She raised her voice, "How can you say that? That's impossible. How could we let this happen to an innocent girl like you? Zorion owes you an explanation."
Ruth shook her head worriedly, "Yesseca, don't say that. I'm just a maid. Mr. Zorion doesn't need to give me an explanation."
Yesseca found this very frustating.
From all her previous conversations with Ruth, Yesseca recognized that Ruth had very low self-esteem due to her role as a maid.
It made sense for her to be like this, but now that this had happened to her, why was Ruth still feeling so inferior just because of her status as a servant? She should be seeking justice for herself!
Yesseca raised her voice and said, "Ruth, just because you're a maid doesn't mean that you're inferior to them. I used to be a maid, but I'm with Tremaine now. Ruth, you need to stop thinking like this."
Ruth replied bitterly, "Yesseca, your situation is very different to Mr. Zorion's. You are unmarried, Mr. Zorion has a wife."
Yesseca held her breath.
She had forgotten about Yuliana.
Although Yuliana was a hateful woman, she was still Zorion's wife.
If Zorion admitted what he did to Ruth, then Yuliana would certainly take advantage of this!
Although she hated Yuliana very much, since her husband had had relations with another woman, Yuliana was the actual victim here!
For a moment, Yesseca was speechless.
Ruth suddenly bowed down to Yesseca and pleaded, "Yesseca, everyone has a different opinion on this. If you really want to help me, don't ask Mr. Zorion to give me an explanation. Just let this end."
Yesseca quickly helped Ruth up.
She then said, "Don't say that. I've taken note of everything you've told me. I'll think about this carefully."
Ruth stared at her, "Yesseca, I know you're doing this for my own good, but even though you think so, all you're really doing is causing me to suffer."
Yesseca felt conflicted when Ruth told her this.
She couldn't say anything to her after being told this.
Yesseca had no choice but to say, "I understand. Don't worry. I won't give you a hard time. Get some rest and I have to go now."
"Yesseca, thank you." Ruth said gratefully.
Yesseca waved her hand at her. "What's there to thank me for? I'm just doing what I should be doing."
When she reached the door, Yesseca suddenly stopped in her tracks.
She turned around, looked at Ruth and asked, "Ruth, do you hate Zorion?"
Ruth answered immediately, "Why would I ever hate Mr. Zorion? He's innocent, like a child. He himself probably has no idea about anything that happened tonight. I don't hate Mr. Zorion at all."
Yesseca fell silent as she heard this.
She had asked her this on purpose to see if Ruth actually hated Zorion.
Now she knew that Ruth actually loved Zorion.
Because if she didn't, she would have hated his guts for what he did to her.
But there was nothing she could do even if he loved her back. Zorion had a wife.
Yesseca felt extremely conflicted about this.
After Yesseca left, Yuliana took Madam Quartley to Ruth's room.
Yuliana kept crying the entire time. She kept lamenting at how shameless Ruth was and how she had seduced Zorion.
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