Strict Governess Novels & Stories

She explained and pointed at the second story of one of the buildings. “There must be a lot of workers then,” I said, taking in the flats. “You bet. Each person here has their duties, and negligence or laziness is not tolerated. Unless you have a solid reason to back you up. Or else Gabi will eat you alive.” She said, “And Gabi is who?” I asked. “The Chief Stewardess of the Conti household and… well, my mother. God, that woman is so discipline-loving.” She uttered.

Chapter 9 Amber’s POV Over the years, Mother has employed several women under the title of head housekeeper. In reality, their main job was me. They were to watch me. Ensure I was keeping to the diet. Report my every movement back to Mother… that sort of thing. Among all the women, Madam Griselda was the one that stuck. And she was the one I despised the most. “SPIT IT OUT! AT ONCE!” Her huge frame filled the infirmary doorway as she huffed in anger.

“Or the guards can operate the gates for us, from inside the gatehouse.” “That’s really cool,” I said, as we started up the long driveway to the house. The house was impressive, white with gray trim and a dark gray, tiled roof. Inside, I was greeted by our newly appointed staff. The governess, Maggie, a chef, a housekeeper, and a driver. “We’ll need a second governess, to ensure around the clock care for the two children,” Adam explained. “I don’t want you to be fatigued trying to deal with domestic and household demands piled on top of your chemo treatment.”

she admitted, shuddering. “You know, he’s not as scary as he might want to seem,” I said thoughtfully, taking a cup of tea. “Though, outwardly—yes. He definitely wasn’t lucky with his genes.” “Oh, I don’t know…” Io hesitated, and I could see she was nervous. “I didn’t want to say anything, but I think you should know. There’s talk among the servants that after last night’s ceremony, one of the candidates disappeared,” the governess whispered. “The woman assigned to her couldn’t find the poor girl in her room this morning—and she never returned last night.”

The line disconnected and I sighed and said to myself “What other surprise did he leave now? Gone almost 12 years and you are still causing me trouble” I arrived at her downtown office exactly on time. Patricia Haverford had been managing the Thornfield estate for as long as I can remember. Patricia looked exactly like I remembered from the original reading of the will. She had a neat gray suit on, sharp eyes, the kind of calm that came from cleaning up rich people’s messes for decades. She didn’t waste time with small talk. She slid a folder across the desk the second I sat down. I looked at it and looked at her. I didn't touch it yet.

Not a single one of them moved to welcome his arrival. "Hey, are you all blind?!" Dominic snapped, his voice thundering through the room. He released his hold on Giselle, stepping forward with a flush-red face. "Stand up! Welcome us and quickly prepare dinner on the table!" The old head servant slowly turned her head, staring at Dominic with a flat gaze without the slightest bit of fear. "We are sorry, Mr. Thorne. We are here only to serve Queen Queen Vivienne, not serving you nor this mistress of yours."

They were playing a slow domestic mind game—proving to me that Julian's brute force couldn't shield me from the quiet, daily rot of living under their shadow. Mrs. Gable stepped forward again, aggressively snatching my untouched plate away before I could even pick up a fork. "If the young woman is finished playing at being a lady, I have the master suite linens to change," the housekeeper said coldly to Victoria, completely ignoring my presence.

‘Shouldn’t you listen to the soldiers? ‘Why should I?’ she scoffed. ‘I command them, they should just listen to what I say.’ He sighed. She is the textbook example of a braggart and immediately he started to wonder how he ended up marrying her? He could only shake his head and walk back to their residence. He walked to a small room beside the master’s bedroom. The governess stood up and bowed to him, he dismissed her and sat beside his daughter who was reading from a book. ‘What are you reading?’ he asked gently.

And she nodded again. After being dismissed she walked straight to Robert's cabin. "Robert, Mr. Magnus is hiring a governess for me," She said as they walked into the cabin, and as usual Robert was focused on one of his old books. "Isn't that a good thing?" Robert asked with his eyes still on the book. "It means I get to spend less time with you," Alexandra whined and the immediate response she got was a scoff. "You've always spent less time with me, having a governess is nice. It's good to know some basic stuff," Robert replied to which Alexandra rolled her eyes.