The Alpha’s Personal maid

Chapter 3

Whitney's POV

Was he referring to me? My heart beat frantically in my chest and it felt like my soul was about to jump out of my body.

"Guards! Seize the lady immediately!"

Before I could dash out through the door, strong hands clamped over my body and I was being whisked off the ground and carried to the front.

"Why are you trying to run away?" His voice was very cold.

Too cold for comfort. It hadn't been this cold last night. I swallowed hard in my throat as my hands trembled.

"Look me straight in the eyes!" He ordered, his voice brooking no form of refusal.

I slowly raised my head and when his gaze met mine, I could see the flicker of recognition in his eyes. His thin lips pulled up into an evil smile. The smile had vanished now and was replaced by a frown. He caught my arm and directed me to the front.

"What is your name?" He asked as everyone stared at us.

"I'm-- I'm Whitney, alpha."

"Alpha Hades." He offered and turned to face the crowd. "From now on, this lady here is now my personal maid!" He announced.

What? He wanted me to be his personal maid? How could I ever work for him after what we have done last night? I felt my cheeks go up in flames. I didn't know my face could get this hot.

"Whitney?" Hazily, I saw the snap of my fingers in front of my face.

I jerked my head up to see deep grey eyes boring into mine. I realized he had said something or asked something I was supposed to answer to. I had let my mind drift out of my current surroundings and go to the future... The days I would be spending with the man whom I had a steamy nightstand with.

Clutching my bag tightly, I cleared my throat nervously. Before I could speak, alpha Hades grabbed my hands as he dragged me outside towards his car.

Once inside the car, the driver started driving along the road to the alpha's palace. Alpha Hade's expression on his face turned from serious to playful. I could see the spark of mischief beneath those grey depths.

"You--- have we met before?"

"No!" My reply came out to Sharon and I quickly glanced out the window.

I heard his silent chuckle. "You kind of look strangely familiar, but I can't place where we've met."

I shook my head. "We've not before. This is the first time I've seen in my life, Alpha Hades."

"But you didn't look surprised when I picked you. It seemed more like you were expecting me to."

"Well, that's not true. I was only hoping you would because that was my last hope for survival." I managed a smile.

"Alright. So, here are the rules. Listen carefully. The first rule is that you will always follow me wherever I go. The second one is you will listen to me and me alone. The third one is you'll always satisfy my urges."

My soul nearly jumped out of my body.

"What? I don't think I under---"

He frowned slightly. "English is quite universal, sí I'm kind of surprised you don't understand." It suddenly seemed to click to him as a smile of mischief crept up his face.

His smile sent my pulse scrambling and I shivered as I stared into his sexy. Every nerve in my body was humming and my blood danced disturbingly in my veins.

"Do you by chance wish I would let you satisfy my s****l urges?" He suddenly leaned in closer and my heart did backflips a hundred times.

"No! I strangely do not understand what that word means."

We were so close now. Too close that it brought back the memories of the previous night. His expression was sensors now. Tension rose and shimmered through me. What if he tried to kiss me? Would I be able to resist him?

Will I kiss him back? Or will I rebuke him like an angry woman? His nearness dominated my head. I couldn't think properly. The only I could think of was the first that I could kiss myself. Then I realized it wasn't really fear.

I wanted him to kiss me. It wasn't just about my wolf's craziness. It was the deep attraction I had felt towards him that very second I had landed my eyes on him for this first. This was bad. Very bad. If I was going to work for him, I should not be seeing him this way.

I slid my gaze to his face and met him staring intently at me with curiousity and fascination.

"Seen enough?" He said, grinning.

"Seen what? I was just lost in thought."

"Well, it didn't seem that way to me. You seemed to find my lips sort of amusing. Want to have a taste of it?"

Holy moly! Now, he was flirting with me.

How could I resist a powerful, strong and sexy alpha who was suddenly flirting with a--- well, plain girl like myself? I was at his level. I reminded myself. But then, why do I feel this strong urge to flirt back?

"So, you said I was your last hope. We're you sent out of the house. You're an omega right?"

A question at a time. I said in my head and opened my mouth to give him an answer.

"What?" He suddenly said and his expression turned serious. "I hadn't realized I was asking too many questions."

What!? I had said it out loud. I thought I had Inky said it in my head.

"I'm sorry. I was only---"

"Oh, no. It's fine. You don't have to worry." He interrupted.

Why was he acting overly nice? I wondered. I regarded him in a different light. Cold it be that he was deceiving me by this nice side if he or he was just in a good mood today.

"We're home, sir." The driver announced.

The palace was huge and my room was far from the alpha's. Except for business meetings and whenever he had visitors, we wouldn't be seeing each other. That alone gave me peace of mind. There were so many maids in the palace too.

The first two weeks had gone well without any problem and Alpha Hades had suddenly changed towards me. He was no longer the smiling and flirty alpha. He was always busy and barely even noticed me.

Well, that was a relief. I tried to convince myself. I didn't like the unexpected jealousy that slithered through me at the thought of him being busy with another woman other than work. Who do I even think I was to him?

"He's our mate," Ariel said in my head and I almost jumped.

"You startled me," I complained.

I had tried to deny it, but then I knew it was. true. He was my second chance mate but the fear of rejection had me keeping my mouth shut about it. What if he rejected me too? I wouldn't be able to bear the pain. Plus, he seemed not to know about it or maybe he was also avoiding the matter.

I lay in bed now, staring up at the ceiling as the image of alpha Hades sexy body formed in my head for the hundredth time today. The door suddenly jerked open and my gaze flew to the door.

Alpha Hades?

The face I saw at the door instantly had me frowning and leaping out of bed. Liam?

"What are you doing here?"

"How dare a lowly omega like you question a royal for coming to the palace!?" He approached me now.

"Of course, I came to see my brother! You, what are you doing here? You're the alpha's personal maid? Let's see if you can remain one when I've told him you were rejected by me. No one would want a rejected mate to work under them."

I took an instinctive step backwards. "This is my private room!" I refused to back down. "If you want to see your brother, then go to his chambers. You have no right to barge into my room."

"Oh, really,?" He feigned ignorance and then burst out laughing. "Hmm, smart girl. Maybe I did come to see you too. I wanted to check out how my ex-mate is fairing."

He must be sick in the head. "Get out right now?" I yelled and his face grew dark immediately.

"I see you must have a death wish!" He took menacing steps toward me and I tried to run out the door.

He caught my arms and slammed me against the wall. "Where do you think you're going to? I'll teach you how to address me properly?" He raised his hand to smack me.

I squeezed my eyes shut. Waiting for the blow and the pain that'd come after. It didn't, so I left my eyes open, only to see Alpha Hades standing before me.

He held Nick's hand tightly in his grip as a murderous intent exuded from his eyes. He was visibly shaking with rage and temper and he seemed he could kill Nick right here and now.

He finally opened his mouth. "How dare you raise your hands against what belongs to me!?"