I picked up two pieces. He burst into a rage. “Didn’t you cook? Where’s lunch?”
I was so scared that my hand shook. The fragments of the vase cut my fingers. Blood soon flowed out of the wound.
I put my finger in my mouth and looked up and saw Sean just looking up at me.
I didn’t know if I should pick up the vase fragments or bring in lunch first.
After making a choice, I put two pieces beside the wall and stood up and said, “please wait a moment.”
I went out and brought his lunch to a small moving table in the room. Then I pushed the small table in front of Sean and set the chopsticks for him.
I respectfully said, “Mr. Jessop, please enjoy it.”
Sean didn’t move and just kept his head down.
When I was standing there and I didn’t know what he was thinking, he suddenly reached out and grabbed my injured finger. He said impatiently, “the house is too big for you to cook and clean at the same time. Let others clean up those things!”
Others?
There was no one else in the manor except me.
But I didn’t say that. I just pulled my finger back and said, “Mr. Jessop, I don’t trust other people, so let me do it.”
I added, “I will never leave this house, and I will take my cell phone with me. If you find that I’m not at the door, don’t worry. Just call me. I’ll come right away no matter what I’m doing.”
Sean looked up and he seemed a little sorry. He said nothing. He lowered his eyes slightly and began to eat with chopsticks.
I stood beside him and asked nervously, “Mr. Jessop, how does it taste? If you don’t like it, I’ll improve next time.”
Sean didn’t speak.
I turned to clean up the glass. I carefully packed all the vase pieces and took the vacuum cleaner into the room. I looked at Sean and said, “Mr. Jessop, can I use a vacuum cleaner? It may be a little noisy.”
“Whatever.”
He agreed.
I vacuumed all the debris. Then I put away the vacuum cleaner and went to stand outside.
After a while, Sean finished and I went back.
He looked at me and asked, “what do you eat?”
“I’ll go to the kitchen for lunch later.”
I replied.
I never noticed when servants ate. Once I saw Briana and Doris eating in the kitchen.
But I was the only servant here. In fact, I was a little confused about when it was right for me to eat.
Sean said coldly, “let the bodyguard bring a table later. We can eat together "
“Thank you, Mr. Jessop.”
I knew what Sean was thinking.
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I had dinner with Sean.
At about nine o’clock in the evening, after I served Sean to brush his teeth and wash his face, I saw him watching TV in his bedroom, and I wondered if I could go back to the room to make design drawings and so on.
I asked, “Mr. Jessop, can I go back to my room and have a rest?”
He immediately replied, “no! Watch TV with me.”
“...”
I could only stand there and watch TV with him.
We watched TV from 9:00 to 11:00.
He sat and I stood. When I felt my legs numb, Sean seemed sleepy and said, “help me put on my pajamas.”
“Yes.”
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