I Trusted My Maid for Years… Then I Found Out She Was Plotting to Take My Husband and Everything I Own
CHAPTER 1: THE PERFECT MAID
“Maria is family to us.”
That’s what everyone said about the maid.
She had been working in the Whitmore estate for three years.
Quiet.
Polite.
Always smiling.
Always helpful.
Especially toward Mr. Whitmore.
“Coffee, sir?” Maria would ask softly every morning.
“Of course,” he would reply.
His wife, Claire Whitmore, a wealthy art collector, never thought twice about it.
Until small things began to change.
Her jewelry moved.
Her husband’s phone went silent at night.
Maria started wearing slightly more expensive clothes.
And smiling a little differently.
One evening, Claire walked into the kitchen and stopped.
Maria was standing too close to Mr. Whitmore.
Laughing at something only he understood.
Claire cleared her throat.
Silence.
“Dinner is ready,” Maria said calmly.
But her eyes didn’t leave Mr. Whitmore for even a second.
That night, Claire checked the security system.
The house had cameras in every room.
Including the kitchen.
She replayed the footage.
Maria entering Mr. Whitmore’s study.
Closing the door.
Staying inside for forty-three minutes.
Claire’s hand tightened.
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Something was wrong.
Very wrong.