Unexpected Compensation

Cora's face immediately turned red as she retorted, “I don't know him, ma'am.”

“You don't know him? Then why did he ask if you needed help?” The middle-aged lady looked at her skeptically before continuing, “By the looks of it, this must be a lovers' spat, right?”

“It's not—”

Before Cora could finish her sentence, the middle-aged lady shook her head and scolded Gideon, “You're so dashingly dressed