Fake Concubine

So far Rosalie didn't mind if there were commoners working in her husband's workroom, but she hated it when her husband was close to maids who came from nobles.

Knowing Rosaline's violent nature, Ellaine believed that her name would be added to the woman's blacklist if caught working in Oliver's room. Ellaine might be crippled by her master's wife.

After knowing her dark future if she did not act soon, she decided to go to the temple to pray.

When she experienced despair, she still often went to the abbey because of her old habits.

That day, when Ellaine went to pray at the small shrine, she had a bad omen.

"Ah!"

Ellaine fell right in front of the shrine as she walked through the slippery icy path. Her face almost hit a sharp rock. Luckily she managed to hold her body before the stone tore her white skin.

She wasn't hurt, but her mind was full of bad thoughts for the days ahead.

Moreover, on New Year's Day the next day, she had to get up early to start work.

She did indeed get a sign of misfortune, but her fall made her get an idea to escape Oliver's lust that kept targeting her.

***

The news about Ellaine working in Oliver's room had spread in the Necrosis mansion and created bad news about her.

One day, Rosaline arrives at a menacingly slow pace. Even a few maids walked with her.

"So you're the aristocrat who seduced my husband? Eh, what's with your face?!"

Rosaline was surprised by Ellaine's new appearance, and the maids behind her also showed the same expression.

Ellaine's beautiful face was now covered with bandages, and bloodstains were on the surface.

"Flirting? I only work here and do not intend to do what you accuse me of. Especially now that I'm disabled."

Ellaine had thought before that something terrible like this would happen, but she didn't believe that her accusations were unreasonable. It seems someone has instigated Rosaline.

"The wound on her face must be the result of seducing master." A maid behind Rosaline confirmed the accusation.

Ellaine was not surprised when some maids wanted to destroy her by spreading false rumors to anger Rosaline. Because they know that only Rosaline can destroy Oliver's mistress.

"So it's true, the news! Street women like you should get more punishment!"

Rosaline gave orders to the maid behind her to restrain Ellaine.

Without hesitation, Rosaline immediately applied a strange liquid to Ellaine's hand. It was so unbearable that Ellaine screamed in pain.

"My hand... it's on fire! Someone, please give me some water..."

All the maids holding her back just stared at Ellaine with scornful eyes. None of them wanted to help her fetch water.

Ellaine ran quickly to the toilet and immediately washed her hands with water.

Her beautiful white hands now melted like wax. Fortunately, her palms were not exposed to the strange liquid, so she could still work even though she was injured.

"I was lucky. I had no idea that this bandage against Oliver's lust also saved me from Rosaline's cruelty." Ellaine stared at the mirror in the toilet while muttering.

If she hadn't gone to the temple that day, Rosaline would have turned her pretty face into the melted wax.

A few days after Rosaline injured her, Oliver, who had just seen Ellaine's condition, exploded with anger.

He was angry not because Ellaine was injured. Still, he was angry because the girl he had prepared to become a concubine had turned into a disfigured.

"What happened to you? I've only left you a few weeks on my business trip. I should have eaten you earlier."

"Madam believed in the slander that was spreading about me seducing you. She immediately tortured me without finding out the facts and now I'm like this."

Ellaine dared to give Oliver and Rosaline false excuses because she knew that their relationship was not going to be romantic. They rarely even spoke to each other, so they couldn't possibly talk about the disfigured maid.

After learning that her wound was caused by Rosaline, Oliver's anger immediately subsided.

"Well, a wise man once said that half a heart and money will be lost because of affair. So I'll let you work as my secretary."

***

Ellaine's days get better after Oliver loses his appetite with her and Rosaline also agrees with Oliver's decision to hire a disfigured maid.

During 1 year of work, Ellaine is competent. In such a short time, she was even trusted to carry secret records from the spy network under Oliver's control.

Her relaxed days instantly changed when strange rumors about her relationship with Oliver circulated.

'How can a disfigured girl make Sir Oliver, the eldest son of the Necrosis family, fall in love with her.'

'They say Sir Oliver has made the girl a concubine. What shocking news.'

Although many people mock and hate her when they salute, Oliver's birthright saves Ellaine.

Although helped by her master status, but as Oliver's confidant. Many members of the Necrosis family threaten her.

Not only is she a threat, but she is sometimes beaten by people who threaten her.

The threat she first received after the head of the Necrosis house fell ill.

The trigger was the fierce competition between the descendants of Necrosis for the head of the house.

Oliver's position was threatened after the lord chose his successor, not by birthright. Still, he decided to carry out a series of tests and trials.

Only one person could win it and inherit everything so as not to share all of the Necrosis family's cumulative wealth.

The threats experienced her did not interfere with her work at all. Her life of 5 years in the Necrosis mansion was even worse when compared to the blows she had received.

***

As Oliver's confidant, she knew that her master had several companies founded for her master's benefit. And some companies often send secret notes on her to give to her master.

She was indeed assigned to carry secret records from Oliver's secret network for a year, but she never knew what the contents of the notes she always received and carried with her.

One day when Oliver was away on a business trip, Ellaine, who was sweeping, accidentally found a secret note in an envelope under the table.

Ellaine wasn't surprised that something was left behind when someone left in a hurry. But that was something that rarely happened to Oliver during his time as his secretary. It was the first time he was in such a hurry.

"It must have fallen in Sir Oliver's rush earlier. I must tell him."

When Ellaine had just grabbed it from under the table, she didn't realize she was holding the envelope upside down.

She panicked slightly as the paper inside fell. If Oliver saw her make that mistake, she would surely be sent to a brothel.

Knowing that her master wasn't there, she took it casually.

Holding the paper that was considered a secret made her curious soul excited.

"A little peek should be fine."

Word by word, she began to read slowly and tried to understand what the secret service was conveying to their master.

"Eh, it's not a personal record! It's a company certificate!"

Ellaine was surprised when she realized that the paper she held was very valuable and important.

Not wanting to get in trouble for holding such an important object, she immediately put it back into the envelope. But she accidentally saw a familiar name written on the certificate.

"Oh my! Why is my name written as the owner of the company?!"