Alone

After that, Lucille walked out and helped him close the door while she was at it. It wasn't easy to talk about things like that openly. She figured she needed to leave him alone. Meanwhile, in the bedroom, when Joseph recalled the sympathetic look in Lucille's eyes before she went out, he was stunned for a moment before he realized what was going on. Had Lucille just subtly insulted him? Joseph was speechless. Fine, then. One day, he would let her know whether he was capable of doing that or not. ...... The next day, Lucille got up at dawn to train as usual. After this period of training, she could feel that her previous strength was gradually recovering. She already had an extremely solid foundation, so it was not too difficult to pick it up again. After she was done, Lucille returned to her room to change her clothes. When she went downstairs for breakfast, Joseph and Culver were not there. While heating up some milk, Madam Dahlia said, "Miss Jules, Mr. Joseph said that he had someth