His Personal Maid — Chapter 19

A slight stomach cramp hit Desire like a wave, and she woke up to see that she was on the bed again, she tried moving away but she couldn’t.

Something was stopping her. A hand was thrown over her waist, stopping her from moving. When she traced the hand back to the owner, she realized it was Her master. She gasped loudly out of surprise.

She gently removed the hand from body and rushed into the bathroom. She flicked her head twice to punish herself for sleeping on the same bed with her master.

Just like the previous day, she tried remembering how she had ended up in bed with him but then she couldn’t remember anything. She almost cursed herself as a result of her stupidity.

Desire heard a knock on the bathroom door, she jumped a little before gently opening the door. It was Sylvester.

His eyes were still droning in sleep with his scattered hair and his tired look. Desire though of how good he looked even in the early hours of the morning.

“Good morning, my lord” She greeted with her head bowed

“Okay, little dove. Are you okay? Are you hurt anywhere?” Desire was surprised at his question and she couldn’t understand why he would ask if she was fine.

“I’m fine, my lord” Desire replied, still puzzled at his question.

Sylvester ran his eyes through her body to see where she was hurt, because if not, how can they explain the blood that was staining the bed.

“My lord?” Desire called out once he wasn’t saying anything but just studying her.

“There’s blood on the bed,” Sylvester finally said.

Desire’s eyes went wide in realization of what had happened. As a result of the different things that had been happening, she had forgotten that it was her time of the month.

She quickly moved back and locked the door sharply out of embarrassment .

“I’m deeply sorry my lord. I didn't mean to stain the bed, I promised to clean it up. I’m sorry” She kept on apologizing profusely.

“What is the matter exactly?” Sylvester asked, surprised about why she locked the door like that.

“It is nothing you should worry about, my lord” Desire told him.

“Little dove, is it your time of the month?” Sylvester guessed the only possible reason why she could be bleeding.

“Yes” Desire replied silently.

Soon after, the whole house was silent and Desire felt like drowning in her embarrassment.

She had stained the bed that her master was sleeping on and now she’ll have to regret ever doing that. He probably left because he hated her for doing that. Tears rolled down her eyes as she realized her mistake.

She pinched her soft, white skin to see if she’ll wake up from her nightmare but nothing happened.

She had crumbled to the floor of the bathroom not caring if she was staining the dress that her Queen had given to her. She just wanted the ground to open up and swallow her.

Few minutes passed and the next thing she heard was voices, it was Sylvester and Queen Naomi.

“You should leave, Sylvester. I’ll handle this. You can take your bath at my chamber” Queen Naomi suggested but Sylvester was adamant. He needed to be sure that Desire was fine.

He stubbornly knocked on the door.

“Little dove, it’s me. Open the door” He called out and Desire did as she was told. She opened the door but couldn’t look her master in his eyes.

She was dying from embarrassment. Sylvester lifted her head with his fingers when he realized she wasn’t going to look at him. He saw that her eyelashes were wet even though she closed her eyes. He longed to see her emerald eyes.

Sylvester suddenly stepped back and let his sister take over. Queen Naomi has come with one of her maids, who had already removed the blanket and went into the bathroom to wash it.

“It’s fine, Desire. It’s nothing to worry about. Stop the tears” Queen Naomi patted her cheeks and led her into the bathroom.

“How many days will it be?” Queen Naomi asked.

“Three days”

“That means you’ll not be able to go out in those three days. Sometimes I hope the tradition was different”

Queen Naomi was referring to the custom and tradition of their region about the women during their time of the month. They are never allowed to mingle or associate with others as they believe that women on their period are filthy and dirty. Most women do not go out of their rooms until it ended and some stupid men would refuse to see their wives or mothers during those times.

Any woman who goes out would be because of an emergency purpose and she’ll have to tie a tiny pouch of sweet smelling herbs around her neck to absorb the smell. Most women had tried to kick against it but that hadn’t changed the mind of the people.

“You’ll have to wait for three days before seeing her again. You can stay at my chamber, Ying is there as well”

“Why?” Sylvester asked, irritated about her options.

“It is the tradition. You can’t see her until after three days”

“I’ve already seen her this morning so what difference would it make?” Sylvester asked.

“Sylvester, please leave and come back when she’s less embarrassed about this whole situation” Queen Naomi mumbled to him, trying not to let Desire hear what she was saying.

“Whatever Naomi” Sylvester hissed, picked up his necessary things and left.

When Queen Naomi returned to the bathroom, her maid had already helped Desire to remove her dress and she was already bathing with the warm water.

After she was done, Queen Naomi gave her the lint she would use during her period and Desire looked at it in admiration as they weren’t allowed to use stuff like that back at the mansion.

“Thank you” Desire appreciated everything her queen had done for her.

“If you’re really grateful, then stop with the tears. Why are you crying, Desire? Does it hurt that much? Do not worry about the pain, I’ve already ordered some of my maids to make you a soup that’ll help relieve the pain” Queen Naomi explained.

“It’s not the pain. I just feel like my master hates me now. I was stupid enough to stain his bed and get him so angry”

“You still don’t understand anything that’s going on, right?

Queen Naomi asked with a wide smile on her beautiful face.