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Chapter 2: The young master returns (2)

The moment Mavis met Annalise, she didn't like the young woman. Annalise tested her many times, and Mavis wanted to drag her by the hair out the front door and toss her bags right after. Against her better judgment, she hired a loose hot-tempered woman, who was so headstrong she did not have the sense to lower her gaze when being scolded. Mavis greatly disliked the attitude of this one. 

"You, get out right now. Pack your things and be gone," Mavis pointed at the door.

Annalise could not believe she was being fired when she finally got to meet the infamous Knight Rafael Callahan. It was even more unbelievable that she was getting fired less than ten minutes after his arrival. This must be a new record for maids.

'It is not like I went out of my way to see his manhood. There is literally a naked man in the middle of the room. We were going to see it whether we like it or not,' she internally argued.

"I-" Annalise began to apologize, but Rafael interjected.

"There is no need to fire her. This is why I dislike anyone present when I am bathing. Take all the maids and leave right now," Rafael ordered Mavis. It was annoying to have so many people buzzing around him after a long journey back home. He desired only peace.

"As you wish, young master. Girls," Mavis clapped her hands to get the attention of all the maids. "Leave the young master's room right away. Without any further mishaps," she glanced at Annalise with an annoyed expression before leading the women out.

Annalise remained at the back of the group so she could have a quick word with Rafael. Just as she was about to pass Rafael in the tub he was sitting in, Annalise drew closer to it and whispered, "Thank you for not firing me, young master."

Rafael looked up at the woman, who had a unique reaction to seeing him naked. She appeared to be nothing but trouble. "Not so close, pervert."

"Oops, right," Annalise stepped back from the tub, but then it clicked in her brain what he had called her. "P-Pervert? How am I a pervert?" She asked in disbelief. "I did not purposefully try to take a peek at you. I looked up to see what the screaming was about, young master," she added with a smile, as he was still her employer.

Rafael didn't reply to her words and made sure his lower body could not be seen by her. He heard the men speak of feeling watched when they were out by the lake to cool off and he just might have found one person bold enough to get a peep.

"I hope you also call the women who screamed out perverts as well. They saw something they shouldn't have. I was the only one brave enough to say that it is just that," she said instead of saying penis again.

"Are you prolonging leaving to continue watching me while I soak?" Rafael asked, unable to tell what her intention was.

"No, sorry. I was trying to thank you for not letting her fire me. That is all," Annalise bowed her head, scurrying out of the room before he changed his mind and fired her. She didn't want to be known as a pervert.

Rafael silently watched her rush to get out of his bathroom, almost bumping her head into the wall. She survived this one time but he knew Mavis would be on her case, ready to fire her. He scooped up a handful of water in his hands and poured it on his hair before pushing it back. After a long journey, he was in need of a trim.

Rafael leaned his head back against the tub, finally getting to enjoy the peace he desired.

On the outside of Rafael's room, Cara waited for Annalise to come out. She was starting to question if Annalise was playing innocent about not wanting Rafael because she sure made herself noticeable by him tonight, even if it was not in a way for him to call upon Annalise tonight.

"Why did you stay behind when you know Mavis is hot on your tail?" Cara asked the moment Annalise hurried out of the room.

Annalise wasn't surprised to find Cara waiting for her. She was more surprised that the head maid wasn't here ready to scold her. "Relax, Cara. I still do not have any plans to compete with any of you for his favour. I simply thanked him for not firing me and then left. As much as I would love to reassure you that he belongs to you, I am tired."

Annalise walked by Cara to head for the servant quarters to get ready for bed. The only thing that came out of Rafael's return was now she could finally get some rest instead of cleaning. She doubted Mavis would want to see her now, so she was going straight to bed.

"Your sarcasm wasn't warranted, but you are right. He is mine. You should be glad that it is only me here, or the other girls would have your head."

