Chapter 6
Allen studied his father’s face, but he showed no emotion.
“Yes. As you know, Julius started being apologetic towards the servants, so the maid must have foolishly thought she could take advantage of that in order to obtain a portion of the compensation as well. I’m sure someone instigated her to do it.”
Allen smirked bitterly. What he actually meant was quite evident:
[I know you’re behind this.]
However, his father answered, unbothered, as if he didn’t catch what Allen actually meant.
“Goodness. Seems like the house staff has gone slack while I was occupied. I’ll look into it myself later.”
[I don’t know anything, but I’ll pretend to care.]
“That won’t be necessary. I already had Mother take care of the matter.”
[I already sent the maid to Mother before you could do anything.]