The Housemaid's Secret (The Housemaid, #2)

by Freida McFadden

I’ve gotten involved with my employer only one time before, and I will never, ever go down that road again.

yeah girl T_T

I’d rather yank my own tooth out with a pair of pliers.

“So, Millie,” he says, “when can you start?”

I feel slightly inadequate, the way I often do when Brock knows more about something than I do.

me when my bf corrects me LMAO

Unfortunately, he’s not around anymore.

ok but is this abt andrew or someone else?????

I almost felt dollar signs popping up in my eyeballs.

and he won’t seem to let it go.

ok but 6 months is wild for a move in

he’s never told me he loved me before.

AND HE WANTS U TO MOVE IN???

“I have a feeling she won’t be joining me tonight.”

hmmm

I’m sure.”

“Maybe she’s got a little green ribbon around her neck, and if someone unties it, her head will fall off?”

Amber is all about leather. She’s wearing a pair of leather pants, stuffed into knee-high leather boots, and a creamy brown leather trench coat.

EW WHAT

“Not stalking—I am bodyguard.”

STOP BECAUSE WHY IS THAT SWEET

“Yes.” He frowns. “That is because she is dead.”

ENZO U POOR BABY

“You are the one who wanted to end what we have. You are the one who started dating this Broccoli.”

“I am just saying, you are the one who wanted to move on. Not me. I still… I never stopped feeling love for you.”

CRYINGGGGG

“Anyway, like I say, I am bodyguard. You need bodyguard.”

And this Broccoli of yours⁠—”

“I know a guy.”

“Come on.” He waves a hand in the direction of his Mazda. “I give you ride home. You think over whether you hate me or not.”

“I believe you can do anything,” he says quietly. “But, Millie, I am just saying… be careful.”

“You call. I will wait.”

“Hello?” I call out. As if the intruder is sitting around, waiting for a proper greeting.

It hits me now that I have never felt that way for Brock, and I’m not sure I ever will.

GIRL PLS LEAVE HIM OMG

Not that I expect us to get divorced. I expect Douglas and I to be together till death do us part, yadda yadda yadda.

I’m sure it was exhausting for her, but there was also something about the way her husband commanded her that was sexy to me. Carter is also devastatingly handsome and keeps himself quite fit, unlike my husband.

It hasn’t been going well—meaning, I’m not pregnant.

no duh

“Also, maybe being so skinny is what’s keeping you from getting pregnant. I read that it’s not good for fertility.”

EXACTLY

“Where are you going?” I ask him. “KFC.”

it—I have no claim to his money. So every day, I cross my fingers that while he’s walking down the street, he gets hit by a bus.

george from greys anatomy is crying rn

greasy food he eats, he would have dropped dead of a heart attack.” “He’s only forty-two.”

Russell doesn’t seem to enjoy fantasizing about Douglas’s death the way I do.

hmm maybe because he is normal???

There should be some way to punish husbands who treat their wives this way. Cutting off my money and threatening to take my home away… That’s basically, like, abuse.”

GIRL you just gave me the ick

was—he’s not physically abusive. But he’s evil and manipulative nonetheless.

NO HE ISNT

It’s because I never felt this way about him. Not even close.

girl we been knew

am so sorry for that. I do not regret being back home in Italy for my mother, but I did not want to have to choose between the two most important people in my life. I wanted you to wait, but I could not ask that.”

“So you think you’re going to approach her in Dunkin’ Donuts and she’s just going to tell you everything?” He places a hand on his chest. “Yes! I am very charming!”

misgivings.

doubts

“I know a guy.”

Nobody can kiss like that man. Brock sure couldn’t.

WE GET ITTTT

“I love you too, Millie,” he says. “So much.”

Russell and I are celebrating with a bottle of champagne.

i hate you with every fiber of my being.

“Well, when Doug explained it to me, he mentioned something about you being a lying, manipulative bitch, and he didn’t want you to have any of his money.”

“He said that there’s a security camera at the back door of the building.”

oh shit

Oh, Jesus Christ. It’s not Millie. SEVENTY-TWO “Marybeth?”

I am more attractive than Marybeth—objectively.

IS THAT REALLY WHAT YOURE WORRIED ABT RN

Please come back. Don’t go to the cabin. I love you. I will fix this. Come back.

“And I just want you to know that you can consider me one more resource.

YASSSSSS