ログインAbigail Elijah becomes the only means to an end. Against her will, she is forced into an arrangement to marry Edward Dante, a ruthless multi-billionaire, for a set period of time. The agreement is simple: a marriage of convenience. But neither Abigail nor Edward expects the emotional storms that are about to collide.
もっと見る“Stand up.”Abigail blinked in shock. She had dozed against the wall in the kitchen, the anguish of the tears having evaporated in her eyelashes.She could not believe she was now a maid? The golden almighty daughter of the Elijah was now a toilet cleaner!Maria loomed above her like a prison warden. Arms crossed and eyes narrowed. Her tone is even more vengeful than normal."You slept enough already. Master Edward's wing needs to get cleaned."Abigail sat up, body aching. "His wing?"Maria's lip curled in distaste. "Yes, the master's personal chambers. Which you, blessed servant girl, will sweep top to bottom."Abigail stood up straight. "Why me?"She cocked her forehead slightly. "He asked for you."The words hurt. They were meant to hurt.Spinning on one heel, Maria said, "Go, and don't touch anything you don't want to risk breaking. That includes everything."Abigail followed behind, her heart racing with every step deeper into Dante's territory.The west wing: the side of the hou
"Up!" Maria barked, slamming the servant's wing door open wide as though it was owing her rent.Abigail sat up in the top flat bed, stunned and aching in places she had no idea a body could ever hurt in. Her maid dress clung to her in a second skin of shame.Edward's, or, more specifically, Edward Dante's, head maid, Maria, stood in the doorway, a clipboard clutched in one hand and judgment in both eyes. Tall and wiry, a saltandpepper bun so pulled-back it might have straightened her spine, she radiated militarized discipline in every line of herself."Didn't you think that you could sleep in, new maid?"Miss new maid. Dear God, it sounds so bizarre even now. The title rubbed against Abigail's skin like grit. She had no memory of having agreed to it, but Edward Dante had given it to her as he gave degradation, easily and in thorough control.Maria wrinkled up her nose when she approached the bed. "You smell terrible."Abigail stiffened"Cleaning cages did not humble you?" Maria sniffe
He came back carrying the most amazing thing in his hand and simply said, "I'm going to take you for a walk."“You're joking.”Edward remained silent."You're joking… right? Right?" Abigail stared at the leather collar in his palm as if she were holding poison. "That's not for me. That's for a… dog. A big, misunderstood dog."“It's yours.”“Mine?" she whispered, her words cracking. "That's not what I want to hear from a man who's carrying one of those."Edward's was a blank, impassive face. Cold"You can't be serious," she exclaimed, retreating in the too-big maid's outfit. "Is this punishment? You've humiliated me already. You've caged me, fed me out of dog bowls, and slept in metal bars. And now, you're taking me for a walk?"He kneeled slowly in front of her, collar still held in his hand. "At last, you have obeyed. But obedience must be tested. Enforced."“I am not an animal!”Edward's piercing blue eyes held hers fast. "Stop behaving like one, then."“I hate you.”"I expect nothi
“I accept that since you're an emotionally repressed male child who has issues controlling himself.” She retorted.The maid came back again carrying her meal again, two boiled eggs, toast, and water… in identical stainless steel bowls. She let out an audible groan.She did not know whether to bark or moo, she said to herself.“Eat, you have a big day ahead of you.”“Other than you slipping off a yacht out in the Pacific, nothing interests me.”But her belly had other ideas. It rumbled so loudly, resounding.She scowled at the bowl as if it had personally offended her ancestors. She waited. Ten seconds. Thirty. A whole minute."Gross!" She doubled over theatrically and scooped up the toast in two fingers as if it were poison. "If I get dog germs and die, you're getting haunted. Every evening you'll have me clinking your wine bottles."Edward said nothing.She gave him one of her between-the-bites stares. "What? No quip? No mischievous grin? Anything at all?"He returned to his book."D
“I'm not even going to touch this.”Another growl.Again, she gazed at the water bowl.NopeHer throat felt like sandpaper."You're not a dog, Abigail," she whispered. "You're an adult. A human. A queen."Yet another belly rumble, louder still.She moved forward, just a little. Just to peek.The wa
"No, Edward," she said.Edward's expression grew stern. "Then you can sleep outdoors.""Might as well not," Abigail's chin firmed, her eyes sparking. "I have not arrived as your future wife to be your housekeeper."Edward inched closer, held back, dangerous, serene. "You signed the contract, Abigai
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