Chapter 15
“Am sorry, Sir… It’s… It’s not what you think” She stuttered and Kael arched his brows. It’s not what he was thinking? What was he thinking anyway?
“I asked to know more about you Leigh”
“I’m… Leigh-Ann…”
“Make it Leigh. The longer one sounds old-fashioned and irritating” He corrected and sat on the armchair. He noticed she was shaking and scoffed.
“I’m Leigh. A high school dropout and an orphan. I… am…”
“And I’ve fucking got a dropout as a maid, who the fuck does that?”
“Am… am sorry Sir… I… I’ll continue with my studies when I get paid. Please don’t send me away” She pleaded and kept bending her knees at intervals like she wanted to kneel. Kael chuckled and relaxed on the chair, loving the way she pleads and in this case for nothing.
“Hell yeah, am getting you kicked out of here”
She dropped to her knees immediately and began pleading for mercy. She couldn’t imagine losing the job just like that.
“Are you shitting me right now? You’re a low brain, a dumb sack.” Kael continued and tried not to laugh hard at how she was almost in tears.
“Please, Sir…”
“No matter how you cry your ass out, you’re out” She didn’t say a word as she kept whimpering and Kael couldn’t believe he’s got a crybaby as a maid. These types could soak the bed with their tears while he was fucking them.
“I’ll do anything for you Sir, please don’t kick me out”
Humph Anything? He could say she’s got a perfect body, just the type he loved but to him, she was too ugly for him. She was not even his type.
“Anything?”
“Ye… yes Sir” She answered perfunctorily and nodded repeatedly.
“Umm… too bad I don’t want anything from you except I want you to be my maid” She looked up in surprise and something struck him, her eyes. They were silver-colored and looked so beautiful because her tears made them glitter.
“I… I don’t understand Sir”
“Would you understand if I asked you to quit the job?” Kael asked and she lowered her head trying to hide her faint smile.
“I’ll… I’ll be your maid, Sir”
“Good. And for accepting that, you’ll be joining me at CamBridge High”
She couldn’t hold back her excitement as she looked up immediately not knowing if to smile or cry or whatever. Was he for real? Was he asking her to be his maid and also said she was joining him at CamBridge High?
As she has always known, CamBridge High was the most popular and highly expensive school with world-class facilities. That has always been her dream school but she knew she’d never be able to afford the expenses even if she sold everything she had.
But wait. Did he mean she was just gonna join him as a maid? Like just joining him to continue her duties as his maid?
“I’ll process your admission and you’ll be schooling there” He added as if reading her thoughts and she gasped in shock. She couldn’t believe it. She didn’t know what to do or how to take them in at the moment. Was this seriously happening to her?
“Why are you staring at me like I should be the one thanking you huh?” He asked coldly, jerking her out of her thoughts.
“Am… am sorry, Sir… Thank you so much… I”
“You May leave” Kael cut in dismissively and looked away.
She stood to her feet immediately and bowed slightly “Do you need anything Sir”
“As I can remember, I warned you to stay out of my sight when it’s evening. Was that not clear enough?”
Not knowing what to say, she walked to the door nervously. The happiness she felt at the moment was enough to make her ignore whatever he had said and she did. Gosh, she couldn’t wait to tell Maerie about this.
“Um… Leigh” He called out, making her turn abruptly like she had been expecting him to call her. He looked at her and nervously, she lowered her head.
“A lil smile would do. You’re not a piece of lifeless junk” He said which made her laugh. Gosh, did she just laugh? She tried covering it up but couldn’t. It’s been a long time since she laughed so hard.
“And one more thing Leigh, stay away from my brother Kash, he doesn’t need any female personality right now”
She nodded repeatedly and walked out of the room. Of course, anything for him. Once outside the room, she jumped in the air and started dancing around. This felt like a new beginning for her.
Kael went to stand in front of the window and kept thinking. How come he wasn’t told that she was an orphan. Someone who is struggling to survive, someone who he hated and rejected for no reason.
He suddenly felt sorry and wished he could apologize for making her cry but hell no. He enjoyed humoring her earlier and would do more.
Thinking about her, he remembered his childhood and how other kids used to laugh at him and his brothers for being orphans.Original from NôvelDrama.Org.
Kyler would stand tall while they were crying and before their tears would dry up, they’d notice that Kyler had fought for them, protected them, and shielded them.
*
Today is resumption and Leigh-Ann was yet to come up with a suitable dress for school. She had not been permitted to carry her clothes and she wanted to dress nicely so Kael won’t say she was a dumb old ugly ass.
For the past weeks, since she accepted to be Kael’s maid, he had never ceased to humor her in any chance he got. He was always calling her an ugly bitch, a dumb ass, slime ball… gosh, he never ran out of awful names but Leigh-Ann didn’t have a problem with it. She felt so happy and honored to serve him.
Leigh-Ann stood tiredly in the room exhausted from running up and down tryna meet Kael’s needs before. Gosh, he was one of a kind.
“Looks like someone isn’t ready for school yet,” Maerie said from behind while Leigh-Ann sighed then placed both hands on her waist.
She had been praying and dreaming for resumption day to draw near but now it did, she couldn’t help feeling sad about it. She felt extremely nervous.
“Am not gonna make it”
“But why? You’re all done with getting him ready, why don’t you get ready yourself?”
“If this is gonna go on like this every morning then, am sure I wouldn’t make it”
“Well… You can just quit if you want to, besides, most people here ain’t happy that you’re gaining so much favor” Maerie started with a frown then walked over to stand in front of the mirror. She picked Leigh-Ann’s brush and began brushing her hair.
“Some even have their thoughts on what you did to gain such favor while others concluded you sold your body to him in exchange for whatever he offered you” She added with a shrug. Leigh-Ann gasped wide-eyed, not able to believe her ears. Some maids said such?
“To clear their doubts, you should know what to do but that doesn’t mean I don’t trust you. I know you’ll never do such”
She felt so sad and discouraged after all that Maerie told her. Why would people think such about her? Besides, Kael hasn’t shown any atom of interest towards her, he doesn’t like her and has never looked at her twice, he just takes her as his maid so how can people just say things huh?
Till now, she didn’t know why Kael had offered her that admission into CamBridge High. She felt he just did it cause she was his dumb maid and because he pitied her
*
It was time for breakfast and lazily, Leigh-Ann dragged herself to the dining where Kenver was seated already. Urgh, stupid punk. He looked off immediately and she wondered why. He never did that. Other times, he’ll threaten her or say nasty and hurting things to her but today felt different.
Kash joined Kyler and finally Kael. They all wore the same clothes with the same hairstyle and different jewelry. Leigh-Ann stood confused. Why do they have to look the same?
They began eating and after some time, they were done. Finally, Leigh-Ann was gonna get herself out of being around them. The dining room was the only place she could see all of them.
“My Maid is joining me at CamBridge High,” Kael announced, then turned to look at me. It came out like a bombshell because Kenver spat out his wine immediately and turned to look at Kael.
“What did you just say?”
“You heard me” Kael responded and tried to stand up from his seat.
“A common slave huh?”
Kael chuckled and straightened up when he stood fully. “She’s my maid and not a common slave. Besides, I didn’t make a mistake when I said she was joining ME.”
He walked off while she followed behind, nervous. How does she tell him wasn’t interested in joining him huh?
What was she even saying? This was a huge opportunity and a rare one at that. One of which so many were dying to get so why would she be insane to throw it off?