"Eh... was there anyone inside?"
A young female voice sounded so confused when her attention was caught by the opened curtains. She slowly walked inside the bedroom before switching on the lights.
In an instant, the darkness was chased away.
’Who is she?’
Leslie quickly switched off the bunny lamp despite being hidden under the bed. Her eyes kept watching the pair of feet.
’Is it a maid?’
Leaving the small lamp and the diaries on the floor, Leslie hovered passing the bedfra and mattress before floating above the bed. Her eyesight was greeted with a woman’s face.
The lady who had just entered the room was dressed in a brown-colored helper’s uniform. She looked to be around Leslie’s age. Without a doubt, she was one of the ancestral ho’s maids.
"I think I have drawn the curtain back. Did I actually forget about it?"
The maid looked around the room, her brows slightly frowning. She was still thinking who pulled the curtains inside the unoccupied bedroom.
Everyone knew not to carelessly step inside Eldest Miss Li’s bedroom. Her mother, First Madam Li had notified everyone through the butler.
"Isn’t she..."
Leslie unconsciously widened her eyes. She stared blankly at the young woman. The latter’s face brought familiarity through Charlene’s mories.
’If I’m not mistaken... she is...’
The maid’s na ca to Leslie’s mind – Sarah Yao. Among all the maids of this ancestral ho, she could be considered the closest to Charlene. The rest treated her like air due to Gladys’ indirect orders.
While watching Sarah, Leslie tried to resurface more mories regarding the forr. In several of them, she saw how Charlene extended a helping hand whenever the maid was in trouble.
"Eldest Miss, thank you for your help. I could send my little brother to the hospital because of you. I’ve cleared the outstanding dical bills."
"Do you really give this? This bracelet is so pretty!"
"Eldest Miss, I’m so happy. I can rely on you."
It seed like Charlene didn’t hesitate to assist Sarah in the monetary aspect. Aside from paying the latter’s little brother’s dical bills and giving her jewelry, Charlene also had done more things.
At the sa ti, Sarah was the person who Charlene poured her heart out whenever she couldn’t bear the tornt anymore.
The maid listened to Charlene complaining about the unfair treatnt she received from her family. The forr also witnessed her crying a few tis.
Their relationship should be a beautiful one, a friendship that blossod after enduring hardships in their lives.
Yet...
Leslie pursed her lips, feeling sothing was off. She unconsciously grabbed a part of her skirt, balling her hands into fists. Tremors spread from her heart, traveling down to her limbs.
With her eyes still on Sarah, mories laced with pain flashed in Leslie’s mind.
"You’re a rich miss. You should be thankful for that. Not everyone has a life like you."
"Why are you worried about the old madam? Just enjoy your wealth. You shouldn’t think of how she loathes you."
"How could you say that, miss? Haa... you know that you’re being so whiny now? Be grateful! You live in riches when I suffer in dirt!"
The recent mories showed Sarah telling Charlene off for getting so fixated on the mistreatnt caused by the Li family. The drastic change in the forr shocked Charlene.
Sarah didn’t say that to elevate Charlene’s sadness. Every word was spewed out of pure spite, shredding the latter’s heart into pieces.
’How could she... how could she do that?’
Sorrow enveloped Leslie’s heart as if she were really in Charlene’s shoes. The latter had gone through so much in the short span of her life.
Not only Charlene was maltreated by her own family but, her most trusted maid whom she regarded as a friend also had been secretly loathing her.
Sarah pretended to be an angel before exposing her true malicious nature to Charlene.
’No wonder Charlene didn’t hesitate to leave this world...’
Sarah didn’t know that she was being watched. After closing the curtains, she stayed inside the bedroom instead of leaving it.
Crossing her arms over her bosom, Sarah’s gaze held a hint of greed. Her eyes fell on the bed.
"Geez... what a waste of the expensive mattress. No one’s using it now. They should give the bed at least. I’m that foolish girl’s closest maid."
Charlene was confined to bed for two months due to her coma. She left the bedroom, this house only because of her sudden marriage to Calix. Most of her items were still here.
"What did she say?" Leslie glared at Sarah, silent fury emanating from her heart, "She treated you so well! How could you betray her trust?!"
Sarah was a snake!
She acted nice only because she needed Charlene’s monetary help. When her jealousy finally overwheld her, she flipped her switch and berated the latter for being depressed.
Unable to hold back her anger, Leslie’s mind was struck with an idea. Her eyes lit up, flickering with mischief.
"Hurm... should I play with her?"
Sarah’s attention was shifted to the vanity table, unaware of the fact that soone invisible wanted to prank her very soon.
Even though Charlene was not favored by Old Madam Li, she received a huge monthly allowance from the family’s accountant. After all, she was still the Li family’s eldest miss.
Bottles and tubes of high-end skincare brands line up on the table including expensive perfus. Various shades of lipsticks were put into the slots of the zig-zag tower acrylic organizer.
Sarah looked at the closed door. She coaxed herself, thinking that everyone was busy with the appearance of Young Master Xu tonight. No one would co here right now.
"No one will notice if I take one bottle, right?"
Greed laced Sarah’s smile as she reached out for a bottle of perfu. The glass bottle was in the shape of a blooming flower. With just one look, anyone could tell it was an expensive one.
Sarah took off the lid. She positioned the perfu in the direction of her neck, wanting to spray the scent there.
Until sothing unexpected happened.
"...no!"
Crash!
The beautiful perfu bottle was reduced to shards of glass once it made contact with the marble floor. Only half of its original shape remained.
The pink liquid ford a small pool on the marble floor, spreading an intense sweet scent in the air.
The sight of the broken perfu bottle horrified Sarah.
"W-what do I do? Ah! What do I do? Argh! Why did it slip? I held it properly!"
While Sarah was panicking, Leslie was laughing out loud. She was amused by the stunt she pulled just now. She deliberately pushed the bottle out of the latter’s hand.
"Hahaha! Serve you right! You think people won’t know about this?"
Hehe, Sarah was welcoming trouble to her door. It was hard to get rid of a perfu scent, especially the high-grade ones.
Sarah also couldn’t deny her wrongdoing.
There were surveillance caras in the hallways outside. If Rowan or anyone did a security check, they would see Sarah being the one entering the bedroom.
"Hehehe~ Now, how will you solve this?"
Grinning mischievously, Leslie enjoyed watching Sarah continue panicking.
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