#Chapter 9
What list?
It was the kind of thing a mistress would say to the wife.
As ridiculous of a line it was, it was definitely effective in getting the twins to settle down a bit.
Rendered utterly speechless, Cheryl and Ethan’s urge to attack dissipated into thin air.
Unfazed, Zahid continued the conversation, his face blooming into a smile.
After what felt like a lifetime, the lunch was finally over, and I escaped with my siblings.
Surprisingly, Zahid didn’t say anything or order me to stay.
He didn’t come to visit during the afternoon, either.
I was beginning to delight in the thought that this was what it would be like from now on.
I couldn’t be more wrong.
Zahid’s reasoning was quite simple.
The reason Zahid had let me go was that I was leashed in the first place.
I was deep into bookkeeping just as Dymon taught me to do earlier when a maid entered the room.
“I will be accompanying you to the main wing, Madam.”
