Chapter 2 - The Shattered Perfume

The heavy, cinematic tension in the bright bedroom was completely suffocating.
Emma’s eyes were wide with genuine, breath-stealing fear, fighting back heavy, unshed tears. Just moments ago, Camille had intentionally swept a thousand-dollar bottle of custom perfume off the vanity, shattering it against the marble floor, purely because Emma hadn't ironed Camille's dress fast enough.
Now, the floor was covered in jagged, highly dangerous shards of thick glass and slippery oils.
"I'll get a towel," Emma whispered desperately, trying to gently pull away from Camille's tight grip on her apron.
Camille’s cold, mocking smile completely vanished. She violently yanked the apron again, slamming Emma's back against the vanity.
"I didn't tell you to get a towel," Camille hissed harshly, entirely devoid of human empathy for the terrified servant. "Get down there and scrub."
Emma stopped breathing. The air in her lungs violently turned to absolute ice.
Camille wasn't telling her to clean the floor. She was commanding the young maid to get down on her bare hands and knees directly onto the jagged, shattered glass.
The stark, cinematic contrast between the powerful billionaire's fiancée in the shimmering silk dress and the helpless, trapped servant was glaringly, sickeningly obvious.
Emma’s breathing turned incredibly shallow. Her dark eyes darted nervously toward the shattered glass on the floor, desperately trying not to cry or provoke the cruel woman any further.
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"Yes, ma'am," Emma replied, her voice strained and broken.
👉 What hidden, massive mistake is the cruel fiancée completely unaware of?