22. Marriage of Interest 1

To be precise, she had just reciprocated Alfred's gesture to her a few minutes ago by saving her life. Now, Alfred, who had heard enough of her story, nodded his head in sympathy. He looked at her, and concluded that she had gone through many pains in life, and saw calmness, and peace written in her face.

'Despite her plight, she is still calm,' the confused Alfred thought, and took a second look at her, hoping to see her yell curses at those who have despised her. Meanwhile, from her expression, she was not complaining either was she wallowing in self-pity. Rather, he saw a determined lady who was ready to move on with her life despite her ugly past.

Now, Alfred, thought that he had gotten the complete picture of her purpose of visit, and inquired, “Did you come to me because you wanted me to avenge you?”

“No.” Hazel refuted at once. Then, she gave him a confident look, and spoke, “Mr. Walter, I would have personally reported to the authority if I wanted to seek vengeance. I came look