“I don’t get it!”
Elena Bush looked up at him coldly, “Edward Ford, take back that hypocritical face of yours, even if you don’t say it I can know all the same, Logan Brown signed the divorce papers because you threatened him with me and the baby in my belly!”
She had seen Logan Brown with her own eyes, and even though he had said nothing but apologies and guilt, she knew better than anyone that Logan Brown was in exactly the same situation as she was, having been coerced into signing by Edward Ford.
Elena Bush, I was just playing a little trick on him, but he chose to give you up so easily! After all, he doesn’t have your best interests at heart!”
“Mr Ford.”
Elena Bush glanced up at him, “I’m just trying to have a good meal now, can you please not affect my mood?”
She wasn’t interested in listening to his nonsense.
Edward Ford couldn’t help but be angry at the way she was treating her like she had no regard for him, and his face was even more gloomy.
“Housekeeper!” He shouted.
The butler stepped forward and said, “Mr Ford, what can I do for you?”
“Don’t stop Missy if she wants to go out, just get a few people to keep a good eye on her.” He gave her a meaningful look.
Elena Bush looked at him half-heartedly, “Why?”
Edward Ford smiled back as if in answer to her question of the evening, “Didn’t you say I had imprisoned you? Aren’t you happy that I’m giving you your freedom now?”
Freedom?
Elena Bush didn’t know where to begin with the mockery that his so-called freedom was to get someone to watch her closely?
That would give her freedom of movement, but how could she be free when everything she did was like being watched?
Looking at her frown, Edward Ford could not have guessed what she was thinking, but he smiled, “Elena, don’t ask for too much, I’ll do my best to satisfy you, but don’t get too far ahead of yourself.”
“Pah!”
Elena Bush slammed her cutlery on the table again, her face cold, “Then if that’s the only freedom you can give me, I don’t want it!”
She would rather stay in her room than be watched. She’s happy to be isolated from everyone at the Ford this way too!
Edward Ford almost lost his temper at her capricious words, “Elena Bush, what do you want!”
“I don’t want anything, I just don’t want to see you.”
Elena Bush got up and went upstairs without even looking at him, holding her stomach.
Edward Ford thought that after two days of not seeing her, she would accept her relationship with Logan Brown and the family, but he could not have imagined that she would still find it difficult to accept!
“Mr Ford, don’t be too anxious, Miss Elena is just a little upset, plus she’s still pregnant, so we can tolerate a little more ……”
“Don’t I have enough to deal with? I’ve kept the bastard in her belly, what more do you want from me!”
Edward Ford asked himself, “I’ve done all I can do! If Elena Bush had been a good girl, she wouldn’t be in this situation, and he wouldn’t be holding her captive, he’d be able to set her free!
But he couldn’t let go of his heart about it, simply because Elena Bush was obsessed!
The housekeeper just sighed, “I think Miss Elena has done her best, she’s a woman, she’s just signed divorce papers and she has Logan Brown’s baby in her belly, it’s not easy to give up everything.
Edward Ford’s face visibly darkened again at the mention of the baby.
The housekeeper also realised that he had said the wrong thing and changed his tone, “Mr Ford, I didn’t mean it like that, I just think it’s not easy for Miss Elena.”
“Humph!” Edward Ford snorted, “Forget it, we’ll see if she’s difficult or not, I just want to treat her with peace of mind.”
“Mr Ford is right.” The butler nodded his head in a straightforward manner.
“Go and get in touch with my assistant and ask him to see what’s happening with the lawyers. I need to know about the divorce as soon as possible!”
Edward Ford didn’t want to talk to him at all, and urged in a stern voice.
The butler responded with a loud voice, and with giant strides he was out of the living room.
The following day, Elena Bush stayed in her room as usual, except that there was someone else who shouldn’t be there.
A middle-aged woman ……
The butler introduced her to the woman beside her, “Miss Elena, this is the personal maid Mr Ford asked me to arrange for you, her name is auntie Julie, she hasn’t been at the Ford for long but is very meticulous, just ask auntie Julie if there is anything you need.”
“I don’t need to!”
Elena Bush became anxious at the words and irritation was written all over her face, “Mr. Butler, I’m telling you, get her out of my sight immediately, I’m a human being, not a puppet at your mercy!”
“Miss Elena, calm down, we can discuss this slowly, can’t we?” The housekeeper looked at Elena Bush in a fury, afraid that her body would not be able to handle it.
Elena Bush shook off his hand without thinking, “How? Didn’t you all think she was going to spy on me?”
Elena Bush glanced over her shoulder and saw auntie Julie in front of her with a strange look on her face, thin cheeks and hard eyes that made her shiver inexplicably.
The housekeeper saw her frozen and immediately said, “Miss Elena, this auntie Julie’s husband cheated on her some years ago and abandoned her, and also took away her daughter, so auntie Julie used all her savings to get a facelift afterwards, but who knows… …”
The housekeeper had a look of regret on her face, and that unfinished sentence Elena Bush had mostly guessed the meaning of those words.
The look, it was clear that the operation had failed and that was why she looked so sad and mournful.
“Miss Elena, I know you don’t want to be watched, but this auntie Julie will only be bullied by the servants in the house if she doesn’t watch you, and, I’m afraid, punished by Mr Ford this time, so ……”
Elena Bush couldn’t help but look deeply at the woman in front of her once again, the deep pupils faintly carried a touch of familiarity that she was incredibly familiar with, yet she couldn’t recall how.