Chapter 22

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After a few days, I had settled into working in the house and doing the chores involving cleaning and organizing with the other maids

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After a few days, I had settled into working in the house and doing the chores involving cleaning and organizing with the other maids. However, I was restricted from working in the kitchen after the hassle that had occurred a few days prior. I laughed at my state. A M.Sc graduate is working as a maid now. Just like the old saying, "There is no guarantee that tomorrow at this time we will be here." and exactly like that my life turned 180 degrees.

Following our conversation, I did not see him anywhere. It was as if he had disappeared. This was good for me, as I did not need to receive any more beatings from him. For the time being, I did not have to fret over my messed up life. During those days, his uncle came up to me, apologizing repeatedly for his nephew's actions. He told me how disappointed and ashamed he was. Apparently, the guy who initially treated me when I was kept in the basement was his friend named Deenaz. Seeing his personality, I could mistake them for twins - that's how similar they looked and acted.

Currently, I was walking to the storeroom to pick up the items that the headmaid had stated to pick that can be found in the storage. The maids here were friendly and kind. All of them were sweet towards me and were behaving nicely. But still I was skeptical about it as I cannot trust anyone here. They all are involved in the underworld and it wont take a second for them to betray you.

After finding the directions that was stated by one of the maid, I saw a door that was quite rusty. I opened the door, finding the door making too many creaks while opening where dustspecks and spiderwebs coming out from it. I coughed and waved my hands through the dust while walking through the room.

God is this a storeroom or an abandoned room? Too much dust and dirt.

Without any further to do I quickly got to work and was searching for the things that was stated by the headmaid to bring out. While I was finding the things I spotted a vase that was placed on the top shelf. I think that was the vase that the headmaid was talking about. But it's tall man! How will I reach it?

I spotted a small stool that was placed there, looking quite unstable. I hesitated for a moment, wondering if it could hold my weight. But I didn't have much of a choice. I climbed onto the stool carefully, trying to maintain my balance as I reached for the vase on the top shelf.

As I stretched my arm, the stool started to wobble beneath me. Panic surged through me as I imagined myself falling hard onto the dusty floor. I let out a scream and closed my eyes tightly, bracing for impact.

But it never came. Instead, I felt firm, calloused hands catch me.

I peeked open my eyes to see who it was - it was my perpetrator! For a moment, I was confused why he was here. But then I saw him staring at me, looking at me deeply like he was lost in some thoughts. I cleared my throat, making him come out of his dreamland which he did. But what he did next was totally shocking. Without warning, he quickly dropped me down, making me land directly on my butt.

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