"How's your palm doing" he asked
"They are healing,the blisters have reduced"
"And you still work with it"
"I have to"
"About what I said, have you thought of it"
'I have, and I've accepted it but I won't come now until next week, I'll sort out some things here first"
"That's not a problem, I'll just get a room ready for you before you come"
"A room? Aren't I staying at the servants quarters"
"No, maybe you'll be close to mine"
"Is that right?"
"Yes…, to tell you the truth, I'm very much interested in you and I would like to get to know you more"
"I-interested in me? I'm just a maid and moreover, I'm human and you're a vampire and a Councilman, you belong to the elites, we do jot match Sir Jordan"
"I've considered all those before telling you this"
"Sir Jordan, I don't think I'll be able to return back your feelings"
"I'm willing to wait and don't worry, you'll learn to"
As they kept walking, Xavier who had been noticing them decided to meet them
"Councilman Jordan"
"Milord" Jordan greeted
Xavier gave Hazel a quick glance and took note of their clasped hands as Jordan held her
"What brings you here as there are no meetings today" he asked
"I actually came for Ms Hazel here"
"You two are seeming to get close after that party at Rivelle"
"Yes, I told you I was interested in her"
"Ooh, yeah, but is she also interested in you"
"No but I'll make her"
"Good luck with that" then he turned to face Hazel "I'll be needing her right away"
"Okay" Jordan bent to kiss her knuckles and Xavier was fuming inwardly " I'll see you later and take care of your palm"
Xavier gave a tight smile before dragging her to his room, he held her wrist avoiding the bruises on her palm. They reached his room and they entered while there was a great silence between them
"You said you needed me" Hazel said after some time. Xavier quickly though of what to say cause he actually never needed her for anything, he just wanted to separate them
"I'm thirsty"
"I'll get blood from the kitchen then"
"I told you, your blood taste sweeter"
Hazel looked around and saw a cup and knife, she immediately cut herself with it and gave it to him
"Here's my blood"
Xavier was surprised, he actually wanted to take from her directly, to see if she would still shiver when he breathed on her neck or to see if those goose bumps still appear on her skin or to hear how her heartbeat increases when he's close to her,but she stopped all that from happening
"Here's my blood" she said again
"I never asked you to cut yourself"
"You said you were thirsty and my blood was what you wanted" she said stretching her hands with the cup further towards him
"I wanted to drink directly"
"Well you can't waste blood" he took the cup from her and gulped it down. Truthfully, that was like a dream come true for him, its been long he tasted her blood
"When are you planning on leaving" he asked
"Next week" she said firmly
"I never thought just admiring someone can make you get interested"
"Admiring who?"
"You told me that you admired the way he smiled at you"
"And I never said I have picked an interest in him"
"Seems like he's bent on changing that, mean, he planning on keeping you in the room close to his when you start working there"
Hazel shot her eyes open "were you eavesdropping on our conversation?"
"I would say I got ears everywhere"
"I think, I've done what you asked of me, I would like to go back to the kitchen"
"If you so like your job at the kitchen, why leave then"
"I've told you my reasons"
"And I've given you a higher position but you declined"
"I never asked for it"
"Your not leaving this mansion next week or any other week"
"You can't stop me"
"I can and I will"
"I can't keep hoping in the nickels and shillings you give as wages to me, I have dreams and I want yo pursue them. I get enough mocking and insults here and the very name I hated being called has turned my middle name here. In fact, your the cause of all that is happening to me cause if you hadn't sent your damn soldiers to abduct from my home then my mum would have still been alive and I wouldn't be here in the first place as a maid, I literally have no person in this world so please let me go. And if you think I'll kill you, I wont and do you know why....." she paused and looked sternly into his eyes, her eyes were filled with tears and Xavier cursed himself ".....because I. HATE. YOU." She released the words from her mouth while Xavier stood frozen replaying the words in his head,trying to get the meaning of what she said. Hazel was surprised at his sudden expression, she never expected her words to have such effect on him, she actually said it cause she was heartbroken and angry at the moment
"You hate me" he asked with a confused and lost face
"I do" she said gently
"But ... I... I…. But I thought relles said you liked me"
"Relles told you?" She asked with her voice softening
"Yes"
"I did but that was before you practically forced me to hate you and I never thought you would give back what I felt"
"What made you think so"
"I'm a maid, you're a Lord, I'm a witch, you're a vampire… demon, your an elite, I'm just there, we can't work"
"You never told me"
"You said you've found a woman already"
"And you hate me now"
"—"
"Will you ever get rid of the hate"
"I don't know" she said very quietly
Xavier stayed quiet for sometime, she didn't know that, that woman he had found was actually her. He buried his face in his palm and when he finally raised his head
"You can leave"
"Leave the mansion?"
"Yes, you're free to leave next week"
"You're no longer stopping me"
"Isn't it what you wanted"
"Thank you" 'I guess'
" you can go back to your work" and she left. Why did he suddenly change his mind, did her saying she hated him affect him that much. These thoughts were going on in her head as she reached the kitchen.
"Where were you, the floor isn't cleaned and its messy" a higher maid shouted as she saw her
"The Lord called me"
"And why would he now, he had already dumped you"
"He wanted to drink"
"There's blood in the kitchen if he wanted yo drink, you can't use that as an excuse"
"It may interest you to know that the Lord prefers my blood to the ones here in the kitchen"
"Says who" the maids scoffs
"Says the Lord himself"
"And I should believe that"
"Not my business and why are you so jealous"
"Who says I'm jealous of a maid who is lower than me"
"Don't deny it, its written all over your face" Hazel said before getting to work
Xavier was thinking in the conversation and how it ended. It was no use trying to stop her if she already hated his guts. He had found the maids that dared to call her names and had them executed. He had also sent a letter to the Adams at Poetwyhth so they could release her dad so she could see him again. He was frustrated, the only woman he had loved will soon slip out of his hands, the only woman that saw him as a good soul and not condemn him and started to now.
Lucas came I later after asking him to do the execution of those maids and sending the letter.
"Xavier" he said , this time not calling him by his position by as a friend, he knew about his feelings for Hazel "are you sure you want to release her to the Smith's mansion?"
"There's nothing I do to stop her, she has made up her mind"
"I never knew you would say there was no way yo get what you want"
"Well now you know"
"Do you really think she meant what she said"
"Yes"
"If you asked a random person to tell you if they liked you, of course they will say yes"
"Are you saying she's scared of me"
"No, just angry"
"But I've done everything to make her happy, I tried giving her a better job at the kitchen but she rejected it"
"That won't bring her back, she told you she liked you, tell her about your feelings too"
"She wouldn't believe me"
"Then make her"