The clock had just struck nine in the morning, when kang Lei had arrived at Dominic's mansion. He was greeted by the house butler, who informed him of a number of house rules, then later guided him to the kitchen and his work area. He had glanced around a few times whilst being escorted to the kitchen and was a little disappointed to not have caught sight of Dominic, though he didnt understand why that was even a thought for him, pushing the uncomfortable feeling deep inside he became excited about the day ahead.
"Good morning all" he said upon arriving in the kitchen.
No one replied, a few of the maids gave him an awkward smile and moved away from him quickly as he approached.
To be honest, it upset Kang Lei somewhat, but not to the degree where he would let such insignificant humans affect his day. One thing he understood and knew about hierarchy societies, is that you may come from the same social standing as another person, but those are the same people with whom will hold the most judgement.
"Are you going to just stand there all day, come and help me get today's breakfast prepared" A female omega cook called out to him, grabbing Kang Lei's attention.
Kang Lei was excited he will be able to cook for Dominic, a bright smile came up on his face "oh... yes Miss" he replied briskly walking over to where she was.
"Here take these and cut them up, Mr Lanxian often has lunch prepared for a few of the under resourced schools around the area. So, we need to get started on that shortly, so don't be slow. Once you're done you with that, go over there" the female cook was now pointing in the direction of where a heavy built Alpha man stood.
"Yes" Kang Lei quickly answered looking in the direction she was pointing.
"Once you're done go over to him, he'll tell you what's next" she repeated while returning her attention back to chopping up some onions.
"Oh.... yes… Madam Thank you" Kang Lei quickly replied with a slight bow of his head and proceeded to cut up the items she had given him.
"Ohhhh, don't be so formal... just call me Jai… Your Kang Lei right?" She asked while giving him a once over.
Kang Lei simple nodded in response, Jai then looked at him with an 'oh' expression before continuing.
"Hay take my advice, don't trust no one, once you work in an environment like this and meet certain people you can quickly change and become greedy, you got a kid right, I advise you concentrate on your job and don't be getting any bright ideas" Jai lightly spoke, like a mother concerned towards her child.
Kang Lei paused for a second and wanted to ask what she meant by bright ideas and getting greedy, as far as he knew he was just happy to have a job. Before he could respond, Jai leant over and got close to his ear and said,
"And don't you be getting too close with Mr Lanxian, you don't know who's watching".
Kang Lei was a little surprised by Jai's words, had they been discussing him already, he glanced around the room and sure enough there were the odd cold glares and the look of disgust, mostly from the females. However, the looks received from a few of the males made him feel uncomfortable, their eyes were giving him that come to bed feeling.
Kang Lei sighed inwardly when coming to work here, this wasn't what he had in mind. Nonetheless, Jai's words wasn't complete useless, his jobs doesn't involve Dominic Lanxian, therefore to avoid any future problems, it would be beneficial from him to not have any further associated with the man.
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Not long after breakfast had been severed, did a maid came running into the kitchen with a tray in her hands, sobbing. "Master is just too cruel" she cried loudly. The head maid quickly ran to her side trying to soothe the sobbing girl, "it's okay honey, master is just not himself self lately," the head maid said in a calming voice while rubbing her back.
Thought this calmed the sobbing maid down somewhat, she was still too terrified to continue serving Dominic. "Can I please be taken off the serving rota, I'll do the cleaning anything else but personally server Master Dominic" she pleaded with begging eyes.
The head maid sighed heavily, and a sorry expression came upon her face "look am sorry but, I have changed over serval girls already you're the last one, we'll have to think of something else" she stated in a sympathetic voice.
"Why don't you make Kang Lei do it, Master seems to have taking a liking to him" a mocking voice came from the far end of the room. Everyone turned to look at the voice, it was the maid who had made the previous call the other day. With her arms folded and a smirk on her lips, she was hoping to use Kang Lei to make a bit more money, and what better way for her to make more money than sending the prey to its predictor.
All eyes turned to Kang Lei, and the head maid desperately asked "kang Lei we don't usually do this, but it would be a great help to the kitchen team if you did".
Kang Lei wanted to say yes, as he felt sorry for the poor girl, but he hesitated, looking to Jai for help, but she showed no interest in the matter. Kang Lei frowned slightly, but reluctantly agreed, "I'll do it, but if Master isn't happy then can you please change me with someone else?"
"Oh, that's great, thank you Kang Lei, I promise if Master does anything I'll change you, thank you" the head maid beamed.
The day was going a lot quicker than Kang Lei had imagined, by the time breakfast was done, the kitchen had to prepare lunch for the schools Dominic sponsored and prepare lunch for Dominic as well. At around midday, the butler came in. "Ahem, sorry to disturbed you all, but we have a female guest for Master Dominic, please can you prepare an extra plate for the Madam" he said politely before bowing his head and leaving again.
As soon as the butler had gone, the gossiping maids started, "a female guest, does master have a female companion now?" One asked excitedly. "Oh I hope so, maybe she can calm master down and improve things around here" another added, "I wonder what family she's from, ahhh I can't wait, what if they get married and have a little master" Squealed another.
"Oh will you all shut up and go do your jobs we have a guest" Jai scolded, giving them a stern glare, quickly getting the gossiping maids to disperse.
While listening to their conversation, Kang Lei had felt an uncomfortable feeling arose within him. He couldn't understand why such trivial conversations would have made him feel such a way about an alpha he had only recently just met, "what is wrong with me?" he asked himself, while sighing deeply.