Be Fascinated

CHAPTER 13

Paula worked in the mansion that the Crown Prince secretly owned yet did not visit. From some point on, she was the one who started managing this mansion with several maids. Naturally, they were given a 'secret overtime pay'. In simpler terms, this money was meant for them to keep this all a secret.

There was once a time when one of the employees had revealed the location of this mansion, and they all saw that person's tongue being cut off.

Other than keeping this a secret, the work was worthwhile. There were separate workers who cleaned, and it was Paula's job to decorate a room.

That room was a woman's room. Paula guessed that the Crown Prince secretly had a mistress.

And this assumption was correct. She was a small, slender woman brought into the mansion. Paula saw for the first time how the Crown Prince, who never once had shown any humanity, disguised himself as such.

That terrifying man approached the woman, the pressuring atmosphere around him tempered in such a way that she wouldn't be frightened. It looked so unnatural, as though he was a wild beast shuddering.

Paula looked at Philia, whom she had come to serve. She thought Philia was a noble, yet she was easygoing. So she thought Philia might be a commoner instead, but she was too accustomed to being served.

At this, Paula was kind to that self-serving person, but didn't want to be too attached.

Paula didn't feel bad about it. What she felt was pity for this woman. She was imprisoned in this mansion, and she accepted his desires to the extent that it put her body under too much strain.

Paula had served several women before. Aristocratic, fancy mistresses. But in Philia's case...

'A timid mistress.'

It's about to that extent. She was the type of person who refused those around her because she did not believe in the good fortune that would come to her. This kind of person, if she properly tasted wealth, would become what Paula thought of as a 'glamorous mistress'.

But Philia showed no signs of that at all. She just pursed her lips and immersed herself in her own thoughts.

Philia was not uneasy about the fact that the Crown Prince, who practically lived at this mansion, loved her to such an extent that he was sticking to this place instead of the Imperial Palace. It just made her depressed.

Paula didn't mind though. It's okay for the little girl to be a little sassy and arrogant, so she just wanted her to feel a little more comfortable here.

If he even bought a mansion, decorated the rooms, and brought her home, the Prince's obsession didn't seem like an ordinary obsession.

Paula knew that this Lady was truly good, kind, and never irritable. She was always obedient, never caused any accidents...

This was what she thought, at least. But this Lady caused the worst accident.

When the Crown Prince returned to the Imperial Palace, and while Paula was out to buy some daily necessities, Philia ran away.

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It was surprisingly easy for her to get out of this mansion because there weren't as many people as she thought. If she was holding Claude back, then she had no choice but to leave because she was affecting him negatively.

She didn't bring anything with her when she left. She hoped that Claude wouldn't think she did this for any other reason, but Philia walked away. The outside world was scary, but that didn't mean that she should just rely on Claude.