“Miss Elena ……”
“I don’t want to have to say the words again!” Elena Bush gritted her teeth and a flash of annoyance erupted from the bottom of her eyes .
auntie Julie was in a dilemma, but finally shook her head and said, “I’m sorry Miss Elena, Mr Ford has instructed me not to leave here, he’s afraid you’ll do something stupid.”
“Ridiculous!”
She didn’t believe this at all, if it had fallen on someone else, she would have truly believed it was for her own good, but if it had fallen on Edward Ford and the woman in front of her, she wouldn’t have believed it in any way ……
auntie Julie saw that she did not believe it, but there was nothing she could do about it, so she wordlessly stepped aside and advised, “In any case, Miss Elena you should eat something, today you went to the cemetery for a long time and came back without eating anything, if you don’t eat, your body will not be able to bear it, and the baby in your belly will not be able to bear it.”
Her words had undoubtedly struck a chord in Elena Bush’s heart.
Her palm tightened and loosened, and she gave up on her stance, silently picking up a spoon and eating the seafood porridge that had been served.
She hadn’t eaten all day, as she had said, and it was only after the warm congee had gone down that she felt the emptiness in her belly and unconsciously finished it.
Auntie Julie’s face lit up with joy as she immediately cleared her plate and said, “Does Miss Elena still want some? If so, I’ll have the kitchen heat some up and bring some in.”
“No.” She replied coldly, sitting in her chair for a moment before getting up and looking for her clothes to bathe.
When she came out, auntie Julie had already cleared the plates and returned inside again, and seeing her emerge from the bathroom, steaming, she couldn’t help but duck her head, not daring to meet her gaze.
Elena Bush glanced at her, her tone even, “Didn’t I tell you to get out? Why do you still stay here?”
auntie Julie hesitated for a moment and said stiffly, “Mr. Ford told me to stay in my room too, not to stand at the door like I used to.”
“Stay in the room?” Elena Bush sneered, “Is that to spy on me or to do something?”
“I… I definitely didn’t mean that! Besides, I’m doing all this at Mr Ford’s behest, he specifically ordered me and I couldn’t refuse him, after all I still have to work at the Fords to pay my debts ……”
Elena Bush sat down sluggishly on the edge of the bed and said in one word, “If you don’t get out now, I promise, I don’t have to wait for Edward Ford to let you go, I can let you go right now!”
There was nothing joking in her words, and in any case, auntie Julie was vaguely aware that she could do it, and after some deliberation, she withdrew from the room.
“Snap!”
The door had only just been unlocked when Elena Bush quickly pushed the table against the door, which was a slight relief.
But even so, it was impossible to completely remove the unease from her mind.
Elena Bush barely slept that night, ignoring all the knocks at the door until the housekeeper’s voice sounded and she opened the door, dragging her weary body.
Auntie Julie stood in the doorway and looked at her in disbelief, “Miss Elena, is the lock broken? How come I couldn’t push it open for half a day after unscrewing it?”
“How should I know?” She grinned harmlessly.
auntie Julie froze and looked at her, but found her grin extraordinarily strange.
The housekeeper glanced into the room and immediately guessed something, but didn’t poke her in the end.
Elena Bush said and looked aside at him with concern, “How is your injury, Mr. Butler?”
The butler subconsciously raised his hand to his forehead and then gave her a reassuring look, “It’s fine after resting, so I don’t think I need to go to the hospital to have it checked out.”
“You’re welcome.” She smiled.
Auntie Julie spoke up at the right time, “Miss Elena, breakfast is ready, would you like to eat now?”
“Yes.” She nodded cheerfully, “Send it in.”
With that, she turned and went back inside the house to wash up, not caring what she had to do.
auntie Julie was surprised, expecting Elena Bush to kick her out again after seeing her, but to her surprise, Elena Bush let her into the room.
Seeing that Elena Bush had already gone to wash up and auntie Julie was still standing still, the housekeeper couldn’t help but tap her on the top of the head to warn her, “What are you doing here? If you starve Miss Elena, I’ll see what you tell Mr Ford!”
“Yes!” auntie Julie dared not think any more, “I’ll go and prepare it now.”
Breakfast was quick, it took Elena Bush no more than five minutes to wash up and when she came out again, the table was already holding warm food that looked appetising.
She glanced at it and then back at auntie Julie and said blandly, “You go out.”
“Me?” auntie Julie was caught off guard.
Elena Bush nodded, but she immediately refused, “No, Miss Elena, Mr Ford ……”
“Come on, stop holding him over me! You go out and the butler stays here, that should do it, right? Or are you worried about the housekeeper?” She had a look of impatience on her face, as if she wouldn’t even look at her for a second.
Auntie Julie, aggrieved and somewhat reluctant to leave, kept her eyes on the housekeeper.
The housekeeper saw that Elena Bush had no intention of backing down and had to shake her head at auntie Julie, imploring her to leave.
With a grimace on her face, auntie Julie had no other choice but to retreat.
As she watched the door close, Elena Bush breathed a sigh of relief.
The housekeeper sat down quietly in front of her, “Miss Elena, you seem to be a thorn in the side of anyone you see now, and you don’t want to be near anyone.”
“Am I supposed to accept anyone?” She wordlessly squeezed the chopsticks in her hand, “Because of a moment of weakness, it made me accept her, but what did I get.”
In the end, having almost lost the baby in her belly, perhaps, she shouldn’t have trusted anyone.
“Miss Elena ……” The housekeeper moved her lips in some difficulty.
Elena Bush looked down and ate the food in front of her, before speaking again after a moment, “I am not to blame for being cold to her, but when I am nicer to her, she thinks the opportunity has come, and Edward Ford will think that there is no limit to my patience, and will only get more aggressive after that.”
So there was nothing for her to do but to keep herself well protected in this way, and to insulate herself from anyone ……
The housekeeper looked at her and spoke inquiringly in disbelief, “If that is the case, then why did Miss Elena make a point of asking me to stay? There is no difference between me and auntie Julie, either.”
Elena Bush shook her head indisputably, an apt smile curling the corners of her mouth, “There is isn’t there? At least …… you’re not her and don’t harbour the same thoughts as she does.”