Babel Novel
Revenge 79
Revenge 79
As Anderson walked down the quiet corridor of the Barlow mansion, he passed by a room and heard some noise from inside. He instinctively pushed the
Seeing the person inside, he frowned. “What are you doing?”
The maid inside jumped in surprise. “Mr. Anderson, I’m just tidying up Ms. Sadler’s bedding. I wasn’t sure when she’d be back, so I figured I’d put the be
Anderson slowly lowered his hand from the door and then silently left the room.
The summer nights were brief. At 4:00 am, the sky was already faintly lit with dawn, and the temperature was cool.
Suddenly, a deafening knock woke Mayra up.
“I’m back. Open the damn door! Can you hear me? Open the damn door! Don’t just keep quiet. I know you’re in there.”
The voice sounded like that of someone who was drunk. Mayra had
encountered many of these types of people before.
The local ruffians around the neighborhood knew that this tenant was a reckless fighter, so they wouldn’t dare cause trouble.
Unable to wear slippers, Mayra could only walk barefoot. She cautiously grabbed the wooden stick placed by the bedside. Since she didn’t dare turn on the lights, she tiptoed to the door in the darkness with the stick raised.
She couldn’t afford to let her guard down. After all, the old door could easily be opened with a strong enough force.
If he dared to come in, Mayra would defend herself.
“Shut up! People are sleeping!”
After a burst of angry shouts, the person knocking on the door outside finally quieted down.
Mayra looked through the peephole, and it seemed like he had left. NôvelDrama.Org owns all © content.
Returning to her room, she wondered if she should move out. Although the rent here was cheap, it wasn’t safe to keep living here.
Mayra sat down at her desk and opened the iron box, counting the money inside. There was about 200 dollars. It should be enough to rent a better place
Gordon had been busy with the competition these days. He was working on chat software, and it had already taken shape. It was currently in the testing phase.
There weren’t any major issues with the testing for now, so he submitted the application form.
Leaving the school’s computer room, he happened to run into Nina.
Gordon approached her and asked, “Is Mayra here?”
Frowning, Nina looked at him seriously. “Gordon, I know you’re good at
studying and you’ve been offered a full–ride scholarship to the University of Belchester.
“But Mayra is only in her freshman year. You’re delaying her studies by doing this. You shouldn’t be dating her now.
Gordon took out a notebook from his backpack. “These are the study materials I organized for the sophomore year. She’s already finding the freshman year’s courses too easy.”
Nina felt both angry and amused at these academic achievers‘ way of dating.” She’s taken three days off because she burned her feet. If you’re free, you
Before she finished speaking, Gordon had already turned and walked away.