[Mutual Firsts + One-on-One]
Lu Wanxi was the most forgettable maid in the Marquis's household, a lowly cleaning girl. Her birth mother sold her into the manor when she was eight, and she signed a ten-year contract.
With only a month left before she could finally be free, reclaim her contract, and leave to live her own life, she was sent to the study that night to cover someone else's shift. There, she ran into Xie Jingheng, the Marquis of Dingbei, who had been drugged. They spent one wild night together.
Afterward, she fled in a panic, telling herself it had all been a nightmare. Xie Jingheng discovered who she was, but did not punish her. Instead, he had her transferred from the Old Madam's courtyard to serve in his study, keeping her under his watch every day.
Lu Wanxi was terrified. She feared the Marquis might remember what happened and have her sold off, and she feared that if Miss Jiang, his betrothed, found out, she would meet a gruesome end.
All she wanted was to get through this last month, take her contract, leave for good, and open a little embroidery shop to spend the rest of her life.
Lu Wanxi knew perfectly well that the Marquis had no sincere feelings for her. All she wanted was to escape.
