He tried again, finally certain that the door was locked from the inside.
As for who it was, who else could be in the room besides Arabella Vanderbilt?
His face turned dark instantly, his tightly pressed lips looked somewhat intimidating.
He glanced at his watch, the time already past ten.
At this hour, that little woman was most likely asleep.
Standing there for a long time, he still couldn't figure out what he had done to upset her to the point of not letting him into the room.
Finally, he turned around with a sullen face and walked away from the door.
Joel Russo returned to the study, sat on the sofa for a long time, and pondered deeply over where he went wrong before this evening.
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Initially planning to wait for Joel Russo to knock on the door, she ended up falling into a deep sleep as drowsiness took over.
With something on her mind, she woke up in the second half of the night.
