"Miranda, get the drinks from the fridge," Lady Loretta said. She was the lady of the house, and it was her only son's birthday arrangement.
"Okay, Ma," Miranda answered. As a young lady in her early twenties, Miranda wore a pink dress. It was nighttime, and they're preparing a birthday party for Derrick Luis, the only son of the Luis family. Out of seven women, Derrick appeared to be the only son of his rich family.
Many guests were already present in the Luis family mansion, among these guests were top admirers, business partners, and their families members and relatives, but the birthday celebrant wasn't at home.
Far away at a luxurious firm, Derrick Luis was still at his office when his mobile rang out. "Hello, Mother," he picked up the call, and his mother said to him, "Derrick, You know that today is your birthday. So where are you?"
Looking at his wristwatch time, Derrick observed it was already 6 pm, he replied, "At the office, mother."
"Come home, Son. It's your birthday, and we did a lot just to have today a special moment for you, to mark your new age at 25."
"Hmm, I am not interested in birthday parties, mother. Why can't you understand my concepts," Derrick murmured. His mother was already aged, so he couldn't blame her.
"I understand. Please, come home quickly before the guests start leaving. If I had known you would stubbornly stay up in the office until this time, I shouldn't have allowed you to go to the office today, knowing today is also your birthday."
"Mom, I cannot set work aside for a party. Who will look after Dad's company?" Derrick muttered again. His mother responded sadly, "You are right, but during your father's prime, he doesn't skip home for work. He attended parties, or where do you think I met him?"
"Hm." Derrick rolled his eyes at his mother's words. "Fine, Mother. I will be at home now." He said, and the phone call ended.
"Running a multimillion-dollar empire at this age, my mother still wants me to prioritize party over my work. Tch." Derrick mused, he stood up from his exclusive office chair where he sat in his office. Shutting down his monitor system, he grabbed his suitcase and elegantly left his office.
Arriving home in a brand new Prado Jeep, Derrick Luis got out of the vehicle and made his way ahead to his family's mansion. He could hear the sound of music and frowned after seeing many guests' cars that were parked inside of his late father's estate.
Marching forward, Derrick arrived at the mansion's exterior. He rang the doorbell, and the maid pulled the door open for him.
"Welcome home, Master Derrick," the maid greeted him.
Derrick ignored responding to the maid's greeting and was ushered by his mother who was in the living room with a lot of guests. "Welcome, son. Happy 25th birthday to you."
"Happy birthday, Master Derrick!" All the guests in the living room toast to the new age of the young master.
"Thank you all," Derrick replied, and wanted to retire to his bedroom to rest, his mother stopped him, "Derrick, It's still your birthday. Come cut your cake and make a wish."
Pausing at the staircase to look back at all the faces of the guests. His seven elder sisters that were all married with kids, his nephew and niece. Derrick wanted to protest again that he was not a kid and didn't want a birthday party. However, he gulped down his protest as silence fell in the crowded living room.
Approaching his cake that was placed in the center of the living room, Derrick cut the cake, and the guests all beamed happily, clapping for him.
"Happy birthday, brother," his sisters cheered him, and he replied, "Thank you all."
"That's not all, Derrick. Make a wish," His mother urged him again.
"Oh, Mother. I am not a kid," Derrick finally protested, but his mother walked up to meet him as they were all standing in the living room.
"No one said you're a kid, but you're still my baby, so make a wish," His mother pleaded with an assuring smile.
Not wanting to make his mother sad, Derrick wished for a long life, a happy family, and a prosperous business.
"Happy birthday to you again, Master Derrick. We wish you all the best," the guests were equally happy, and the toast continues as the guests resume drinking and chatting happily.
Derrick excused himself from the living room and went back to his bedroom on the top floor of the mansion. Meanwhile, among the maids, Miranda had a crush on the master of the house. She was not the only one crushing on Derrick, but she couldn't get her eyes away from him.
She openly gawked at his handsomeness. "Too handsome for one person." So did Miranda think. She had observed Derrick, he seemed very hardworking. He doesn't have time for women and mostly focuses on his business alone.
