Burn Me Once Burn With Me (Ruby Grayson) novel Chapter 622

One or two extra sets would be understandable, but four was suspicious.

Ruby glanced over. "Mira can have soup now."

"What about the other three?"

he pressed, determined to get to the bottom of it.

Ruby frowned at his persistence.

The moment Victor had confirmed it was Hanley at the door, she had sent him upstairs with the Domingo family to hide. But it had all been so rushed, and they hadn't dared to make too much noise, so they hadn't had time to clear the table.

Hanley's gaze was fixed intently on Ruby's face.

Ruby pressed her lips together, her tone dismissive. "Mr. Hanley, you're being rather nosy."

Her evasive response only deepened Hanley's suspicions.

But he didn't press further. Instead, he pushed aside the new set of tableware Pamela brought him. "I was so worried about you last night, I didn't sleep a wink. I don't have much of an appetite now."

As he spoke, his eyes drifted toward the staircase leading to the second floor. "Southgarde Estate... I haven't had a proper 'tour' of your place yet. Why don't you all go on and eat, and I'll just take a look around upstairs."

With that, he made a sudden move to stand up. Fanny's and Hayley's faces instantly tensed, and they shot Ruby a desperate look from the corner of their eyes.

"Of course, those place settings were for us."

Suddenly, the front door opened, and Garrison Cloud and Townsend Caldwell appeared on the threshold.

Townsend was the one who had spoken. The words were simple enough, but he delivered them with a smug, cheeky tone.

Garrison, dressed in an off-white suit, looked composed and gentlemanly in contrast to Townsend.

"Mr. Hanley, it's not very polite to barge in uninvited, you know."

He smiled, his eyes crinkling, but there was something unnerving about it, like a smiling tiger ready to pounce.

Hanley's brow furrowed, and he took an involuntary step back.

After all, these two were well-known figures.

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