** * * * * Crystal’s POV * * * * *
I walked towards the servant’s quarters. As I was approaching, I heard some voices.
There were whispers coming from a hidden corner of the castle, just before the servants quarters.
I was tempted to find out who it was so I went closer. The voices were now more audible and I recognised who they belonged to.
Gina and Mr Noah!
What could they be whispering about?
I wanted to ignore them and walk away but the impulse not to, was strong, so I tiptoed closer and hid on the other side of the wall.
I was eavesdropping on them.
“But you promised me that you would get me to the level of his personal maid, now that new girl is there already, instead of me!” Gina grumbled
What? These two are working together?
“Please give me some time Gina, I don’t even know why Logan suddenly decided to make her his personal maid, I mean he was the one who instructed that she should be bullied because he despises her, so…”
What? So it was really him!!
Wow!! First he asked his servants to bully me, and then he shows up and saves me.
What exactly is his game?
I should go and confront him, he has to tell me exactly what he wants from me.
I turned back in a rage and headed to the main building where he has his Chambers.
I can’t believe he did this, he could have not hired me when he found out that I had come to seek a job here, rather than ask his servants to bully me!!
Who does he think he is?
Just because he is rich doesn’t mean he can do whatever he wants.
I arrived close to the sitting room door and froze when I had a voice that I would always recognise even in the next twenty years
It was my boss from the restaurant where I used to work before. I could hear him speaking with Logan, but what is he doing here and how does he know Logan?
That was when the whole thing dawned on me. It all made sense now.
Logan returned from Asia and three days later, I lost my job for no reason… Then after one week, I got a recommendation to work in his Castle.
It can only mean that he made my boss fire me so that I could work for him, then he asked his servants to bully me so that he can come to my rescue and make me his personal maid, and today he tried to get intimate with me.
Who knows what he has planned next for me!
He has been playing games with me all this while, but what exactly is his game plan? Why is he doing this to me?
I think he wants to ruin my life, that must be why he is doing this.
I need to get away from him in order to protect myself and my baby but how do I do it?
If I quit the work on my own accord, he might suspect that I know his plans, he might try another means to hurt me.
I think I should do something to annoy him more like I had done earlier today, I should get him so pissed off that he is forced to fire me.
“I could always find another job,” I mumbled.
I left there and went back to the servants quarters in thought.
What could I possibly do to get him irritated?
** * * * *Two days later * * * * *
** * * * * Logan’s POV * * * * *
I stormed into my chambers in a fit of rage. I can’t believe what my ears had just heard.
How could Crystal spread such news about me?
She has crossed all the lines this time around and I won’t let it go so easily.
Just when I started trusting her, when I decided to ignore our past, when I started to desire her, even though I know it was wrong, she is a human but yet I wanted her naked on my bed.
But once again she has tried to cause damage to my life, my status, she has wronged me again!
How could she?
I got to my bedroom but she was not there, so I walked out and entered my home office.
I met her there. She was sitting on the wooden arm chair with her legs crossed, her face was devoid of emotions, completely expressionless.
It looks like she had been expecting me.
Did she do this on purpose?
But why would she?
“Crystal what have you done?” I asked softly, yet feeling very angry.
“What have I done?” She threw my question back at my face.
I clenched my fist and gritted my teeth in anger. she stood up and came closer to me, for the very first time I saw courage in her eyes.
She never looked me in the eye when I spoke to her, but today she wasn’t only looking me in the eye, she was staring at me with hatred.
“Don’t try to act smart with me Crystal, you went around the castle destroying my reputation by spreading false news, isn’t that right”
She scoffed, “are you sure that it’s false?”
So she admits it?
“Are you playing games with me Crystal?” I barked, but she didn’t look intimidated in the slightest, she didn’t even flinch.
She had a dangerously cold look on her face. I had never seen her like this before.
“Are you the only one allowed to play games with people?” She answered my question with yet another question.
I was stunned. What has gotten over her? Where did she get such courage from?
She had spread news around the castle that I was into the shady business. If such news should get out of the Castle, it would hurt my reputation and the reputation of my parents, the results won’t be favorable for me.
“Listen Crystal, I don’t know what has gotten over you, perhaps I have given you too much freedom and that’s why you feel you can do whatever you want, but I won’t forgive you for this, you have made me hate you from the deepest part of my heart” I spat.
The hatred I harbor for her could melt mountains right now.
“Really? Are you sure you ever liked me? You called me a seductress, remember?” she fired, now losing that poker face she had.
What those that have to do with the unfavorable news she had spread about me.
“My reasons for that were justified, yet I decided to let go… I told you to forget everything that happened between us two years ago. I wanted to dwell on the present and future, so why did you do this?” I yelled.
She remained quiet with no sign of remorse or regret for what she had done.
“You know what, this discussion isn’t over yet, let me think about this then I would know what to do with you”
I left her and stormed out of the room.
** * * * *
Walking into my room, I saw someone who I haven’t seen in a long while.
Lucy!!
What is she doing here
To be continued