Demon CEO's Hidden Love: Mr Grayson Stole Me From My Abusive Husband
Chapter 49: Thane’s Reward

Chapter 49: Thane’s Reward

Flashback.

"You damned kid! How dare you steal from them?!" Serena raised her voice, while landing slaps on Brooke’s face.

"After all the kindness they showed me, you dared to try stealing?! How much more will you embarrass me?!"

Slap!

"You’re just like your father!" Serena yelled then broke into tears.

After Brooke had been caught trying to steal the egg, she poured all the blame on Brooke, and made it look like she acted on her own.

Brooke couldn’t even say a word, not with her mother slapping her face senseless.

It took the intervention of the head-maid to get Serena away from the crying child.

"That’s enough, I’ve seen all that needs to be seen. Serena, as of today you will no longer be working here." She announced, throwing a dagger in Serena’s heart.

"W-What? Head maid she’s the one who stole, why do I have to stop working here?" Serena asked, her heart pounding with fear.

Brooke held her swollen cheek in one hand and looked at her mother, the same woman who had asked her to steal.

The head-maid replied, "Your daughter is only this way because you didn’t teach her any better. Both of you cannot stay here any longer, get your things and leave!"

Serena rushed to her feet, "Please head-maid! I don’t have any money, if you throw me out, how will I survive?"

The head-maid frowned, "You keep talking about yourself, aren’t you worried at all about this child?"

Serena scoffed, "That girl is just like her worthless father! If she wasn’t my own flesh and blood I would’ve left her behind. She causes me nothing but problems." She confessed in front of a crying Brooke.

The maids around took pity on the broken hearted child.

Everyone including the head-maid guessed that Serena must’ve planted the idea in Brooke’s head to steal. After all, it was because she was caught snooping around that the head-maid demoted her to cleaning the ground floor.

"No, you and your daughter will leave-"

"Wait." A frail voice announced from the kitchen door.

Brooke was the first one to divert her teary gaze to the young boy in a wheelchair, who wore a mean scowl on his face.

"Young master!" The head-maid bowed her head, so did the other maids. Serena was clueless as to who the child was, but nonetheless she bowed her head too.

"Young master why are you out of your room?" The head-maid asked, her gaze sharply pointed at the caretaker wheeling the young boy.

The young boy ignored the head maid and had his caretaker wheel him over to Brooke.

"You, how dare you try to run away?! After tossing me around like that earlier?" The bratty child spat at her.

The maids were stunned to see the young master speak so much, and to someone other than the head-maid.

"You can’t let her leave, not until she’s repaid me for earlier." The kid announced.

Brooke sniffled, "What? But I didn’t do anything wrong-"

He cut her off, "Idiot. You stole from my house and even dragged me from the window. You have to pay."

"B-But I don’t have any money to give you." Brooke confessed.

"Then you’ll have to stay and work until I’m satisfied."

The head-maid was stunned out of her wits. "Young master! This girl is a thief! I was just about to send her and her mother out of the house."

But the kid wouldn’t have it. "Who is the owner of this house?" He spat out.

The maids all bowed their heads, acknowledging him as the owner. He scoffed, "Exactly, what I say goes-"

"Hey! That’s no way to talk to them. They’re just looking out for you!" Brooke spat out.

Serena wanted the ground to open up and swallow her whole! Her ’foolish daughter’ would be the death of her, so she thought.

The child laughed, "I don’t need a thief to lecture me."

Still holding her swollen cheek she replied, "I’d rather be a thief than a stuck up brat like you!" She spat at him.

She went on, "You’re too lazy to even walk on your own, you have people carry you around your luxurious house, in this expensive chair." She said, at the time oblivious to his condition.

"You insolent kid-" The head-maid was cut off by the young child, who had a pissed off look etched on his face.

He glared at Brooke and said, "Now that you’ve said that, there’s no way I’m ever letting you leave, you stupid gorilla." He contorted his features into a sinister smile.

"You are going to be by my side every single day from now on." He said, with nothing but ill intent of making her suffer.

-Present-

Brooke cracked a nervous laugh and placed her palm over Thane’s lips, "Please, don’t tease me anymore." She said, not wanting to get the wrong idea.

Thane sighed and rolled off her, he carried her carefully and placed her on her wheelchair.

"I was serious though." He said all of a sudden.

Brooke’s heart skipped a beat. "Oh, you mean about getting married right?" She immediately asked, trying to diffuse the tension.

Noticing how uncomfortable she looked he flashed her a warm smile. "Yes. We should get married before I leave again."

Brooke sighed inwardly, ’Brooke! You almost misunderstood the situation again! Of course he was kidding about the kiss.’ she told herself.

To Thane she asked, "But Ethan hasn’t signed the papers yet. I’m afraid I’ll have to take him to court."

"Don’t worry, that won’t be necessary. I’ll get him to sign those papers by tomorrow." Thane said, his tone reassuring.

"By tomorrow? Do you think that’s possible? Ethan is a very stubborn man."

Thane responded, "If I’m able to get you the divorce, then can I get a reward from you?" His tone sounded casual yet hopeful.

Brooke humoured him, doubting that a prideful man like Ethan would actually be pressured into divorcing her.

"If you can get me divorced tomorrow, I’ll grant you one wish. As long as it’s not an expensive one though." She chuckled nervously, wondering what someone like her could possibly gift someone like Thane.

His features relaxed, he leaned in and whispered his wish into her ear...

After hearing what Thane wanted, Brooke’s face flushed a bright pink, and her eyes widened in shock.

"W-What?!" She spat out, flustered and embarrassed that such a proper man like Thane would request something of that nature!