ACCIDENTALLY MARRIED TO A MAD BILLIONAIRE novel Chapter 16

Chapter 16: CAN SHE TAME HIM?

Penny hadn’t even touched her food since she arrived at the table. And now she was sent to go out to prove herself to the madman. She wasn’t scared, unlike yesterday.

Now she knew Osvaldo wasn’t really mad there was no need to be scared of him. But what she didn’t understand was the need to prove herself if she had survived the night.

Still, her footsteps were soft and cautious as she stepped outside the mansion. The sun was already high in the sky, but the air carried a strange heaviness. A kind of stillness that made the hairs on her arms rise.

She had nothing to prove, there was no need to prove anything to these people. But Ariana wasn’t ready to let go. Penny had no idea why her sister was hellbent on doing this.

The entire household had gathered. Maids. Butlers. Guards. Even Osvaldo’s personal attendants. All of the maids in the penthouse, Rosie shook her head gently as she stared at Penny.

She looked frightened and Penny could already tell what was going on in her head.

The servants stood in neat rows, all with their heads slightly bowed, as though waiting for judgment.

But what made Penny stop in her tracks wasn’t the people, it was what was waiting beside them.

Chains.

Thick iron shackles, like those used to bind dangerous beasts. Laid out carefully on the ground beside them were whips of different lengths. Some are braided with iron beads. Others soaked in a dark oil that glistened under the sun.

And beside the weapons stood fifteen men.

They were tall. Too tall. Their arms looked like they were carved from stone, and their faces were hard and cold. The kind of men you only saw in fantasy novels. The kind guarding ancient emperors or fallen kingdoms.

Penny’s heart clenched.

All this... just to bring him out?

They treated him like a monster. Like some rabid creature that needed to be restrained with force.

But they didn’t know.

They didn’t see what she saw last night. The pain in his eyes. The quiet undercurrent of sadness in his voice. Osvaldo wasn’t a monster.

He was just... misunderstood.

She had no idea why he was pretending to be mad, but was it worth it?

Did he like the torture?

Why is he doing this to himself?

"Mrs. Adkins," Penny called the older woman walking over slowly. Her voice was calm, but firm.

"I don’t think all this is necessary."

Ariana raised a single brow immediately. She was standing next to Abby so she had overheard Penny’s words and wouldn’t let it stand.

She was hellbent on humiliating Penny today. She would show the entire Adkin family that Penny was useless and should not be taken seriously.

She would show them that her survival had been by accident and that now, she would die at the hands of the madman.

Ariana’s painted lips curled into a mocking smile. Her jewels glittered under the morning sun.

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