"You don't have to pick up the pieces of the flowerpot. The servant will clean it tomorrow."

After saying that, he took her out of the greenhouse.

As they left, Ariana took a glance back. When she saw the door of the greenhouse closed, she felt relieved.

Originally, she came downstairs to eat something because she was hungry.

However, the cat's interruption and what she saw in the greenhouse caused her to lose her appetite. She ate only two bites of the food she had heated and returned to the bedroom.

As for Theodore, he had received an impromptu phone call and had to retreat to his study. Ariana was thus alone in the huge bedroom.

She tossed and turned in the bed. Every time she closed her eyes, she thought of the golden shackle. This made her so nervous that she trembled with fear and was unable to fall asleep.

Ariana sat up and looked around the room.

Unlike Theodore's room in the Anderson family residence, this room in the manor was so desolate. The walls were clean, but there were no decorations, not even tables, chairs, or sofas. The only thing she could sit on was the bed.

She walked to the walk-in closet next to the bed. The walk-in closet was the complete opposite of the bedroom and it looked lively. There were several clothes, and an unfinished glass of wine sat on the wooden table. Ariana leaned over and smelled the wine. The smell of wine was sweet, as if it was just opened today.

Ariana was stunned by the number of expensive paint boxes in the walk-in closet.

Even more strange was the fact that there were more paint boxes than clothes in the closet.

She saw a frame covered in white fabric in front of the window. She walked over and removed the fabric from above the frame. It was a painting. The landscape in the painting was very familiar to Ariana. It looked like the greenhouse, and there was a vague silhouette in it.

As Ariana was busy thinking about the painting, her attention was suddenly drawn to the scenery outside the window. From where she stood, she could see the flower field as well as the greenhouse.

Then suddenly the sound of the wheelchair came from outside. Ariana quickly went back to bed and pretended to be asleep.

After a while, Theodore climbed into bed. Ariana could feel his warm, familiar breath. His hand slowly wrapped around her waist from behind, causing Ariana to tremble all over.

“What's wrong?” Theodore asked when he noticed that Ariana was trembling.

Theodore's hot chest that was pressed against Ariana's back was driving her crazy, and she didn't understand why she was trembling all over.

Ariana had to tap into what little sanity she had left to come up with a convincing answer to Theodore's question.

"Your hands are so cold."