“You know I don’t like milk scent? So you’re deliberate?”
“I really didn’t do it.”
“Clean her up. Don’t come here without me saying so.”
Jessica didn’t struggle much. It was a blessing for her to leave this strange man.
Jessica was grabbed to the bathroom. Ada and others couldn’t do anything when the man was in the castle. They couldn’t hurt her. But they pulled her hair as hard as they could while swearing.
“Bitch, you think you’re the master’s woman just because you’re on his bed! I warn you not to think about it!”
Jessica saw her hair pulled off in chunks. They were gone after they were finished with her.
Jessica was so sour after being tortured by them. She held the side of the bathtub and stood up. The door of the bathtub was pushed open.
Jessica thought they were the maids. But it was Matilda Owen.
“Jessica, are you okay?” Matilda asked while holding a clean outfit.
Jessica shook her head and put the clothes on.
“They are such bullies. They just do this to newcomers.”
Matilda helped her out of the bathtub. She shared the same room with her. So she held her back to the room.
Their room was on the first floor. It was near the dungeon. It crept Jessica out, hearing the shrilling noises.
“What’s that?”
“A ghost, maybe?” Matilda wasn’t as bold as Jessica. She held her hands at once.
Matilda dragged Jessica into the room and closed the door quickly.
The room was soundproof. Soon they couldn’t hear anything.
Jessica opened the door to a crack to hear more. Another howling came. But it was too faint to be heard. Jessica felt it was neither from a wolf nor a human.
“Jessica, what are you doing?” Matilda grabbed Jessica’s arms.
“I couldn’t hear clearly. I’m gonna take a look.”
“Do you forget what Ada told us? No one is allowed to be near the dungeon.”
“I just want to take a look.”
“Don’t go. I’m scared.”
“You stay put. I’ll be back soon.”
Jessica closed the door. She walked over slowly, following the noise. She was very quiet in case anybody recognized her.
She found the entrance to the dungeon at the broom closet while she was cleaning the castle. The broom closet was in the backyard on the first floor.
The broom closet was dark and humid. As she walked in, the shrilling sound from the dungeon became more clear. Jessica became afraid. The sound was shaking in the air. Whoever made the sound must be in pain.
Jessica tiptoed and slowly walked over.
Suddenly her shoulder was tapped.
Jessica yelled out, turned around, and was relieved.
“What are you doing here? Aren’t you afraid?”
Matilda looked genuinely frightened. She held herself in her arms and looked pale. She even heard her teeth shivering.
“Ada just came by. I told her you went to the toilet. If you don’t come back, she would be mad.”
Jessica looked at the entrance, not far away. The door was not big. It was an arch with two rings.
“How dare she ignore my orders?” Ada grabbed her by her collar and took her off the ground.
“Take a look somewhere else.” It was Ada’s voice.
Matilda and Jessica looked at each other. She was probably sending a crew looking for them, seeing they were not in their room.
“Come one, or we’ll be in so much trouble.” Ada was known for her cold blood. It was said after she found out the maid was having a clandestine affair with the bodyguard and never didn’t come back for a night. She ordered them to tie them to soak them in the pond for three days.
They opened a crack of the door and made sure there was nobody. Then she tiptoed to run.
It suddenly rained in the morning.
The thunder kept blasting in the air, and the lightning appeared now and then.
Leilani opened her eyes in a daze. She looked over at Waylen’s asleep face.
Waylen had a chiseled face with a high nose. He had a face that was kissed by the angel.
Leilani smiled, thinking she was with the perfect man on earth.
Waylen suddenly opened his eyes. Leilani didn’t avoid his look like she used to be. She stared at him.
“Good morning.”
Waylen held Leilani in his arms. She was held tightly by Waylen.
“So, what’s the bonus service?”
Waylen buried his nose deep among Leilani’s hair and smiled.
“When did you become so curious?”
“Get cleaned first?” Waylen got up in case Leilani was smothered. He got up first.
“I can’t walk,” Leilani said.
Waylen picked her up, and she put her legs around his waist.
“Do you know how hard I have to control myself now?”
Leilani didn’t understand it at first. But as she slipped down, she touched a part where she wasn’t supposed to touch. She deeply understood it.
Waylen put the toothpaste on her toothbrush. Leilani didn’t wear any shoes. So she had to stand in front of him, stepped on his shoes barefoot, and brushed her teeth.
The maid came in with respect.
“Good morning, Mr. And Mrs. Bamford.”
Waylen put her back on the bed.
Leilani put on her shoes and stood up. But Waylen pressed her down.
“Don’t move for a second.”
Leilani was confused.
“Do you ask me about a bonus service?”
The maid got closer. Leilani saw a glass of water on the tray.
Waylen took the glass, and the maid left.
“Water?” So the service was feeding her water?
What was this? He neither poured the water nor took it. How could it be a bonus service?
“Em. Take a sip.”
Leilani looked at the glass curiously. Was there anything else in the water?
Leilani was baffled. But she took a sip anyway.
It was water.
Waylen grabbed her hand and suddenly revered the glass. It surprised Leilani. She thought Waylen would pour the water at her. But it didn’t happen.
There were colorful ribbons in the glass. Leilani pulled the ribbon. But it kept getting longer.
Waylen rolled the ribbon in his hands and wrapped them back in the glass. Then he reached in and came out with a rose. Waylen put the rose beside Leilani’s hair. The orange rose blossomed on the dark hair. Leilani was prettier than the rose.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.
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