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.

expectations, Stuart seemed to dislike her more after spending a night in the same bed. He began to make

had her replace all the drapes in the house, a task that kept her up until

a fool could see Stuart was deliberately making things hard for

had been kind to her, and no matter how terrible Stuart's attitude

Stuart." She kept reminding herself

to avoid conflict, Morwenna called Zoe and carefully reviewed every detail of her duties at Windcharm Villas, taking everything down in her

professionally cleaned weekly, and handling Stuart's laundry, suits, shirts, and ties, with dry cleaning, while materials

what Stuart threw at her, Morwenna gritted her teeth and got on

miserable without getting his hands dirty, but with Morwenna, he resorted to the simplest forms of harassment, hoping she would give

give up. For Norbert's sake, she could endure a

thing pretty clear to Morwenna. Stuart was

standoff continued until

had previously agreed that Norbert would come over for lunch that day. Morwenna decided it was time to talk with Stuart. She didn't mind keeping up their current

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