淑女的欲望

Scarlett felt deeply moved that this man fulfilled his promise; treated her as his legal wife during their marriage.

Sometimes, she felt their marriage was real.

"So, when will you return to the capital?" Xander was excited to meet her soon. He hoped that this girl would also be in the city when he landed in the capital so he wouldn't have to fly to Island B.

"I will be back tomorrow night. I have asked Logan to prepare the jet..." Thinking that she would meet Xander soon made her cheeks blush again. If Xander was in front of her, the man would tease her.

Before long...

They ended the call, and Scarlett ordered several dishes for dinner. She needs to eat good food and go back to sleep again.

pαndα`noνɐ1--сoМ Tomorrow she still had many things to take care of before returning to the capital.

At the same time...

David, Ocean Group's lawyer, visits Jonathan in the hospital. He had come to report on the progress of Nicole's case and a few things.

Jonathan sat down on the single sofa with an aloof expression. After some time, he fixed his gaze on David as his forehead furrowed slightly. He said, "So that woman has disappeared from this island?"

"Yes, sir. I tracked her down, but since yesterday my people no longer see her. However, before that, she stopped by your residence. I checked with the maids, and they told me that Ms. Lauren took a few things, but they don't know what she took..."

"What!? How dare she take things without my permission!?" Jonathan was getting angry. He was worried that she might steal some valuables and important documents from his home office—crucial documents related to Scarlett.

Now, he can't do anything about it, he doesn't have anyone to trust other than his lawyer, and he's such a fool for trusting Lauren so much.

'Scarlett's right. I'm being manipulated by Lauren!!' He took a deep breath feeling furious.

"...Sir, tomorrow, the young miss will return home," said David concerned. He was worried that the people in the house would bully Scarlett. As a lawyer who had worked for Piers for a long time, he knew what was going on at his boss's house and how evil his boss's wife was in making her two daughters suffer.

"Scarlett is coming home? Are you sure?" Jonathan was stunned. Because he still remembers the last time his daughter said; she would never return.

"Yes. Your daughter had asked me to follow her to the house and bring some documents..."

Jonathan frowned. He said, "What document?"

"Work termination! Sir, is she going to fire all the staff at home?" David was confused when Scarlett called him yesterday.

Although Scarlett's request was strange, David didn't say anything because Scarlett was the real boss, the biggest shareholder in the Ocean Group. So, whatever Scarlett asked, he would comply.

Immediately Jonathan burst out laughing. He was so happy that his daughter had finally moved to care for everyone in their household.

He realized all the maids in his house had been replaced by Lauren. Nearly all who work in the place are Lauren's people.

So far, he didn't care because Lauren never went too far. But, ever since Lauren drugged Scarlett, he started to distrust her.

"Okay! You have to accompany her. Just do whatever she asks..." Jonathan said.

Since Jonathan discovered that Scarlett found Dr. Robert, who did high-risk and complicated surgery for him, his pride for Scarlett is getting bigger. He became increasingly convinced that his daughter was not a child anymore, and he felt regret that he could not be a good father to her.

And...

Something worried him. Since returning from the US, Scarlett seemed carefree with her life. She is not interested in returning to work at the company and doesn't seem to be working elsewhere.

He is increasingly worried about her future.

****

Next Day.

Scarlett decided to drive herself to her childhood house. She doesn't want to involve Logan and James in her family matters. It's just a tiny problem anyway. All she wanted to do now was to clean the house from Lauren's minions.

Her car only took a few minutes to stop right in front of the tightly closed gate. When she rang the bell, a young maid with tan skin opened the door for her. The maid looked surprised to see her.

Scarlett raised her eyebrows before saying, "Why do you look scared? Am I like a ghost to you to make you scared like that?"

She walked past the young maid without even glancing at her.

"Y-Young Miss... Th-this..." The young maid ran after Scarlett, who had arrived at the door.

She was anxious because Ms. Liam, the housekeeper, was out of the house and was in a hurry to meet someone outside. Her departure should not have been known by anyone, but now, young miss Scarlett had suddenly come. This can be a problem.

"Y-Young Miss, Ms. Liam, isn't home. Why, why... Did you come?" After saying that, she cursed herself. How foolish of her to ask their young miss like that.

Scarlett stopped in her tracks. She turned her head back to see the young maid.

'Hah!? Something's wrong... This maid looks scared.' She thought after looking at how pale her face was now.

Suspicious!

"What's wrong? Where is the housekeeper? Why did she leave the house?" Scarlett raised her voice as she opened the door and walked into the living room. She looked around the room. There hadn't been any significant changes in the room since her last time there.

"Ms. Liam... She is going to the supermarket. She will be back soon." The young maid gulped, frightened of having lied to Miss Scarlett.

"Have everyone gather here immediately. Including the housekeeper…." Scarlett's voice was low, but the young maid felt her body freeze at her command.

'Gather everyone? Does she know!?' thought the young maid. 'Why did she suddenly come and gather all of them?'

"Y-Yes, young miss..." The maid said and vanished from the room. She needs to alert Ms. Liam immediately.