"Oh, thank goodness women who have no shot with the young master weren't here. Whatever would I do? Run for the hills?" Annalise sarcastically replied in a dramatic tone whilst pointing out the direction of the mountains in the distance. "I will pack my bags as soon as I return to my room to escape their antics."

"Shut up," Cara mumbled while Annalise chuckled. "You know I dislike when you speak like this."

"Then stop reminding me of what others will do. Thank you for the warning, but I will do as I please without thinking about how it will affect them. I hope all of you can stop fighting over a man who does not even know your names and barely recognizes your faces. I am going to bed to have a good rest before the bullshit in the morning starts. Goodbye," Annalise said, picking up her pace to leave Cara.

She could not avoid drama with the other maids for something as stupid as speaking about a penis. Annalise learned quickly that a single glance from the young men in these famous houses would have their admirers ready to stab you in the back. It didn't matter if she said she was not interested in him. A woman Rafael noticed was a threat to them.

Like Cara, a few more of the maids were trying to ease their way into Rafael's bed. Not to be his wife. They knew not to be stupid to aim so high. Life as a mistress would pay them better than being a maid. Luckily, Annalise wasn't hard for money or dreaming to be somewhere she did not belong. She did not plan to be in this house forever.

'It will be fun to watch them tear each other apart now that he has returned,' she noted.

Annalise walked the lone halls, which were thankfully not dark as there was still enough wax for the candles to burn since they had been cleaning the house and lit many candles. Annalise passed the rooms meant for the guests of the house and went down to the small rooms given to servants who needed a place to stay.

When she entered her room, she found the bed on the opposite side of her room still empty as the other maid sharing the room was not there yet. Annalise closed the door behind her and leaned back on it as she thought about Rafael's arrival. Two weeks were far too long for her to wait for his arrival. Still, she was glad the moment had come.

"I need to hold my tongue," Annalise reminded herself, as getting fired would make all her efforts to be here go to waste. Life here was just so different with all the rules she needed to learn. Where she came from, Annalise was freer with her actions.

She stared at her bed which was enticing her to lie down, but first, Annalise had a letter to write to send off in the morning once she was given the chance to go to the market. "Let's see what you're like, Rafael Callahan," she whispered.


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Chapter 3: A lady's thigh (1)

"Men. Sweet beautiful shirtless men," Annalise said, watching the knights who returned with Rafael in the middle of the night run laps around the training grounds. She was blessed with the perfect view from the second floor as they ran by below, already back to training.

Cara came to Annalise's side to see what was making her smile so much. "I can see why Rafael is not on your list. Now you see why women love this job. You'll enjoy it more when they start to fight against each other. If we finish our morning tasks quickly, I will introduce you to the knights I know. I have a list of knights you should beware of. They say their hearts belong to you but then they are in the arms of another woman when your back is turned."

"I don't intend to be involved with any of them. I just like admiring their beauty. They should stop running around without shirts if I am to do my job right. Mavis will look for any opportunity to fire me soon. We should go before she scolds us for being late to help set the table for breakfast," Annalise stated, but her sight remained on the guards.

"It is you who will be late because you cannot tear your eyes away from the men running around. I'm amazed by this side of you. Here I thought you were some little virgin who had no interest in men."

Annalise looked away from the training grounds after hearing Cara's assumption. "I don't see how looking at men makes me not a virgin, and just because I do not want to sleep with Rafael, I somehow have no interest in men? I simply show interest in men I find to my liking, and though I can admit Rafael is quite handsome, I don't want to have an intimate relationship with my employer."

"What I meant did not come out right. When we heard a farm girl was coming to be a maid, we thought you would be the same shy, only cares about work, and has some boy back at home she wants to get married to type of girl. You've been here for two weeks, but you have not shown an interest in anyone. This is the first time I saw you gawking at men," Cara explained, hooking her arm with Annalise's.

"A better assumption should have been that I am not attracted to any of the men that I saw."

