K-Brothers And The Little Maid

He released his grip around my neck and I fell to the floor afterward, taking deep breaths.Belongs to (N)ôvel/Drama.Org.

” And am s… sorry I misplaced it ” I managed to say as I changed to a kneeling position.

” How did you know? ” He asked, his voice harder than before. It almost came out like a growl which meant he was angrier.

I hesitated for some time before answering. I needed to be much more careful with my words so as not to get into trouble again.

” I… I saw a… a portrait back in Bolivia. She… she looked like the lady in the locket and… and Alejandra confirmed she was ”

He didn’t say a word and I wished I could see the look on his face or know what he was thinking. Oh God, I hope this isn’t gonna end for me.

” I… I know it must’ve meant so much to you for losing the necklace… ”

” You don’t know sh*t! ” He huffed irritably and the next thing I felt was his leg hitting the back of my neck. I fell into oblivion.

*

I blinked twice before I finally forced my eyes open and for a split second, I just lay staring at the ceiling. I couldn’t even remember a thing but I knew something had happened to me.

” She’s awake! ” Someone announced but I didn’t turn to take a look. I couldn’t because my neck felt too heavy.

” Hey! ” Someone called out in front of me. She was wearing a lab coat and hand gloves.

” Is she okay? ” Another person asked and she just smiled.

” We’re getting to that. ”

The lady checked my sight to be sure I wasn’t having a problem seeing. She then helped me to sit up.

” She’ll be fine with time. Just make sure she takes her medications ” She advised before she was escorted out of the room. Yeah, I was in my room.

” How are you feeling? ” Someone asked and came to stand in front of me. I flinched but regretted it afterward because the whole of my body was hurting.

” Hey… Hey, calm down okay? You’ll be fine. ”

” What… What are you doing in my room? ” I asked in my croaky voice as my eyes went wet already. I was so afraid.

” I just wanted to help you, Ann. You blacked out ”

The way she called me felt strange cause she called me Ann which was kinda rare for people to call me.

” Your boss did that to me ” I fired and sniffed in.

” And I’m sorry about that but what were you doing there in the first place? Did you lose your way? ” She said and asked, and I sighed. The question again.

” He saved my life last night when one of his brothers had intended to rape me. I didn’t get a chance to say thank you so I decided to sneak in and do it myself ”

” That was the worst mistake you made Ann. He could’ve killed you! ” She added and I scoffed. Wait, why was she feeling sorry for me? Shouldn’t she be more like her boss?

I tried turning my neck but couldn’t. It was hurting so badly. ” So how did I get here? ”

” After you passed out, he ordered Shark to take you out so I followed cause he was gonna drop you off anywhere ”

I sighed and stared blankly at the wall. I couldn’t even move my hands without them shaking terribly.

” Thank you, Kim. I guess I’ll never have to step foot in there ever again ” I muttered as tears dropped from my eyes. I couldn’t believe I had almost been strangled to death some hours back. All thanks to Alejandra.

” It’s okay. You’re gonna be okay by tomorrow so you’ll resume your duties but now I have to go. I’ll come to check on you In case you need anything ” She came and touched my shoulder before turning to walk out of the room.

” I… I have a question ” I forced myself and turned on the bed till I was now facing her. She had paused and was now looking at me.

” He’s a monster, right? He’s the king of hell ”

She didn’t respond immediately but just looked at me. A soft smile curved out on her lips.

” He didn’t use to be this way ” And with that, she turned and walked out. What did she mean?

Has she known him before or someone just made her believe that like how Alejandra did to me?

*

Author’s POV

••The next Morning••

Kael got over to the dining area and kept searching around. It was clear he was looking for Leigh-Ann but she wasn’t in sight just like yesterday evening.

He had arrived at the dining room only to be informed by Esme that Leigh-Ann wasn’t feeling okay and couldn’t make it. He had waved it aside by allowing Esme to serve him dinner.

It didn’t bother him because he had not called to find out what was wrong with her. If she needed medications or not or if she needed to visit the hospital. He just took it as her way to avoid him and he was not exempted from doing the same.

Now, sitting here, he couldn’t help wondering. Was it really because she wanted to avoid him or something was wrong somewhere?

As the maids began dishing out breakfast, Leigh-Ann walked in with slow steady steps. She could now turn her neck but just a little so as not to get hurt in the process.

She got over to Kael and greeted him with a bow and without sparing him a glance, she went ahead to resume her duties.

Kael just stared at her surprised cause she didn’t look sick. So he was right after all. She was only trying to avoid him but if that were true, why was she here today?

Kyler walked in and took his seat at the head of the table as he smoked from his pipe. His eyes found Leigh-Ann and rested on her. She hadn’t come out last night and he was just surprised.

Leigh-Ann grabbed the teapot to serve Kael but was surprised when she couldn’t hold it for long cause her hands were shaking. She dropped the pot before anyone could notice and took a deep breath. She needed to relax.

She grabbed the teapot again and this time it got worse as her hands kept shaking. She couldn’t even pour out the tea into the cup.

Tears formed in her eyes as they kept shaking violently and out of control, the tea spilled all over.

Kael, who had been watching all along, was surprised and couldn’t understand what was going on. He watched her expression and noticed tears were rolling down her eyes already.

He stood up when he noticed she had spilled the tea and grabbed her hands, helping her to drop the teapot carefully.

” I’m sorry, please… ” She whimpered and rushed off. She so wanted to look back and see the expression on Kyler’s face but she couldn’t. She was so scared to.

Kyler who had been watching without remorse kept smoking from his pipe till she was out of sight.

Kael couldn’t understand what was going on and just sat back to have his breakfast. What the fuck is wrong with her? That was the question that rang in his mind.