"What? He and—"
The Countess froze, then imagined it for a moment, and her face immediately flushed red.
"How could they?"
"Why couldn't they?"
Megan asked curiously from the side:
"Miss Annette isn't a Witch, and Shade looks healthy and perfectly sound of mind. If nothing had ever happened between them, that would be the strange part."
She appeared completely at ease, as though this had nothing to do with her.
"Megan, but he, he... I know what you said makes sense, and it proves once again that Shade really is a man. But it still feels strange. This is my estate. The man I have my eye on slept with his lover in a bed at my home... Hmm, the more I think about it, the stranger it feels."
The crimson birthmark between her brows trembled as she frowned, and Megan teased her again:
"What, are you interested in secretly taking a look at what they did at night?"
"Oh! What are you saying, Megan! A proper lady must be reserved!"
Miss Belinder's face instantly turned completely red.
"And am I the sort of person who likes prying into other people's privacy? Shade can do whatever he wants. Could I really stop him? Hmph~ I never expected a man like that to make a Unicorn like him."
Her words still revealed her discomfort, so Megan asked with a smile:
"Come to think of it, I haven't asked yet. Bella, how far have you and Shade gotten? Don't tell me you only dare to hold hands?"
"Don't underestimate me!"
The Countess immediately raised her head.
"Don't treat me like some girl who knows nothing. Of course we've kissed."
"Kissed?"
Audrey wrapped her arms around Megan's neck and poked her head out from behind her, her smile growing even wider.
"Only