Soren pressed his tongue against his cheek, his eyes shifting from Tata to Jonah across the table. Still, he didn’t say anything.
Halley, who had been secretly gloating earlier, now could no longer smile. She couldn’t believe that Jonah had actually stood up for Tara.
Stella’s surprise deepened. After all, Jonah should be the one who hated Tara t
the most, so why would he
Lance withdrew his gaze, seemingly unfazed by Jonah speaking up for Tara
Shawn broke the tension by instructing Stella, “Stella, tell Mr. Caldey that we’ll have friends visiting the villa tomorrow, Have him prepare some drinks and snacks.
Stella, now entrusted with an important task, softened her expression further, “Yes, Mr. Wilhelm. I’ll relay your message to Mr. Oakley.”
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Tarachad altrack finished the food on ber plate but was still hungry. Her eyes Landed on the steak and fish fingers in Hadley’s for
She looked up at Hailey and asked, “Do you want to know?”
Hailer hadn’t expected it to be this easy. After a moment of spise, she nodded, “yes”
Taraglanced at her tay “ve me the steak and fish fingers on your plate, and I’ll tell you”
Hailey frore. Then, she looked down at her tray rebactantly betone gritting herteeth. Tine. Ell give them to you.
Tara immediately aid, “No need to trouble yourself. I’ll take them myself
Haley watched as Tata not only took the steak and fish fingers but also half of her pasta. Herheart ached. “L–Leave some for me”
At that, Tara stopped and handed the remaining pasta lactober.
Halles stared at the pitiful amount of pasta on her plate, almost in tears. She pegretted asking, After all, it wasn’t like Somen liked Tana anyway.
She waited for Tata to talk about what had happened at the pool that muuming, but to be surprise, Tata took her time fishing her meal. Then, she slowly wiped
the comen of her lips clean
Itaileywatneatly frantic. She wanted Tara to tell her quickly. But instead, the latter seemed to be dragging it out, keeping heronedge
Tata toward the napkin into the trash before finally saying, “This morning. Mr. Farrell reprimanded me, then went swimming for about 40 minutes before leaving. with Mr Wilhelm.”
“That’s it!” Hailey asked
Tata sodded matter–of–factly. “Tursic”
Halley looked at her “Why did Mr. Fanell erprimand you’l
Traktorstill thought that she hadn’t given up on seducing them and loved mocking her for it but she definitely wasn’t going to tell Halley that
So, she simply said, “I’ve no idea
Halley was speechless. She pltimately got nothing out of the conversation
Tara ale to her heart’s contron, then got up to wash the plate Excuusted, she planned to shower and go to bed early once she got off work
At night, the villa lacked the sunlight and brauty of daytime, instead, it was filled with a sense of solitude, And eventhough the lights were bright, they couldn’t overpower the cold stillness brought by the night
Jonal, exhaustion evident in his expression, went downstairs for a glass of ice water. The fruit bar was empty except for Tara, who was finishing up her closing
“Get me a glass of firwater.”
Jonah’s voice suddenly sounded. Tara, who lud bern during off, was statind awake. Hermind instantly cheard.
“Richil away, Mr Peanion”
The teached for the ire but spotted the milk in the folder. She craved it, but as a housekeeper, she couldn’t drink it without permission.
Pum, Mr. Pearson, would ice milk work? Milk can help you fall asleep,” she tentatively suggested,
Jonah assumed that she had swapped her seduction tactics for a gentler approach.
“I’m fine with anything, as long as it’s cold,” he said, ubbing the bridge of his nose, his deep voice weary. He didn’t have the enrgy to deal withberlittle schemes.
Tata suleid sweetly. “Ell prepare it right away.”
Her Happiness was obvious. She had even forgotten to respectfully address him as “Mr. Pranson”
er as she quickly ponied hima glass of lor–cold milk. He took a sip liefner walking away
But he didn’t actually Trave. He simply stopped just. af the corner, out of Tara’s sight. Thinking that jonalt haligone upstairs, Tara picked up th
o wipe away the milk statos, fommming a tineat she prepared to head back to her room to shower and deep.
that she wasn’t copnemed about him. She just wanted to drink it herself
om around the rotter, Jonah silently stam
tared at the cold milk in his
The weather in July was stiflingly hot, with occasional donenpours.
Shawn had said that some friends would visit the villa for a gathering that night. Terence had arranged everything with great care and attention to detail, treating it as if it were a grand party
It was just past &’00 pm when various luxury cars began streaming into the villa. The guests arriving for the gathering were both men and women, all taldeen of wealthy families
It was uncharacteristically lively in the usually quiet villa that day. Tara was so busy that she barely had time to catch ber toeath the served drinks to one guest and then led another guest to find one of the boy band members.
Stella and Hailey, on the other hand, were drowning in jealousy. After all, the boy band members‘ friends were all wealthy heirs and heifers several heiresses were clearly interested in them, which upset Stella and Halley,
The heiresses were slurp eyed. They could clearly see through Stella’s forced smile. They knew exactly what was going on, but they didn’t consider her much of a threat. After all, she was a mere maid. Did she really think someone like Jonah or the others would be interested in her?
However, when they saw Tara, they couldn’t help but pasp. Instantly, their sense of crisis reached its peak. They had encountered all kinds of beauties, even in the entertainment industry. But a beauty like Tara–whose mete smile could make crowds flock to her was rare.
It wasn’t until Tara disappeared tha
She wasn’t here the last time we came.”
“She must be a new employee.”
heiresses on the couch exchanged glances with each other, silence falling between them.
None of them voiced the threat Tara posed.
Isabella Garria placed her wine glass on the tray handed over by a housekeeper “Just call her over, and we’ll find out.”
“I don’t think that’s a good idea.“Viola Wilhelm, Shawn’s cousin, felt it w
inecessary to go that far.
Isabella smiled. “What were you thinking? Do I look like someone who bullies others?”
Viola knew the kind of person Isabella was. Indeed, Isabella wouldn’t stoop to bullying
“I just want to see if she has any intentions toward Jonah and the others”
I she did, Tara would have a high chance of success. Isabella didn’t believe that anyone could resist falling for the boy band members.
Viola asked, “And if she does?”
Isabella smiled and replied, “Then I’ll have a chat with Gemma.“
Viola was taken aback. What else could isabella talk to Gemma about besides having her fire Tara? Viola relented. If it meant getting Jonah, she was willing to cut off every temptation around him.
