Chapter 22

"Mrs. Goodwin? W-What are you doing here?" I stammered. Gordon, who was equally surprised, asked Jewel the same thing. Jewel adjusted her robe. "I live here." Her eyes fell on the keys in my hand. "Do you usually enter other people's homes without knocking?" Gordon stepped forward. "What? No… This house was prepared by Mr. Gildon for Ms. Crown." As he spoke, he fumbled with his phone, hastily calling Chris. In his panic, he accidentally put the call on speakerphone. "Mr. Gildon, the house at Dazzle Residences—" Before Gordon could finish speaking, Chris cut him off, "That house is for Jewel." Jewel's smile grew wider before my eyes. "What about Ms. Crown..." Gordon tried to ask, but Chris interrupted him again. "I'll arrange something else for Madeline. Don't let her find out about this." Gordon looked at me, his face flushed with embarrassment and guilt as if he was the one who had wronged me. He didn't dare say more, knowing it was his mistake to bring me here without veri