Caught in the act

Chapter 7

Amelie POV

"And what is good about the morning, you bastard?" She snaps at me, and I gulp down nothing nervously. This woman is scaring me.

"Do you think you're so special to wake up along with other maids?" She snaps at me, and I almost jump out of my skin.

"No, my lady..."

"Are you thinking because you're sleeping with the king, you're better than any of the maids here, you bitch?" She sneers at me for the umpteenth time, and I bite my bottom lip. By now, some of the maids are already here, staring at me and murmuring.

"I'm sorry, lady Adeline," I apologize to her, even though I never did anything wrong.

"You better be sorry for your pathetic life. If you want to be treated like a princess, then I think you should try somewhere else. You're not special here, just because you're cheap enough to be having affair with the King. You're better than no one here, so you better behave yourself if you don't want to get into trouble in the future," She warns me again, and I slowly