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It would have been easier for the housekeeper to think that the young master was joking, but he knew that he no longer knew what a joke sounded like ever since he got involved in the accident.

 

“Mr. Jones?” Gregory gave him an inquisitive stare, waiting for him to do as he had instructed.

 

“That’s the woman we have been waiting for, Master Gregory. She is your wife.” He said calmly, pointing at Lucy who stayed quiet while she watched the two men argue.

 

“I don’t care! Send them away!” Gregory insisted, but it looked like that was going to be one of the times that Mr. Jones was not going to do his bidding.

 

Arizona had moved to stand close to her mother, wary of the fact that Gregory sounded so mean and annoying at the same time. He didn’t look like anything that her mother had told her he was like.

 

Lucy had spent so much time, trying to convince her daughter that Gregory was a good man. The poor girl looked like she was beginning to warm up to the idea of living in a new environment before Gregory ruined everything with his demeanor.

 

“I think you are just angry, Master Gregory. You should think this through.” Mr. Jones said to Gregory, but his mind was already made up.

 

Even if he didn’t say a word, it was written all over his face that there was going to be no way Lucy or her child were going to be allowed to stay in that building.

 

The confused housekeeper was forced to move closer to Lucy, determined to figure out why his hope was about to be dashed vehemently.

 

“Have you two met before? What happened?” He inquired, but it was hard for Lucy to start explaining.

 

It was a very long story, and even if she was to put herself in the position of explaining things to Mr. Jones, she was angry as well, considering the way Gregory treated her and Arizona.

 

When the housekeeper saw that Lucy was not ready to give him any response, he turned to his young master and asked,

 

“What happened between you and this lady?” He was hoping to get an answer from Gregory since he was the instigator of the tension, but the only response he got from him was a heavy grunt.

 

“You are going to be silent as well?” Mr. Jones sighed heavily, and then he returned his gaze to Lucy who thought that he was about to say something to her.

 

But he was still mute and unable to figure out the best way to handle the situation.

 

“I want them out of my house this minute!” Gregory made matters worse when it looked like the housekeeper was going to have some time and a conducive atmosphere to think.

 

“These people cannot share the same space with me! I want them out!” Gregory was livid, but the housekeeper suddenly didn’t care about his decision.

 

“I don’t think you are thinking straight, Young Master.”  The housekeeper picked up the courage to speak some sense into the young man, looking at him with an unpleased countenance.

 

Gregory was taken aback at once. He couldn’t remember the last time anyone spoke to him in that manner since he stopped being a child.

 

“I give the orders, Mr. Jones. You are meant to follow them..”

 

“Not this one, Young Master. Not this one.” Mr. Jones moved closer to Gregory and looked him in the eyes.

 

“I am sure you know what’s at stake if you decide not to go ahead with this arrangement.” He leaned closer to Gregory and whispered, giving him the perfect reminder of his fate.

 

“From the way I look at it, she is not going to lose up to half of what you are going to lose. This is not the time to let your emotions guide you. Use your brain.”

 

Gregory couldn’t deny the fact that the housekeeper was telling the truth. But it didn’t stop him from glaring at Lucy who looked away at once.

 

“So you mean that she is going to be my wife?” He asked, pointing at Lucy while Mr. Jones nodded at once.

 

“Yes. She is going to be the one taking care of you while I am away after the close of work. You need her, Young Master, I may not be as efficient as I have always been.”

 

“I know, Mr. Jones. But at least, you are not going to be a constant reminder of what kind of monster I am.” Gregory scowled at Lucy, and the housekeeper had to turn to face her.

 

“What have you done to deserve this kind of disdain from Gregory?” He muttered, but it didn’t look like he was going to get a response from anywhere.

 

“I don’t know how long I can be able to deal with this,” Gregory said. He thought that he had whispered only to his hearing, but from the way everyone was looking at him, he could tell that they all heard him.

 

But he didn’t care. Just the presence of Lucy and her child had displaced him, and it looked like more bones had broken in his body.

 

He took a deep breath. “I can’t believe that I am about to say this.” He muttered, and then he turned to the housekeeper.  “If she is going to stay here with her child, I have a couple of rules.

 

“Okay?” Mr. Jones gave him an inquisitive stare. “I would love to hear them.” He said, and then he turned to Lucy, and added, “I am sure that she would also be interested to hear them.” He added, seeing the curious look on her face.

 

Gregory sighed. “First of all, she is going to stay on her lane. She has no business with me as long as she remains in this house.” He said, but Mr. Jones didn’t agree with him on that one.

 

“We both know that’s not going to work entirely, Young Master.” Mr. Jones interrupted, and Gregory grunted.

 

“Fine.” He thought about a better way to place it.

 

“She will only come when I need her to, and I pray God grants me the patience to deal with her strangling presence.”  Gregory was done talking, and he gave Lucy a threatening glare while he went off.

 

“Thank you.” Mr. Jones said as though Gregory was doing him a favor. But all that mattered was that he was in a good state of both mind and body.