Chapter 25Double Trouble.Elara Winterfell.I finished cleaning and was disinfecting my wounds when the doorbell rang. Miss Anna was still helping Ma'am Natasha out in the room, and that meant I had to get the door. I took deep breaths as I slipped my feet inside the soft foam slippers that Miss Anna had kept for me. Ignoring the sharp pains in my legs, I made my way towards the door.“Good day, and welcome—” I felt the color drain from my face as I stared at her in shock, the cruel smile she always wore was plastered to her face. “Is…Is…" I couldn't even say her name as I felt my knees go weak in her presence.I held on to the door for support, leaning into it. The smirk on her face widened as she let herself inside the house.“Hello, Elara.” She smiled, her features melting from the evil smile to a genuine one. “It's been a while since we met, ayy?” Her eyes glinted.“What do you want here, Isabel? What are you doing here?” My voice was barely a shaky whisper as I gripped the door
Chapter 24Shards Of Glass.Rowan Nightshade.“Can't this car move any faster?” I barked at my driver who was moving the car as if it were a snail. I had to get home immediately. Didn't he see I was in a hurry? “Do you want to lose your job? You can quit right here and now and get out of you can't press your legs harder against that accelerator!”“I'm trying my best, sir,” he said helplessly. “There's traffic up ahead. It seems like there is an accident. That is what is causing the hold-up, not me. I'm really sorry for the delay, sir.”I knew it was the hold up, but I couldn't help but get even more tense. The longer I stayed in the car, the more agitated I was getting. Natasha was a bully, and any woman who looked remotely young automatically became a threat to her. It didn't matter who the person was. She was basically jealous of my own sister before she died! One thing I feared even more than the bullying was if she connected the dots herself. If she linked Elara's last name to her
Chapter 23Girl's Company.Isabel Reeds.“Why can't you be more like Elara, huh?” The irritation in his voice made my heart clench in pain. “You copy her in everything she does, yet you can't be like one percent of her!”His face was red with anger as he buttoned his wrinkled shirt. I sighed to myself, looking at the stacks of well ironed clothes that I had prepared for him this week, but he deliberately chose to wear that brown shirt.“Connor…" I sighed out tiredly, my back was aching from the pregnancy and I couldn't stand much longer. I settled myself on the bed beside him. “If you want to wear this shirt, let me iron it before you leave.”He quickly pushed himself from the bed, as if disgusted by my presence. With hard eyes, he warned me seriously. “Don't you ever touch my clothes with those puny dirty hands of yours! I'll have to trash those and get new clothes because of you.”I held the tears that threatened to overwhelm me as he gave me a look of disgust. Where did I go wrong
Chapter 22An Unpleasant Situation.Rowan Nightshade.“How did this happen?” I snarled at the small man who cowered in front of me. My rage knew no bounds. “You are aware that he is one of our most important clients, why did you have to make such a silly mistake?!”“I'm so sorry, sir…" His voice was quivering as his knees grew weak, and he fell to the ground in front of me. “Punish me, sir! I have done a terrible deed.”“Terrible is an understatement!” I sneered. “You've made us lose hope of future deals with them!”“I didn't want to. I didn't want to. I didn't want to.” The tears were falling from his eyes this time which thoroughly disgusted me.“So it was intentional, wasn't it?” My forehead creased into a deeper frown. I rolled the sleeves of my shirt, my veins popped out showing how angry I was.“I would never betray you, sir!” He kept on pleading. “You have to understand! They took my wife and children! They said I had to sabotage it! Please sir! I beg you. Have mercy on me! I h
Chapter 21The Massage TherapistsElara Winterfell.“This is Kareem.” Rowan said as he gestured to the tall bodyguard that stood at the door. “He will bring your things here. For now, acquaint yourself with the staff.”I stood, still in shock at the words that had fallen off his mouth earlier. A maid? To clear off the debts, I will be his maid? How long would it have to be? What about my children's life?“How…how long will it take for me to be able to clear my debt?” I asked softly, my eyes rising to meet his tall frame.“Give or take,” He tilted his head to the side, “Ten years will do.”Ten years… I breathed out and stared into my hands. “I'll get to work immediately.” I said and stood up from the chair.“Did I ask you to stand?” His icy voice cut through the room. “Have I finished speaking to you?”I bowed my head in shame and whispered. “I'm sorry, sir.”This is my life now. From almost getting promoted to a sales manager at the biggest company in the country to being a maid, life
Chapter 20A maid?Elara Winterfell.“Do you know those people?” Tanya asked as she eyed Rowan's bodyguards that sat not far from the counter where we stood.The day was sunny, and we had an influx of customers today. The peach floors had been totally scrubbed to look shiny, as well as the few tables and chairs that the customers sat waiting for their orders. Rowan's bodyguards sat in one of them, staring straight at me, a fierce and hard expression on his face.“Just a little.” I whispered back to Tanya.“Well, what do they want? They are scaring me, plus other customers here…" She whispered back in the lowest undertone she could muster. I almost couldn't hear her.“I don't know.” I lied through my teeth.I knew why they were here. They came looking for me. I should be used to it by now. Anytime they showed up unceremoniously in front of me, it meant that Rowan wanted to see me. I knew I was going to face this in due time, but how was I going to explain to him that I didn't have a su