Chapter 37

Author’s POV

“Let me do it, my lady, please.” The maid begged Celine on her knees. The others joined in too.

Celine threw her head to the back feeling burdened all over again. No matter how hard she tries to keep Callum's monstrous side away from everyone in the house. His attitude towards her eventually pushes her to start acting mean to the poor maids and her own children.

This morning he requested a meal whose ingredients are hard to find. Two of the guards set out to find it as fast as they could and returned about two hours later. Callum refused the meal and eventually pummeled Celine for bringing it too late to him. She couldn’t find anything else to distract herself and had chosen to wash the dishes instead before she lost her mind.

Celine inhaled deeply and turned to the maids with a weak smile. “Why are you all begging me like you did something wrong?”

“We fear you are angry because the food Elder Callum rejected wasn’t cooked right.” The oldest one amongst them, Dahlia s