Elena rubbed her still-weary face. Trying to gather the remaining shreds of her fading consciousness. The soreness in her intimate core and the aches racking her entire body from Julian's actions last night still felt intensely real. However, she had no choice but to drag her heavy steps out of her bedroom to face that viper of a woman. The moment Elena arrived in the living room, Beatrice was already standing there with her arms crossed over her chest, glaring at her with a gaze brimming with hatred and disgust. "How wonderful! You ungrateful bastard child, idling in bed at this hour!" Beatrice barked furiously, entirely disregarding Elena's pale and exhausted face. "Do you think you're the grand mistress of this house, huh?! Hurry up and clean the entire floor of the back pavilion, w

