Caught

"Hey man, where are you? Are you not coming to work today?" his friend Mason asked Drake over the phone.

'You are already the most richest man on earth. Even your grandchildren can live comfortably with the money you earned. Now stop running and start searching for a mate Drake' Roland Hamilton's words reverberated in his head.

"Drake, you still there?" Mason asked his friend.

It's so unlike Drake to miss a day of work.

"Ya man, I am here" Drake answered distractedly. 

"Are you not coming today?" Mason repeated his first question.

"No, I am not coming today. Tell my assistant Steve to forward important documents to me and cancel all my meetings" Drake told Mason.

Mason was stunned into silence.

'What happened to him? Dragons usually don't fall I'll. Is it because of his mate?' he thought worriedly.

"Are you alright?" Mason asked with concern.

Drake heard the concern in his friend's voice.

"I am fine Mason, I just don't feel like coming today" Drake replied.

"Is it because of your mate?" Mason asked finally. He is done going in rounds around his friend. It's better to ask direct questions.

Drake remained quiet.

'Don't let anyone force you Drake' his father's words came to his mind.

"Did you find anything about the person who drugged me?" Drake asked dodging his question.

Mason decided to let it go for now.

"No man, the human servant who served you don't remember anything. I read his mind. Someone hypnotized him and wiped away that memory after the work is done. Your stepmother didn't feel the need to install security cameras anywhere. So we are in a dead-end here" Mason replied.

"Whoever gave that to me is a woman. They want to push me into a corner and force me to accept her as my mate" Drake analyzed the situation.

"Lucky for you, their plan didn't work out and you ended up with someone else," Mason said with relief.

"Ya.." Is all Drake said. 

Her voice, her lips, her body, it's all he could ever remember these days.

"Wait, did you notice anyone coming after me when I was leaving the party? Whoever drugged me would always keep an eye on my activities. They will be close to me, to available when even the drug kicks in. That way, I will only sleep with them and not anyone else" Drake analyzed.

"Ya man you are right. Thinking back to that night, I only saw your step-sister Caroline following behind you. At that time, I thought nothing about it" Mason remembered.

Both Mason and Drake came to the same conclusion.

"So.." Mason hesitated.

"Caroline is the culprit" Drake finished for him.

"But you cannot point them out without any proof. Your father might feel bad" Mason pointed out the obvious.

Drakes's fist tightened on the steering wheel.

"My father is the reason I unseen most of their shortcomings. If I could get my hands on anything that proves that, Caroline is the culprit, then this time, I will not leave her. I will teach her a valuable lesson" Drake gritted his teeth.

"Good thing, their plan didn't work out" Mason muttered.

"Ya.." Drake agreed.

In the Hamilton mansion, Nyra is the one who was handed over the duty of cleaning Mr Hamilton's room. As everyone deems him as scary, they prefer to stay as far away from him as possible. But Nyra doesn't mind the work. In a way, it's keeping her busy.

Nyra noticed the grandfather clock hung above Mr Hamilton's door. It's not working.

'Is it's battery dead? Do I need to change it?' She thought.

She dragged a chair and stood on it after closing the room door shut. Nyra was checking the clock and found out that its battery is dead. She changed the battery and is cleaning the clock when someone opened the door from outside.

Nyra lost her balance on the chair and was about to go down with a squeak when a pair of strong arms caught her before she could hit the ground.

Drake was startled when the door got stuck after opening halfway and a girl falling from behind the door.

He caught the girl on instinct. The girl is closing her eyes as if preparing for the impact after hitting the ground. Her skin is flawless and her lips caught his attention.

Bow shaped pink lips are tightly shut in a grimace.

'They look like my mate's lips' he thought in his head.

But immediately discarded that idea.

'What is it with you? You are seeing your mate in every girl you are looking at' he scolded himself.

Nyra slowly opened her eyes when she didn't feel the pain. She saw a pair of dark brown eyes staring at her. Nyra realized to whom that handsome face and cold eyes belong to.

"Mr Hamilton" she whispered in horror.

The girl's horrified whisper bought Drake back from his thoughts and he was greeted by the prettiest eyes he never saw in his life.

The green shade of her eyes is so unique and beautiful, he never saw such a green shade before. Eyes paired with long black lashed gave her an innocent aura.

For some reason, Drake's protective instinct rose to the surface.

 'What are you doing Drake? You have a mate' He scolded himself and immediately let the girl go.

"I am so sorry Mr Hamilton, I don't know you would come back so soon. I am..." Drake stopped the girls panicked rambling with a glare.

"I need coffee" Drake ordered in a cold and sharp tone.

"Okay" Nyra replied softly and left the room immediately, but as soon as she took a couple of steps outside, she forgot about the chair which is still in the way.

She peeked inside and slowly moved the chair to its original position and left before he could see her.

Emma looked at Nyra, who looked flustered. 

"What happened?" Emma asked Nyra. 

For some reason, Nyra decided not to share whatever happened in that room with anyone.

"Nothing, Mr Hamilton came back," she said instead and started preparing his coffee.

Nyra is scared to go to his room again. But no one is ready to replace her. So she took a huge breath and went inside the room to give him his coffee. 

Nyra saw Mr Hamilton sitting in the balcony, and working on his laptop.

She silently approached him and soft said.

"Sir, your coffee" Drake, who is looking at the files on his laptop snapped his head to take the coffee, but accidentally looked at Nyra's face.

"You, where is the maid who brings my coffee every day" Drake snapped at her.

Nyra looked at him with wide eyes. 

'How can I tell this beast of a man that it's me' she thought worriedly.

"Are you dumb? Can't you hear? I am asking you something" Drake glared at the clumsy maid.

"It's me sir" Nyra whispered.

She doesn't want to anger him more than she already did.

Drake thought that he heard her say something like 'it's me'. How can this clumsy girl be the refined maid who usually serves him? He thought with ridicule.

"What?" he asked again.

Nyra is losing her patients. If it's not because of that stupid dragon tattoo, she doesn't have to work in here as a maid. She is rich in her own right.

"I said it's me, sir. I am the one who prepares your food, clean your room and serve your coffee " Nyra snapped.

Drake was surprised by her answer. He is more surprised with the tone she answered him.

"How dare you?" he threatened Nyra.

Nyra realized her mistake and tried to cover it up.

"You didn't hear me the first time. So I just said it louder the second time" Nyra said in a timid innocent tone.

Drake is not easily fooled by her explanation. If it's not for her coffee, he would have fired her already. But he still can make her regret her words, he thought smugly.

"So, you are the one who takes care of my things?" he asked lazily.

Something in his tone made Nyra feel suspicious of him.

'What is he up to?' She thought worriedly.

"Yes sir" either way she answered him timidly.

"Hmm, then take all my suits and iron them one by one" he instructed her.

Nyra"  "

She stood there speechless. His closet is the size of her room. He has so many suits. How can I iron them all? She thought in horror.

"Hurry up, I need them by today evening," he said deliberately making her hurry.

Nyra immediately swings back to action.