Ethereal Pleasure | Venable vs Winters

Chapter 18 | Got That Sunshine In My Pocket

Morning came and you deliberately lift your eyelids as you wake from your sleep.

You sit up and breathe in deeply before letting it out as an audible sigh. After that moment of composing yourself, you jump out of your bed then drag yourself to the bathroom to do your business.

Later on, you put on a silk robe that you obtain from the drawer of the walk-in closet. As you're about to go out, your eyes catch the time and it's almost eight.

Your feet march out of the room to head to the dining room. The room is empty, with no maids, no food, no sign of anything.

"Someone's early."

The striking sounds of your mistress's cane absorb by your hearing, which makes you turn around to see her approaching you closer. "How was your rest?" She's beaming a gentle smile as she queries your sleep.

"It was great, lengthy actually." Replying to her question and softly chuckling as you wake up in a good mood. The two of you take your seats and the maids serve the morning meal.

You put two waffles on your plate and cover them with maple syrup before you chow down and begin to eat.

Wilhemina clears her throat after taking a drink of her water "You must be forgetting about something." Which makes your eyebrow raise and your attention pulls towards her while you're chewing your food.

Taking your time on breaking down the content in your mouth before swallowing it and before you speak "I got here at three but you were not here yet and I sleep because I was so tired, so what's the problem?" You grab the glass of water and consume half of its volume.

Her hand lifts the cup and takes a sip of her hot tea. "There's no problem about sleeping. My point is don't lock your door unless you want me to remove it."

Your brows are now pulled together, thinking that her opinion is ridiculous. "What? What's wrong with that? You can't take away my privacy." You try your best not to raise your tone or it might upset your mistress.

Her dark orbs darted at you, alerting you that she's not getting amused by you talking back at her. It made you worry about your next step as you plan not to have another problem with her. "Alright, I'm sorry." Sighing in failure and tipping your head down while you apologize for your action "I'm not going to lock my door again, Miss Venable." Trying to sound sincere as possible to please and reduce her temper.

She uses the napkin to clean up her mouth after she finishes with her meal. "I'll be heading now, I'll be back in the afternoon." The dining chair moves backward as she rises from her seat. "If you need something, let the servants know."

You slightly angle your head in her direction as you continue to eat your breakfast. "Okay, thanks." Your side lips form a forced smile then she disappears from the room.

Minutes of waiting for her to finally leave, you finish your coffee before heading back to your room to take a bath.

You lay down on your bed as you have nothing else to do given that the exam week is done and you're just waiting for the result. Whenever you're at Wilhemina's place, you tend to get bored because you can't go out and you can't attend to work.

Now you're checking emails, notifications, and text messages then your eyes run over to you and your professor's last conversation.

Your lips extend to shape a blissful smile as yesterday's event flashes into your head,  thinking how much you like to be around her. You've never been friends with anyone older than you nor have any type of relationship with women mature than you.

So your brain cells are battling about having connections with Lana and Wilhemina, you're thinking that it's not weird at all due to the fact that you're friends with Mrs. Tyler. You also believe that it doesn't count since she's your best friend's mother. Now you're feeling unusual about your friendship with Lana and your ownership with Wilhemina.