He doesn't even have a girlfriend, and Miranda was dripping wet with desire to have Derrick notice her. Well, she as a poor girl and came from the orphanage home. After her years of serving the elite as a maid, Miranda wanted a classic life. She didn't want to return to poverty.
In the Luis family mansion, maids were expected to dress in casual, cheap wear. Well, there was no competition as all the daughters of the Luis family were all married. Including the most immediate elder sister to Derrick, Nicole Luis.
"Come on, Alexa, I want to introduce you to my brother. I fear he might be gay. Why won't he have a girlfriend at this age? Don't you find it weird," Nicole spoke to her friend as she brought Alexa along to her brother's birthday party.
Alexa works as a secretary in Luis Group, a multimillion-dollar firm. And she would admit that she hadn't seen any young lady come to the office to visit Derrick.
"I don't think he's gay. Master Derrick is just too busy to notice any woman," Alexa replied. She wore a red seductive dress. She had arrived at the Luis mansion just after Derrick left the company.
Alexa Godwin was also interested in Derrick. She wanted him as she was just 22 years old. She knows that having a man like Derrick as her husband in the future, she doesn't need to work much or suffer to feed, as his family's wealth is enough to cover all her lifetime expenditure.
"What do you think of Derrick, Alexa? Do you not have a crush on my brother? If your sister hasn't spoken to me about introducing you to Derrick to work as his new secretary after my leave, do you think I only accepted you based on friendship alone. Come now," Nicole grabbed Alexa's hand and led the younger woman to the top floor where there was no guest.
Alexa was nervous. For a year that she had been working as Derrick's personal secretary based on Nicole's influence, she hasn't crossed the limit nor tried to get Derrick's attention. He was aloof and mean, and she feared what he would do to her if she dares to cross the limit.
As Alexa and Nicole excused themselves from the rest of the guests and went upstairs, Miranda was already alert and had heard their conversation. But any conversations having to do with Derrick, Miranda was equally alert.The top floor was off-limits. Derrick hated to be disturbed, and Miranda was well aware of this. But she also wanted to know what Alexa and Nicole were going to do on the top floor.Seeing how elegantly hot Alexa and Nicole looked in their beautiful dresses that swept the floor, Miranda was only jealous and wishing she wasn't a maid. Aside from being a maid, she had managed to gain some college education, but she couldn't resign her contract as a maid yet. Not when she admired the most handsome man on the planet."Ouch! Watch where you're going?" A guest yelled at Miranda for stepping on her toes and also losing her grip as the tray went off from her hands and stained the guest's dress."How dare you, lowly being, stain my white dress? Do you know how much this outfit
As Lady Loretta was dismissing the maids to clear the used plates and empty bottles and to also tidy up the living room after all the guests had left her mansion, she noticed the lady wincing in pain and alighting the staircase with so much difficulty."Melody," Lady Loretta looked shocked upon seeing how Melody looked so disheveled, as if she had been beaten to stupor."What happened to you?" Lady Loretta inquired in shock, while all the maids in the living room also paused to look at Melody and they gasped at the horror they saw the previously arrogant lady now looked."Milady, it was one of the maids. The maid you assigned to show me to the top floor. She dealt with me," Melody managed to speak as her cheeks were visibly swollen."You mean Miranda did this to you? I don't believe it. Miranda is innocent and cannot hurt a fly. Ever since Miranda has been working here with us, she hasn't gotten into a fight with any of the maids that I am aware of. Are you sure you're referring to Mir
After Derrick left his mother's room, he decided to retire back to his own room to rest. The night was chilly and also seemed like it was going to rain soon.Derrick reflected on what his elder sister had said concerning him dating Alexa. He liked Alexa, but he wanted to focus on his father's firm first and to expand it to the other states as well as opening mini branches all over the world.Returning to his room, Derrick noticed the unfamiliar scent that lingered in the air of his bedroom. Switching on the wall switch, his deep blue eyes darkened at the sight of the lady's gown and pants he saw on the tiled marble floor.Not only that, he heard a feminine voice humming inside his bathroom. His room was vast, and he had a study room, a relaxing room, a library where he studied some of his books before he graduated two years ago. He also had a private gym if he did not want to go to the main gym downstairs, which he shared with his sisters.They were all married and had left his mother'
