Even though he considered himself intelligent, Leonard Churchill was at a loss for what the girl, Vera Williams, was thinking amid the complex emotions fluttering across her face.
He could understand surprise and astonishment, but this doubt...?
"Wasn't it you who sent someone with the new arrival?"
"I wasn't this taken aback even when I crossed over to see you. Why are you looking at me with such guarded eyes, as though seeing a swindler, what does it mean?"
He also directly replied, "Yes. Wasn't it you... who arranged for someone to send a letter?"
The expression on Vera Williams' face instantly shifted, "I arranged?"
She certainly hadn't made any arrangements.
However, before she could consider the person before her a fraud, Leonard Churchill doubted his own judgement and asked, "Are you 'Anne' Miss, the one who wrote the letter to me?"
At his words, both Captain Sam and Pigeon in the room became confused.
