Chapter 189. Home Sweet Home

After spending five days in Carter’s home, Lara decides it is time to return to Claire’s estate to complete the assignment. She has rested enough, now she must get this over with.

Her decision to return to her job as a lowly maid is like a weight pressing down on her mind as she packs her belongings in Carter's guest room. Despite the comfort and safety she finds in his place, the urgency of her task propels her away from convenience.

With each item she stows away in her bag, she the weight of responsibility settling makes her forelimbs heavier. But she drags on doggedly.

Carter watches on silently from the doorway with a plain face and folded arms. Yet, in his heart, he bleeds. Familiar with Claire’s personality, he knows what risks, humiliation, and pain  she faces in that lair. Whatever be the propellant for this billionaire to lower herself into rags must be more than vendetta or rage. At this point, perhaps he needs to talk to Lara. Maybe the wealth they