Since finding the root of the problem, Stuart had no further use for Morwenna. In a hasty move, he pushed her aside.

Groggy from sleep, Morwenna nearly tumbled to the floor.

Rubbing her eyes, she looked at Stuart, puzzled and disoriented.

"Out," Stuart commanded, his voice deep and stern.

Morwenna was bewildered. After all, Stuart had arranged for her to sleep there as per their agreement. And at the time, he was dismissing her with such hostility.

What was with the attitude? She felt like punching him again!

Morwenna had thought sharing a bed signified a step toward a closer relationship, that perhaps she and Stuart could start to get along peacefully.

more after spending a night in the same bed. He began to make life increasingly difficult for her, inventing endless chores that

finished her task, Stuart always found more stuff to keep her occupied. Just yesterday, he had her replace all the drapes in the house,

a fool could see Stuart was deliberately making things hard

patient. Norbert had been kind to her, and no matter how terrible Stuart's attitude was, she had

cool. Don't hit Stuart." She kept reminding herself in her

reviewed every detail of her duties at Windcharm Villas, taking everything

every three days, having the carpets professionally cleaned weekly, and handling Stuart's laundry, suits, shirts, and ties, with dry cleaning, while materials like silk and cashmere needed hand-washing. Stuart disliked parsley, broccoli, sausage, and more. He was

threw at her, Morwenna gritted her teeth and got on with

getting his hands dirty, but with Morwenna, he resorted to the simplest forms of harassment, hoping she would give up and

was not one to give up. For Norbert's sake, she could endure

made one thing pretty clear to Morwenna. Stuart was a

continued

would come over for lunch that day. Morwenna decided it was time to talk with Stuart. She didn't mind keeping up their current arrangement, but

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