Chapter Forty-seven

Chapter Forty-seven

Every day was the same, with nothing special happening, so Gemma no longer hoped for anything better. A knock at the door broke the silence in the room, but Gemma didn't go to the door and instead stared silently at it. She was curious because if it were Jethro, he would never knock like that and would just walk in.

The knocking stopped and the door opened, revealing a little boy who had snuck in. Gemma tilted her head and looked at him for a long time. The boy became annoyed and showed his dissatisfaction because he thought Gemma was asleep and didn't want to just walk in, so he knocked. But Gemma was not sleeping and was just sitting there looking at him.

“Why haven't you slept and not opened the door for me?” Clement walked closer to Gemma, his voice clear but filled with blame.

Gemma ignored him and continued to read her book, completely disregarding Clement. This was the first time someone had ignored him like this, so Clement was furious, but he didn't dare s