Too Late to Hold Me Back novel Chapter 78

The truth was, while Rachel was making chicken soup for Mara, she had set aside a small bowl for Mira.

Unfortunately, Tessa saw it and reported it to Mara.

Mara, who had been harboring a lot of resentment toward Mira with no outlet, seized the opportunity for revenge.

This old woman was fiercely loyal to Mira and couldn't be bought. Thankfully, she had Tessa keeping an eye on her, and now she finally had leverage.

“How dare you steal food! You don’t know your place! Tessa, hit her.”

“I didn’t steal anything. I was just saving a small bowl for Miss Mira. She works so hard outside and doesn’t eat well.”

This only made Mara angrier.

“Stop trying to act noble. If my sister wanted something to eat, she would have told you to prepare it. Why would you need to save it secretly? You’re just a disrespectful servant who wanted to keep it for yourself.”

“Tessa, do it.”

Tessa, who was already jealous of Rachel’s cooking skills and trusted position, was happy to oblige.

She grabbed a handful of Rachel’s hair with one hand and slapped her across the face repeatedly with the other.

Meanwhile, Adrian and Lacey sat on the sofa watching TV, completely indifferent to the cruelty unfolding just feet away.

In fact, they even felt Mara was being decisive and ruthless, later praising her for acting more and more like a proper lady of the house.

Rachel was not weaker than Tessa, but she didn't dare fight back.

If she showed the slightest resistance, that vicious young woman would surely call the bodyguards, and the punishment would be even worse.

Besides, they were accusing her of stealing. She would lose any argument. If the Mercers fired her, no one would hire someone with a reputation for being dishonest.

More than that, she worried about Mira, who was constantly being suppressed in this house.

Although she couldn’t do much, she could at least make the girl a bowl of hot soup, a warm meal.

The couple on the living room sofa continued to eat fruit and watch TV.

They let their daughter torture and abuse the servant who had worked for them for nearly twenty years.

Rachel's heart-wrenching screams didn't even earn a single glance from them.

Finally, Tessa grew tired and breathless, and Mara called a halt.

Rachel thought the punishment was over, that she was free. But then she turned and saw Mara holding a kitchen cleaver.

Her eyes widened. “Miss, spare me.”

Adrian and Lacey finally turned their heads. “Mara, it’s not worth getting a murder charge over a servant.”

Although if something happened, his connections could handle it, it just wasn't worth the trouble.