Chasing Emperor's Heart (COMPLETE)

Chapter 13 Become his maid

Chapter 13: Become his maid

Areshia Ashley Mondragon POV:

I made myself in the room. I closed it so no one will enter my room. I couldn't forget what Bash did, he killed Lorraine and even the two ladies. He betrayed me! This is not what I want to know from him. He's not ordinary beast. But even if I know all about it, I still can't help falling in love with him. I hate my heart to feel this way.

And now as I sat to my room for almost two days I couldn't help to be helpless. Why do I have this kind heart? I know he's a monster but,

Suddenly someone knock my door that made me flinch a little. I don't want to open the door, I wanted to be alone but the door keeps bugging me and I hate when it becomes louder. I have no choice but to go straight to the door not minding what would I looked like. My dress seems unpleasant; my hair is very messy that it seems I forgot to take a bath. My eyes are swollen from crying; I couldn't help it. But it was too late for me to fix myself. I open the door and to my shock Bash is standing in my door leaning his right hand to it. When he looked at me, I know something in his eyes shut me from swallowing my saliva in my mouth. I couldn't move and I know my heart is pounding so fast. Very fast.

He invites his self in. He closes it without hearing my disapproval. His silent and I'm also.

"I see, you're not still ready."

I didn't know what he meant. Oh! I forgot the gala! His here to remind me about his coming engagement three days from now. Unfortunately, that woman is not me. It is a sad part of our story. Two days ago, he withdraws his engagement to me and vow to marry Mena Brena Vista. I don't even know why? But here I am, not going to disagree to their plans.

"What are you doing here?" I manage to ask him averting my eyes to the other side of the wall.

"Nothing, I just want to make sure that everything is OK for my upcoming engagement. But as I expected your still not ready. Do you want me to assess you?" He looked at me in a hot gaze that me personally could melt if I stared longer in those blue tempting eyes.

What?! I wasn't expecting what he did after, he unbuttons his shirt and throw it carelessly to the floor.

"What are you doing?" I said hysterically. I step backward hoping it could help me if something crazy going on in his mind. If he hurt me maybe? Maybe I could be able to run.

"What I am doing?" He said desperately.

"Tell me that you love me Areshia and I'll stop everything if you say those words."

I wanted to say those three magical words but my fear is subsiding me. I want to hug him but I couldn't. I'm confused right now and my heart wouldn't listen to what my brain is trying to say. I have so many doubts and worries to take care off. I'm still silent. I couldn't answer his question properly. All I said ahmm or looked at him with questions in my eyes.

"I guess silent means no." He said in defeat. He walks to my door and leave me just like that?! And me, I stood there trying to contemplate what just happened. I couldn't understand what kind of man he is? He surprised me about everything. And it didn't help me that he's always changing his decision all the time.

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"Since you are no longer a fiancée, I can do whatever I like." Mina said pointing her point finger to my direction. Being kind as I am, I couldn't look at her straight in the eyes.

"What do you mean?" I said not comprehending what she said.

"I want you to stay at the maid's quarter as soon as possible, do you hear me! No objections, because I don't want to hear your useless voice Areshia."

"Tell me, why do you hate me so much? When I didn't do anything to make you mad? I tried to forget everything you've done to me but you have a black heart Mina."

"You want to know why I hate you? Simply because of your kindness. Your kindness made me hate you!" She said while motioning the other maids to assess me in their quarter. The maids hurriedly drag me but I stopped them.

"Did Bash knew about this? I said hoping that Bash didn't know about this.

"Yes, in fact his the one suggesting this."

I end up with a broken heart. I was so broken knowing that Bash wants me to be a maid in this darkness of his castle. He really wanted to make me suffer more, not giving up my own freedom.

"You don't need to drag me. I can do it without others assistance."

"OK, because the dining hall is waiting for you. There's so much to prepare for my upcoming engagement. I want to make it perfect because this is my time. My time to be the empress..." She said while exiting to my room and close the door with so much force.

What should I do? Everything is messed up. I couldn't save my family nor marry the person who's the reasoned of my sufferings. I blurted sorry as if those words would reach to my suffering family. But it didn't really help me at all. It kills me inside knowing that I can't do anything to help them. I'm such a coward; can't even express my own feelings, always hiding my true emotions using my warm smile.

I started packing my things and put it to my bag. I only get the important belongings I have especially those things protected my true identity. I was lucky that up until now no one knew about it. But soon, they will.

I'm busy preparing everything but something fell to the ground that catches my attention. Then I saw the magic spell book, I almost forgot about this book. But this book always reminds me not to leave it there. Its like a big responsibility that I need to take seriously.

"What took you so long?" The head maids bark at me.

"I'm coming." I said while slowly put the book inside my bag and followed the head maids to their quarter. My new room!

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All the girls stare at my direction and mock me with their malicious eyes. They were laughing but honestly, it doesn't concern me if they are. I'm really busy cleaning the whole day, helping the other maids fixing the dining hall for the engagement. I smiled when the room is filled of wonderful flowers and it made me smile when the sweet fragrance reach to my nose. Good thing that the sun is shining today and lots of flowers rising for this event. The maids approved to my decision that we should put different flowers in the dining hall. Different flowers displayed in four corners of the palace. I was so busy arranging everything when someone crash the flowers that I hold in my hands. It was the ladies. They are grinning ear to ear trying to destroy the things that I've done. But I wouldn't let them continue their doings! Suddenly, I burst a spell that would make them trap in the rose. Those roses are full of thorns surrounding every inch of their bodies. And they can't go away with it. I smiled slightly not giving them a chance to be free. I continued what I'm doing and never minding the ladies crack voice. I made sure no one knows about it.

Oh my God! What happened to me?! This is not me! I don't do revenge. But then why I let my anger replaced everything in me? I should never do revenge, for revenge is not helping me but it just destroying my present and even my future. I tried to reasoned myself. And so I released them without saying a word. Their looking at me but they can't accuse me for they have no evidence that I did it. I walk silently and I'm praying that the girls wouldn't follow me. This is torture. I couldn't carelessly use my magic, but obviously I did! Simply because I was so afraid. Bash hate magic and I know especially the reasons why? It is for his own good!

I need to be hurry I have so many things to do. For the whole three days, I cleaned everything and arranged everything. The maids accompanied me for that. And for the whole three days I didn't see Bash roaming around the palace. Which is good, because I don't want to see him either. I was mad at him for giving me this rotten life! And I wasn't expecting that he turned me as his slave!

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