The Princess and the Pauper (Arabella and Romeo) novel Chapter 1348

Ten minutes later.

Arabella spotted Mr. Clarence ambling solo towards the restroom.

Before his hand even grazed the restroom door, Arabella knocked him out cold and dragged him to the adjacent terrace, swiftly drawing the curtains closed.

The head of security had just seen Arabella heading in the direction of the restroom, and in the next moment, she had vanished from sight.

His instincts on high alert, he first searched the area, then had one of the maids knock on the restroom door.

The maid's hand hadn't even touched the door when a soft cough of a woman could be heard from inside.

It was so brief that the head of security couldn't be sure if it was Arabella or not. He could only stand aside and keep a stealthy watch.

Behind the curtain, Arabella transferred all the chat messages from Mr. Clarence's phone to her own and set up remote monitoring. Then, she slipped the phone back into Mr. Clarence's pocket, leaped onto the roof, and flicked a pebble at him to wake him up.

Mr. Clarence grunted in pain, groggily coming to, immediately alerting the head of security.

The head of security pulled back the curtain to find Mr. Clarence sitting on the ground and hurried over to help him up.

"Mr. Clarence, what are you doing here?"

Mr. Clarence's head throbbed painfully. He vaguely remembered heading to the restroom but couldn't figure out how he had passed out.

Was it possible someone had tampered with something?

With this thought, he frantically checked his pockets. His keys and phone were still there, nothing seemed to be missing.

He breathed a sigh of relief. Maybe he had just run out of steam.

Just then, someone emerged from the restroom.