Chapter 3: The Maid Nobody Noticed
The wedding was canceled.
News of the scandal spread across the city within hours.
For days, reporters discussed the attempted poisoning.
Yet one person avoided the attention.
The maid.
While everyone focused on the bride, the groom couldn't stop thinking about the woman who had saved him.
A week later, he found her cleaning flowers in a small garden behind the estate.
"You never told me your name," he said.
She smiled softly.
"Emily."
The groom sat beside her.
"Why risk everything for someone you barely know?"
Emily hesitated.
Then she revealed a secret.
Years earlier, her father had worked for the groom's company.
During a difficult financial crisis, the company had created a relief fund for struggling employees.
That fund had paid for her father's life-saving surgery.
The groom looked surprised.
"My father started that program."
Emily nodded.
"I know. My family never forgot."
Tears filled her eyes.
"When I saw what was happening, I couldn't stay silent."
For the first time since the wedding disaster, the groom smiled.
A genuine smile.
Over the following months, they spent more time together.
Not as employer and maid.
As friends.
The friendship slowly became something deeper.
Something built on honesty.
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Something built on trust.
Something he had almost lost forever.
