Ouch! my ceo fiancé fell for his maid by Lisa alman novel Chapter 20

20- Movable staircase

Sarah’s pov

I think I am about to achieve something in near future. It was a hunch. I was this close to my success. To my one and only fiancé.

Justin!

I did not know what went between that maid and Justin. However, for the first time in my life, I saw Justin getting scared of something.

It was written on his face.

When she was calling that stupid Sean my fiancé, Justin did not want me to tell her that Sean was not her husband.

Did Justin lie to her? Justin never lied in his entire life. Why now?

The way he tried to hold her when she went to Sean for attacking him. He was cupping her cheek so gently when I entered his room, I won’t lie. I was hell jealous.

The way he was looking at her. Why?

I was his fiancée and he never looked at me like that.

Wasn’t it part of the contract that they were not allowed to communicate? She was not allowed to use the bathroom in his presence.

She was supposed to spend this one year on a mattress.

So, why she was getting all the unnecessary attention from Justin? Something was fishy. She thought Sean was my fiancé. That means she thought she was married to Sean.

I needed to talk to Sean.

“May we come in?” I looked up to find Nadia and Shella standing in the doorway, “Sorry. We knocked but you were too engrossed in your la la land.”

They came inside and sat close to me on the bed, “You seem tense.” Shella asked with concern.

I told them whatever happened in the room.

“I think you are right. She must have thought that Sean was her husband. What I don’t understand is …” Shella lifted her legs and sat cross–legs before me, “All this time she had been living in that room. Justin was the only one going there. He was the only one visiting her. Is she that much dumb? Just imagine.” By the end, they both were laughing which made me smile.

Justin never liked dense–skulled, giggling girls. He always liked someone who could carry out an intelligent conversation.

I was sure the attraction Justin might be feeling towards her was temporary. Thank God, I was blessed with friends like Nadia and Shella otherwise I might be scratching my head by now.

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Ashley’s pov

It was Justin’s room and being a gentleman, he had left it for me. The maid who brought my meals used to place the tray and I used to finish my whole plate.

Unintentionally, I was following all his advice. But now I was no more ready to confine here. I needed to go out and find a job. Once I would be settled, I would ask them not to bring me any more food.

They wanted to constrain me because they did not want the news to go out that Deluca’s heir had not only gotten married but also had a bride hidden inside his bedroom.

If that was the deal, I was ready for it. I won’t flaunt the fact that I was the wife of Justin Deluca.

My heart missed a beat when I thought of him. Two days had passed since we last met.

He did not attempt to set foot in the room. The room that belonged to him.

When I got done with dinner, I waited. I could no longer sleep as I took too many naps during the day. Once I was sure that they all must have retired to their rooms, I got up and examined the window umptieth time. I had already checked the height which was a bit more than the window in the Eden Garden Orphanage.

Closing my eyes, I asked for help from God and started climbing the window. Once stepping outside on the ledge, I stood straight and took deep breaths. I did not know after how many days, I was breathing in the fresh air.

Making sure the window does not slide back, I put the blind frame back. As the room was dark so anyone looking at the window from outside would never get the idea that the window was opened.

Not at least in one glance. I needed to take this risk if I wanted to be independent.

There was a drainage pipe going down all the way. I held it with all my might and started slipping down. The moment my feet touched the ground I wanted to jump with joy.

Yes! I did it! This seemed to be the backyard of the house. I guess I could not use the gates. I looked for some electric wires covering the walls. But there were none.

I prayed that there was no electric current running in the walls. I went to a bushy area and hid in it when I felt a searchlight on my head. The guard must be observing the area. Once the search spot was gone, I tried to climb the wall and got slipped landing on my back!

Urgh!

Why can’t they make a window that landed directly outside the house? Just like they show in movies. I stepped back and went running to the wall trying to use my feet as quickly as possible. I did not want the guards to find me under that bright searchlight.

Yes! After climbing it, it was no more difficult to jump to the other side.

It was the weekend and two blocks away the area was bustling with tourists and locals. There was a fair number of teenage couples on dates.

I kept walking not sure where to go when someone tapped my shoulder from the back.

“Ma’am. You are blocking our way!” I literally jumped and spun around only to find a young

couple looking at me. I quickly got aside.

“I am sorry,” I muttered. By now I was feeling hell thirsty.

“You seem new here.” The boy who might be twenty or twenty–one years old of about my height asked me, putting his arm around the girl. They both were young and cute. The girl was slim, dark–skinned, and sexy while the boy was lanky and had blond curly hair.