Chapter 29
Celine spent a considerable time in the guest room with her things, reluctantly returning to Asher’s bedroom. She wished the guest room could be made hers, just so that she wouldn’t have to share the same space with Asher only to be constantly reminded of how much he didn’t want her.
Reading on her phone did a great job of distracting her, and she kept reading even after dinner. Her reading was interrupted by a polite knock on the door, Asher never knocked so she already knew that it was a maid, her predictions proved accurate when a uniformed maid quietly stepped in with a polite bow.
“Is something the matter?” She asked curiously, sitting upright. She was already dressed to sleep so it was surprising to receive a visit from a maid this late.
“Well, I was directed to pack for the boss who’s going on a short business trip.”
“Oh,” Celine deflated, feeling heartbroken for some reason. *Asher hadn’t even bothered to tell about it.*
She tried to return to her book and failed miserably, and she ended up watching the maid pack up a mid-size travel bag while once again wondering why the Mafia King kept her around. All she had done was take up space in his room because he was hardly in here. She couldn’t even tell if he slept in his bed because she was usually asleep before he returned and when she woke up, he was gone.
The maid soon left, leaving her all alone in the quiet, lavish room. She was just as lonely as when she was still with her former Pack, nothing had changed. It was wearing her down. Celine put her phone down and laid down on the massive bed, curling at the edge. *How was this any different from how she lived in Moonstone?* Jael was suspicious of her at best and although the other occupants treated her well enough, it was with a distant politeness.
She didn’t bother trying to stay up because she doubted that Asher would be returning that night and from what she had learned from the maid, he would be going on a business trip the next day. *How long would he be away? Would he not even bother to see her before he left?*
*He bought her, right?* So he must have had a reason for doing so but she couldn’t make it out no matter how hard she tried. She must have misunderstood him being nice to her, and it left her with even more questions that she would never get the answers to.
She went to eat breakfast because a maid came to get her but she barely had an appetite, picking at the meal. She made sure to inform the maid ahead that she would be skipping lunch so that there wouldn’t be a repeat of breakfast.
Celine spent the rest of the day in the guest room to escape the stifling air of Asher’s bedroom, no one had told her yet that she couldn’t be in there so she was taking full advantage of it. The guest room was modest compared to Asher’s room but then again, most rooms would be modest compared to it, and if she didn’t look out the windows, she could lie to herself that she wasn’t a prisoner in the home of a Mafia King.
Unfortunately, she couldn’t sleep in the guest room although she really considered it, leaving for Asher’s room just in time for dinner. After eating, she returned to the lavish room and decided to watch shows for the rest of the night.
She stayed up longer than she planned to and ended up sleeping in the next morning. It was surprising not to be woken up by a maid, especially as there was one quietly arranging the room while she slept.
“I’m sorry I interrupted your sleep,” She apologized immediately, looking worried.
“No, no, you didn’t,” Celine quickly reassured her because it had taken her a moment to even notice that the maid was in the room.
“I’ll give the kitchen notice to prepare you brunch,” She said leaving in a haste.
The maid was unfamiliar but she wore the usual uniform and was just as polite as the others, if a little jumpy. Celine didn’t stop her, instead, she got out of bed, her joints aching a bit from sleeping for too long.
She wore a cute polka dot dress and put her hair in a ponytail to prepare for her long day of staying inside. After eating she went to the guest room again, if the maids noticed this, they said nothing about it. If anything, she could guess that it was easier for them do to their jobs when she wasn’t in Asher’s bedroom so it was a win for everyone.
As the day came to an end and she returned to the master bedroom, she realized that she truly had no idea how long Asher’s business trip was supposed to last, she also hadn’t seen Jael, so the Beta most likely went with him. The trip could be anywhere from a couple days to months even and she would just be stuck in this mansion repeating the same routine day after day, maybe it was time she considered trying to escape again.
After all, the only reason she had been caught the first time was because Asher had showed up, in Asher’s absence, she might be able to do it and be successful this time.
Celine ended up eating quite a lot at dinner because she was lost in thought and just ate absentmindedly, only feeling the effects of how much she had eaten when she drank some water. So even though she had woken late that morning, she felt sleepy only a few hours later, no doubt from being so full.
Being inside the house constantly couldn’t be healthy for her though, maybe she would ask a maid if she could take a walk or something the next day, it would also give her the opportunity to better study the mansion so that making an escape would be easier.