Rue hastily walked over and asked, “Did you have a nightmare, Sam?”

Samatha grabbed a towel and wiped away the sweat on her face. She looked around for Adrian but he was nowhere to be found. “Mother, where’s Adrian?”

“He told me he had some matters to attend to and left.”

“Why does he have matters to attend to every day? What the heck is he doing out there?” Samantha appeared to be infuriated.

Adrian had been away on business every day recently.

Rue had no idea what he was doing so she said, “Sam, you can ask him when he gets back.”

“Fine,” Samantha said, “Mother, I have to go to New Paraiso. Riley and Elara called me a few times. I have to go tell them that I’m fine.”

Rue said in a slightly worried tone, “Why don’t you stay home and rest for today instead of going to the company?”

Samantha grabbed her bag. “It’s fine, Mother. I won’t work till late today. Wait for me to come home to your cooking, all right?”

Rue let Samantha do as she pleased.

Samantha suddenly stopped just