His Personal Maid — Episode 14

Desire sprinted off the bed and tried to check her surroundings to see if any other person was not in sight to see that she had done the abominable during the night.

She tried to run through her head to see if she could remember how she got there but nothing came up and she deflated back into the bed in annoyance.

Desire noticed a large mirror on the other side of the room, it was larger and more clearer than the one she had in the servant’s room she shared with three other girls at the mansion.

She stood in front of the mirror, touched it slightly as if trying to touch herself. She noticed she had changed drastically from the last time she saw herself in a mirror back at the Harem. She smiled at herself, impressed by her new look and she loved how her skin was so shining and radiant as a result of the beauty ointments that the Queen gave to her.

She only got the queen to thank for that.

A knock resounded on the door, startling Desire. She left her position and went on to open the door to seven some of the Queen’s handmaidens with a smile plastered on their faces.

“Good morning, my lady” One of them sang, scaring Desire off. She was surprised that this lady was referring to her as my lady. She was just Desire, an ordinary slave.

“I’m not that! I’m just Desire. You shouldn’t use courtesy with me, I’m more like you” The girls looked at each other, surprised at what the woman had said.

“We can’t remove the courtesy, my lady. The tradition requests for all royals to be regarded like that. Can we come in my lady?”

Desire moved out of the way and watched as the girl placed a beautiful dress on the bed and walked into the bathroom to do what Desire was not looking forward to.

“The bath is ready to be used, my lady” Desire groaned, getting angry about the courtesy they were using for her.

“Call me Desire, please” She pleaded.

“We cannot call you by your name because you’re the prime minister’s future wife and we are expected to accord the same respect we have for him, for you as well” The girl insisted.

Desire started removing her dress to use the bathroom when she suddenly turned around to see the girls still staring at her.

“Can you kindly leave?” Desire asked and the girls turned one by one and filed out of the room.

‘I’m not his future wife, I’m just a slave. All he did was lie to the king. Desire wanted to scream out but she stopped herself before getting her and her master into any more trouble.

Desire got into the bathroom and saw the different bath ointment, roses spread across the surface of the water and hissed. She wasn’t used to that type of attention and she wasn’t enjoying it one bit.

She tossed the roses out of the bathing water and refused to use the bathing tub of large water. Instead, she scooped the water with her hand on her body and bathed the way a regular slave did.

She wouldn’t get used to this kind of life and later yearn for it when she returned to the mansion later.

After bathing she got into the room and put on the dress. It fitted her shape perfectly and she wondered if her master would not appreciate her wearing something that accentuated her curves this time as well.

She looked for the pins from the previous day, ran a comb through her long hair and gathered it together to fix them properly with the pin.

She used some of the beauty products that the maidens had left behind just like the queen had taught her but she didn’t use it too much. Just a tiny bit was enough to make her look good.

Another knock resounded on her door and she opened it to see it was the handmaidens. Her eyes widened in surprise because she had expected them to return back to where they came from.

“The Queen asked you to take your time but I guess she’ll be waiting for you, my lady” The girl reported.

“I don’t seem to understand you”

One of the girls suddenly nudged the other out of realization of their mistake.

“I’m really sorry, my lady. Please forgive me. The Queen has requested for you to join her at breakfast” Desire nodded

She went back into the room and brought out the shoe she had worn the other night. Knowing that it matched the dress, she put it on, checked herself once more in the mirror before going out.

She felt uncomfortable with her new way of dressing but she knew she didn’t have a choice. She couldn’t go to the Queen looking shabby.

The house maidens led the way to the royal dining area. Dread filled Desire once she spotted the first queen on the table with Queen Naomi sitting opposite her.

Once Queen Naomi saw her, she beamed with a smile and Desire smiled back.

Without wasting much time, Desire sat next to Queen Naomi on a seat facing the first queen directly.

“Good morning, my Queen” She greeted. She didn’t want to feel awkward or unwanted but still the Queen’s presence made her feel so little.

“Is that formal greeting enough?” The first queen spat.

“I’m sorry, my Queen” Desire stood up from her seat and bowed to her queen. Queen Naomi was fuming and kept on glaring at the first queen.

“Since the law and orders of the land had allowed the child of no one to wine and dine with the Queen, I’m quite not surprised at your nonchalant attitude” The first queen said, not sparing Desire a second glance.

“She is my guest and I don’t remember inviting you to this hall. You can’t just barge into my breakfast and insult my guest” Queen Naomi fires back.

“Insult your guest, you say! Have you forgotten your position in this palace, Naomi? Do I need to put you in your place again for you to get it? You are a second wife, his latest conquest and once he gets tired of you, he’ll toss you right back to where you belong to”

“You’ve wished that for years and you’re still angry and disappointed that none of your evil wishes came to pass. Come off your horses, Queen Beibei” Queen Naomi was almost moving over to claw out the eyes of the first queen.

“If you call for fire, Naomi, you will get hell, I promise” The first Queen threatened.

Desire was confused about what to do, she didn’t know if she should call for help or maybe keep on looking but how will she be able to pacify both Queen’s and make them stop fighting each other.

“Can you please calm down, my Queens?” Both Queen’s turned from glaring at each other as Queen Beibei glared at Desire.

“You are in no place to tell me what to do, lowlife wench” Queen Beibei dragged Desire by the hand on the table, trying to pull her close and hit her before Queen Naomi pulled her back and stopped the assault.

“The last time I checked, you’re no better than a wench yourself, Queen Beibei” Naomi spat, making Queen Beibei see red. She lunged towards Naomi and before she could get to her, a loud sound resonated across the room.

“Do you two wishes to face dethronement?” The angry voice of the king roared, causing desire to cower in fear.