Chapter 149 Something seemed off but nothing seemed differen (1/2)

Later that evening...

Jeremy frowned when he returned home.

He parked the car like usual, and handed his coat and briefcase to the butler like usual... but...

Something... somehow... he felt something... different.

He could not name it but...

The servants were having weird expression when they greeted him. Even the old butler looked weird. They smiled and greeted him politely but the smile was... weird.

He opened his mouth to ask what was wrong with everyone but cancelled his thought.

Would they even confess whatever making them look weird?

Would they even admit it?

No.

They would give him a pitiful look, acting as if he was the weird one right now.

And it would only make him feel weirder.

Whatever.

He shrugged it off. Better just ignore it. He would just get a headache if he kept thinking about it.

Jeremy walked to his room with the butler following obediently.

He entered his room and the feeling something weird crept back into his mind. Something was weird but... his eyes looked around his room... but nothing was out of normal.

He sniffed but he could not name what was wrong.

Everything looked normal. Everything was where they should be.

But something smelled fishy.

He turned and looked at the butler, cocking an eyebrow.

But the elder man simply stood there, acting innocent. The coat was draped over his arm and his hand was holding onto the briefcase.

”Is there something I need to know?” Jeremy finally asked.

”What do you mean, sir?” the butler asked, playing a fool.

Jeremy tilted his head but did not know what to say. He just grabbed a towel and walked into the bathroom.

The butler hid a grin and went to the study room to put Jeremy's briefcase there. Then, he went downstairs to the kitchen to prepare the dinner... well, the 'special' dinner especially for Young Master Jeremy and Miss Catherine.

Jeremy took a long bath. He was just simply exhausted and needed the sprays in his tub to hit those muscles on his back. He fell asleep in the tub, letting the tiredness lulling him into sleep.

The uneasiness he kept feeling was even slipped away from his mind.

*~*~*~*

In the studio of the agency...

Ryn took off the heels she was wearing and blew out a sigh. She spent almost half an hour just walking in heels. It was a hellish experience and her feet were crying for mercy.

But she needed to do it just to brush up her catwalking skill. She was a bit rustic on it, especially when she noticed how her body trembling when she was touching the heels. She guessed the trauma actually affected her life so much.

Maybe her brain automatically rejected the heels as these high heels would make it impossible for her to run for her safety if anything happened, anything bad happened... again.

But she would not let this stop her. She was a model and wearing heels was her job's requirement. Everything demanded her to wear heels, be it high heels or a lower heels but heels nonetheless. She could not let her traumatic experience affect her work.

This half an hour session was hard. She fell a few times but quickly got back to her feet to continue. And she did continue.

Luckily no one came into the studio and saw her pathetic session.

She still had her pride as a model and refused to let others see her weakness.

She looked at the time. Mei Li must be preparing to go home by now. Ryn quickly put on her shoes and grabbed both heels and water bottle. She still needed Mei Li to send her home.

Mei Li was tidying all the files when Ryn entered her room.

”Are you done?” Mei Li asked, pulling a drawer to throw all the pens, pencils and what not she used during the past hours. Then, she grabbed her handbag and stood up.

”Hmm...”

”Let's go. Let's go.” Mei Li did not notice how Ryn almost stumbled, too eager to go home after a whole day of hard work (and the first half was full of walking, a lot of walking and standing). She could not wait to eat her dinner and then go to sleep.