Devoted Love:The Billionaire's Precious Wife
Chapter 627

Chapter 627: Chapter 627

"Mr. Collins, I honestly have no idea what you’re talking about," Martha stubbornly insisted. "I’m getting on in years, and my memory isn’t what it used to be. If you’re accusing me of something, at least remind me of what I did or said. Otherwise, I honestly don’t know what you’re referring to."

Seeing her refusal to admit any wrongdoing, Hunter replied coldly, "It seems like you’ve been bullying Rose behind my back, in addition to what happened in that video. Pack your things, Martha. Serena is all grown up now. She doesn’t need you anymore."

Martha was taken aback by Hunter’s words. Before she could react, he had already hung up the phone.

Hunter was firing her?

He was kicking her out of the house?!

Martha couldn’t believe what she had heard. It took her a while to recover from the shock before she could call Hunter back.

Hunter didn’t pick up her calls.

After a few failed attempts, Martha, trembling, sent Hunter a voice message.

"Mr. Collins, I’ve been loyal and diligent in this house for eighteen years. Now you want to fire me just like that?

What exactly happened that led to such a severe misunderstanding? I can explain."

Five minutes passed.

Half an hour passed.

Hunter didn’t respond. Not even a single punctuation mark.

Martha clutched her phone, her heart pounding.

Hunter must have seen that video. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have decided to fire her so abruptly!

She remembered the incident, which still made her restless.

It was a long time ago.

Holly, one of the maids, had just finished washing the garden’s pavement. She maliciously spilled two buckets of cooking oil on the wet ground, hoping to send Rosemary sprawling when she returned home from work.

Under the sunlight, the large area of oil looked just like water, blending perfectly with the other puddles on the ground. Unless someone looked closely, it was hard to tell which was oil and which was water.

She thought she had executed her plan flawlessly. But half an hour later, Rosemary returned home from work and walked through the garden’s main path into the main house, unscathed.

Martha and Serena were watching from behind the curtains. Both of them couldn’t believe that Rosemary had managed to avoid slipping and had safely reached them.

Rosemary told Serena that Mr. McMillian was waiting outside the house, wanting to have a word with her.

Serena was overjoyed because back then, she dreamed of even exchanging a few words with Mr. McMillian.

Afraid that Serena might slip, Martha followed her footsteps. Even though they treaded carefully, they inevitably fell.

Serena was the first to slip, and when Martha tried to catch her, she failed and fell as well.

In the end, they were carried into the living room, where they lay on the couch, wailing in pain.

This incident alarmed Mr. and Mrs. Collins.

At first, Mrs. Collins felt distressed over Serena’s injury. But when Holly and Lily implied that the person behind Serena’s fall should be found and pointed the finger at Rose, Mrs. Collins lost her temper.

Martha never expected that Rosemary would be able to recover the deleted surveillance footage!

Who knew what kind of tricks she had learned outside?

The surveillance footage later proved Rosemary’s innocence. It was Martha who had accidentally tripped over the doorstep and spilled the oil, causing both her and Serena to fall.

Because of this, Mrs. Collins docked a month’s worth of Martha’s salary. Lily and Holly were also fired.

She thought this would be the end of it, but to her surprise, Rosemary slipped her another surveillance footage.

That’s when she first learned about this thing called "Overwatch"!

According to Serena, Overwatch was no ordinary surveillance system. Each camera was no bigger than a grain of rice, but they could capture the detailed street view of the entire Summerfield — down to every license plate, every person’s movement.

It was rumored that only a handful of top-level executives had the privilege to access Overwatch. Some said it was to enhance the overall quality of life and safety in major cities, while others believed it was first being implemented in Summerfield, with plans for nationwide expansion in the future, using this high-tech gadget to catch criminals.

Regardless of the reason behind the development of Overwatch, that cunning girl got hold of the surveillance footage, which clearly showed she was standing at the back of a truck, twisting open a bottle of cooking oil, and then pretending to trip as she entered the room.

At that time, Rosemary even asked if the person in the surveillance was her, saying that if she couldn’t recognize it due to her poor eyesight, they could bring it out and ask others to help identify.

Caught in the circumstances, she had no choice but to kneel down and apologize to that wretch. The latter had explicitly said that as long as she didn’t use dirty pool behind her back, she wouldn’t show this footage to the family. But in the end, this lying wretch showed it to Hunter!

What should she do now?!

Her plans were not even half completed.

She absolutely couldn’t leave the Collins family!!

With these thoughts in mind, she called Hunter again.

Hunter returned home at six in the evening after a busy day at the corporation. As soon as he walked in, Martha fell to her knees before him.

"Mr. Collins, it’s all my fault. Please don’t fire me!"

Even though Martha had just found an excuse to clear out all the servants from the living room, Edith — who had sensed that something was wrong — had called several servants to secretly hide on the second floor to watch Martha’s movements.

Seeing Martha kneeling in front of Hunter, crying her heart out, they suddenly felt that they were in for some juicy gossip, and their interest was piqued.

Hunter looked down at the woman kneeling on the ground with a cold gaze. "You remember it now?"

"I know what you’re talking about," Martha pleaded through her tears. "Mr. Collins, give me another chance? Please."

Hunter’s cold eyes held no warmth, his voice equally cold. "What kind of chance?"

Martha looked up with a tear-streaked face. "A chance to make amends."

"Make amends for what? What mistake have you realized?"

Martha was taken aback. Could it be that Hunter had no idea what she did wrong and was just trying to trick her?

But then she thought about it. Hunter’s expression was colder and even more serious than usual. He must know something; otherwise, he would not be this angry.

So, Martha lowered her head again and said, "I should not have opened the cap of the cooking oil and spilled it on the floor, almost causing Rosemary to fall. I’m really sorry, Mr. Collins. I realize I was wrong. I also fell flat on my face that time, even causing Serena to fall with me. I have apologized to Rosemary, and she has already forgiven me!"

Martha looked up, hoping to get Hunter’s forgiveness.

She spilled oil on the floor? She wanted to make Rose fall??

So Martha had done such a thing!!

The light in Hunter’s eyes turned even colder. "What else?"

"There’s nothing else, nothing else." Martha shook her head as she cried. "I didn’t do anything else!"

"Why did you want to hurt her?"