNo. Why?â Vicky inquired.
Cece and Jennifer awkwardly exchanged glances.
Jennifer recounted what happened after Vicky left yesterday. âAfter you and Harvey left, we all went to
the karaoke room. Noah and Aurora both love cats and had a lot to talk about, so they added each
other as friends on social media. After becoming friends, Noah realized that the cat Aurora found was
the one he lost. He was certain that Aurora was a cat thief, and they got into a heated argument.â
Vicky raised an eyebrow. âIs it really the same cat? Black cats look quite similar, so can he be
mistaken?â
âI said the same thing at the time, but Noah was sure that he wouldnât mistake his own cat. Aurora got
angry when she heard that and thought Noah was a cat-abusing pervert.
When she found the cat, it had many wounds and a broken hind leg. The vet said it had been subjected
to abuse.
Aurora believed that the cat ran away because it couldnât bear the mistreatment. She thought a grown
man like Noah mustâve had some malicious intent for keeping so many cats.â
Noah had more than one cat, and he was also a cat enthusiast who posted photos of his cats on social
media, though not as frequently as Aurora.
Jennifer sighed. âNoah insisted that Aurora stole his cat and threatened to report her to the police.
Aurora, in turn, said sheâd expose Noah as a cat-abusing pervert on social mediaâ¦â
The birthday banquet ended with a quarrel between the two.
Despite this, neither Aurora nor Noah called Vicky as they could tell Vicky was not feeling her best and
did not want to trouble her.
Amused, Vicky said, Noah and Aurora arenât that kind of people. Itâs probably a misunderstanding. I will
call them later and ask them out so that they can talk it out.â
The three chatted when suddenly, Vickyâs phone rang.
The smile on her face faded when she saw Harryâs name on the screen, and she suddenly realized that
she was irritated over Tyler precisely because Harry kept updating her about what Tyler was doing.
Instead of answering the call, she hung up without hesitation.
However, a minute later, Harry called again.
Frustrated, Vicky turned her phone off.
âVicky, who was that?â Cece asked.