Chương 21: Chapter 21

Suddenly, everything around Melina turned black and she passed out but before she could fall on the ground, a strong arm came to hold her waist up from hitting the beam.

"Hey! Hello...? Melina...?" Leon called her name repeatedly as he shook her in his arms but heard no response.

...What just happened?...

He looked around her body. She was filled with blood, how did she not know this happened to her? Or maybe she knew but ignored it? so many thoughts plunged his mind as he stared at the maidservant who just collapsed.

He didn't know what had happened but he knew this was bad.

Really, bad...

"How am I going to deal with this?" He soliloquized, still gaping at the girl.

He picked up the candle he had lit to take a better view of her face. She had lost too much blood which was why she lost consciousness and she was still losing more. He needed to stop it.

Without wasting time, he dropped her gently on the plank close to him and tore a piece of cloth from the white garment he was wearing while looking around to make no one was seeing him. When he had cut a reasonable size of the cloth, he proceeded to tie it around her head.

He removed the former bandage that was now soaked with blood to tie it around the region that was bleeding. He scrutinised her head for a while to know the exact spot that was bleeding and when he found a tiny hole that looked like someone had punched her there, he exhaled and wrapped the garment around her head. How did she get this type of injury? And what had made her go as far as coming to hide here? He didn't know but something was not alright.

With the amount of blood she had lost, she would need to eat or drink something and rest to regain her strength back but how was he going to help with that? The life of a maid was no joke as no one cared for their health as long as they were given the regular food to consume and clothes to wear. If he let her stay like this till the next morning, she will be too weak to do anything. He couldn't even let anyone see him with this maid unless there will be many rumours.

He was frustrated...

After some minutes of deliberating, he decided to take her to his room in the villa. It didn't matter if people saw him or said anything about him. He knew he was the highest in authority in the entire kingdom presently so there was nothing people could do to him if they saw him with anyone at all. But if others suffered because of a mistake he could curb, then he would not be able to forgive himself.

Gathering courage, he picked the vulnerable girl into his arms and departed for his room. He didn't bother to conceal himself as he walked through the alleys with the maid in his embrace and fortunately, no one saw him.

However, he just shook his head at the thought that he had just carried a woman into his bedroom. It was something he never attempted before so it felt bizarre doing it now and for a female servant...

The instant he reached the room, he shut the door and dropped the girl on the bed. He didn't waste time collecting his medicine tube and opening it to collect an antiseptic and treat the wound properly.

Now that he was in his well-lited room, he could see the injury on her head more clearly. He couldn't tell how she had gotten it but it looked like it was inflicted by someone and done on purpose. After caring for it, he covered it with a bandage similar to the one used before and resolved to clean her body.

But how? He had never done that before and he didn't dare to do it now either but he couldn't leave her body messed up like this. She would not be able to rest well and by tomorrow morning, the bloodstains would have dried up on her material which will make it hard to wipe out.

Dang...what had he gotten himself into today? He should have simply stayed in his bedroom and rested. At least, he won't feel any guilt that he left someone to die than this.

Maybe he should call Matthew...he was more experienced in how to deal with women...especially stubborn ones like these, he thought, staring at her. He was certain that when she was going to be awake, she'd still throw tantrums.

He understood that anyway, she had never been close to any man before so it will be hard to acknowledge that a man had changed her clothes. He thought of random ways to meet Matthew but knew somehow, whichever way he tried, it will end up causing a commotion.

Which meant he would have to change it...himself.

But what would he wear her in replacement?