After careful consideration, she got up and followed him to the study room.
As she arrived at the door, she heard Heinz ask the butler, "What on earth is going on?"
The butler explained nervously, "It's all here, Mr. Heinz. Look at these photos. There are so many of them, and they're in every book. The more I cleaned up, the more fell out. There are more than 500 of these photos."
Heinz's eyes were filled with anger and he cursed, "D*mn it. She's haunting me. How did her photos appear in my room?"
"The books from the Hart Villa District are all here. We didn't pay attention to them when we were packing them up," the butler explained further. "We didn't dare to touch anything when it comes to your belongings."
"You should have checked them." Heinz was infuriated. If they had checked them in the first place, perhaps they would have found out. Then, he would have dealt with it so that Grace wouldn't come across them.
The butler also felt helpless. He lowered his head and asked, "What do we do about these photos?
How should we deal with them?"
Heinz's brows furrowed as he bellowed, "How else? Of course, we'll burn them!"
The butler was surprised. "Burn them? Are you sure?"
"What kind of question is that? Do you think I'm in the mood to joke around with you now?" Heinz was worried that Grace would be jealous. And if that happened, he was afraid that it would affect the fetus and her own health.
The butler nodded immediately. "But Mrs. Jones knows has already seen them. Should I inform her beforehand?"
Upon being reminded, Heinz was at a loss and felt incredibly frustrated. He frowned deeper and asked the butler, "Has she seen all of them?"
"No." The butler answered truthfully, "Mrs. Jones has only seen a small part of it. Should I tell her that I didn't find anything else?"
"That is, of course." Heinz immediately ordered, "Tell Grace that there are no more photos, just those few that she found. Clean up all this garbage. Don't let her see them, or else she would feel bad."
"Got it!"
"Wait!" All of a sudden, Grace's voice came from the door.
She stepped into the room and gave Heinz a look.
What a b*stard. She couldn't believe that Heinz wanted to burn the photos and keep her in the dark about them, in fear of making her feel bad. He was a liar.
Heinz's body stiffened at her appearance. He turned around and looked at Grace with worry in his eyes, saying, "Grace, y- you... why are you here?"
"Mr. Jones, why are you stuttering?" Grace fixed her gaze on him and spoke unblinkingly, "I was here to check on how the butler has sorted out the photos when I heard you say that you were going to secretly burn them."
Startled, Heinz felt a little embarrassed. The shame of being caught red-handed rendered him speechless.
Meanwhile, Grace had walked up to the butler and glanced at the thick stack of over 500 photos in his hands. At this rate, it could measure up to several sets of books.
Grace took a closer look at the photos and her gaze turned colder.
The butler was so afraid that his hands were numb. He didn't dare to look at Grace, thus he looked at Heinz instead.
Heinz was frightened too. He looked at Grace worriedly and said in an attempt to please her, "Grace, please listen to me. I really don't know where these photos came from."
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