The Substitute

At this moment, Alice was tidying up the clothes in the room. Of course, there was a lot of staff around who could do this for her. However, Alice insisted on doing every daily chore that she was capable to do. Although Thomas already left for a few days, Alice was still waiting for him because this was what he had told her. Since this was her first time being in a relationship and she didn’t have any friends to ask for advice, she could only trust her feelings. Whenever she thought about Thomas’s expression and words before leaving, she would feel flustered and her heartbeat accelerate. Every night, she would wait for him until she fell asleep. At this moment, a servant knocked on the door and then told her with a strange look, “Mr. Duncan is back, Mrs. Duncan.” This news made Alice’s eyes light up in excitement. Leaving everything aside, she followed the servant downstairs. However, she couldn’t help but be stunned upon seeing Emerson sitting beside Thomas on the couch. “Thomas, what