"Answer the question Meilin" He crossed his arms and she mumbled.
"What?" He took a step towards her and her face reddened immediately. "I...I only came here to — to clean" She said in defense as she pointed at her cleaning materials.
"That doesn't answer my question Meilin. You were drooling over the sight of my penis. Why?"
"I'm sorry...I..."
"You have less than a minute to answer. Why were you staring at my penis?"
She bit her lip "I'm sorry" she didn't have anything else to say. She felt so dirty and ashamed of herself.
"It's okay. I'll leave you to clean" He said turning to face his wardrobe. He put on his boxers and a vest then walked out.
She didn't move, she didn't regret it. She didn't regret staring at it. She smiled a little because it was worth her time.
"Master Haru is so sexy" Meilin overheard the conversation of two maids as she was passing by them. The young girl seemed to be really in love with him. Her expression alone revealed it whenever she said his name softly.
"He's single so maybe I have a chance. What if I confess my love to him? what if he likes me too"
Her friend burst into laughter "What makes you think he likes you back?"
"Yesterday I tripped but he caught me before I could hit the ground. He kept asking me if I was okay but I didn't reply because I was hypnotized by his beautiful face."
Her friend flicked her nose and diverted her orbs to Meilin quickly before she whispered "It's the new maid. I think she's eavesdropping."
Meilin wanted to make her think otherwise but they hastened their steps just to stay away from her.
The next day, Haru woke up. His hand was in search for his buzzing phone but he couldn't find it in his ruffled blanket.
"What the fuck is with these number of calls" he raised his brows in disgust as he checked his call log. A total of a hundred and fifty miss calls from saved and unsaved contacts.
He also had texts he obviously wasn't going to read. He tossed his phone aside not caring where it would land before he dug his face into his pillow. Once again his sleep was interrupted by his alarm clock.
"September... seventh....September seventh..." He kept repeating the date as he brushed his teeth and took a relaxing bath. Something was happening that day, he just needed to be reminded.
He got dressed in his suit. He had another important business meeting to attend. He walked out of his room and halted as soon as he noticed the crowd with different gifts and a large cake in front of them "What the —"
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!"
He looked at the cake, his name was there. He looked at the faces of the unwanted guests. Most of them were his employees both at the company and at his estate. His nieces and nephews were also part of them.
They kept on praising and cheering but as time went on their voices died down into mumbles in his head. He was boiling.
He warned them a year ago. He didn't want to celebrate his birthday. He hated doing that. He didn't attend his friend's birthday parties so why would he even stay for his own.
"Haru Haru Haru"
His eyes widened as soon as he was grabbed by his old friends, Fu Quian, Jianyu yong, and Aigou Wei.
"You're so old now. Almost thirty"
"Still single I suppose..."
"At least he's not a cherry boy"
They all had something to say. He wasn't even listening. What was on his mind was the whereabouts of Meilin. Everyone he knew was there, but she didn't show up.
"Haru!!!" Ai jin hugged and kissed him.
"Not single..." Fu concluded by the scene he witnessed. Haru stylishly pulled away in anger but he didn't show it. He put on a fake smile the whole time.
"Come Haru...for the time of your life" His friend Aigou led him to the car outside "Sorry people. He's a grown man now, we don't do this type of parties" He winked at the crowed that protested against the new celebration plan but the three men didn't care. They wanted it to be a perfect reunion. Haru knew exactly where they were taking him to.
Back in college they'd go drinking every weekend but he had to stop, the aftermath wasn't something he'd be proud of but after years he found himself in that situation again.
Maybe it wouldn't hurt to do it for one last time.
They spent hours having a long drive around the city and buying a thing or two. He totally forgot about the meeting he had to attend but at least he'd have his Secretary cover up for his absence.
When night came, he was partying hard in a club. He drank more than he thought he would. He didn't have control over himself. He didn't even know when he started getting too close with some of the girls. His friends weren't also in the right state of mind, everything was fine to them.
As soon as it struck midnight they knew they had to go. They called for a private a cab because they were too exhausted to drive.
The liquid was still having it's toll on his body. He wasn't thinking right, he didn't know what was happening around him.
He was dropped off at home and left at the doorstep to find his way from there. He stumbled a few things but used the wall for support.
"Mom...Dad..."He said softly, his eyes welling with tears then he quickly remembered Meilin. He hadn't seen her for a whole day. He went out to the maid's quarters to search for her. He had the key to all the rooms but he only kept the one to Meilin's.
"Meilin..." He whispered from the door. The room was really dark, he couldn't seen much but the dull light from the window was all that he used to observe the figure of her cover body.
"I missed you..." He said as he approached the bed "Won't you welcome me..."
The female on the bed woke up after she noticed someone was touching her then screamed. She turned on the lights to see who was there. They were both surprised, she didn't expect to see him and he didn't expect to see someone that wasn't Meilin.