Melina ran into her room, heaving for breath after her short encounter with the Prince. Why was she always getting herself into trouble? She wondered.
"Are you finished whoring?" One of the maids she had been assigned to sleep with in the same room now asked her.
"Huh?"
"Oh, you think we don't know?" The other maid contributed.
Had they seen her with the Prince earlier? Well, there was no way that was possible unless they swallowed invisible portions?
"What do you mean?" She said in a low tone.
"Why do you always come into the room in the middle of the night, when work finishes quite earlier than that?" Nikita asked her again.
Not knowing how to explain that in a manner where she wouldn't be seen as a lunatic, Melina kept quiet, giving space for the maids to even think worse.
"So who is the useless servant you decided to open your legs for?"
"Stop it! Don't embarrass me!" She said feeling angry and uncomfortable that someone dared call her a whore.
Angered by her reaction, the two maids suddenly stood up from where they had laid on the bed, walking towards her and Melina instinctively moved back.
"I hope you've not forgotten you don't have your weird foolish trainer to protect you anymore.....so I think it would be best for you to watch your mouth before it leads to your end," Nikita commented.
"I don't think warning her would work, maybe we should use action since.....she doesn't listen to warnings...if I remember?" The other maid commented.
Melina sure wanted to sleep in peace and not with a black eye tonight, knowing what these maids were capable of so she humbly kept her mouth shut and went to bed to sleep.
When she woke up in the morning, she rushed to take her bath and get dressed in her uniform. Though she didn't enjoy her sleep just like always, she had no choice but to wake up as early as she used to if she didn't want Ms Carlos to punish her. She went to the usual place where Ms Carlos gathered them around to give them their assigned work for the day but today,....her work seemed to have lessened. Since Ms Carlos has reduced her work unlike other days, she wanted to quickly do them all and run off to rest again. She started by cleaning the kitchen. After she was done, she went to clean the corridors and backyards which took hours.
When she was finally through, she rushed into the main parlour. It was usually meant to be cleaned at night since it was used during the day but she took the risk to clean it by daytime with the claim that it was empty.
She was indeed a companion of trouble, she thought to herself.
Melina cleaned the room as quick as she could with all her might. Just when she was almost through, someone barged into the room.....startling her for a moment.
She suddenly dropped the mop she was holding in her hand. This man again? Why was he always catching her red-handed?
"You....again?" Leon questioned.
"Good afternoon, my Prince." She greeted and immediately continued her work. She didn't want Ms Carlos to find out she had done something this sneaky else she would be dead meat.
"What are you doing?" He asked her.
''Err...playing...as you can see?" She said sarcastically in a low voice before she even realized it.
"What did you just say??"
"Nothing"
"....''
"Sorry...I...was cleaning." She tried to compose herself as she dropped the mop. She didn't want to be punished again.
Leon strangely didn't pick any offence from what she said and decided to continue the discussion.
"If I remember clearly, it is a rule that no servant should be in the main parlour for any cleaning till the night period, isn't that so?" He said with a teasing look, causing her to stare at him for a moment.
He could tell she was scared he will report her to Ms Carlos and that was why she was sheepish out of the blue.
"Maybe I should report you to Ms Carlos-"
"No! No I'm sorry, milord. I promise I just wanted to be quick with my work. It has nothing to do with Ms Carlos."
Leon now gazed at her with scrutiny.
"Really?? As long as I know, maids don't leave the castle...so why do you all of a sudden want to be quick with your work?" He asked her, waiting for an answer when he realized how awkward the situation was.
What was he even doing? Was he talking to a maid? He asked himself. Even the maid was starting to feel cramped.
Without questioning further, he cleared his throat and tried to act formal.
"Leave the main parlour now. I want to use it." He ordered as formal as possible and Melina quickly obeyed, running out of the room.
"My Prince?" Matthew entered the room looking confused after seeing the maid run out.
"What happened?"
"Matt, erm...no, nothing."
"Why was a maid in here?"
"What do you think?" Leon asked making Matthew give a mischievous smile.
"Well, you know I won't think anything good. So better speak."
"Did you see Jordyn today?" He changed the topic, knowing it annoyed him whenever he heard that name.
"You thought of ruining my good mood today, didn't you?"
"Hmm."
"Lee? Don't think I'm foolish, I know what is going on."
"Think whatever you like." Leon was in no mood to argue about things like this again.
"Fine. So what are your plans for tonight?" Matthew started again.
"You know already."
"Sit all night like that lone boy back then? Common have some fun."
"I enjoy being an alone boy."
"Have you ever thought of what your wife in the future will think if you turned out as inexperienced as her?" Matthew commented and they both burst into laughter, understanding the joke.
"You and I know well that Jordyn is not 'inexperienced'?"
"Don't judge a book by its cover, Lee." Matthew winked at him and they both chatted like normal friends for a while before continuing their responsibilities till night came again.
Leon wanted to go back to the same place where he had rested the previous night but didn't want to get caught up again with that maid so he thought of resting in the woods.
He left his room, trying to pay attention to his surroundings when suddenly, someone hit him from behind.
He turned around and saw that it was the same girl!
She looked like she had been running from something dangerous as she was sweating.
"What happened?" He asked.