Chapter Twenty
Author: Goldenwura
last update Last Updated: 2023-10-04 22:33:54

No more maids.

Maxwell finished helping Riya do the clean up and was already back in his room.

There was something missing the Wilson's home that morning but he could not wrap his head around it until he heard a knock on his door.

He stood up reluctantly and took the door, only to find Riya standing with a tray of food with her.

"Breakfast?" She asked as she walked into his room.

"Not yet....." He said running his hand through his hair.

"Was I the only one who noticed the maid's absence today?" She asked rhetorically while dropping the food on the stool beside Maxwell's bed.

Hearing her mention the maids immediately cleared up his head and he remembered that it was the missing thing in the house the whole time.

" Oh my God.....I felt that there was something missing in the house today but I could not figure out what it was" I said hitting my head lightly with my hand.

"Right...I've saved you the thinking" She said and poured me a cup of hot yellow tea which I added a cream to and bega
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