[Cover art generously provided by Nan Cao. A deep bow of gratitude!]
Blurb
Lili wakes up one day to find herself dropped into the Zoldyck family.
The stone-faced butler hands her a frilly maid uniform and says in a flat voice:
"Congratulations, you've been hired as a trainee maid for the Zoldyck family."
Fine. When you're under someone else's roof...
A maid it is. As long as the pay is good, they can work anything out.
But fate assigns her to the eldest son, the one everyone in the Zoldyck household avoids: Illumi Zoldyck.
The maids whisper and tremble as they trade gossip:
"Did you hear? The young master drank poison instead of tea again, then calmly tossed in a sugar cube."
Lili is stunned!
Is this family's concentration of crazies seriously off the charts?
Seeing the complaint about to leave her lips, Gotoh says coldly, "If you want to get paid, talk less and work more."
Zebro calmly adds, "Don't smile at the young master. He'll think you're up to something, and I'll dock half a month's wages."
For the sake of her wallet, she forces her face into an expression even uglier than a frown.
After nervously making the eldest young master's bed, she turns around and gets dragged off by the second young master to be a human mannequin. Before she's even had a chance to pose, the madam whisks her away and puts her in a puffy gown covered in pearls.
Staring at her reflection, with a bow in her hair and lace all over, she feels utterly hopeless.
Lili screams inside: Can I quit this job or not?
"You want to leave?"
A ghostly voice suddenly sounds behind her.
Lili goes rigid. Slowly turning around, she meets a pair of pitch-black eyes with unfathomable depths.
"You've touched my bedding. From now on, you belong to me."
Lili: ...???
She just wanted a job to earn enough to get by.
Can someone tell her why this job comes with forced personal bondage, and why the crazy eldest young master is treating her like his private collectible?
[Reading Guide]
Hunter x Hunter fanfic, a lighthearted, silly little sweet romance.
The entire Zoldyck family x a heroine who only wants to make money and run away from her day job.
The heroine's internal monologue is nonstop as she struggles to survive the hellish Zoldyck workplace.
Lili roars in outrage: By the way, does the Zoldyck family offer health insurance and a retirement plan?!
Theme: Work is everything.
