She stood up abruptly, intending to plead her case to the butler."Where are you going?" Lucas yelled."I'm going to talk to the butler.""What's the point? Do you think that my dad is going to listen to the butler?" Lucas said calmly."It's still better than not explaining myself at all, right?" Irene insisted on talking to the butler.Lucas had merely wanted to see how she would react. He had not expected her to be this nervous."I've explained the situation to my dad." He thought back to how swiftly had she run into the rain and realized that Irene could disappear in an instant if he didn't explain everything to his father. "I told him that I was the one who ordered you to buy this."She stilled before sighing a breath of relief. "And what did he say? Is he angry with me?""He didn't say anything. He left after I finished my food.""Oh. So, you intentionally mentioned that he was going to punish me to tease me. Mr. Lucas, you are horrible. I brought you food and you try to

"Do you think we believe you? You either pay us back the money or give us this bag!""Sir, no, I bought this for Mr. Lucas. Sir, I'm now working for the Woods family. Mrs. Woods has said that she will double my pay. When I receive my pay next month, I'll give it all to you." Irene hid the bag behind her. "The money I used to buy this jacket was given to me by Mr. Lucas. This isn't my money. I'm not lying to you.""Who on earth in the Woods family would want you as a servant? Don't you realize how ugly you are? You don't even know how to lie!" The man walked behind her and snatched her bag."Sir, if you don't believe me, you can follow me. I've almost reached my destination. Mr. Woods has brought his son home, and Mrs. Woods doesn't like him, so she got me to serve him," Irene said. "Sir, I can't lose this job. If I lose this job, I won't have the money to pay you back.""Irene, when your grandmother died, didn't she leave you anything valuable?" the man hissed. "She had been workin

Irene felt as if she had been showered with gifts. She happily nodded! "Mr. Lucas, thank you! Thank you for letting me have lessons with you!""Do you like having lessons that much?" Lucas looked at her.She flushed with delight. Her eyes sparkled once more."Yes!" said Irene. after giving the matter some careful thought, she said, "Actually, Mr. Lucas, I don't like going to lessons, but I want to go to college. Only by going to college can I find a better job. The only way I can support myself is if I were to get a good job." "Eat up." Lucas ended this heavy topic.Irene immediately headed to the kitchen to grab some utensils."Mr. Lucas, you treat me well," said Irene after a few she got a few spoons of food into her. "Other than Grandma, no one has ever treated me this well."Lucas was confused. "How am I treating you well?""You are allowing me to share your lessons, and you share your food with me. No one has ever invited me to eat with them," said Irene, listing out th

Lucas noticed Irene's disappointment. His damned compassion prompted him to give her an explanation. "Once you enter college, you can get a job near the mansion. The classes in college are much harder than in high school. If you continue studying by yourself, aren't you afraid that you won't graduate?"Irene nodded seriously. "Mr. Lucas, you're right, but why don't you take the lessons with me? Aren't you trying to get into college too? If we can get into the same college, then I can continue taking care of you.""You sure can dream." Lucas doused her dream. "Do you really want to continue as a servant for the Woods family?""A job is a job. If I could study, care for you, and earn money at the same time, how wonderful that would be!" Irene was afraid that he might misunderstand her, so she added, "Mr. Lucas, I'm not doing this because I want your family's money. I… like spending time with you. You don't bully me. You even treat me quite well."Lucas was feeling a little hot from h

Eric looked at Layla. Layla's face had not changed much from when she was a teenager. Only now, it had a touch of maturity. However, Eric knew that Layla was not that mature. This was because Layla had always stayed with her parents, so she had always been under their protection. She was a true heiress living a pampered life.A person like her would have a more innocent character. At the same time, her ability to face challenges would be worse than an ordinary person's."Are your parents urging you to find someone already?" Eric asked. "I doubt your father would want you to find someone, right?""Dad hopes that I will stay single forever," laughed Layla. "You know what type of a person he is. He thinks that the greatest men in the world are all in our family. Outside men are inferior, and so, he hopes that I will never enter into a relationship or get married. He thinks men will hurt me."Eric smiled. "It's not strange for your father to have that thought. If I have a daughter