Chapter 497

Jane sat on the steps with her head drooping low. Frederick settled down beside her, while Mina quietly took a seat on Jane's other side. Behind them, Harold and Bryan perched on the next step down. Leaning in close, Bryan whispered into Harold's ear, "Harold, don’t you think Jane and Frederick seem… closer since they got back from the desert?" Harold clenched his small fists tightly, his voice low and sullen. "Yeah." "But it’s weird, isn’t it? Before, the others acted like Frederick was some kind of thief, always keeping him away from Jane. Yet today, not only did they invite him along, but they didn’t even stop him from holding her hand. What on earth did they talk about in his study?" Bryan frowned, puzzled. Though he and Harold had gone to Fuller Frederick’s house earlier, they’d been shut out of the study. Even worse, Fisher had been standing guard outside, making eavesdropping impossible. "No idea," Harold muttered, his icy gaze fixed on the back of Frederick’s head. "Tsk." Bryan