"Muffins?" Aunt Rosemary blinked, surprised when Amanda appeared in the kitchen and said she wanted to make muffins."Yes. You have all the ingredients in the kitchen, right? I want blueberry muffins." Moving past Aunt Rosemary who was standing next to the dining table, Amanda opened the entire refrigerator door to check the ingredients. "No blueberries?" She turned to look at Aunt Rosemary."We don't have any, Miss. If you had said earlier, or last night—someone would have come out to buy them, so sorry there are no blueberries."Amanda smiled flatly, she made Aunt Rosemary feel guilty. "It's okay, it's no big deal, there are other meals that can be made. It's my fault for not mentioning it earlier, sorry for being so abrupt, Auntie.""How about lemon cake? Or red velvet?"Amanda looked back at the contents of the refrigerator, there were indeed a lot of strawberries and a few lemons, although there were other fruits, but they were not suitable for cake batter."Eum, maybe lemon cake
Amanda moved restlessly even though her eyelids were tightly closed, and it was already one o'clock in the morning, but whatever it was continued to make her feel uncomfortable. She occasionally rubbed her ears and the nape of her neck as she felt different air touching her there.The air conditioner was always on except when Amanda needed some natural air through the large window in her room, she couldn't bear the restlessness, so she opened her eyes slowly, making the woman freeze when she found someone had flanked Amanda's legs while removing the t-shirt from his body, then throwing it on the floor.The man bent his knees and leaned back to touch Amanda's face with a warm smile.She closed her eyes again and swallowed, knowing she was imagining, or perhaps dreaming, a moment too crazy to face in reality.However, Amanda was wrong, the disturbance was even more uncontrollable because it touched the face, making the woman speak. "This dream is too real, why would a dream like this co
After a heated argument with Oriaga last night, the woman was even more convinced of herself and her desire to get out of this mansion. She felt very grateful that there was not a single CCTV installed in the mansion, so no guards were watching her movements from afar.Amanda felt she had to apologize to Aunt Rosemary that her intentions that day were limited to taking advantage, leading Amanda to find the key to the metal door near the gazebo.Although she had to walk quite a distance to the storeroom located in the corner of the southern hallway, her fatigue was rewarded when Amanda managed to re-enter the room, paying close attention to many of the details she had passed through yesterday."I got the key to freedom." There was no hesitation as the woman's hand opened the glass door containing the many keys, she quickly pulled out the key she had been eyeing since yesterday and tucked it into her pajama pocket. "I hope no one saw me enter this room, they shouldn't have, I woke up ea
Amanda stayed awake tonight, she saw that the shorthand of the clock in her room had reached eleven. All the servants in the mansion should be asleep, she hoped they were lying comfortably in their beds.Amanda was silent for a long time as she sat on her bed, but now she got up as she magnified her intention to escape. She had stashed a few bills in her sweater pocket along with the key to the metal door, and a flashlight in her hand.She briefly pulled back the curtains near the balcony, making sure the gatekeeper was inside the post."It should be safe, shouldn't it?" Amanda snorted, her heart pounding. "I'm getting so nervous as if I'm about to face a difficult graduation exam, but being able to leave here is the hardest test." She snorted.Amanda moved out of the room, she closed the door slowly so that no sound could be heard, then took off her shoes and walked in bare feet before entering the elevator.The atmosphere on the main floor was very dark as almost all the lighting ha
Oriaga is very grateful to the police in Russia for moving quickly to arrest Vladimir Chriskov in his hiding place after Oriaga confirmed that the man was the perpetrator of stealing designs from its fashion brand.The day after arriving in Moscow, he went to the police station with his lawyer, Joana, and several other people. Oriaga wanted to see Vladimir immediately, he was curious about the reason behind the theft—in all the time Vladimir had worked at Gregorious, he had never been in trouble with anyone, and he had no red marks on his performance.Is it true that Vladimir stole because he wanted to make a scene in his monotonous life?As the lawyer and his assistants brought out the latest evidence in front of the police, Oriaga stepped aside to a different area, he sat outside a room, more precisely a special room for prisoners when they had to meet their guests, and Oriaga waited for Vladimir's appearance.A warden from a different direction appeared while holding the figure of
"Did you contact Mr. Oriaga?" Freddie, the mansion's gatekeeper had been asking the same question since last night, and it was nine in the morning in Amsterdam.Zayn shook his head, but he remained lost in thought as he swallowed. The man's cell phone had drifted away as its owner tried to rescue Amanda to the nearby coastline when she jumped off the cliff.Zayn's mind was in overdrive, everything felt rumbling and scary, and there were a lot of problems clustered like an army in his head, making it quite difficult for the man to get rid of.Freddie snorted, he sat beside Zayn who was faithfully waiting for Amanda in front of the woman's hospital room, they had been at the hospital since last night because it was impossible to keep Amanda at the mansion when her body's reaction confirmed the alert status."I know what you're thinking, but you should—""No. Mr. Oriaga must be very busy taking care of all his problems in Moscow, I don't want to disturb him because of this," Zayn said, h
Amanda made it through her critical period, she had regained consciousness and was being treated by medical staff. She asked the nurse about the whereabouts of her family, but she got a puzzling answer when the nurse said that there was a frontman."There are no parents here?"The nurse shook her head. "I'm sorry, Miss. There has been no visit from your parents since yesterday, or did they not know you were here?"Amanda shook her head, she didn't have an answer to that question, so the nurse said goodbye before getting out of there.Zayn was still sitting silently in front of Amanda's ward, he was grateful that she had finally come to her senses, Zayn's fears had subsided, but he was still hesitant to see Amanda. Why should Zayn be the one feeling the most confused here?The man let out a long breath, he moved on as he stared at the door of the hospital room opposite. No matter what happened Zayn had to remain professional, Amanda was the wife of Oriaga, the man who had employed and
After almost three days in the hospital, today the doctor allowed Amanda to go home, and on the way to the mansion woman kept silent, never engaging Zayn in conversation or responding to his questions after the morning's argument. Amanda had a big disappointment with Zayn, so her attitude had changed.The situation in the car became more awkward than before, although Zayn occasionally glanced at Amanda's condition through the overhead mirrors, he could only grumble in response to Oriaga's wife's silence. Zayn realized that his strict adherence to Oriaga's rules must have disappointed others, especially Amanda.After the car stopped in the courtyard of the mansion, Zayn immediately got out and opened the door for Amanda, the woman came out without looking at Zayn, all the servants welcomed Amanda's return using their faces of emotion and anxiety that had been held back for days."Miss Amanda, you're finally back. We were so frightened and anxious." Aunt Rosemary's voice represents the