#7
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Aria.
He stared at me, mouth agape, probably wondering what was going on in my thick skull to come up to him directly.
He understood the challenge.
I stood upright and turned back to the vile woman spitting curses at me.
"What's going on here?" he asked, his gaze not leaving mine.
"Nothing. I was just teaching them the ways of the mansion," she lied through her teeth.
Who was the person that had been seconds away from strangling me? She had been spewing curses at me, the veins on her forehead violently popping out. She had looked so pained.
Now, she was glued to his side, her voice suddenly maintaining a low tone in his presence. She didn't even bother hiding her pretentious side.
"What's your name?" he asked, ignoring the woman clinging beside him.
"Selena, sir," I replied.
He was looking at me with so much anger and hatred, like he wasn't the one who had sent the woman beside him to get rid of me and his children.
"You'll be assigned to my room duties, Maid Selena," he pronounced my fake name like some sort of venom on his tongue.
He had just made my job easier. Get his blood and leave this place.
"Yes, my lord," I bowed my head in respect.
Freya flashed me a smile behind me, looking very pleased.
"You all can disperse." And with that, he walked away. The lady shot daggers at me before sashaying behind him.
"Do you know the Alpha?" the other maids turned to me, surprised.
"No, why do you ask?" I asked, feigning ignorance.
"He chose you to work in his room. I heard that he doesn't concern himself with the maids...but he came down and kept staring at you," the chubby maid beside me beamed. I could tell that she was the gossiping kind.
"Oh, we didn't notice that," Freya gave a fake smile before pulling me away.
"We got in!!!!" We jumped excitedly.
"He made things very easy for us, now I can just—"
"Shh!!!" She put her index finger on my lips. "The walls have ears," she whispered.
I nodded in understanding. We couldn't trust anyone around. For all we knew, there could be a spy watching us, waiting for us to slip.
"Unfortunately, we won't be working together...I'll be alone in the lion's den," I pouted and she smiled.
"It's fine. We still have each other's backs. The kids are waiting for us. Let's get back. Work starts tomorrow," I nodded.
We were about to leave when a timid maid walked up to us.
"The Alpha is asking for Selena to come and change his sheets." And with that, she left.
"It says work starts tomorrow, what does he mean by change his sheets?" I frowned.
That was very wrong and unfair. All the other maids were going back but only I had to start today?
"Go ahead. The kids are waiting. I'll be back soon," I said, waving goodbye to Freya. Marching up the stairs to his room, I barged in, forgetting to knock.
I came face to face with him in trousers, his chest completely bare for the world to see. I could feel a strange pull towards him, my head getting all foggy.
"I'm sorry," I immediately walked out and slammed the door.
Placing my hand on my chest, I tried to control my erratic heartbeat but failed woefully. It had to be the mate bond making me so attracted to him.
Focus, Aria. It was only the first day.
"Come in," he called out. I took a deep breath before going in. He still had no shirt on.
I immediately looked down while closing the door behind me.
He walked up to me in slow strides and stopped directly in front of me.
"What?....you can't handle this?" he questioned, raising my chin up to meet his blue eyes.
"Y-You're not allowed to touch me," I pulled away from his hold, looking down again.
"Afraid? Scared that your husband will find out that you were secretly ogling the body of another man?" he asked, and I looked at him, confused.
He must have lost a screw to be accusing me of having a husband while I had been raising our kids all alone.
"You...." I paused, shaking my head at him.
"I what?...I dare you to say it. I might end up asking you to give me a massage. I'm sure he wouldn't want to stay with you after realising that your hands were all over my body," he gave a taunting smile.
"You need help," I said, wondering how someone like him could lead a pack as big as that.
"Not like we haven't seen each other naked before," he chuckled bitterly. "Does he know?"
"I'm leaving," I turned to leave but he grabbed my wrist.
"I remember every single part of your body. From the smell of your hair, down to those small toes. I remember the location of every mole on your body...the little one above your knee and the one beneath your elbow. Ironic how I know your body better than he does."
"That night was a mistake. You were drugged and I....I was controlled by the strong bond between us. It was a night that was never supposed to happen, so forget it!!" I yelled.
"I guess that's what you see it as....a mistake," he walked away from me, the air suddenly becoming very cold.
"Leave," he ordered. I blinked in confusion at his sudden shift in mood.
"You do not have the right to call me whenever you want and just get rid of me like I was a stain on your rug," I said angrily.
"Should I call my men to help you out?" he asked, looking at me with dull eyes, his eyes losing their bright, vibrant gold colour.
"Screw you," I muttered, walking out angrily.
Who did he think he was to treat me like that? One minute he was taunting me, the next he was throwing me out like I was the ugliest thing he had ever seen.
How. Dare. He?!?
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