Chapter 346: Fired (3)
Aria wished she had paid attention to who was coming into the dining room so she could have stopped talking when Rafael showed up. She was in a tight spot now and Rafael standing behind Annalise added to her losing her confidence.
What was she to say now? That she was going to say Annalise couldn’t dismiss her though she had earned herself the title of the lady of the manor? How were they to suddenly go from working with Annalise to addressing her as a lady?
Aria would have expected Beatrice to know the type of person Annalise was. Beatrice wasn’t so easily fooled by the women who walked in here looking to gain Rafael’s favour.
’And now the room is silent,’ Annalise thought. Aria should have taken the chance she gave her to walk away.
"Speak," Rafael said, his voice low, but it was more terrifying than if he had yelled at Aria.
"She was a maid," Aria softly spoke. She had morals she would not throw away. One should get ahead using hard work, not using Annalise’s games. Why should Annalise be continuously rewarded for doing nothing? "An employer should never be involved with his maid. I was once her friend. She is not-"
"I thought I gave Mavis a clear order to have the maids watch their mouths. Not only are you not doing your work, but you took it upon yourself to speak to Annalise as you like. I don’t care what person you or anyone else thinks she is," Rafael said, speaking to all maids present in the dining room.
It was the maid before him now and then it would be another one brave to speak to Annalise when he wasn’t around. When he wasn’t present was the only time they would think they could speak to Annalise as they liked because they most likely did not believe she could have them fired.
Rafael looked down at Annalise who seemed to not be paying attention to what was being said. He was curious why she hadn’t sent the maid out of the manor and been done with it. Was she trying not to look like she was getting ahead of herself and enjoying what she could do now by firing a maid on the first day?