“Sorry, I shouldn’t have looked at your private messages,” I apologized sincerely.
Zelda froze.
She hadn’t expected me to react like this.
“Those photos… Luigi said I looked good in those gowns, so I just tried them on, that’s all. Don’t get the wrong idea.
“Besides, haven’t you always wanted me to try on wedding gowns?
“And… his sister passed away. He said he wanted to see what she would’ve looked like in a wedding gown.”
She pouted and leaned into me, wrapping her arms around me, and pressing her face close.
“You’re not mad… right? I’m sorry, okay?”
I silently listened to her poor excuse.
Maisie, Eugene’s sister, was a friend of Zelda.
At the time, Zelda was at a critical stage in starting her business and encountered difficulties.
Maisie was bringing her flash drive, but she got into a traffic accident on the way.
Not long after being taken to the hospital, she passed away.
Before she died, she asked Zelda to take care of her young brother Eugene.
Zelda kept her promise and took great care of him.
At first, she kept her distance, restrained and formal. But over time, she even started involving herself in the small details of his daily life.