Derrick hadn't thought he would be able to resist Miranda. She was so hot, her hips had awakened something deep in him, and after returning to his bathroom, he wanted to take a bath to relax all his arousal. But then he remembered Miranda had used his bath.Never had he shared his bathroom with anyone before. Now, a maid of lowly status dared to use his bathroom and also his sponge and soap. Derrick felt irritated and wanted to discipline the maid, but how would he report such news to his mother? His mother was already above 70 years old. What if his mother had a heart attack and she fainted as a result of the shock?"No, I cannot let my mother find out about this," Derrick said. He was enraged as his member still throbbed and hurt, needing that round ass to cool it off."Damn it! What kind of temptation is that? I guess I should have that maid fired tomorrow morning. Isn't she the same maid that had dared to beat up Melody to that extent? I see that she's on a mission here, and I will
"Oh!" Miranda rubbed her sleeping eyes as she would have loved to have more wonderful dreams. However, as her big brown eyes fell on the wall clock in her room, Miranda gasped, "Oh my goodness! 10 am."Well, the day was Saturday, but Miranda knew that Lady Loretta mostly picked on her to make her tea and also to attend to her other services.Rushing out from the bed without any other care in this world, Miranda quickly ran out of her maid's room, rushing out before Juliet who shook her head with disgust.Juliet was two years older than Miranda. Juliet was a single mother, but she hid it from the Luis family's knowledge.Juliet had gotten the opportunity to work in the Luis family home after she was kicked out from her parents' home. Her parents were rich, but because Juliet couldn't identify the man who had gotten her pregnant, she fell pregnant out of wedlock, and that was against her parents' standard. She had a one-night stand with a mysterious man, and she knew if she saw the man a
"Derrick, come here. I would like to have a word with you," Lady Loretta said as she called her only son back. She knew that Derrick was not pleased with her actions of pardoning Miranda, however, she liked Miranda a lot, and since Miranda had not wronged her personally, nor done anything wrong to the other maids, she could not just terminate Miranda's employment in her home.More likely, Lady Loretta had other hidden objectives. She could not just disclose her plans yet, as she had taken Miranda away from the orphanage home personally and enrolled the young woman in school.There was a time when Lady Loretta had gone to the orphanage home for one of her leisurely kind-hearted works. There, she saw the beautiful young girl who was not happy and mostly staring at the door.Lady Loretta knew the young girl's wish was to leave the orphanage home and go out to the world beyond and establish herself. She never disclosed to Miranda that she was the woman behind Miranda's freedom. She made th
"Mother, I would like to take a stroll outside to clear my mind on some things," Derrick said as he immediately looked away from Miranda. He saw the pain in her eyes and how she had stared at him accusingly.*What did I do wrong to her?* Derrick wondered as he quickly averted his gaze to the exit door.Miranda quickly informed Lady Loretta, "Ma, I have prepared your tea. Your breakfast is served.""Good. Derrick, come join me for breakfast first before leaving. Miranda woke up late today, and upon her rudeness last night, she decided to have me starve this morning. Forgetting that she had to prepare my tea on time," Lady Loretta commented as she rose from the couch and strolled ahead to the dining table to have her seat.Derrick accompanied his mother, gently pulling out a chair for his mother to take her seat first. He said, "And that's why I told you to terminate her employment here. Anything that causes you pain shouldn't be kept closer to you.""Derrick, I would not like to think t
Even Miranda was taken aback by the new man's words. She just walked into the living room, slowly closing the door behind her back. Miranda didn't want to believe that Alex was as troublesome as Derrick."Oh! That was a rude thing to say, Alex. You should have simply said that you dated Juliet before. I know Juliet Colton is not from a poor home like the rest. She is a classy, bossy girl who also exudes an air of superiority. I did my research about her and heard she had a child out of wedlock, which is the reason her billionaires' parents' sent her away from their mansion.""She was pregnant?" Alex looked stunned, but Juliet was more than embarrassed that her life secret was now public knowledge. She immediately ran away from the living room to hide her shame."Juliet, where are you running off to?" Lady Loretta asked in a low voice. As she called Juliet back, but the latter didn't respond and ran away to her room. To cry it all out.The tension in the living room intensified, and Mi