Twenty Dollars a Day in a Mansion
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Everyone in Grey Harbor said Julian Ashford was a hopeless romantic.
He had spoiled me into the most envied woman in town: Mrs. Ashford.
Only I knew what life inside that house was really like.
Every day I watched him bring women home, one after another.
Then he brought home Sienna, and introduced her as the household's new "lifestyle manager."
Her first week, all my cards were frozen, half my closet was cleared out, I was put on an allowance of twenty dollars a day, and I was forbidden to leave the house after eight p.m.
Tonight, at 8:01, the hospital called.
My mother had suffered a heart attack.
I ran for the door. Two security guards blocked it.
Sienna stood there with her arms folded.
"Ma'am, no one leaves after eight. Those are the Ashford house rules."
"My mother is dying."
"Rules are rules."
I turned and went to find Julian.
He was in his study with a glass of whiskey. He heard me out without so much as lifting his eyes.
"As long as you're Mrs. Ashford, you don't break Sienna's rules."
I had loved him for ten years. For the first time, I didn't recognize him.
"Then I'm done being Mrs. Ashford."
He had spoiled me into the most envied woman in town: Mrs. Ashford.
Only I knew what life inside that house was really like.
Every day I watched him bring women home, one after another.
Then he brought home Sienna, and introduced her as the household's new "lifestyle manager."
Her first week, all my cards were frozen, half my closet was cleared out, I was put on an allowance of twenty dollars a day, and I was forbidden to leave the house after eight p.m.
Tonight, at 8:01, the hospital called.
My mother had suffered a heart attack.
I ran for the door. Two security guards blocked it.
Sienna stood there with her arms folded.
"Ma'am, no one leaves after eight. Those are the Ashford house rules."
"My mother is dying."
"Rules are rules."
I turned and went to find Julian.
He was in his study with a glass of whiskey. He heard me out without so much as lifting his eyes.
"As long as you're Mrs. Ashford, you don't break Sienna's rules."
I had loved him for ten years. For the first time, I didn't recognize him.
"Then I'm done being Mrs. Ashford."

















































