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“What’s going on?”
“Ms. Burton? That’s Mr. Harrison’s wife, right?”
“So, who’s this Ms. Rowe? Could it be… she and Mr. Harrison…”
The winery manager was already boiling with anger.
“Mr. Harrison, how could you do this to Ms. Burton?”
When saying this, he took out his phone to call me.
But in the very next second, Kenneth’s bodyguards rushed forward and pinned his arms behind his back.
Kenneth’s icy gaze swept across the room.
“Silence him for good. Make sure he pays the price for speaking out of
turn.”
Though his voice wasn’t exactly loud, it dripped with a ruthlessness forged from years in power. Instantly, the hall fell deadly silent.
Without even looking up, Kenneth stroked Jasmine’s face in a devil–may-
care way.
“Jasmine is my wife. Sandra is just a maid.”
A maid?
I was so pissed off that I almost let out a derisive laugh.
It seemed Kenneth had forgotten who had lifted him to his current place
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of power, where everyone gazed up in reverence.
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If it hadn’t been for me, he’d still be curled up in some back alley, bullied and begging for scraps.
I stood by his side for ten long years, helping him build everything from the ground up. I took two stabs to the chest, shielding him from enemies. I even had Alban pull strings behind the scenes to help him.
When I hovered at the edge of life and death, all I thought about was how to pave his way.
Yet, here he was, calling me a maid.
No one present dared to cross Kenneth. They all hurriedly nodded in agreement.
“So, that’s how it is… How unbelievably generous of Mrs. Harrison–she actually allows a maid to deceive everyone using the family’s name.”
Someone even persuaded Jasmine earnestly, “Mrs. Harrison, a lowly maid like that knows no boundaries. Who knows when she might try to seduce Mr. Harrison?
“You’d better watch out. Better yet, just fire her.”
Another chimed in, “That’ll be too easy for her. A scheming woman like her ought to be thrown into the sea!”
The complacent look on Jasmine’s face was undisguised.
The winery manager’s face turned ghastly pale, and he kept struggling fiercely while being dragged away.
“Let me see Ms. Burton! She’s the real Mrs. Harrison!”
The other guests all looked contemptuous.
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“The maid is so cunning. She even managed to fool the winery manager.”
“Mr. Harrison, you should get rid of that calculating woman as soon as possible.”
Kenneth’s icy gaze swept across everyone.
Then he said, “I’ll say this again–Jasmine is my only wife. I’ll deal with whoever disrespects her without mercy.”
As the room plunged into a tense silence, I started to clap my hands slowly. The sound of slow, deliberate clapping echoed through the hall, and everyone turned in my direction.
I took off my cap, my eyes fixed firmly on Kenneth and Jasmine.
“Tell me, Kenneth. If she’s Mrs. Harrison, then who am I?”
The smiles on Kenneth and Jasmine’s faces froze instantly.
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Lateefa Khanam is a spirited writer who finds freedom in horse riding. She cherishes her mare and the newborn foal, calling them her little happy family.
