That night,at the servant quarters, Hazel laid on the bed thinking of how her life had turned out to be.
Few months ago, she wasn't planning on being a maid, she had planned getting married,living a happy life and take care of her mom. Speaking of her mom, she doesn't even know if she's still alive, a lone tear escaped her eyes and flowed to her cheeks, if only she could meet either if her parent here in Borreve.
She knew that Borreve was responsible for the last riot so there was hope to find her mom here. Maybe she could ask for permission to go to the slave establishment or rather ask the Lord to give her the list of the abducted humans from Bougreve but the problem was that would he agree to help her. Her mind was full at the moment, so she decided to sleep.
An alarm rang loudly and Hazel woke up startled, Collins came in shouting at the maids before going to Hazel
"The Lord would soon be awake, go heat the water for him to bath and ask if he would have in the room or at the dining"
"Aren't I gonna do my things first"
"No, after your done with your duties, then you could have your bath and get breakfast"
"What"
"Who's the butler and whose the maid"
Hazel quietly stood up to leave, she went to Xavier's room, it was kinda hard locating it but she did at last, she knocked but received no answer,she knocked again and no one answered, then she noticed it wasn't locked so she entered inside, she sighted the bed and noticed that Xavier wasn't there,she heard the door click at her back indicating it was locked, she turned to see who it was but found no one, she unlocked the door but it locked again strangely. Now she was scared, she decided to leave but then Xavier appeared in her front laughing
"You should see your face"
"Were you the one all this while"
"What do you think". Hazel took a deep breath calming her nerves and it was then she noticed what he was actually putting on, he had a towel hanging on his waist dangerously low, his hair was slightly wet and his chest was given on a platter for her to view. Hazel froze for some seconds, it was actually the first time seeing a half naked man and not only that, he also had a good body structure.
" You made me wait for you to heat my water, what kind of maid are you"
Oh back to what brought her here...but wait, where was the laughing Lord that was here a moment ago, was he bipolar, one second he was happy and the next, he's annoyed
"I'm so sorry about that, I'll get tour breakfast here" she said about to turn when she heard him
"Aren't you gonna dress me"
That's it, he's bipolar
"What"
"Dont be shy, you'll get used to it"
'Seriously, does he expect me to get used to this' she thought
"Come on"
Hazel walked sluggishly to where he was hoping he would change his mind. He sat on the bed while Hazel climbed on it with her knees and stood behind him
"Start with my hair" he ordered
She grabbed the towel hanging around his neck and used it to massage his hair gently
"So you can also become invisible" she asked
"Yes"
"Its kind of creepy"
"-----"
After drying his hair, she carried the oil by the bed and rubbed it on his hair, back, lags and hands of then went to his closet to bring his clothes for him to wear, dropping it, she layed the bed. Xavier had already put on his pant.
"Rabbit, come help me with my shirt"
It was kind of an order not a help. Hazel stepped in his front, his chest was now at a closer view, there was no need touching to know how smooth it would be. She shook her head over the thought and helped him wear the shirt
"I'll have my breakfast at the dining" he said and left the room
At the dining, Xavier was seated at the end of the long table, Lady Dorin by the other and Mrs Decron was by Xavier's side, the butler and the maid stood by the sides but Hazel wasn't there. Occasionally, Xavier would sway his eyes to look at the maid direction but she wasn't there
'Was she still in his room and what was she doing there' he thought
"Son, I heard you and Dorin had a quarrel" Mrs Decron, she knew how much Xavier hated her calling him 'son' since she was his step mom and dead
"We never had a quarrel , its just a question and answer session"
"Seriously, question and answer" Dorin blurted out
"Yep or did you take it as a quarrel, cause I didn't"
"You actually ditched me"
"I never took us as anything more than distant cousins"
"I love you Xavier"
"Its Lord Xavier and yes I love you too...but as distant cousins" he stressed on the distant more
"Son please stop making her feel like this"
"I warned you, I hate it when you call me that" his calm expression changed to a fiery gaze as he looked at Mrs Decron.
"I was just saying s- Xavier"
He stood up " bring my meal to my room"
At his room, Hazel was arranging, sweeping and mopping it when she caught sight of her rabbit below the bed
"Oh my relles" she dragged the cage" I'm really sorry, I never knew he would treat you like this, have you eaten.....of course not, just wait,I'll see if I could get something ".
Hazel hurriedly ran back to the servants quarters, she ate carrots before going to sleep the night before and some remained, she picked the remaining carrots and dashed back to the room. Relles ate like hungry child, she carried the cage dropping it on the table. Just then Xavier came in looking angry, he caught sight of the cage on the table and Hazel mopping
" what's it doing on the table" he said in a harsh voice
"I found it under the bed and decided to bring it out" she answered
"Did it say it was uncomfortable there"
"I doesn't need to say,if I was in its shoes, I wouldn't like it either"
"What were you doing here all this while"
'Are you blind' she wanted to say " I was cleaning the room "
"Which was taking too long to complete"
"I rushed to the servants quarters to get carrots for relles"
"Seriously"
"He looked hungry"
"I noticed"
"And you didn't feed it"
"It isn't mine to take care of"
Collins came in and dropped his meal and afterwards left
"You are to feed me"
"Feed you?"
"Do I need to repeat myself"
She came closer to the table, picked up the tray where the food was and went closer to the bed where he sat,she carried the spoon to fetch a portion of food and then brought it closer to his mouth
"Aargh" Hazel gestured him to own his mouth and he did,she kept feeding him with little portions so it could fit in his mouth
"Aren't you hungry" he asked all of a sudden
"Collins said I could do my personal stuff after I attend to yours"
"I never asked what the butler said, I asked if you were hungry"
"Hungry?"
"Why do you keep repeating my words"
"Yes I am"
He stared at her for some seconds
"Then you could eat"
"Yes I would when I'm fine feeding you"
"I meant from my meal"
"From your meal?"
He let out an annoyed groan"the next time you repeat my statement, I will punish you"
"Yes milord"
"So eat...Dont worry you could use the cutlery"
Hazel's eyes widened,was she supposed to use the spoon he had used
"Looks like you want me to return the favor" he said
"What favor"
"You want me to feed you right" he picked the spoon and tried feeding her
"No milord, you don't have to"
"Turning down my order"
"No milord, I would never"
"Then aargh" he did mimicking what she did earlier
"Do you treat other maids like this
"
"Nah"
"Why"
"Cause they are boring to be with,always shaking like bent buildings, too scared to talk, they either nod or shake their head, that's why I like you"
"Like me?"
Xavier immediately dropped the spoon, he pulled her wrist forcefully which made her land on his laps, he tucked her hair behind her ear
"I told you the next time you repeat my statement, I would punish you, didn't I"he said in a deep husky voice"
"I never meant to" she meekly said
"Buy you did"
"It would never happen again"
He leaned closer to her such that such that if she moved, their lips would touch, he spoke besides her ears "but you've used your last chance" Hazel heart literally jumped out of her throat, his breath was fanning her ears and she jerked a bit.
Xavier smiled seeing her reaction, still in that position, he whispered again "meet me by the garden during the evening" and he leaned back so she could get back her personal space.
She quickly stood up, carried the tray and dashed out of the room. Xavier had a wicked smirk plasters on his lips. Xavier actually was attracted to Hazel ever since he left her at that town and he was kind of happy when he saw her letter. It was also surprising to him, of all people, a mere human was the one that he was attracted to, she had no reputation or good background. He shook his head off the thought, no girl can get his attention and Hazel was not going to be an exception. He shifted his head back to the cage where relles was and the rabbit trembled
"Now where were we relles"