Chapter 100

Juliet reached out with her hand. Just as her fingertips were about to touch one of the wooden carvings' faces, a warm voice rang out from behind, making her movements halt. "What are you looking at?" Zachary had appeared behind Juliet all of a sudden. His tall, broad figure just about caged her in entirely. He had shut the door behind him when he walked in, cutting off the only light source in the room. The room instantly grew much darker. Juliet hesitated briefly but still decided to ask her question. "Are these carvings—" "They're leftover reference models for a project I did a long time ago," Zachary explained calmly. The suspicion in Juliet's heart swiftly dissolved upon hearing this. "You need more bed rest to heal from that concussion of yours. Come. I'll bring you back to your room." Zachary gently grasped Juliet's hand and guided her out of the study. It wasn't time yet. … A black MPV came to a stop in front of Downwood Lodge the next morning. Jesse instructed sever