His Personal Maid — Chapter 11

Desire walked into the banquet, a hand holding the side of her dress gracefully, right after the Queen with shyness overshadowing her.

She couldn’t look up to the seat of the royals as she was too scared to make eye contact with any of them as she followed the Queen closely behind to her seat.

Desire sat right beside the queen on her throne and almost collapsed from her disbelief of the position she was sitting at. It was a seat preserved for the loyal subject of the Queen and even though it was just a small stool placed for her to sit on, Desire still felt it was the greatest position she could ever find herself in.

Even though she was grateful, she still couldn’t believe she was in that position. She stylishly looked around her to see the king on his huge, powerful throne for the first time, he was flanked by two slaves who kept on fanning him while another had gone down on all fours for the king to place his legs on. Desire frowned at this act but quickly composed herself so she wouldn’t get herself in trouble with the royals.

The first Queen was sitting on the right side of the king while Desire and her queen were on the left side. Also on the king’s right hand side was Sylvester and prince Li Wei.

Her eyes met that of Sylvester and she smiled at him. Instead of Sylvester smiling back, he turned his head away from her direction not without frowning at her in the first instance, making the poor girl worry about what she had done.

Desire was disappointed and she couldn’t explain why. She thought it could be as a result of longing to see him for days and when she finally did, he wasn’t sparing her a glance.

Prince Li Wei kept on staring at the beautiful maiden who had accompanied his most hated person in the palace but wouldn’t care to have the girl in his chambers tonight.

He licked his lips as he thought of what he could do to the girl and how he’ll make himself feel better by making sure he makes her his own even if she doesn’t like it. He could imagine himself inside her, banging her as she moans out in pleasure.

His attention was fixated on the girl even when his favorite dance group took the floor to render their astonishing performance that even got the approval of the king and of both queens who kept on smiling as a form of satisfaction.

Sylvester Ho noticed the way Li Wei was staring at Desire with passion and it fueled the anger that was already raging inside of him.

When Desire had entered, her appearance and beauty hadn’t gotten unnoticed by everyone and Sylvester almost cursed at his sister for bringing out the girl’s beauty like that for the world to see, especially the filthy Li Wei.

Once Sylvester realized that Li Wei wouldn’t stop looking at the girl like a dog looking at the bone of a meat, he called his loyal subject and brother, Ying, to him.

“Bring Desire here. Let her sit at my feet till the end of the night” He instructed Ying.

Ying hesitated for seconds, “Don’t you think that’ll be putting her at more risk?”

“Look over at Li Wei” Sylvester instructed him

Ying turned and what he saw made him concur with Sylvester’s opinion. “He’s looking at her like a predator looking at its prey. I’ll bring her over her”

Ying walked quietly to the Queen’s side to inform her of the new development.

“Sylvester asks for Desire’s presence on his side, my Queen”

“Why?” Queen Naomi asked out of curiosity.

“To avoid any problems from Li Wei tonight” He relayed

“Okay Ying but I need to see you in my chambers later tonight. Make sure you show up, it’s a command and not a request” She requested sharply giving Ying no space to say no to her request.

Ying wanted to tell her that it was forbidden for him to visit her. They were no longer teenagers who played all day but he couldn’t tell that to her face. His Queen had commanded and he only needed to obey her.

He moved closer to Desire and told her to follow him. Desire felt the request was strange. She looked at her Queen who only nodded at her. She felt relieved because of that and followed Ying without restrictions.

The dancers were still performing, gaining the positive reviews of everyone present.

With every step that Desire took to the right side of the King, so did Li Wei’s eyes. He was following her every step until she stopped beside Sylvester.

Once Desire got to Sylvester’s side, Li Wei and Sylvester’s eyes met and Li Wei's mouth twitched in anger. He was angry because Sylvester had managed to claim his prize again this time.

“Sit beside me” Sylvester told Desire without looking at her.

Desire wanted him to look at her, to see how elegant she looked tonight but was again disappointed when Sylvester spared her no second glance. She sat as she was told and watched the dancers perform their last dance for the night.

Everyone clapped with smiles on their faces as the dance group descended from the stage.

The king rose from his throne, about to give a wish and every servant fell on their face. It was customary for every slave and servant to bow and fall on their face whenever the king rises.

As every other servant bowed, Desire was about to get on her knees when Sylvester held her tightly on her thigh, stopping her from kneeling.

Desire turned to look at him and he shaked his head, still not looking at her. She sat back properly but still lowered her head and tried not to look up at the King.

“Today is a day of celebration. My brother had returned to the palace and to the land of his ancestors safe and sound. He has made the nation proud of his accomplishments as the prince of this kingdom”

Sylvester smiled dryly at the king’s speech. He was the only other person who knew Li Wei hadn’t gone on a journey but rather was in hiding for all those years.

“As a result of the happiness and gladness that I feel in my heart today, I will grant Li Wei anything that he wishes for before nightfall. Tell me brother, what do you desire the most?” The King asked his brother with a huge smile plastered on his face.

Prince Li Wei walked towards his brother and kissed him on the cheek, glad that he was helping him out in a way that he hadn’t expected.

He looked over at Sylvester Ho and smiled, knowing fully well what he was about to do. He pointed over at Sylvester before he moved his finger a little bit to his side.

“I want her brother! I want her as my bride”