I recuperated for three months and then completely recovered. When I returned to work, the time passed into the new year.Jane is promoted to mid-level servant. She wanted to learn how to cook, so she begged Arthur to let her work as a kitchen assistant to learn from the chefs.All of the kitchens at the Douglas Palace are highly skilled, equal to the chefs at five-star restaurants, so it was a great honor for Jane to follow them and learn.She told me she wanted to open a restaurant after leaving Douglas Palace, which was her childhood dream.I completely support her, but I'm also worried that her dream won't come true because no one can leave this place. I swore that if I had the power, I would help her escape from here and fulfill her dream.After returning to work, my relationship with Arthur became stiff and strange. I didn't dare show any emotions before him; I was obedient and obedient. Arthur is still cold; sometimes, he's bored, so he tries to annoy me, but I don't react, and
Arthur's purpose in bringing me to the prison to see Clara was to warn me not to run away on a business trip with him. He predicted that I wouldn't stand still; I would try to run away, so he used Clara to threaten me.If I were obedient, after the trip, he would carry out my request to let Clara die peacefully. If, during the journey, I cause trouble or run away, Clara will be tortured more severely, and I will become the next person to be tortured like her.Arthur successfully broke my spirit of wanting to run away. I no longer feel excited about this trip.In the evening, Jade brought me ten new outfits, simple but trendy and sophisticated. Jade's expression was unhappy; Arthur forced her to prepare things for me, but she didn't want to do this.Before leaving, she passed on Ms. Melissa's words to me. Those are warnings full of anger and disgust. Melissa was worried that Arthur and I would develop unique feelings on this trip.Without Melissa reminding me, I didn't dare have that c
After Charlotte finished greeting everyone, she took everyone to a room on the second floor.This room is more spacious than the living room; in the middle of the room is a circular podium. The chairs are arranged around the podium. Everyone's names are on the chairs. The wealthiest and most powerful people will sit closer to the podium, and those with lower status will sit further away from the podium. However, you can see the auction items on the clothes no matter where you sit.Arthur sat in the front row, and I sat next to him. Before we got here, Smith's people asked Arthur if he had a chaperone so they could arrange the chairs. Each seat is about an arm's length apart.I sat on Arthur's right hand. I was surprised that Charlotte was sitting next to his left. After we sat down, she also took her seat.Charlotte leaned slightly towards Arthur. Before the auction started, Charlotte started a conversation with Arthur.She looked at Arthur with sparkling eyes and gentle words. In eve
"Boss, I will make you lose face if I don't participate in the auction, but I don't have any money. So, can you pay for the items I bid on?" I whispered into Arthur's ear.Charlotte challenged me like that. Arthur and I would lose face if I didn't participate in the auction, so I had to ask Arthur for his permission."Don't be too stupid!" Arthur said meaningfully. He teased me and tacitly agreed to pay me to participate in the auction.I felt secure, so I didn't accept Arthur's sarcasm.Charlotte saw Arthur and I whispering to each other and said, "Lucinda is so close to Mr.Arthur! If I were Mr. Arthur's fiancee, I would be jealous when I saw this scene."Regarding Charlotte's troubles from now on, Arthur felt annoyed, but he still calmly replied, "My fiancee will not be so narrow-minded."Charlotte blushed and was angry at being called narrow-minded. She wanted to refute but, for a moment, didn't know how to say it.At this time, the host returned, and the auction continued.Charlot
Arthur's phone suddenly rang so he left the room to answer the phone.In the room, only four of Richard's subordinates and I left. I was timid, but they were different. They felt more comfortable as soon as Arthur left."Lucinda, how long have you been Arthur's secretary?" Richard asked me."About a few days. I temporarily became his secretary because Mr. Arthur's assistant went on a business trip!" I answer.Richard's expression relaxed. He was no longer subservient like Arthur in front of me, but he became arrogant.Since this is my first time taking on this job, I often need to correct things. In situations like that, Arthur would give me a stern warning. To sum up, Richard thought that I did not influence Arthur, so he did not need to respect a temporary secretary like me.Richard's four subordinates also had the same thoughts as Richard. They were afraid of him when Arthur was here, so they didn't dare approach me. Now, they take turns offering me wine.I can drink alcohol, but n
"Mr.Arthur, your secretary is crazy! She dared to attack us." Richard accused me."You fire her. Such a crazy person is not worthy of being your secretary!""If you fire her, our cooperation will be completed soon," Mike said.At this time, Arthur was standing next to the door. He glanced around at me and calmly said, "Give it to me!"I was numb, my body stiff, unresponsive. I was highly frustrated, looking at him with red but resilient eyes.He gently pulled my arm, took the broken glass bottle out of my hand, and tossed it aside. The sound of the bottle shattering made my heart sink. I don't understand why I didn't fight back against Arthur. I'm not afraid of him, and I'm just so disappointed that I don't want to react.Mike thought Arthur agreed with him. He arrogantly told me, "You damn bitch! I will deal with you cruelly."He pushed Richard, who was blocking him in front of him and walked towards me. He reached out, wanting to grab my hair. My pupils trembled; I could only watch
The plane safely landed at the airport about ten miles from the city. Before that, Arthur had asked someone to pick us up at the airport. The person who picked us up had an emergency, so he took a taxi and left first. Arthur drove me to the inner city.The road from the airport to the inner city is a highway; on both sides is empty land with no houses. It is currently three o'clock in the morning, it is still dark, and there are very few cars on the road.Arthur drove at high speed. I sat in the driver's seat. I'm very wide awake now because I fell asleep on the plane.The silent atmosphere was awkward, so I wanted to find a topic to discuss. I thought momentarily and then asked, "Who is your fiancee?"I waited for Arthur to answer, but he remained focused on driving as if he hadn't heard my question. My voice wasn't low, so I was sure he heard me. I thought he didn't want to talk to me, so I turned my head and looked out the car window to admire the scenery.The night was so dark tha
After talking to Arthur, I thought he was going to leave, but he slept in my hospital room.It's been a long time since I slept in the same room with him, so I felt extremely nervous, but I quickly fell asleep because the sleeping pills took effect. The doctor gave me sleeping pills because they were afraid I wouldn't be able to sleep. After the anesthetic wears off, the wound will be excruciating and uncomfortable.That night, I had a high fever.I didn't know anything while I was in a coma; what I remembered were strange images from my long dream. It was a messy dream that looked like pieces of different pictures put together oddly. I am like a time traveler, experiencing many places in other periods.Finally, a fire broke out and burned those memories to ashes. I tried to run away from the fire, but it wouldn't let me go. I was surrounded by fire, trying to struggle in vain, but there was no way to escape. The fire burned me; I could see my skin slowly roasting; it blistered and lo