Chapter 543 What Should I Do?

• Lost in thought, she heard the doorknob gently turn, and Alaric entered the room the next moment. When their eyes met, he was momentarily taken aback. He likely had not anticipated Victoria waking up so early and staying in the room, yet there she was, seated on the bed with her phone.
• After having closed the door behind him, he approached the bed and sat on its edge. "Why didn't you tell me you're awake?" As he noticed her holding the phone with a somewhat uneasy expression, his expression changed subtly. "What are you looking at?"
• "Nothing," she responded instinctively, placing the phone beside the pillow. Seizing the opportunity, she asked first, "I feel like I've been asleep for a while. You haven't been wandering around during that time, have you?"