Chapter 120

The previous housekeeper also bore the same last name—Jenkins. She was kind and often comforted us when Abigail and I had fought. She was always doing what she could to ease the tension between us. But after I moved out of this house, Abigail had changed the housekeeper. It made me wonder if she had done it on purpose. Abigail, however, walked up to me with a smile, explaining, "Margaret's daughter-in-law had a baby last week, so she's at home helping with the child. "Samuel, you're the man of this house. When the housekeeper asks you who you are, you should just tell her. Then, she won't trouble you anymore. Why are you so stubborn and unwilling to say a simple sentence?" Abigail questioned me with an almost mocking expression on her face, but I stayed silent. I knew exactly what she was doing. She was using this situation to humiliate me. If I had told the housekeeper that I was Abigail's husband and the man of the house, Abigail would've found a hundred more reasons to trap me