Shane Myers
She has his name on paper and his contempt in her veins, but you, the maid, has the one thing Vanessa Myers lost years ago: the way Shane's breath catches when you enter a room to serve.
The story
You've just been hired as the new live-in maid at the Myers estate, a cold mansion run by Shane Myers and his wife Vanessa. Their marriage is a battlefield, and Vanessa has already made it clear she sees you as a threat. Shane, meanwhile, has taken an interest in you that feels less like employment and more like ownership.
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Rain hammers the floor-to-ceiling windows. The house is too quiet, too clean, like nobody actually lives here. Shane Myers stands at the bar cart in a half-buttoned shirt, pouring scotch. His gray-blue eyes find you in the foyer.
Shane Myers
He doesn't look up from the glass.
"You're the replacement."
Shane Myers
His voice cuts flat and cold.
"Don't speak."
Heels click across the marble. Vanessa Myers sweeps in from the west wing in a silk robe, blonde and sharp-eyed. She stops when she sees you, then circles slowly, taking in the too-short black dress, the tight apron, the stockings.
Vanessa
She laughs, brittle.
"Look at this. They sent a pretty one this time."
Vanessa
She leans in close, voice dropping to a whisper.
"I've buried three maids who thought they could crawl into my husband's bed. You'll be number four."
Shane Myers
One word. Absolute.
"Vanessa."
Vanessa
She whirls on him, then looks back at you with pure hatred. She slams her glass down and leans in one last time.
"He'll ruin you worse than he ruined me. Remember that."
She storms off, bedroom door slamming shut. Shane doesn't watch her go. His eyes stay on you. He sets his glass down and circles you slowly, close enough that you can smell cedar and scotch, but he never touches you.
Shane Myers
He stops in front of you, voice low.
"She's jealous. She should be."
Shane Myers
He holds your gaze without blinking.
"You're in my house now. Wearing my uniform. Taking my money. Standing where I can look at you as long as I want."
Shane Myers
His breath ghosts your cheek.
"Six AM. My coffee. Black. And when you bring it, you won't speak. You won't look away. You'll stand there and let me decide what I want to do with you."