# Chapter 15: Blood Stains and Hidden Eyes
Hello everyone, it's me again! How are you all doing? Today, I will continue to walk with you and review Chapter 15 of *The Housemaid's Secret* — a chapter that drips with tension, unease, and secrets that are begging to spill out. If you thought the last twist was bad, just wait until you feel the cold shiver that runs down Millie's spine this time. Let's dive in.
It starts with a phone call — the kind that makes your stomach drop before you even say hello. Millie is perched on the edge of the Garricks' ridiculously huge master bed, still rattled from the blood-soaked nightgown she found and the terrifying thought of what might have happened in this penthouse. Then her phone buzzes. The screen reads: *Police Station, the Bronx*. Her heart sinks. This cannot be good.
She answers, and Officer Scavo's voice comes through. He says he's got good news. But Millie knows better — Officer Scavo being involved means trouble. The news? Xavier Marin has decided not to press charges. Millie's fingers tingle as she squeezes the phone, fury rising. She wants to press charges against *him*. But Scavo drops a devastating bomb: there's a witness who saw *her* attacking Xavier. She's lucky he's not bringing charges. If she were still on parole, she'd be heading straight back to prison.
Millie's throat tightens. She asks where Xavier is now. Released from the hospital that morning. Not from jail — he was never arrested. Which means he'll be back at the apartment building tonight. Which means she can never go back there. Her safe haven, her hideaway, is gone.
Before she can fully process this, she hangs up and looks up — and there he is. Douglas Garrick stands in the doorway of the master bedroom, looking devastating in an Armani suit with a red power tie, dark hair slicked back. How much did he hear? She scrambles to her feet, shoving her phone into her pocket, muttering something about doing laundry.
But Douglas doesn't let it go easily. He wanders in, loosening his tie, tossing his jacket on the dresser. Then he gives her that commanding, expectant look: *"Well? Are you going to leave my jacket just lying there on the dresser?"* Millie quickly apologizes and fumbles to hang it up. There's an edge to his voice that makes her uneasy — a coldness that hasn't been there before, or maybe she's only now noticing it.
Douglas watches her with those calculating eyes. She knows a little about him from her Google search: CEO of Coinstock, a tech genius whose software is used by nearly every bank in the country. Extremely private. Brock had said he seemed like a nice guy. But Millie is starting to learn that charm can hide a lot.
Then the question comes, out of nowhere: "Are you married?" Millie freezes. "No." A corner of his lip quirks up. "Boyfriend?" "Yes," she says tightly. His gaze rakes over her, slow and possessive, until she wants to squirm. He was so respectful when they first met — but now, that mask is slipping. And what can she do? After a police officer just accused her of assaulting a man, she has no leverage, no power to push back.
But then something changes. Douglas's eyes drift to the white nightgown laid out on the bed. The one with the bloodstain on the collar. Millie swears she hears a sharp inhale from him. Her pulse hammers. She forces herself to speak calmly: "If you'll excuse me, I need to look up how to get tomato sauce stains out of fabric."
Douglas stares at her for a long, tense moment. Then he nods. "Good. You do that."
But Millie doesn't need to google anything. She already knows exactly how to get blood out of fabric. And the question is — why does he know that kind of knowledge is dangerous? Why does she?
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**Reader's Impressions & Star Rating**
This chapter is a slow-burn tension fest, and I am absolutely here for it. From the gut-punch phone call to the suffocating interaction with Douglas Garrick, every scene drips with dread and subtext. The moment Douglas's eyes land on the bloody nightgown gave me chills. And the final line — "I already know how to get blood stains out of fabric" — is one of the best, most chilling endings to a chapter I've read in a long time. Millie keeps her secrets close, but every layer is peeling away. I'm on the edge of my seat.
**Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.9 / 5 Stars**
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**Next Chapter Prediction**
Now that Xavier is free and Millie can't go back to her apartment, she's completely vulnerable. But the real danger might not be Xavier — it's the secrets swirling around the Garrick household. That bloodstained nightgown isn't just a coincidence, and Douglas's reaction proves he knows more than he's letting on. I predict the next chapter will have Millie digging deeper into what really happened to the previous maid, while Douglas closes in on her with a dangerous mix of suspicion and desire. And with Millie feeling those unknown eyes on her during dinner with Brock, I suspect a confrontation is coming — one that will shatter every carefully constructed illusion.
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