novelraw Chapter 44: WHAT THE HELL IS A FORTH CONTRACT?
Chapter 44: WHAT THE HELL IS A FORTH CONTRACT?
Chapter 44: WHAT THE HELL IS A FORTH CONTRACT?Penny’s mind was spinning. What the hell is happening?
Osvaldo just called her penguin. That is the name he calls her when he’s sane. Was he sane now?
It wasn’t even night. And yet... he was sane?
Her theory said he only became lucid after sunset. He only ever spoke to her at night. So how?
Had he been pretending this whole time? Had he faked the madness just to make her do those things? A wave of fury rolled through her. Her fists clenched.
She stormed down the hallway, eyes sharp, breath shallow.
"Miss Penny!" Hughes called after her, her heels clicking softly on the marble floor. "What do we do?"
Penny didn’t stop. Didn’t even look back. "Everything will be fine, Hughes."
Fine? Hughes blinked in confusion. They had no food. No money. And worst of all, they are now short on staff. Staff. How could anything be fine?
"Gather a few maids," Penny said. "You’re going grocery shopping. We’re not begging the main family for scraps anymore. We’ll eat what we want when we want. We’re done being their dogs."
Hughes gasped, stunned. Then bowed. "Yes, Miss Penny."
Finally, Penny has realized how powerful she is. What right does Chris have to punish them the way he did? She thought.
Both he and his family should be worshipping her Mistress’s feet, begging to be fed.
Penny’s eyes scanned the hall,
"I’m not leaving," she said firmly.
He slammed his hands against the wall beside her head, trapping her in place.
"You think you’re staying?" he growled. "You think this is a game you control?"
Penny didn’t flinch.
"I know what I want," she said. "And you’re going to help me. Whether you like it or not."
"Let’s make a new deal Mr Osvaldo. I’ve seen your lab and I know you can help me." Penny said.
He stared at her, breathing heavily, chest rising and falling like a storm trapped in a man’s body.
"I could break you," he whispered, voice dark and thick with heat. "I could ruin you so thoroughly you’d never remember who you were before me."
She looked him in the eye. "How about a one-year deal then? Let me help you Mr Osvaldo to be sane again, in return, you’ll help me with my weight."_"