Cynthia's POV
In the darkness, he held my hand all the way forward. He seemed to know every road in the manor, and even now, without the lights, he could still see the way forward.
My heart was beating like a rapid drumbeat, about to jump out of my chest in the darkness. Just after Arther and I had gone a long way, he suddenly said, "Your heart is beating fast."
Luckily it was in the dark and he wouldn't see my burning face. My silence made him look sideways at me, and I could feel his eyes fall on my body as he suddenly asked me, "Is it true what you said today?"
My hot beating heart seemed to be suddenly poured with cold water and immediately cooled down.
I thought of that awkward room, the way Mr. Madison and Mr. Arther looked at me at the same time.
He was asking me what the reas
