As Shirley realised she was still in the cold, plain room, she felt how her body ached now.
"How could I forget about something important like this," Shirley muttered softly.
Slowly Shirley got up and dragged her body to lean against a nearby wall, her body was completely limp and felt no energy at the moment. Shirley even felt blood still dripping from the wound on her back.
"That damn bitch really intends to kill me this time." Shirley punched the floor beneath her in annoyance, not caring that her hand was now throbbing with pain.
Who knows how long she would be locked up in this room, even Shirley herself did not know how much time had passed while she was unconscious earlier.
Resentfully Shirley rested herself there, hoping that she could get out of this cursed room soon.
Due to exhaustion and blood loss, Shirley soon fell asleep while leaning against the cold wall.
. . .
Shirley opened her eyes when she heard something, after blinking her eyes a few times she realised that the door was open.
Seeing that, Shirley quickly stood up, but what she found instead was a painful pain from her back.
Helplessly Shirley could only sit back down, as she looked up she saw the figure of Ivy who looked very worried about her.
"Oh my, Miss! I'm sorry I couldn't get you out of here sooner," Ivy said with teary eyes.
"It's okay, Ivy. Please help me up, we have to leave this place soon," Shirley replied softly, she did not have much energy to speak more.
Ivy deftly helped Shirley stand up carefully, she made sure Shirley did not feel any pain while standing.
Finally, Shirley managed to get out of the cursed room while being carried by Ivy. Upon exiting the basement area Shirley felt her eyes glare in the sunlight.
"How long have I been missing, Ivy?" asked Shirley curiously.
"You disappeared in the afternoon and it's already the end of the day. So you were missing for more than 12 hours, Miss." Ivy dutifully explained the current situation to Shirley.
Shirley sighed harshly, it seemed like her father had gone somewhere, so Rosemary dared to torment her like this again.
"Is my father not here?" Again, Shirley wanted to know about her father's whereabouts.
"You're right, Miss. The Marquess went to the capital to take care of some matters," Ivy replied.
"That's to be expected. No wonder that witch dared to do this to me," Shirley muttered hatefully.
"Miss, calm down. Your wound could get worse at this rate." Ivy became very worried when she saw Shirley getting emotional.
Shirley could not help but calm herself down as she now felt her back pain returning.
Seeing that, Ivy quickened her pace so that Shirley's wound could be treated immediately.
When they reached her room, Shirley immediately ordered Ivy to call their family doctor. Shirley's wounds had to be treated immediately if she didn't want them to remain there.
"How did you get hurt like this, Miss?" The doctor who worked for Estelle's family was stunned when he saw Shirley's injuries.
"The experiment I conducted failed." Shirley did not think much when she used that excuse.
After all, the doctor would not question her reasoning, so Shirley just wanted to get treated quickly and go to sleep as her body was very tired.
"I have treated most of them, you can use these ointments and medicine for now, Miss." The doctor handed them over to Ivy who was faithfully waiting there.
"Well, thank you for taking care of me. You may leave now." Shirley waved her hand to let the doctor leave immediately.
For a while Shirley could not sleep on her back because her back was badly injured, she was very upset when she heard this.
Right now Shirley could only curse that damn Rosemary, "You'll see, I'll repay you many times over!" Shirley hissed angrily.
That morning after breakfast and taking her medicine, Shirley spent her time sleeping all day, after all she couldn't do anything at the moment because of her injury.
However, Noah unexpectedly came to visit her. Although confused by Noah's arrival, Shirley still let him in to see her.
Since Shirley could not accompany Noah in the reading room, she inevitably invited Noah to her room.
At first, Noah was surprised when he was invited into Shirley's room, and he began to think there was something strange here.
When Noah stepped into Shirley's room, he found Shirley lying on the bed unable to move freely.
"We just met two days ago, why are you like this now?" Noah chose to sit on the sofa near Shirley's bed.
"Something unexpected happened. If you didn't know I was sick, then why did you come here?" asked Shirley, curious as to what had brought Noah to see her.
"I wanted to tell you about my family banquet," Noah replied straight to the point.
Just as Shirley was about to open her mouth to speak, she heard another knock on the door from outside. And she saw Ivy enter carrying a tray.
"Miss, it's about time you took your medicine and ointment," Ivy said, then was surprised to see Noah there.
"It's about time?" Shirley turned pale when she realised Noah was still here.
"Ahh, looks like you're still busy. Want me to help?" Because he still had business with Shirley, Noah offered to help her.
"You don't mind helping me with my back wound, do you?!" Shirley's eyes widened when she heard Noah wanted to help her.
"After all, I still have something to tell you," Noah replied as he shrugged his shoulders dismissively.
Noah got up from his seat and took over the tray Ivy was carrying.
"You can come out, I'll help Lady Shirley." Noah whispered to Ivy and told her to get out of there.
At first, Ivy hesitated and she glanced at Shirley, when she found Shirley nodding, so she reluctantly left Shirley's room.
After Ivy left, Noah returned to Shirley and placed the tray on the nightstand.
"Can you help me sit down?" Shirley, who was wearing a simple dress, looked at Noah in frustration.
Noah only chuckled at the sight of the usually fierce Shirley becoming docile at the moment. Noah carefully helped Shirley to sit up without hurting her injured back.
"Is it okay for me to look at your wound?" To make sure, Noah asked Shirley for permission again.
Shirley who had just swallowed her medicine nodded, "Yes, just don't look at the others when you do that," Shirley replied coldly, she glanced at Noah sharply this time.
"How dare I," Noah replied with a grin, immediately getting goosebumps when Shirley warned him.
Noah slowly loosened the straps of the corset that Shirley was currently wearing. Noah was actually a little nervous at the moment because he was going to see Shirley's bare back after this.
However, when the corset was off, what caught Noah's attention was the wound on Shirley's back. Noah honestly felt a sense of deja vu when he saw those wounds.