I was restless for the whole day. Jon held in his room, forbidding to leave the room to attend Milord for his daily morning walk. I could easily overpower him and left, but he only said one sentence and I was locked for the whole day until Milord called again at nine.
"If you dare leave, you will see rry talking with Milord. She will tell the truth about you sexually abusing her in front of Milord instantly," Jon said maliciously. When he saw my rigid face, he looked very satisfied and he started unpacking his stuff and put it in the drawer.
I was breathing heavily, trying hard to contain my anger, "Do you really trust her? Do you think I am cruel enough to abuse her?"
Jon paused a bit and replied, "You are just an outside that my mother picked up, so you can live with a 'family'. I never liked you anyway, I will trust my sister naturally. She has always been a nave girl, she loves you too much. Of course, you will take advantage of her, ungrateful bastard."
I closed my eyes to contain my anger, seeing the man whom I called brother at so point, actually treated like this hurt more. I thought everything would be alright after rry left, but turned out she never let go of her grudge.
When Milord finally summoned again at nine to his office, Jon held longer and then let leave. I rushed to Milord's office, only to find Irion already attending Milord and him discussing a deal with Esther Yvette.
Milord only gave a cold side glance and then continued talking with Esther. His cold gaze made nervous, 'Does he already know everything? Or he is just mad because I didn't attend our daily morning walk?'
After Milord finished his deal with Esther, the woman left and Irion asked about sothing to Milord. I was so focused with my own nervousness that I only stood like a statue. Irion excused himself, he also gave a side glance and mouthed the word, 'No.'
Milord finally gave his attention to , he glanced at and asked, "You look very wary today, what happened?"
I walked and kneeled in front of him imdiately and said, "Pardon , Milord, about the new maid called rry"
"How do you know about that weird girl?" Aster raised his brow, "She is suddenly in my private garden and asking for justice because her boyfriend sexually abused her. She said she knows well, but I only have this uh familiar feeling about her."
"TThat did she ntion the na of her boyfriend?" I asked, Milord shook his head lightly;
"Well, even if she does, what can I do? I might be able to hand out the letter to send the man to the city court, the city court will be the one who would give him a fine or punishnt. I might've known her at so point in my life, maybe when I was a kid, but I don't think she is morable enough. Because I really don't know who she is."
Milord's answer relieved a bit, but the fact that rry and Wood Family beca a thorn in our relationship made anxious, I gently held his hand and kissed it, "Milord, can I ask you sothing?"
"Yes."
"Do you trust ?"
Milord laughed and patted my head, "Why are you so weird today? Of course, I do. Isn't it given for? We are in a relationship, Ramuja. Of course, I trust you, I hope you trust too though"
I lowered my head in sha, 'I I do not trust you, Milord. You are so sweet, I'm afraid it's only an illusion.'
'Maybe this is the best ti to tell the truth to Milord. At least, if he knows the truth from myself, he will give a chance. It will be a nightmare if rry is the one that tells Milord everything.'
"Milord--" I raised my head and stared at Milord's eyes. But my mouth stopped when I saw Irion hiding in a tree near the balcony. He was holding a knife similar to what Jain usually used back then. He stared at with hostility. As if, if I tell the truth about my affair, he would imdiately execute .
Again, he mouthed the sa word, 'NO.'
I gulped. Sothing felt off, especially when I saw Milord's eyes constantly showing dots of golden tint here and there, as if he was expecting sothing good from , "What is it, Ramuja?" he asked gently.
When Milord's eyes almost turned pure golden, I shook my head imdiately, "NNothing Milord, I just want to say that I didn't attend you because I felt ill this morning, I'm sorry."
Aster's eyes turned normal instantly, and he sighed, "It's okay, I was quite worried about your wellbeing too. If training with Irion is too hard, you should take a few days of rest."
"Yes, Milord. Thank you"
"Maybe we should go to the city in the evening? It's autumn already, the air is not hot, we can go and eat sothing in the city," Aster said, then his cheek had the tint of pink, "It will be um a date."
"Certainly, Milord. I will always accompany you," I said. While I maintained my smile, my mind was in chaos right now.
Milord finally ordered to leave first, because he needed to finish a docunt. When I left the office and closed the door, I was greeted with a knife on my throat. The tip of the knife already touched my skin, "You are almost a dead man," Irion said coldly.
I didn't flinch with the knife, I asked him, "Let's talk sowhere else."
Irion and I went inside the tool room and he started asking, "Do you not know the danger of exposing yourself to Milord like that?"
"I I just think that Milord should know it from , not from rry or Jon"
"Stupid." Irion said curtly, he directed his punch to my face, but I caught his fist, "If you told Milord about your affair, do you know what would happen?"
"He might be mad at , but I believe I still have a chance"
"IDIOT!" Irion yelled. He slashed the air around my neck, but I didn't flinch, "Milord has been going through that traumatic mory slip twice! It's already dangerous even on the first try. If he got traumatized again, we don't know what would happen to him!"
"Mmory slip" I instantly rembered about that ti when Milord fainted for more than a day. His breathing was stable, but it looked like he was in a lot of pain in his sleep.
'I suddenly rembered about Fleur, my dog when I was a kid. My mother beat that dog to death and after that, I just forgot about Fleur'
Milord said that to once.
"Golden blood is already unstable since their birth, they have ntal defects! You are going to damage Milord's ntal health even more, you reckless idiot!" Irion was really angry at . He directed his punch again at , but this ti, I didn't catch his fist.
I flinched after the strong punch, "I what should I do"
"You are still asking ?! Of course, you must kill that girl and her family imdiately! Bury that mory, don't let Milord get his third traumatic event!" Irion was frustrated, his breathing was unstable and his eyes were red, "Crown Prince is targeting him right now, if sothing happens to Milord and he gets snatched by the Crown Prince because of your stupidity, I will kill you imdiately."
My heart sank when I finally realized the severity of the situation. Milord was in his fight against Charles, if sothing happened to Milord, then Charles would imdiately sweep the duchy in one night.
"What now? Do you want to kill that girl and her family instead? Fine, I will do it," Irion took out the knife again and was going to leave, but I gripped his arm imdiately, "Don't," I said.
Irion looked at as if I was being ridiculous, "Now you want to protect that girl? She is a threat to Milord!"
"I" I never liked rry romantically, maybe it was my fault back then. Because I accepted the love of a maiden even though I never liked her. But what made hesitate was Lisa Wood.
She accepted as her family, she cared for for two years, raised as her own son with Jon and rry. With her, I felt like I have an actual family. We were always short on food, but we were happy to be together.
'It's an illusion after all' Lisa once said that I should protect rry, because she had her love only for . My hand trembled, I tightened my grip around Irion's arm, "Don't," I repeated.
"Then kill her yourself!"
"I I will think of a way, please give ti" I let go of his arm and then continued, "I will never harm Milord, please let clear this myself"
Irion still looked at with hostility, then he scoffed, "You said you love Milord more than anything? What a pathetic hypocrite."
Irion left alone in this tool room, inside my dilemma that made restless.
***
Late at night, I knocked on the door of this new maid. I knocked twice and the sound of the door being unlocked made nervous.
The door creaked and a beautiful girl with dark hair, oval face and sweet look greeted with a grin, her grin turned into a smirk and he greeted with her sweet voice, "My husband is back. I miss you a lot, our baby missed you a lot."
rry caressed her flat belly, acted as if there was a baby inside her belly, "I know you wouldn't leave , I just know it."
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