The Master Key of the estate was kept under the care of Mr. Jones and when earlier the maid came running asking for it, he simply had what she needed it for. And since Arwen hasn’t explained much to her, she simply has said that the lady has asked it to open one of the mansion’s doors.
And since it was Arwen asking, Mr. Jones had handed the master key to the maid. But just when she was leaving, he had told her to stay with the lady to see if she needed any more help.
He hadn’t given much thought because, since the very first day, Aiden had instructed them to give Arwen full access all around the estate. So hiding anything anywhere never crossed his thoughts until he saw the maid coming back.
"Did you not stay with the lady to help?" he had asked the maid.
The maid had politely bowed her head and said, "I asked Madam, but she asked me to leave as she didn’t plan to do much. She just mentioned that she is there to take a look."
Mr. Jones nodded with a small ’oh’ before generally asking, "Where is she? If she asked you to leave now, you can go after some time and check with her again."
"She is looking around the rooms in the opposite corridor of her practice room. I will go in some time and check again —"
Before the maid would have even gotten to complete, Mr. Jones interjected to ask in a desperate tone. "Where did you say she is?"
The maid, who hadn’t expected the butler to raise his voice, jolted and stuttered. "S-She is looking around the rooms that are in the opposite corridor of the practice room. Maybe one of the doors was locked so she asked me to get her the Master Key."
Mr. Jones didn’t stay there for any long. His steps already hurried in the direction of reaching Arwen before she discovered something that she shouldn’t.
The maid didn’t understand what happened, nor did she dare to ask. She just stood rooted to her place and saw the old butler hurry as if the house was about to get on fire.
While back in the room, Arwen has gotten her hands on the photo frame. She was about to flip and see what it was when heard the door getting pushed open. She raised her gaze to look up only to find Mr. Jones standing with his brows furrowed in worry.
"Madam!" he greeted but his gaze darted to look down at her hands that were holding something. And the moment he caught the sight wooden frame, his furrow deepened, highlighting his concern.
Arwen, who had her eyes on him since the moment he showed up at the door, didn’t miss the shift in his expression. Her gaze followed his and trailed to look down at her hands.
The old butler cleared his throat before shaking his head at her. "Yes, Madam," he said, continuing, "Everything is good." freewebnøvel.com
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