Narrator's P.O.V.

Arthur had soon hired a new maid, she was young and relatively new at her job. But he decided that she would be a nice person to keep _____ company.

He could always go the hard way and punish _____ to bring her back to her senses but the male was still a gentleman and hitting a lady was no way for a nobleman to behave, much less one of his standard.

The maid was a young woman, who recently moved to London from a nearby village, her family was poor and she needed to pay for her father's treatment.

She was desperate for money so Arthur knew she wouldn't comply with whatever requirements he had.She was naive if you asked Arthur but she would have to do.

"You are to serve my wife under any circumstances..."

"Yes, my lord."

"But there are a few requests if hers you are not allowed to fulfill, you see, she's in a critical mental state because of some things that happened so she isn't at her best and can't think straight so please make sure to not let whatever she says get to you."

This did make the maid shift uncomfortably 'What does he mean by this, is his wife crazy?" She thought as she continued to listen.

Arthur had offered her a generous pay in order to have her work here, which was quite suspicious but his gentlemen ali act was removing the doubt from the maids mind.

'How could someone so charismatic and kind do anything wrong, he must have just pitied the satiation I was in and offered to help me.'

'He must really be in love with his wife to go to suck circumstances for her.'

"Have I made myself clear?"

"Yes sir." She said stiffly as know a mysteriously silent butler came in and directed towards her quarters, they were fairly nice, much bigger than the usual quarters you'd give to a lowly maid. 'Probably because I'm going to be serving his wife.'

The maid, identified as Annabelle, was surprised when she was contacted by such an infamous man to work for him for such a high pay. At first, she did question intentions but once he mentioned she was to serve his wife and not him she calmed down. Maybe this was God's way of repaying her for her suffering, she sometimes thought. Little did she know that she had just stuck herself in the drama of a bloody relationship, one destined to a tragic end for one party no matter what path they chose.

After setting the few belongings she brought with herself, Annabelle took it upon herself to learn the basics of how things worked here. The servants didn't utter a word, which was quite suspicious if you asked her , so she would have to figure it out herself.

She just hoped the young mistress of the manor was as kind as her husband. She wasn't one to keep up with the news of what was happening with the upper class so she didn't know who this woman was.

The red-head soon reached what she thought would be the library. She was told that This was where his wife spent most of her time, according to one of the more 'talkative maids', well, as talkative as saying a few words and grunting in response was at least.

She knocked on the door, receiving a soft, 'come in' from the female inside.

Her voice was so soft and angelic, thought Annabelle.

Inside she was met with a beautiful woman, dressed elegantly, sitting on a wooden chair with velvet cushioning, the setting itself looked like something out of an elegant and detailed painting, so unreal.

The noblesse looked surprised at seeing her, she couldn't say she was familiar with Annabelle.

"Are you new here."She said, not expecting a vocal answer.

"Yes m'lady, I was assigned to serve you by your husband." _____ shifted uncomfortably at the use of the word husband but she was more surprised at receiving and answer by the maid and not just a polite nod or bow.

_____ couldn't help herself, having tears forming in her eyes. How long had it been since she had bet another human being who wasn't that psychopath.

As she suddenly started to silently sob. The maid suddenly became extremely worried. Forgetting all etiquette or restriction to run to her young mistress rubbing her hand on her back comfortingly. Asking what has wrong.

"M'lady, are you okay!?"

"What happened?!"

"Do you need something?!"

"Please calm down, is it something I did!?"

"I'm so sorry! What is the matter, please calm down!"

Luckily for _____, Arthur was out on a business trip concerning a case her majesty had assigned to him so he wasn't here to witness this scene.

"P-  please.."

"... don't leave, just stay here!"

"Please don't leave me alone with I'm again!"

"I assure you m'lady, I'll be by your side, that's my job, just, please, calm down!" Said the maid, calming both her mistress and herself.

The way _____ behaved did raise an uneasy feeling in the pit of her stomach. 'Just what type of couple was this?' She though, finally managing to calm _____ down.