He noticed that those eyes, even under the night sky, were exceptionally bright.

"No." Clara's heart skipped a beat, but she instinctively denied it.

Matthew smiled faintly. "Don't you think you were a bit too quick to deny it?"

Clara fell silent, realizing that Matthew might have seen right through her.

Matthew stared at Clara's face, lost in thought. All those days and nights, he had focused all his energy domestically and knew very little about what was happening ...