Lahat ng Kabanata ng Serving The Blind Billionaire: Kabanata 31 - Kabanata 40

Valentina’s POVOne week later.The kitchen buzzed with its usual sounds. Knives slicing through the boards, pots hissing over the low heat, everything was the same, it always was. But it wasn’t.Angela was gone.But who cares?I stood at the breakfast counter, arranging the apple slices beside the small bowl of honey on Christopher’s breakfast tray. My hands were moving on autopilot as I struggled to find my bearings. Like I have been attempting for the past week. Behind me, the butler barked, "Valentina! That toast is burning. Are you even paying attention ?"I jolted and turned quickly. "Sorry, sir. I… I wasn’t thinking.""What’s new?" he muttered. "Fix it and move along. The Master doesn’t like delays."Like I don’t know. 3 months and I’m still being treated like a newbie. Well, how many newbies have watched their sister’s friend die?"Yes, sir," I said, grabbing the tray and heading straight to the West wing. As I walked out of the kitchen, I could hear laughter and conversatio

Valentina’s POV“Angela,” I whispered, more to the sky than anything. “Why did you have to pull me into this?”“What does Angela have to do with this?”I jumped and turned. Finlay leaned out of the nearby window, arms on the sill with an unlit cigarette between two fingers.I straightened. “It’s nothing. I just remembered a distant friend.”He looked at me for a second too long, then nodded. “Huh. Didn’t peg you for sentimental.”Finlay pulled a lighter from his pocket and lit the cigarette. I moved toward the window, not sure why, and leaned beside the window. “Stress smoke?”He laughed. “Something like that. Just your average day working for your blind, emotionally constipated Master. You know.”I held back a smile. “Yeah. I know.”Finlay turned to look at me, his eyes squinting through the smoke. “You’re not as quiet as he says.”“I have my moments,” I smiled.Maybe it's the tension from the past week, or the endless risk I have taken over the last few weeks, but acting chummy to

Valentina’s POV I stormed into the empty maid's lounge, slamming the door harder than necessary. The banged echoed loudly through the walls, but I didn’t care. Let the whole manor hear it for once, I’ve had to deal with their chaos; they could handle mine. My hands were shaking, and my face was soaked with tears running down my cheeks. “ How dare he ?” How dare he make me feel like I was the problem? Like my pain was just a nuisance in his perfectly constructed bubble of superiority. I stomped around in the small room like the space wasn’t caving in on me. Like I wasn’t about to scream. “God,” I hissed, swiping at my cheeks, “What was I thinking?” I felt sorry for him. I thought he was just isolated and in pain. I even let Finlay’s stupid words…"So even if you’re just the help, Valentina, he notices you. Trust me"... crawl into my head like they were supposed to mean something. Like I was someone he saw, and there was a sliver of a hope in him buried under all that cold persona

Valentina’s POVThen came his voice.“ How much did you see, Valentina ?”“ He knows.” These words splashed through my mind like a wave. Xavier stood just a feet away from both of us, he looked the same way he always did, but even under all that white knight look, I finally saw right through his farce. I kept my face neutral.My mouth remained shut, and I nodded absently, holding Aidan close, my fingers buried in the fabric of his tiny jumper. He was warm, still giggling under his breath like he didn’t notice a thing.“Aidan,” I said softly, not looking away from Xavier. “Go play by the trees, baby. Don’t go far.”Aidan nodded and bounced towards the grassy field, already distracted by a trail of sunflowers. I waited until he was a few yards off before turning back to Xavier.“I don’t know what you mean,” I lied, way too quickly.He raised an eyebrow, his smirk twitching.“Don’t insult me.”He stepped forward, slowly, closing the minor breathing gap between us. “Davina saw you,” he s

Valentina’s POVThe study was quiet. Too quiet.I stood by the windows, scrubbing the spotless mosaic windows. A desperate attempt to ease my insane nerves - again. Attempting to escape my demons had already become a ritual in my life, but this time, it was worse. In the past, no matter what happened, Aidan was never caught in the crossfire, except for the one accident, and after that, he was in the safe zone, just like I wanted. And now…“ Fuck, how did I let this happen” I scraped the wooden corner of the window frame, holding back my tears my voice completely quiet. I can’t let him notice I was sobbing like a child. AgainIt had been almost twenty-four hours since my confrontation with Xavier, and I still couldn’t stop shaking. Every time I closed my eyes, I saw Xavier’s face, that ugly smirk on his face. The way his hand hovered near Aidan’s hair, like he was already reaching to steal him. It wasn’t an empty thre