章 444: Chapter 31: My Husband Is A Stranger

Though Catherine hated to admit it, her eyes were sore from looking at the computer screen. She closed the laptop and called for a servant to bring her a cold compress for her stinging eyes and throbbing forehead. The servant returned several minutes later with a washcloth soaked in lavender water, and Catherine placed the cool cloth over her eyes and stretched out on the sofa.

"You have a guest, Mrs. Blair," the servant said. "But I'll tell her you're resting."

Catherine sat bolt upright, and the wet cloth slid off her face and landed with a plop on her lap. "A guest? she asked. "Who?"

"It's a young woman named Sophia Wells," the servant said. "She claims she's an old friend."

"Sophia?" Catherine asked, bewildered. "Let her in right away."