Everyone could hear that there was no anger or accusation in Malinda's voice, not even the slightest resentment.
Even though Elena had ruined her salon, she sounded only puzzled.
She even stroked Elena's back, comforting the waitress.
Faced with this devastating turn of events, Elena burst into tears.
Through her sobs, her words came in broken fragments-
"He... he promised he would marry me, that we would have lots of adorable children. But a few days ago, he told me..."
Arthur stopped listening.
The story was too predictable.
It was nothing more than the story of a rake and a foolish girl.
Of course, there were a few things worth questioning.
So, after a moment's thought, Arthur added a qualifier and adjusted the labels slightly-a rich rake and a gullible girl.
Arthur's gaze swept over the bracelet on Elena's wrist.
It was probably gold.
There were also two small earrings.
They were set with emeralds.
These accessories had played no small part in how quickly he had identified the murderer. A servant's wages could never pay for such things.
That was why, when he had spotted a waitress wearing jewelry like this in the straight corridor on the second floor, he had taken a second look.
And now?
His attention was entirely on Malinda.
Brilliant!
Absolutely brilliant!
If he had not been watching Malinda the whole time, even he would almost have fallen for her performance.
Putting himself in her place, Arthur knew he could not have acted as naturally and seamlessly as Malinda.
This was undoubtedly an excellent opportunity to learn!
So he remained silent and left everything to Malinda.
He trusted her to handle it all.
And that was exactly what she did-
"Leave the rest to me!"
"Don't worry. Everything will be all right!"
Malinda comforted Elena