Chapter 262:
Julie's POV
I couldn't believe what was hitting my ears. Did he truly say I would work as a maid? Did all that passion turn, overnight, into this contempt? Was he mocking me? I rounded the executive desk with quick strides and stood right beside him, while he remained seated in his leather chair like a king passing a death sentence on his subjects.
"Robert... are you joking with me?" I asked, my voice trembling with a shock I had never known. "Tell me this is just a sick prank, that you only want to test me!"
He raised his gaze to me, and the frost in his eyes was enough to kill any shred of hope in my soul. He replied in a tone as dry as timber: "I am perfectly serious in what I say... and I never joke."
I moved closer, my heart screaming in pain, reaching out my hand like a drowning person searching for a straw. "Robert, please... look into my eyes. If this is just a heavy-handed joke, stop now. I've reached my limit."
