Embarrassed, Noel said, "Mr. Tremaine, the last time we hired Elenor to take care of Mr. Montez. But because he did not like her, she ended up only doing the chores instead of caring for Mr. Montez's needs. I think that Miss Cowell would be a suitable candidate as his caretaker. Why don't we hire her instead? I can go talk to her about the offer. We can even increase the pay, so she does not refuse the offer."
However, Noel was saying this for his own benefit.
After all, he was the one who had to suffer the punishment from Tremaine whenever Montez ran off to find Yesseca.
Hearing his words, Tremaine pursed his lips.
Seeing this, Noel added, "Mr. Tremaine, Mr. Montez likes Miss Cowell a lot, and I could tell that she likes him too. She doesn't look like she has ulterior motives."
Tremaine sneered, "Do you think she will show her motives so easily?"
Noel was rendered speechless.
Not only did Tremaine not care about his feelings, but his words also cut deep.
"Mr. Tremaine, I'll be on my way out then." With that, Noel decided to leave so that he would be ridiculed by Tremaine anymore. He knew for sure that Tremaine would not accept his suggestion.
Just as Noel was leaving, Tremaine stopped him, "Wait a minute."
Noel immediately stopped.
"Let Yesseca stay to take care of Montez," said Tremaine.
Hearing his words, Noel let out a sigh of relief.
Then, he said, "Yes, sir. Should I get rid of Eleanor then?"
Ever since Eleanor started working with the Quartley's, Noel had always found her an eyesore.
She was not to Montez's liking, and she was horrible at her job. She would arrive at the Quartley's well- dressed every day, but she did nothing but laze around.
"There's no need forthat," said Tremaine.
At that moment, he was still not confident about Yesseca. Hence the lack of trust in her. He wanted another person to work with her to keep an eye on her.
Just then, Yesseca had just put Montez to sleep.
Slowly, she took her hand out of his embrace and was ready to leave.
Every second she was at the Quartley family, she was getting the attitude from Tremaine.
She knew that he hated her. In this case, she would not ask to stay there any longer. Since she had already completed her mission in applying the medicine to Montez, she wanted to leave.
Just then, Noel came up to her.
He told her that Tremaine wanted her to stay as Montez's personal caretaker and that her pay would be ten times higher than what she saw in the recruitment offer last time.
They offered her the same position before, but she refused it. This was why Noel proposed higher pay, thinking that she would not be able to resist.
Hearing his words, she paused for a moment.
But then, she refused, "Forget it. I don't need this job."
All she wanted was a job enough to live a comfortable life. She did not need riches if it meant she had to suffer Tremaine's ill attitude towards her.
Noel never expected to hear her refusal.
The pay was so attractive that even a first-class housekeeper would not be paid this much.
"Miss Cowell, you had applied for the job in this past, meaning that you wanted it to some extent. Why are you refusing it now?" Noel asked.
Just then, Yesseca answered him, "Mr. Tremaine is getting on my nerves."
It was the first time that she had ever met such a cold-blooded man.
He was speechless.
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