CHAPTER FOUR

Ameliah walked endlessly till her feet began aching. She sat down tiredly on a bench and held her face in her hands. No one has a fucking job to offer me? She thought as she ran her hands in her long black hairs. Suddenly a car passed by her and splashed water all over her body. The driver immediately stopped, opened the door and came out of it.

"Hey, are you blind?!" Amelia blasted angrily. "You splashed water all over my body." She said fuming in anger as she glared at the man.

"And so?" The man said with a cold expression.

Ameliah gasped at the bold statement, then she began yelling at the top of her voice.

"You splashed water all over me and you dare come out of your ugly car and showvme your ugly face just to say 'and so'?" She said while mimicking his voice at the end.

Stephen exhaled loudly

"Stop barking and go and find yourself a job rather than standing here and polluting the eyes of passers-by." Stephen said with his hands in his pocket.

"How dare you!" She said and raised her hands to slap him but he caught it midway and glared at her while adding pressure on his hold of her arm.

"Never you dare try and raise your filthy hands on me again" he warned sternly. "And also, the next time l cross path with you, trust me, you'll regret it!" Stephen said and threw her arms.

She held her bruised arm wincing in pain as she watched Stephen get into his car and drove away.

1 hate you!"'Ameliah shouted at the fast speeding car, drawing the attention of people passing by.

She picked her bag and walked away, stomping her feet in frustration. She stopped when she saw a poster on the wall. She smiled happily as the poster was advertising for the post of a maid in a mansion.

She hurriedly copied the address on the poster, and immediately boarded a cab which drove her to the mansion. She then paid the taxi driver and stared at the mansion in amazement.

"So huge and beautiful" She whispered.

She then rang the bell and not long after, the door opened and a woman, probably in her early forties, came out.

"Good day ma'am, I am looking for a job and I saw a poster saying you needed a maid here. That's why I'm here." She said with a smile

The woman eyed her from head to toe like she was some insect before she said, "Follow me".

Ameliah smiled happily and followed her She continued staring at the beauty of the house.

"Here's your room." The woman said with a scoff. "Your uniform will be given to you very soon. While waiting, you have to master all these rules."She said while giving her a piece of paper.

Ameliah gasped as she saw the never ending list. She looked back at the woman and nodded.

"One more thing, I don't tolerate tardiness and laziness." She said and left before Ameliah could even say a word.

Ameliah closed and stared at the room. It was smaller than the room she had back in the orphanage home, but at least she had a place to sleep. There was a bed, a wardrobe and a table with a chair. She opened her bag and began fixing her dresses in the wardrobe. When she was done, she sat down on her bed and started going through the list. She read them out loud to herself.

*Lateness is not tolerated.

*All the maids here are expect to pack their hair in a bun.

*They master does not like spicy food, so no spicy food in the house

*Never interrupt the master when he's talking...NEVER

Her brows raised higher and higher as she continued to read the list. A knock interrupted her reading session. She stood up and attended to the person knocking. It was one of the maids.

"Madam Louise asked me to hand you these uniform, and she said you should wear it and come to the kitchen in ten minutes or else you're fired" the maid said, handed the uniform to her and left.

She took the uniform and quickly stripped to wear it.

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"Babe, who is that girl you were talking to?"Jessica asked, already getting jealous.

"I don't really know her, just wanted to check if the the car tyre was bad and I came face to face with her" Stephen said as he parked his car.

Jessica smiled hearing what he said. He got out of the car and Jessica did too, they began walking to Jessica's house.

"So,why does your father want to see me?" Stephen asked as he walked to the entrance.

"1 don't know" Jessica said, with a smile which Stephen failed to notice.

They both entered the house and he was shown where to sit, he sat down and not long after, Jessica's father walked in..

"Greetings Stephen" He said.

Stephen simply nodded with his hands in his pocket.

"What do you want Mr Warburton?" He asked.

