Loving You In Secret

“Yeah.” The maid nodded. “Mister Tyler searched the entire mansion and didn’t find you anywhere, so his attention will be drawn elsewhere.”

“Do Mister and Missus Hart plan on killing me?”

“They want to but are both hesitant about it. Right now, they don’t want to worsen their conflicts with Mister Tyler. If they kill you and Mister Tyler finds out, he might not stop at severing all ties with the Hart Family… Who knows what cruelty he’ll be capable of?”

Vicky frowned and wanted to argue but decided against it in the end.

“I can’t stay here for too long. If Missus Hart finds out that I’m a spy, I can only imagine what’ll happen to me,” the maid continued. “She doesn’t want Mister Tyler to find out about any of this, so no one is allowed to get out of the mansion. All communication devices have been confiscated, so I can’t seek help from the outside world for you.”

She glanced at her watch and sped up her speech. “The most dangerous place is often the safest as well. You’ve been transported back to the mansion, and it’s all up to the odds whether Mister Tyler can find you in time. Ms. Shaw, hang in there.”

…

whole days, Vicky was confined in

only come once and, upon hearing from the servant that a surveillance drone had been discovered around the premise, they did not stay

set foot

had long since gone out, leaving the surroundings devoid of any glimmer. Enveloped in complete silence, she lost all sense

pondered if Tyler, just like

right thing when in truth, she was the one who

true

had come once and given Vicky some water and food, hoping it would sustain her for a while.

eat too much at once, telling herself that

that she would apologize