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Howard burst into the villa, tearing off his helmet and gripping it against his chest. His furious gaze swept across the empty living room before locking onto the servant, Lucy Lewis.

“Where’s Zinnia?” he demanded, his voice sharp. “Betty’s in the hospital, and she’s just hanging at home like nothing happened? Get her here now!”

“Mr. Shaw,” Lucy said carefully, trying to defend Zinnia, “Ms. Zinnia Shaw is resting upstairs. What happened last night was an accident, and she was scared out of her mind.”

Lucy figured Zinnia was the kindest soul. She treated servants like equals-she’d even given Lucy special cream after knowing her leg was sore. If anyone had done the pushing, Lucy suspected it was Betty who’d tried first and wound up in the water instead.

But she kept these thoughts to herself. After all, Howard was all in for Betty and already had it in for Zinnia.

She figured if she spoke up, Howard would just brush her off-and worse, he might think Zinnia had paid her off. That would just make Zinnia’s life even more miserable in this household.

“She pushed Betty into the water! We haven’t even talked to her yet, and she’s playing the victim? And now she’s even sleeping peacefully?” Howard exploded, storming up the stairs.

Lucy watched anxiously from downstairs. But as a servant, she had no say in the Shaw family’s affairs.

“Zinnia, get out here!” Howard’s fist hammered against the bedroom door. “How can you sleep after what you did to Betty?”

Zinnia lay curled in bed, her flushed face half-buried in the blankets. Each breath came heavy and hot against the rumpled sheets.

The violent pounding jerked her from sleep. Her delicate eyebrows furrowed slightly as she wriggled under the covers, slowly rolling over. Her hair was a mess from sleep, and she poked her head out, looking groggy.

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pupils. She rubbed them with slender fingers,

She had barely been asleep

sharply through her nose, fingers curling into the sheets. Every muscle ached as she dragged herself out of bed and shuffled toward

door.

they see right

figured her master had been right-she couldn’t stay with people this stupid. She was sick of being treated unfairly by the Shaws, and

She couldn’t even get a decent night’s sleep here. She missed the

the door and sighed,

like forever. His anger was rising, and his knocks got louder and

her tiny face, smaller than his

miserable.

her. He became even angrier, his

with a blast of cold air and shivered. “Are

her eyes and let out a quiet sigh. “Do you need anything?” she asked, her voice sounding stuffy from her

someone didn’t know better, they’d think she was the one

last night, and she’s still in the hospital. How can you

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help but shiver when he touched it. ‘It’s the middle of summer.

left speechless, a heavy feeling sinking into her heart at his dumb question-

of me,” she muttered, trying to pull away from Howard’s grip.

by his

I’d ever want to touch you,” he snapped. “Get dressed. You’re going to the hospital to

said that share the same birthday, and that cake was

you so jealous? How could you take advantage of us not paying attention, lure Betty to the pool, and push her in? You did learn some bad habits

town.