The door was opened and Mary was shocked to find not a servant outside but one of the security guards from the front gate.
Taken aback as soon as she saw the man, she then asked solemnly, "What's wrong?"
Normally, the security guards would not enter the main house unless something had happened, so it was pretty much impossible for them to be directly knocking on Rose's bedroom door, especially so late at night. As such, something major must have happened for the security guard to be here right now.
"Mary, there are visitors at the door. It's President Fuller's mentor and he's here to visit Old Mrs. Fuller. These are their details." The security guard handed over Harry's name card to Mary.
Mary reached out to take a look at it. As soon as she saw the name written on it, she scoffed, "They must be after something to come and visit Old Mrs. Fuller so late at night!"
"Should we let them in? Or should we just tell them to leave? If you don't want them to come in, then I'll tell them off right now," asked the security guard as he looked at Mary.
Mary folded the name card in her hand. "Hold on. I'll consult Old Mrs. Fuller about this."
"Okay." The security guard nodded respectfully.
As such, Mary shut the door and turned around back into the room.
Rose, who was originally lying down, was now sitting up in bed and had a book in her hands, seemingly engrossed in the book.
At that sight, Mary immediately became unhappy. "Old Mrs. Fuller, why did you get up in bed and started to read? You were tucked into bed earlier!"
Rose listened to Mary's reproachful words; not only was she not upset by that, but she smiled cheerfully. "It's okay, Mary. Don't be upset. I had trouble falling asleep, so that's why I sat up and did some reading. I'll go to bed in a short while when I feel sleepy."
"But you're not supposed to stay up too late. It's not good for your health." Mary walked over and attempted to remove the book from Rose's hands and get Rose to lie down.
However, Rose had already noticed what she was attempting to do. As soon as Mary reached out to grab the book, Rose shifted the book to the side and refused to let her get hold of it.
At that point, Mary revealed an exasperated smile. "Old Mrs. Fuller, you…"
"Mary, that's enough." Rose maintained a smile on her face. "I realize that you're worried about me, but my health is as you can see. So, how much worse can it get? Don't worry. I'm well aware of my condition."
Rose stubbornly insisted on getting some reading done before bed, so Mary had no other option for a moment there.
At that moment, Rose suddenly noticed the card in Mary's hand and she put her book aside to ask, "What's that?"
"Oh, this is a name card from the Lore Family." Mary suddenly recalled that as she handed over the card to Rose.
Rose reached out to take it. "The Lore Family? Do you mean Toby's mentor's family?"
"That's them." Mary nodded. "They are at the front gates right now and they're here to see you."
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