My Husband Is a Gary Stu

The decorations on the first floor were even more luxurious. The open-designed dining room alone occupied a space of a hundred square meters. Seven to eight housemaids stood neatly on two sides of the dining area with their hands crossed and positioned in front of their abdomens as they welcomed Johanna to have her meal.

Johanna merely glanced at them before sitting down and picking up a fork. Then, she slowly ate the bowl of fish chowder.

After consuming two spoonfuls, some images surfaced within her mind, causing her to feel disgusted and nauseous. However, to prevent herself from dying of hunger, she shut her eyes and forced herself to eat.

After finishing the food, Johanna placed the fork back onto the table and went upstairs.

Johanna felt quite refreshed the next day, probably because she had eaten something. She instinctively pulled down her shirt when she woke up and did not notice any marks on her body, so she assumed Zephyr did not return last night.

It seemed Zephyr was very busy because he did not return to the castle for the few subsequent days too. His absence caused Johanna to feel relieved.

She no longer stayed inside the bedroom all the time and began taking strolls in the corridor, seemingly at leisure.

Johanna gazed out of the window and saw only stretches of forest on the castle's south, west, and north sides. She failed to catch a glimpse of even another house around the area, no matter how far she looked.

That castle was located very far away from the city and appeared to be situated on a mountain.

A broad road extended from the north side of the castle into the forest. Johanna reckoned that was the only route leading to the foot of the mountain.

She seized the opportunity during mealtime to saunter around the first floor and noticed there was no surveillance camera installed in the entire castle. Then, she found an excuse to take a walk outside of the building and memorized the layout outside the palace.

After that, she even figured out the location of the parking lot, as well as where the driver would put the car keys after returning from grocery shopping.

Despite the lack of surveillance cameras inside the castle, there were men assigned to guard the place at night, not to mention how vigilant those guards were when carrying out their duties. Johanna was racking her brain to think of a way to distract those guards when a heaven-sent opportunity presented itself.

It was raining cats and dogs that night, and inexplicably, the main switch of the palace tripped, plunging the whole place into complete darkness.

Johanna grabbed that chance to change into a housemaid outfit, ran to the first floor to take the car keys from the designated place, and hurried toward the parking lot in the rain.

After getting into the jeep, Johanna turned on the car engine, floored the accelerator, and the car immediately sped toward the gates.

Johanna's anxious heart jumped into her throat. She planned to smash directly through the gates with the jeep if the gatekeeper tried to stop her.

Fortunately, the gatekeeper swiftly unlocked the gates as he was under the assumption that one of the housekeepers was going out.

After the gates were opened, Johanna stepped on the accelerator impatiently. The jeep streaked out and dashed toward the foot of the mountain. She glanced behind her through the rearview mirror.

The gates of the palace had disappeared from her vision as she began to descend the mountain. Yet, her hands continued trembling.

Have I escaped that place? I need to find somewhere with villagers and make a phone call...

At that moment, a car drove up the slope from below with its high beam on. Johanna's grip on the steering wheel slackened as the bright lights blinded her.

The jeep's wheels skidded, and the vehicle crashed into a tree.

Luckily, Johanna buckled her seatbelt, and she was protected by the airbag that popped out.