I Walked Away And He Lost His Mind (Zephyra and Steven) novel Chapter 805

Tess looked at me, confused by my strong reaction.

“It was while you were talking with Horace. Mr. Lancaster called me and asked what you were doing, so I told him you were meeting the famous Horace. I honestly had no idea about you and Horace…”

She bit her lip. “It was only when I was talking to Gordon just now that I realized what a huge mistake I'd made. Ma'am, I'm so sorry. I really didn't mean it.”

I couldn't hear a word Tess said after that. My mind was filled with the look in Steven's eyes.

At the time, I thought he was just playing the victim, but it turned out I had truly wronged him.

Seeing my silence, Tess gently patted my arm. “Ma'am, I know I was wrong. I'll be more careful in the future, I promise!”

I snapped back to reality. “It's fine.”

I was saying it as much to Tess as to myself.

Since the misunderstanding had already happened, and I was trying to keep my distance from Steven anyway, there was no point in dwelling on it.

But even though I said that, I still felt a pang of guilt. Just as Steven had said, it really wasn't fair to him.

With my mind preoccupied, I barely touched my food—I've never had much of an appetite for plain dishes anyway—and went back to my room.

As I pushed the door open, a blast of cold wind rushed in. It had started raining not long after I got back in the afternoon, and it hadn't stopped since. Thunder cracked and lightning flashed, as if someone were dumping buckets of water from the sky.

I switched on the light and saw the curtains billowing in the wind.

As I walked over to close the window, I glanced outside and saw that black car again. The view was blurry through the curtain of rain, but I could faintly make out a figure standing beside it.

On some strange impulse, I got out of bed and pulled back the curtains. Under the streetlight, the figure was still there.

What on earth is he trying to do? I felt a wave of irritation. Just then, there was a knock at the door. “Ma'am, Mr. Lopez asked me to bring you a bowl of soup.”

I closed the curtains again and opened the door.

Tess came in holding a bowl of chicken soup. “Mr. Lopez noticed you didn't eat much at dinner, so he had me prepare some broth for you.”

I took it absentmindedly, my thoughts still consumed by Steven.

“I saw a car parked out front. Could you ask the butler to see who it is? Tell them not to park there, it's blocking the view,” I lied, grasping for an excuse.

Tess walked to the window, glanced out, and smiled. “No need to ask. That's Mr. Lancaster's car!”