Chapter 289

Camila clutched Jamie’s hand tightly that night, pleading to help her and take her to Ablil to find Maurice!
Jamie was confused and asked why she wanted to find Maurice.
Camila’s plan was simple as long as she could hook herself up with the Glover family, she would eventually be able to make a comeback with their influence and status! With Jamie’s help, she arrived in Ablil and did everything possible to meet this mysterious man.
However, Maurice was different from any man she had ever encountered. Despite her tearful pleas, he didn’t even spare her a glance and had her thrown out directly! Determined, she gritted her teeth and claimed that Stephan had abandoned her.
She didn’t have a chance to make up any more excuses, but those words caught his interest, and he decided to keep her around.
She felt a flicker of hope.
But he wasn’t keeping her for her beauty; instead, he had her do menial tasks like cleaning floors-jobs only a maid would do!
She had no choice. She was at her wit’s end. As long as she could stay in the Glover family, even as a maid, she would eventually find a way to get closer to him.
Over the past month, though she didn’t get any chance to seduce him, she realized just how ruthless Maurice was.
Once, when someone accidentally broke a wine glass during a hot spring bath, ruining his mood, he had the person thrown into a high-temperature hot spring, killing them instantly. He was more terrifying than a demon!
From then on, Camila walked on eggshells, abandoning any thoughts of seducing him.
With a trembling voice, she answered hesitantly, “N-No, I’m just a bit cold…”
“Oh? So you’re not afraid of me?”
Suddenly, Maurice reached out, hooked his finger under her chin, and forced her to look up at him.
The cold touch made her shiver, her skin crawling with fear. She couldn’t bring herself to meet his gaze.
He sneered, and as he withdrew his hand, he wiped his fingers with a handkerchief.
Camila exhaled in relief, only to see him casually drop the handkerchief on the ground, then hear his catm command, “Throw her into the crocodile pit.”
What?
Her heart nearly stopped in panic. She saw two of his men moving to grab her, and she immediately threw herself at his feet, crying out, “Mr. Glover, please don’t! I don’t want to die.”
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Maurice looked at her with a tender expression. “Go. If you’re lucky, you might just lose an arm or a leg. If you’re unlucky… Well, that’s on you.” “Please, no!” Despite her desperate pleas, two strong men seized her, dragging her away.
In the estate was a crocodile pit where he kept his “pets”.
At that moment, Camila realized that, compared to Maurice, Stephan, though cold and indifferent, had never actually wanted to kill her! But she was unwilling to accept her fate.
She longed for the spotlight again, to see everyone who had once looked down on her bowing to her, to be the center of attention again, and bask in the limelight!
She had already achieved that once and got everything she wanted-why was she now reduced to this?
Camila screamed, struggling violently, and perhaps out of sheer survival instinct, she suddenly recalled a vital piece of information!
It was rumored that the Russell and Glover families were at odds!
In a panic, she shouted, “Mr. Glovers! Mr. Glovers! I can help you deal with Stephan. I know his weakness! He has a woman he loves in Khogend!”