VALERIA

The following day, I woke up to the sound of constant knocking on my door.

After dawdling for a while, I groggily got out of bed and walked over to open the door. Seeing it was one of the housekeeping staff outside, I asked as I leaned my head on the door, "What is it?"

"Good morning, ma'am. Sir asked me to call you down from breakfast."

The moment I heard her say that, all hints of sluggishness immediately disappeared from my face and I stood upright to ask in surprise, with a tinge of joy that not even I had noticed mixed in my voice.

"He is back?"...