章節 355: Her plans

She kept her breathing even, and her limbs completely relaxed, even carelessly sprawled until she heard the sound of the door closing with a definitive click.

That was the second time the nurse had come to check on her in a matter of minutes and such painstakingly intense dedication to duty was going to be a pain to work around.

She waited a few seconds just in case and opened her eyes with a snap, a look around confirmed what she knew, she was alone in the richly appointed room and finally relaxed.

The room looked beautiful, airy without being overcome with light, just the sort of room a convalescent patient needed to rest and find a new vigor for life, too bad she wasn't sick at all.

Keeping up appearance sapped more of her strength than she believed possible, keeping up a cheerful mien had been particularly taxing but she had needed to improvise and adjust carefully.