Master Brian’s maid

He slowly approached and sat down to look at the sleeping Wendy, he gently used his hand to take the sharp wooden stick out of Wendy’s hand, but an unlucky thing happened to him. She was startled awake, grabbed the tree and pushed him away. Wendy was confused to realize her current situation when she carelessly fell asleep again, failing to carry out her original plan to ambush and attack Henry. So she had to change her plan.

Meanwhile, Henry was surprised that he could not react, he sat up to hold her tight, but Wendy hastily brought a sharp wooden stick to her neck and shouted:

“Henry, you better not come near. I warn you.”

Henry was extremely surprised by Wendy’s actions, he did not handle this dangerous and difficult situation in time. So Henry quickly soothed and reassured her:

“Calm down. I won’t do anything and I won’t touch you now either. Please put it down.”

Wendy loudly said:

“No, I won’t put it down. You’re a crafty bastard, I won’t trust you anymore.”

Henry stepped back and replied softly:

“I’ll move away from you, okay? And now what do you want me to do to put that thing down?”

Wendy saw that he was far away from her, Wendy calmed down and sadly replied:

“I ask you to set me free and let me leave this place.”

Henry hesitated for a moment, looking at Wendy, who was looking at him resolutely with the sharp wooden stick to her bleeding neck without her noticing. He looked around the cluttered room and looked at her sadly.

“Do you really hate this place that much? Don’t you want to live here with me?”

Wendy was silent for a moment watching Henry get up to go to his desk to take out a pack of cigarettes, he lit one and brought it to his mouth to smoke. He smoked while looking at Wendy with distant eyes waiting for her answer.

This is the first time Wendy has seen him like this, a loneliness is covering him and the space is extremely bleak as if it speaks his heart. He seemed to be very sad and a little disappointed when he looked at her with such disappointed eyes. And what was different from before was that he calmly listened to her precious feedback. Wendy noticed that and paused for a moment. She looked at him sadly and replied slowly, for the first time she confided in him about her life:

“Perhaps you don’t know. I am a person who does not like coercion from others. I was born and raised in a netting family on the island. It is very far from this place, many days of traveling by sea. And it’s unfortunate for me that I have a terrible stepfather, who ruthlessly murdered my mother in bed by letting other people take turns raping his wife. It was really horrible and haunted me every time I fell asleep and dreamed about it.”

She looked around the room and quietly watched his movements then continued:

“A girl like me has seen it all, I hate it and want to kill them with my own hands but with my strength I can’t. Worse, I was sold to a trafficker by them and ended up drifting here. I lived at Demut’s bar for a few days and managed to escape. But unfortunately, I was caught and brought here.”

Wendy paused for a moment to try to hold back, held back her tears and said:

“I have lived here with you for many days and have also been thinking, if I get out of here, where will I go and what will I do. When I officially became a homeless girl and had no family beside me. I guess I’ll start all over again, looking for a job as a waitress at a restaurant or applying to a bar to sing. Maybe you don’t know about my hobby. That was when I was on the island, every time I worked I would sing. That’s when I feel most at peace and love life. So maybe I will do that job, become a freelance singer to earn money and support myself.”

Henry smoked a cigarette while looking at the girl in front of him with passion and curiosity. He didn’t say anything and just let Wendy continue. She had lowered the sharp stick a little, no longer so close to her neck that it bled, which reassured him and watched her quietly. Wendy confided in a deep sad voice:

“Perhaps that life that I have always wished for when going to the outside world, it will be hard, full of difficulties and extremely uncertain. I won’t have a lot of nice clothes to wear, I won’t be able to eat delicious food, and I won’t be as good as here. Every day I will work hard to earn money and live very frugally to buy a small house of my own to live in. But I’m proud of it because it makes me truly alive and free. So that’s why I want to get out of here.”

Wendy suddenly stopped talking, she silently made the surrounding space become quieter. Henry thought for a long time, he let out a puff of smoke and said to himself:

“Freedom? Is it really that good?”

He watched Wendy quietly and didn’t react in particular. Henry looked at the young girl sitting in front of him and replied:

“You don’t have to live such a hard life outside, when you already have everything here. Okay, I won’t force you anymore. Although I have tried my best to tame you and make you mine. And right now, I’ve realized that your body can, but your heart can’t. I can’t force your heart to belong to me. So I have an offer for you.”

Wendy was curious, she hesitantly asked:

“You won’t lie this time, right? And what is that offer?”

Henry smiled softly.Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.

“This time I will be serious, not playing with you anymore. And that offer is I want you to be my wife and bear me a child.”

Wendy asked surprised.

“Married and have children? Why do you want to do it?”

Henry put on a slight smile and gently replied:

“Because I like you, okay?”

Wendy heard Henry say that and felt a little confused, she lowered the sharp wood completely. Wendy held it tightly in her hands and looked down at her feet and whispered:

“He likes me? Will he lie to me again? I don’t believe what he just said.”

Henry saw that the little girl was unusually quiet, he quickly put down the cigarette by the ashtray and approached her to ask:

“Wendy, are you okay?”

Wendy looked up to find him sitting on the same level as her. Wendy panicked, grabbed the sharp wooden stick and brought it back to her neck. He quickly backed away and kindly admonished:

“I like you is true. I won’t hurt you and I promise you that. Can you put it down?”

Wendy awkwardly shouted:

“No, I don’t believe what you say. Because you’re an asshole who likes to cheat on me. Stay away from me.”

Henry looked at her with sad eyes, he slowly backed away to calm Wendy. He lowered his voice and graciously said:

“I kept my distance from you and did as you said. So can you put it down?”

Wendy looked at him with wary eyes, she slowly put down the sharp wooden stick and sat there staring at him. She still held it in her hand and pursed her lips. Wendy just sat there looking at him inquiringly for a long while. Henry saw Wendy’s innocent and stupid appearance, he felt like this girl more and curiously asked:

“So now we keep looking at each other like this?”

Wendy nodded.

“Yes.”

Henry heard that and laughed softly, suddenly there was a knock on Gula’s door, she politely said:

“Sorry to bother you master and young lady. Dinner for two is ready. Please allow me to bring it into the room.”

Henry walked to the door and opened it for Gula to enter. Gula quickly placed the food on the table, what was left in the room that wasn’t thrown and smashed by Wendy. After putting down the dishes, she quickly left the room to continue her next work.

He looked at the beautiful dishes on the table and feeling a little hungry, he quickly walked over and enjoyed it. While Wendy was still sitting there watching him with a hungry stomach. He saw it and replied:

“You came here to eat with me. I won’t do anything to you.”

Wendy smelled delicious food and couldn’t hold back her hunger anymore. She then stood up while still holding the sharp wooden stick, Wendy quickly walked over to the table, where Henry was eating. She sat at the table and looked at the dishes placed on the table, Wendy pinned them with a fork and put them in her mouth to chew. Henry took advantage of the time Wendy was eating and ignored the wooden stick she had placed on the table, he immediately grabbed it with his hand and hid it.

When she discovered her protector was gone, Wendy stopped eating and quickly left the table and ran away. In that moment, he ran after her and hugged her tightly, whispering:

“Wendy, don’t be afraid. I just continued to enjoy my meal. I won’t do anything to you.”

She shivered as he hugged her and stroked her hair gently, Wendy wanted to let go of Henry’s hand and was prevented by him, he reassured her tenderly:

“I like you, I want to hug you like this. Because I know you hate me, if I leave you now, you’ll run away again.”

Wendy was confused in her own thoughts. She suddenly felt her heart flutter and beat faster than ever. Then Wendy saw Henry’s strong arm wrapped around her, and she felt it warm and familiar.

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