I should have been able to forget about the dreaded kiss, but I couldn’t! So instead, I bemoaned my bad luck at being kissed by a man who was even eviler than Lucifer himself. Even though it wasn’t my first encounter with him, I felt filthy and violated.
I lost track of the number of times I washed my teeth and cleaned my mouth in the hopes of forgetting about the kiss. Then, when I remembered how I tried to return the kiss, I sighed at my folly, and Dom insulted me even more by laughing!
I was astonished to see a man standing outside my room the next morning. My eyes furrowed at the hefty man because it was my first time seeing him. “What are your credentials?” I inquired about him.
“Miss, I’m your bodyguard.” He responded.
What a pleasant surprise! Even though I was merely a maid, I was assigned a bodyguard. I screamed at the man and stormed into Dom’s room. I wasn’t ready to face him again after that horrible kiss, but I didn’t have an option!
Nothing could be more absurd than a maid having a bodyguard! I hammered on Dom’s door and didn’t stop until the doorknob clicked shut. I was agitated that I didn’t wait for him to open the door before pushing it open fully.
“Did you employ a bodyguard for me?” I inquired. “Why?” I went up to him and addressed him.
“Marian, you already know the answer to your question.”
“Dom, I don’t need a bodyguard!” So why do you have to treat me this way as well?”
While trying not to cry, I lost control of my emotions, and my voice shook a little. Dom’s sly demeanor reminded me of my father, who was similarly too concerned about my safety.
He was taken aback by my reaction. Perhaps he expected me to be angry rather than sad. But, instead, he apologized, saying, “I’m sorry.”
I shook my head at his phony apologies and locked my gaze on him. “No, Dom, you’re not sorry. You want to be in charge, and you want to have complete power over me. So please don’t bother me since I’m not one of your women!”
Dominic’s jaw clenched as he listened to me. Did he want to be in charge of me? He shouldn’t try to dominate me because I wasn’t one of his women, and I wouldn’t let him.
“You are mistaken, Marian. I don’t want to be in charge of you, but I’m afraid of losing you! Can’t you see that I’m only trying to protect you?”
“From whom are you seeking protection? “Is it from you?” I inquired.
“I don’t know anything about you, but I took you in because I believed what you said. Is it necessary for me to tell you that you have no authority to examine my actions within my home? I didn’t mean to come across as a tyrant, but I had to break through to your thick head with some logic. I don’t know how to deal with you because you’re so stubborn and opinionated. I’m torn between letting you stay and letting you go.”
When I realized my predicament, I was overcome with sadness. Dom reminded me of my father, and I was sick to my stomach. “Dom, I am not your property. “I gave up,” she declared. Dominic’s brows furrowed in surprise at my declaration.
“What do you mean you’re going to quit?” he inquired.
I said, “I don’t want to work with you anymore.”
“No, Marian, let’s talk about it. Please stay because I need you. “Please stick with me,” he said.
When Dom tried to negotiate, I raised my eyebrows because I was perplexed by his assertion. Was he looking for someone to work for him or someone to keep his bed warm? It was perplexing, but I wanted he needed me because he cared for me.
“You have to let them go if you want me to stay here.” I made an announcement.
“All right. He vowed, “I’ll fire the bodyguard today.”
“I’m not referring to your bodyguard, Dom. I said gently, “It’s about your women.” I understood I could bargain with him about his ladies when he asked me to stay.
He came over to the glass and remarked, “You’re asking for too much.”
“I understand how much you value them, Dominic, but this isn’t normal.”
He revealed the truth, “I am not ready to let all of them go.” “Not just yet,” he said.
“You don’t need a hundred!” I argued. “I recommend that you keep at least one or two!” Apart from the harem, I didn’t have anything against him. Even if he did not physically harm those ladies and engaged in consent sex, he was still wrong to use them in that manner!
“I can keep one or two,” he added, echoing my sentiments.
I said, “Yes.”
Dominic shifted his weight and made his selection. He said, “Fine.” “Then I’m keeping you and Hera.” He went on to say.
“Fair enough,” I said, even though hearing the other woman’s name made me uncomfortable. I knew Hera was special to him even if I didn’t have to ask since he wouldn’t recall her name if I didn’t. I stated, “I will continue to work here.”
“As a maid? No way, no how! I’ll only let them go if you promise to replace them all,” he said, his eyes narrowing at me as he awaited my response.