Jessica dad smiled and said, "Oh I see you're in a hurry. The reason why i called you here is because... you know that the werewolf and vampires are in a little war right now. So I want us to sign a treaty of peace" He said.

"Sounds fine by me, where's the treaty so that I can sign?" Stephen asked.

Jessica's father chuckled and said, "You always crack me up, you know. The treaty is my beautiful daughter here, Jessica."

Stephen Iooked at Jessica and back at her father.

"What do you mean by that?"

"What I mean to say is,i want you to marry my daughter as a symbol showing that the werewolves and vampires are okay living together" Mr Warburton finally let out.

Stephen stayed quiet feeling reluctant to agree or even utter a word.

"Imagine, the most powerful vampire and the most powerful werewolf getting married and at they end they'll give birth to very powerful offsprings" Mr Warburton said as he held Stephen's shoulder.

"I'll think about that" Stephen said as he stylishly removed his hands."I'll take my leave now" He said as he marched to the entrance..

Jessica held his hand trying to stop him from going.

"Why don't you sleep over. I miss your touches, you know"she whispered seductively in his ears.

"I'm not in the mood" Stephen said then pecked her on the lips before entering his car and drove off.

He arrived at his mansion and parked his car then he came out of the car and walked to the entrance of his house. He entered and as usual the maids bowed in greetings to him but he didn't even spare them a glance.

He walled to his room and took a quick shower in order to calm his nerves down. He hit his hand angrily on the wall causing a crack to appear on the wall.

'That old man is indirectly threatening me', He thought.

He sighed frustratedly, and looked at his knuckles. It was already bleeding, he walked out of the bathroom and wore his pants. The bleeding has stopped now but the bruise is still there. He walked out of the room and walked to the kitchen. He entered the kitchen and a maid was chopping some vegetables. He served himself some blood in a glass and walked out of the kitchen.

Ameliah sensed some one was in the,kitchen and she turned to see who it was,but she saw no one. She shrugged and continued chopping the vegetables.

Stephen walked back to his room and put on the TV, immediately a news popped on. The news said that there has being a massive killing in a village not far from his current location, and the reason for the killing was yet to be known.

He quickly switched off the television and threw the remote controller away. No one needs to tell him that it was Cassius who committed the terrible act. Cassius won't stop until he gets his hands on him and Jessica. Luckily, Stephen posseses another ability- he can mask his scent so that no one could smell or recognize him.

"Why is he so obsessed in finding me?" Stephen said to no one in particular.

He gulped down the remaining blood and walked back to the kitchen. He hates having maids serve him, he prefers doing it himself. He made to enter the kitchen but suddenly someone bumped into him and the clothes the person was carrying all flew in the air, and scattered on the floor.

He held the waist of the person out of reflex and he noticed that the person seemed to have tiny waist and wonderful curves. He removed the clothes that fell on the person's face and his eyes narrowed as he saw who it was.

You again?" Stephen said.

Ameliah gasped as she saw who caught her. Her mind drifted to what he said to her earlier: 'Next time we cross path you'll regret it' 

Suddenly,Madam Louise walked to them and dragged her.

"Sorry master, she's a new maid and she needs time to adjust. This won't happen again" Louise said.

Ameliah eyes widened in shock..He's the master of this house?.. Oh no! she tried to slap him earlier.She's doomed!!

Madam dragged her out of the house.

"I told you to not anger the master, right?" Louise said while pacing back and forth..

"'I'm sorry madam, I didn't see him coming. The clothes I had were obscuring me" Ameliah said with her head down..

"No sorry, you'll be punished for your act" madam Louise countered.

She dragged her and made her stand in front of a pile of clothes..

"You're gonna wash all this. Hurry up, it's gonna rain very soon." She said and walked away..

Ameliah looked back at the pile of clothes and sighed. She rolled up her sleeved and sat down then began washing the clothes.

"Stupid clumsiness" Ameliah mumbled to herself while washing the clothes..