The Lord Mayor Falls in Love with Me

The old man and the maid

Allen shook his head, “Who knows? It happened twenty-five years ago. Maybe it was just bad luck.”

Joey nodded thoughtfully and didn’t go any further.

In a family as powerful as the Charles family, there might be more than one skeleton in the closet. One

could always dig up some dirt on prestigious families. But Joey wasn’t interested to know any of it. She

just wished that Allen was an honest and innocent man.

However, she had no idea that some things would turn out to be more serious and complicated than

she had thought. A suffocating life in the powerful Charles family was awaiting her.

The next day, Mrs. Charles acted quickly and sent for Joey on the ground that it would be good for the

baby if Joey could stay at the Charles family with the attentive care of many servants.

Joey didn’t want to go at all. The thought of spending every day with Mrs. Charles was intimidating.

She could only imagine how miserable her life would be. But Allen wasn’t at home because he had

gone to her hometown to ask for her parents’ permission to marry her. Joey was forced to get in the car

and then quickly driven to the Charles family.

The Charles family was even more grand and luxurious than she had imagined. It was a Hacienda-

style villa that covered a vast area, fully equipped with a large swimming pool, a golf course, a private

garden, etc.

After Joey got there, Mrs. Charles appointed two maids to exclusively take care of her. The maids were

named Seventeen and Eighteen.

The servants in the Charles family weren’t called by their names. They were called by their individual

numbers instead, because there were dozens of them in the family and it was difficult to remember

them all. The name tags on their uniforms were used to tell them apart.

Seventeen and Eighteen were very young, twenty years old at most. Wearing maid's uniforms, they

looked very serious all the time. But they were quite polite to Joey, and they would quickly bring her

anything that she wanted. They followed her around and even guarded the door when she went to the

bathroom.

Joey sighed.

She was overwhelmed with Mrs. Charles’s gesture of hospitality, but it was rather difficult to say no to it.

One day, she decided to go for a walk in the garden when she had stayed in her room for most of the

day and gotten bored. Seventeen and Eighteen followed her closely again.

The glow of the setting sun was splendid.

There were an old man and a young girl on the grass in the garden. The grey-haired old man was

sitting in the wheelchair. He must have been a very handsome man in his youth. The beautiful young

girl in the white dress was catching butterflies with a smile on her face.

The old man was watching the girl running around with a warm smile on his face. He waved at her and

she instantly ran up to him. He took out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat on her forehead gently and

lovingly.

“Who is the old gentleman?” Joey asked Seventeen curiously.

“It’s Mr. Charles Sr.” Seventeen answered politely.

It was Allen’s grandfather.

Allen had told her that the man he had admired the most was his grandfather William Charles who had

been a hero in the battlefield as a senior official in the army decades ago.

Joey paused and asked, “Is the girl Mr. Charles’s granddaughter?” Please check at N/ôvel(D)rama.Org.

Joey had no idea how many brothers and sisters Allen had. She had met Lawrence and Martha before.

The young girl might be another sister of Allen’s.

However, Seventeen and Eighteen frowned.

Eighteen answered, “There is only one Miss Charles in the family. The young girl is just another maid

like us. She’s responsible for talking car of Mr. Charles’s daily life. Her name is Nineteen.”

Joey was shocked to hear that the girl was a maid.

But Mr. Charles was so gentle and intimate with her in a way that was only appropriate for a family

member of a younger generation or a lover.

Was the girl his lover? Joey was shocked.

She paused for a while and asked again, “Since she’s a maid, then why isn’t she wearing the maid’s

uniform?”

The Charles family was very strict with servants. All maids and footmen were required to wear uniforms

during work hours.

Seventeen said in a sarcastic tone, “Because Mr. Charles is very fond of her. She’s the only maid

among us who isn’t required to wear uniforms. Besides, Mr. Charles has always bought her very

expensive gifts that would generally cost several years' salary for a maid.”

Eighteen gave Seventeen a warning look, “Seventeen, don’t gossip behind the master’s back. Have

you forgotten the code of conduct for maids?”

Seventeen shuddered with fear. She lowered her head and went silent.

However, Joey had realized something shocking about the relationship between the old man and the

girl.

It seemed that the old man and the young girl were having a great time together on the grass. Joey

was confused and surprised. A prestigious family could really harbor some astonishing secrets…