I Owe the Tyrant Four Little Heirs novel Chapter 44

“I’m sorry, no comment.” With that, she started to walk away again.

“Cormac was your fiancé, wasn’t he?” Jareth’s voice stopped her in her tracks.

Niamh clenched her fists. How did he know that? Did Cormac tell him?

In fact, Cormac had told him, and with a sense of pride, as if he were showing off a trophy.

“And Rhoslyn is your sister?” Jareth continued.

Niamh felt like her lungs would burst. She spun around. “Mr. Bragg, did you run a background check on me? We have no history, no reason for you to do this. Why are you investigating me? What do you want?”

She was just a janitor. Why was Jareth so obsessed with her? Was it all because of the fifty-thousand-dollar debt?

Jareth himself didn’t know what had come over him these past two days. Ever since he saw her in the elevator, he’d felt a strange compulsion to provoke her.

“Niamh, don’t flatter yourself and think I’m interested in you,” he said coolly. “I’m simply getting to know my employees. I can’t have one bad apple spoiling the whole barrel.”

Niamh rolled her eyes.

“Mr. Bragg, since you already know the answers, does that mean my debt is now down to forty-seven thousand?” she asked, trying to seize the opportunity.

Jareth actually chuckled. “In your dreams.”

“But you said it would be a three-thousand-dollar deduction!” she protested.

“Usher, did you speak to the housekeeping agency?” Jareth asked as soon as he entered.

For the past two days, he’d had no appetite, and his mind kept drifting back to the bowl of soup from the other night. He hoped he would come home to the same meal tonight.

“Yes, I did,” Usher replied quickly. It seemed Mr. Bragg was very pleased with the part-time cleaner from two nights ago. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have requested her to come every day.

Thank goodness! No more searching for a new cleaner. He had gone through every top-rated cleaner from every agency in Cliffhaven, and none of them had met Mr. Bragg’s standards.

The strange thing was, the agency manager had said this cleaner was a novice. What had this novice done to win over Mr. Bragg? Was she beautiful? Usher immediately dismissed the thought. Mr. Bragg had no interest in women, especially beautiful ones.

Although… he did seem to treat Niamh a little differently.