The Princess and the Paupers

Chapter 342

“You!” Martha barked, a sneer on her face. “What did that girl give you to defend her like this?”

“In this house, as long as you’re a maid, you should address her as Ms. Bella! Do you think you have the right to refer to her as ‘that girl‘?”

Even if Arabella didn’t give her a penny, she’d still stand up for her. Not for anything else, just because she liked Arabella’s personality and the way she carried herself, unlike Serena, who was all pretense and just plain annoying.

“Serena used to treat you really well,” Martha reminded her while striding down the corridor, her gaze fixed ahead, a smile playing on her lips.

“And Ms. Bella has been really good to you too; how have you repaid her?”

Edith walked side by side with her down the corridor, then turned a corner to stand in front of Arabella’s room, whispering, “The master and madam made it clear.. Anyone who messes with Ms. Bella, anyone who has designs on Mr. McMillan, you know what the consequences will be.”

she knocked on the door and respectfully announced, “Ms. Bella, it’s

people pick the wrong side, thinking they’re so clever!” Martha mocked before knocking on the

out just as

reminded of the day’s unpleasantness, her resentment flaring

past her when she heard this. She chuckled and said, “You really need to get

indeed heard of it. It wasn’t your average surveillance. It was minuscule, smaller than a grain of rice, but it could see every inch of Summerfield, down to each

was only used by the highest level of government. Some said it was for improving the quality of life and safety in major cities; others said it was a trial run in Summerfield before it went nationwide to catch criminals:

its wide coverage, as long as someone wasn’t hidden inside a building, their every move on the street was visible! Arabella pulled out her phone and zoomed in on the surveillance feed. “So you were the one

at the screen to see Martha by the back of a truck, unscrewing two bottle caps, and then pretending to trip when she entered the house, They hadn’t expected such

you?” Arabella smiled and said, “If your vision is poor and you can’t recognize yourself, I can take this downstairs for everyone to help