A Mistaken Night With The CEO

Chapter 2

As Alexa and Nicole excused themselves from the rest of the guests and went upstairs, Miranda overheard their conversation while serving drinks. She was always alert to any conversations about Derrick.

The top floor was off-limits. Derrick hated to be disturbed, and Miranda was well aware of this. However, she wanted to know what Alexa and Nicole were planning to do upstairs.

Seeing how elegantly Alexa and Nicole looked in-sweeping dresses, Miranda felt jealous and wished she wasn't a maid. Despite her role, she had managed to gain some college education, but she couldn't resign her contract yet. Not when she admired the most handsome man on the planet.

"Ouch! Watch where you're going!" A guest yelled at Miranda for stepping on her toes and losing her grip on the tray, which stained the guest's white dress.

"How dare you, a lowly maid, stain my white dress? Do you know how much this outfit cost?" The guest was annoyed. She was a young woman similar in size to Miranda. Seeing that the celebrant wasn't interested in his own party, the guests' irritation grew.

"I am sorry," Miranda began to apologize, but before she could finish, the guest slapped her hard on the left cheek.

"You are not deserving to be a maid here! Get out!" The guest yelled, and her voice silenced the living room.

Lady Loretta was shocked and chided the guest, "Melody, that's not how to treat your fellow lady. She made a mistake and apologized to you while we were all here. Come, Miranda," she called Miranda back.

"Show Melody to the room above. I think Nicole still has some spare clothes left in her room from before she left us and got married last year."

"Okay, ma. Come with me," Miranda said to the angry lady, who now looked happy to be taken upstairs.

As the bodyguards stood around the mansion and in the living room, the celebration continued as Miranda went upstairs with Melody.

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Melody was happy to be away from the living room and asked Miranda, "Where's Master Derrick's room?"

Miranda didn't want to be friends with the lady who had dared to slap her. The lady was fair-skinned like her. Miranda was naturally fair, even without using any toning lotion.

"Can't you speak?" Melody yelled at Miranda again, and Miranda wouldn't tolerate all that insult in a single day.

"What do you need Master Derrick's room for? Are you here for the birthday party, or are you here for the housemaster?" Miranda questioned the perplexed woman.

"What? How dare you speak to me in such an insolent manner? Have you lost it?" Melody charged at Miranda, who didn't know which room belonged to Derrick or his sisters.

The mansion was too vast, and there were too many rooms to know which one was the master's or his sisters' rooms.

Just as Melody was about to attack Miranda again, Derrick stepped out of his sitting room with his sister and Alexa. They had come to check on him after he had taken off his coat.

"What's going on here?" Derrick demanded. Melody quickly withdrew her hand and offered him a sweet smile.

"Good evening, sir. Lady Loretta sent this maid to show me to one of her daughter's rooms to change my outfit after she spilled wine on me. But the maid is rude and doesn't want to show me to the room."

"What?! That's a total lie. She was asking me about Master Derrick's bedroom," Miranda said. Silence fell in the hallway. Derrick was surprised by Miranda's soft voice, which he hadn't heard before. He eyed the maid curiously, having seen her before.

"That's not why you should attack our maid. When you're not the owner of the house. I saw you just now, wanting to attack her. Leave here now. Your contract with Luis's firm will be terminated as well," Derrick said, casually walking toward the staircase to go downstairs.

Melody immediately went down on her knees and pleaded, "Please, Master Derrick. Forgive me, I didn't mean to attack the maid. She's lying, and I wasn't asking her about your room."

Derrick paid no heed to the lady's pleas and continued downstairs to thank all the guests who had honored his mother's invitation.

After Derrick, his sister and Alexa left the top floor, Melody stood up and pounced on Miranda. She wanted to get her revenge for making her lose her job, and her chances with the housemaster.

"You witch! How dare you ruin my chances? I am going to kill you today!"

Melody was not prepared. She didn't know that Miranda knew how to fight. As she rushed to attack her, Miranda dodged and kicked her hard, then pounced on the spoiled lady and started beating her.

"Someone help!!" Melody screamed after Miranda landed multiple slaps in retaliation for the first slap.

Miranda sat on Melody on the tiled floor and slapped her very hard, pulling off her wig.

Due to the music playing in the living room, the bodyguards had already escorted Derrick downstairs to the grand hall. No one could hear Melody's cries and screams.

After dealing with Melody, Miranda ran into one of the rooms to have a cool evening bath.

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The birthday celebration had long ended, and Derrick had thanked all the guests who had attended his 25th birthday party.

"Baby brother, we have to start going home now. Enjoy your night. I was thinking, why not ask Alexa out to be your girlfriend? She works beside you in the office and spends most of her days with you. Alexa is from a prestigious home here and would make a good wife for you," Nicole suggested to Derrick.

Derrick frowned a little and replied, "I am not interested in a relationship, and Alexa knows this. Unless she requested you to speak to me about it."

"Not at all, Master Derrick," Alexa quickly replied, not wanting to lose her job. She noticed Derrick's face twisted in irritation.

"That's fine, sister. Let's call it a night. I have to go inside now and rest. I will give your proposal some thought. Alexa Godwin is a wonderful woman, and I wouldn't mind asking her out the proper way," Derrick said, putting his hands into his trouser pockets and offering his elder sister a warm smile. He didn't want them to worry about him.

"That's fine, baby brother. Good night." Nicole waved to Derrick as she got into her sleek red Lexus Jeep. She drove home to meet her husband and new baby.

Alexa nervously smiled and walked up to her black Camry. She pulled the car door open and got inside, feeling Derrick's gaze on her. She then drove out of the opulent residence.