Treat me as an outsider

Rolland woke up to the sound of his phone ringing. He thought it was his alarm clock at first, but then he remembered he didn't have to work today. Annoyed, he turned off the phone without opening his eyes and tried to go back to sleep.

Suddenly, the doorbell rang, and he reluctantly got up to answer it. When he saw Rowan standing there, he was taken aback and held back his curse words.

Confused, he asked, "Rowan? Why are you here so early?"

Rowan forced a sad smile and replied, "Rolland, I had no choice but to come to you."

Rolland noticed her luggage piled up behind her and wondered how she managed to carry all of it upstairs by herself. He felt wide awake now and realized something must be terribly wrong.

He couldn't help but curse inwardly, knowing that things had taken a bad turn, probably because of David.

Rolland didn't need to hear Rowan's explanation; he could already guess what had happened. If Rowan had wanted to leave the mansion on her own, she wouldn't have this dis