43. Afraid

"Madam, Mr. Madison asked if you would like to eat here or in the dining room." A woman in a maid uniform asked Caroline respectfully. Since the first day she stayed here, all of Jared's servants treated her very well, as if she were already the mistress there.

"Where is she? Is she waiting for me to have dinner together?" Caroline asked to be sure. Because if Jared wasn't there, she would rather have dinner in her room. Because she was too lazy to walk through the corridor, then down the stairs, just to enter the dining room.

"Sorry, ma'am. Mr. Madison just left for some important business outside; he said he would be back around ten in the evening."

Caroline sighed harshly. She was a little disappointed, as she found out from the maid. Jared should have told her that he was going out on important business tonight. She wouldn't have forbidden it because she knew Jared was very busy. However, she wanted to know everything Jared was doing so that she would feel that she was valuab