Chapter 2014: Too lowly
Mother He noticed her expression and said, “This is the smallest room for the nanny, no larger than a cubicle. If it’s too small, I’ll spare some s.p.a.ce for you to stay at my place.”
Shen Manting shook her head and responded, “This is fine. After all, I’m a nanny from now on. There’s no need to treat me differently.”
Mother He sympathized with her. “Miss, Master was most likely only joking. You know him, he has a sharp tongue, but he doesn’t necessarily mean his words. Just give in and offer him an apology. Nurse the baby, but you don’t have to stay here…”
“Where should I stay, then?” Shen Manting laughed in a self-mocking tone. “I’m no longer a daughter of the family nor Shen Luo’an’s sister. There’s no place more suitable for me than this room.”
She set her luggage on the floor continued, “I’ll pick up the baby first and organize the room myself later. You may get on with your work, Mother He.”
“All right. Move along, then.”
Shen Manting set down her bag on the bed and left the room.
Shen Luo’an had coaxed the infant to sleep and was placing him in the crib.
He saw her enter and said, “If there’s anything wrong with the baby later, call me immediately.”
“Nonsense.” Shen Manting frowned and rea.s.sured, “Nothing will happen to him.”
Shen Luo’an straightened his posture and started to take off his clothes.
Shen Manting was shocked to see him undress and blurted, “What are you doing?”
Shen Luo’an paused to look at her and replied calmly, “I’m changing my clothes.”
He tossed his clothes into the laundry basket and slowly opened his wardrobe.
He took out an outfit and took his time to put it on. Then, he turned around and went out.
Shen Manting felt a little uneasy. She only dared to look around the room after he had left.
Shen Luo’an’s room was s.p.a.cious.
The room was the master bedroom, furnished with a large walk-in wardrobe and a two-meter bed.
The bathroom in the suite was fully equipped with a toilet, a shower, and a bathtub.
It was huge.
The room alone was bigger than all the houses she had stayed in over the past year.
However, the sight of the bed fl.u.s.tered Shen Manting and recalled feelings of fear in her.
Back then, Shen Luo’an had pressed her down on this bed and forced her to do everything she didn’t want to do.
She was humiliated and treated like a wh.o.r.e by him.
Shen Manting felt her chest tense up. She suddenly thought of herself as cheap and lowly.
She looked at the infant soundly asleep in the crib. She felt her heart ache and her eyes began to water.
This was it…
There was no turning back.
She went out and headed for her old room.
The room was still empty and clean.
It seemed to have been converted into a guest room.
There were many rooms inside the villa. The door of Shen Zhilie’s room was shut tightly. The door of the adjacent room was closed as well.
Mother He came forward and noticed Shen Manting looking at the rooms. She informed her, “These two rooms belong to the younger master. The room he used to occupy is too small for him now that he’s married, so he moved into a bigger room. The couple acquired an apartment unit together. It has already been renovated. They’ll be moving out at the end of this year.”
Shen Manting nodded. She muttered in a poignant tone, “Zhilie is now all grown up, too.”
“Indeed.” Mother He smiled. “Everyone in the family has achieved happiness, except Master.”
Shen Manting glanced at her silently.
“He’s a little annoying sometimes, but he’s a decent character at heart,” Mother He sighed. “He has been rather downcast lately, especially after he came back from Jiangsu. Every day, he sits in a daze with the baby in his arms and doesn’t say a word.”