Daddy's Good Girl (1)

Bethel's POV

When the gates closed behind me, a strange mix of fear and determination settled in my chest. At twenty-one, I had never known life beyond those walls. My days were filled with prayers, hymns, and simple chores but now that I had to step into the outside world because the orphanage needed funds, and this job was my only chance to help.

I clutched my small suitcase tighter as the cab pulled up to the address the agency had given me. The mansion was like a palace I was never meant to enter. My modest gray dress suddenly felt too plain and too concealing,...