Chapter 9
Tina froze. Still, when she saw that Samuel was about to head towards his car, she rushed towards him furiously, spreading her arms as she stood in his way. 

 

“Explain yourself! I’ve already cooked for you, and forget not eating—why would you say something like that?”

 

“Move.” Samuel, however, had no intention to speak with her at all.

 

Nonetheless, Tina was a little flustered and reached out to grab his sleeve, only for him to shake her off.

 

Caught defenseless, she fell to the ground, her recently bandaged wounds splitting open.

 

Samuel didn’t even care to look, and entered Sandy Shaw’s car which drove off.

 

He remained impassive even as he wiped his fingers with antibacterial wipes.

 

Back then, that woman had relied on the nightclub to jump him… but how many men had she jumped before with the same method?

 

The thought that he personally bandaged her and the fact that he actually felt something towards her left him utterly disgusted…

 

***

 

Back at the courtyard of the mansion, Tina slowly pushed herself off the ground. She didn’t cry as she restrained her inward grief, and returned to the dining room.

 

Looking at the table filled with dishes she cooked painstakingly, she sniffled and quietly snapped, “If you won’t eat, I will!”

 

She decided that she would stick to her original plan—annoy Samuel, and never cook for him ever again.

 

Feeding a dog would be far better than feeding a man with brain damage!

 

Turning her grief into appetite, Tina finished every dish on the table.

 

ended up feeling bloated and

 

puked even as the world started to spin around her until sunlight breached the window, realizing she had suffered the

 

her tired body to bed, but just as she was to rest properly, someone

 

was Mama Langford, and she snapped sharply, “It’s almost afternoon, and you’re still lying

 

a pale

 

this,” Mama Langford snorted. “Get out of that bed, or get out of

 

then. She must remain with the Langfords for now, or Mr. Wallace would destroy her, let alone trying to

 

repeat of what happened yesterday, she followed Mama Langford

 

sat on the sofa for a while before snapping again, “Can’t you even

 

her throat feebly. “I’m worried you

 

appeared disgusted, before she cut to the chase, asking, “Samuel was here yesterday, wasn’t he? Why did

 

stomach churn when she remembered what

 

flustered. Cindy Young—her favorite daughter-in-law—would soon return to the country, and if Samuel still couldn’t correct his mild misogynistic nature,

 

useless? Can’t even steal a man’s heart?”

 

what if I did? I would never become

 

you

 

right. Please

 

she had to keep her head down—Tina at

 

you supposed to be very talented in this field? Why would you need my guidance if you could jump Samuel? I’m born noble—I’d never know the filthy things that sluts like you

 

you this—you have one month. If there

 

cleaned the mansion from the inside out under Mama Langford’s orders, who left after she had enough

 

Tina didn’t have the strength

 

to sweat bullets over her forehead—she

 

wouldn’t do. She needed to get checked at

 

used what little cash she had, which was just

 

been frozen by the Lynds, and the scholarship funds she had earned over the years were therefore reduced

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