Chapter 35 Asleep

• "It's true! Madam Aggie dotes on me and only cooks for me, but not for that bad sir. She even wanted to put me to sleep when I couldn't sleep. However, I told her it's fine." Jace carefully recounted the kind deeds that Aggie had done for him with his tiny fingers. Soon enough, he came to the realization that Jonathan wouldn't dare to bully him in Aggie's presence. Thus, he considered the Barker Residence a safe place for now. It's definitely safer than that wicked woman, Chloe's home. Those two witches wouldn't let me eat and even dared to lock me up in that smelly storeroom! They're awful!
• Eloise genuinely found it unbelievable that Jonathan, one of the most influential men in Cythais and someone who had the entire company at his beck and call, was at the bottom of the food chain at home. "Are you lying to me? That's the President of Deligrace Enterprise you're talking about here!"
• "Mommy, give me a minute."