"Honestly, I thought you might have been secretly into women. Me, to be specific," Cara shrugged her shoulders.

"Ha!" Annalise scoffed. "Not even in your dreams would that be true."

"Why not? You have seen this body when we bathe in the river. Is it not to die for?" Cara released Annalise to show off her desired body. "Is it not why I am your only friend here?"

"I was only interested in washing the sheets and my body to take notice of your body. I am not interested in women, and you are my friend because you are the only one with a personality I can handle. That and Mavis always puts us on the same jobs. I have no choice but to enjoy your company since we are always near each other," Annalise said.

"That is true. Talk to you when breakfast is over," Cara whispered when they entered the dining room.

Rafael was already seated at the table and Mavis stood right behind him, pouring something to drink.

Annalise forced a smile when Mavis looked up and noticed her just standing still.

"Get to your job Annalise," Mavis ordered the insufferable young woman. If not for Rafael, Annalise would have been gone last night.

"Right away," Annalise lowered her head and moved quickly to find something to pretend to do. No one had told her what exactly she was meant to do at breakfast. She was only told to go to the dining room. Cara was already far away for her to ask. 'Those handsome men made me forget to ask,' she sighed.

"Young master, a message from the King," Edwin, the butler, came into the dining room with a letter in his hand.

Annalise's interest was piqued upon hearing the King sent a message.

"Thank you," Rafael took the letter. Before he opened it, he prepared himself to be annoyed. Of course, the King was aware of his return already.

The message read, 'Rafael, it's about time you returned. How could you be so rude not to send me a message on the day you would travel back home? I had to go through other people to find out. As soon as you have rested, come to the palace for us to enjoy a drink together. I have a plan that concerns our dear friend Edgar getting married to a young lady of my-'

"This idiot," Rafael crumbled up the paper. Edgar, the Duke, and marriage were a bad mix, but only a fool like the King, Tobias Castro, would want to get involved in finding Edgar a bride.

Still, Rafael had to enjoy that Tobias had his eyes set on Edgar to be the one to get married. Rafael was in luck as Tobias would be forever trying to get Edgar to get married so Rafael's turn wasn't near.

"Throw this out," Rafael started to hand the letter back to Edwin as he wanted no part in trying to get his friends married.

Annalise watched to see where the message would be thrown away.

"Send this to Duke Edgar," Rafael changed his mind. Hopefully, Edgar would strangle Tobias and make him give up trying to get all his friends married. "See if you can send it with all the other letters going out now.

'Of course,' Annalise rolled her eyes. She wouldn't get the chance to see what was in the message if it got sent out now. 'It must be important if he wants it to be sent to the Duke now.'

"Of course," Edwin took the letter and hurried out of the dining room before it would be too late.

Rafael turned his attention back to the coffee Mavis poured for him. Before he could pick the cup up, he noticed someone was watching him ,and after last night, it was someone he didn't want watching him so intently. "Are you trying to take a peep at me again? You will have no luck as I am fully clothed," Rafael said to the maid from last night.

Annalise looked to her right and then to her left as she was uncertain if he was talking to her even though he was looking directly at her. "Oh right, you called me a pervert," Annalise realised he was meaning her. "I assure you I am not trying to see you naked again, young master. I do not want to be known as a pervert so can we be even? How about I show you my thigh?"

"Your thigh?" Rafael raised his right eyebrow. She saw his manhood and thought her thigh was of equal value. He was not looking to get even with her.

"Yes, my thigh. Don't you know a man seeing a lady's thigh is quite scandalous? So," Annalise grabbed her dress, ignoring the reactions from the other maids listening to their conversation.

The fact that a lady showing a bit of skin could cause an uproar was the first thing she learned when she came here. It was honestly ridiculous when there were so many half-naked men walking around here. She was used to training among men with little clothing back at home and it was perfectly normal. Was it a big deal here because men could not control themselves?

"What is your answer, young master?"


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