She reached out and picked up the military uniform, the clothes she had already washed, and ironed flat. At this moment, they were once again pristine and neat.
She caressed the epaulettes on the shoulder, the golden badge with four stars. As her fingers touched it, it felt incredibly hard, as if it were a branding iron seared onto her heart...
One day, she would definitely return this uniform to him. Even if he didn't lack for one, she had to return it...
...
The news that Emily Stone had stayed in the marshal's room for a night spread throughout the marshal's mansion on the same day, and the servants gossiped among themselves in private.
Fortunately, there was a rule in the marshal's mansion that forbade spreading any information outside, or else one would bear the consequences.
Emily Stone needn't worry about the rumors getting more preposterous, but she noticed that the doctors in the medical team looked at her differently now.
