"......" Joy Parker almost choked on her saliva. She couldn't believe her eyes as they widened in shock, staring at Jordan Guthrie, "What?"
The man, however, said nothing more. He simply clapped his hands, and a few people came in from the door and took away the dishes on the table.
Joy watched the backs of those people as they left, a surge of impulse to follow them rising in her heart…
A few minutes later, the room was once again left with just her and Jordan Guthrie. The man stood up and walked into the inner room, crossing his legs and propping his arms as he sat on the edge of the bed, his posture seeming somewhat relaxed.
"Come here."
Joy heard his terse two words and once again carefully swallowed a gulp of saliva, turning her head to stare at the man's face, which appeared exceptionally calm.
Looking at him like this, it seemed as if the earth-shattering statement he had made earlier was nothing but her own hallucination.
