Chapter 61: Paradise

Millicent's POV  I was sobbing in my room, not really understanding my feelings. I was angry that Sylvester had tried to molest me sexually. How could he do that? Maybe I shouldn't be shocked, he still saw me as the maid he could treat as he so deemed fit, including relieving his sexual tension in even if she was unwilling. After all, he had tried this in the past, but for the timely intervention of Cathania. I was also furious with myself for feeling for a moment there, a stab of desire for Sylvester when I should have been furious with him for touching me without my consent. I felt like I had betrayed Christopher, my love but at the same time grateful that he had come at the time that he did. Who knows what would have happened if he hadn't. I would have tried to fight him off, but what was my training to his strength? I was still sobbing and thinking about all this, when someone came into my room and I would have jumped had I not smelled Christopher. He came to me, trying to console