Chapter 493

Felicia jumped up in fright, and hurriedly asked, "What should we do? The fact that Mister Valerian is here earlier than expected means he really holds us in high regard. He'll surely be displeased if he finds out not all of us are here yet!"

Catherine, however, was strangely calm. "There's no need to panic. It's not like Mister Valerian is very close to Severin. With such a big group like ours, it'll take him some time to notice Severin isn't among us. We'll just pretend Severin is already here and go out to welcome Mister Valerian for ten seconds or so. Then we'll scatter around once we all come back inside. I'm sure he won't even notice Severin's absence if we just do what I said."

"Mother, don't worry. Take some deep breaths. Grandmother is right. Things will work out. Mister Valerian will be too busy to take notice of Severin's absence. We'll call Severin once we're back in the house and tell him to sneak in from the back door," Megan said to Felicia.

"Let's go. Mister Valerian