Embrace Of The Lucifer novel Chapter 29

August.

I gasped loudly. The photo fell from my hand on the floor. Master Nathan was staring at me with an annoyed and angry look.

“What the fuck are you doing here, maid?” He asked again. This time louder than before.

“I-I was j-just..” He did not let me finish and said. “How dare you touch Lucifer’s belongings! If he finds out about this you will be out of this house immediately if he doesn’t kill you first!” He roared at me and took long strides towards me, making me go back. Picking up the photo from the floor, he put it back on where it was before and glared at me. I looked down without saying anything.

“If you ever touch a single thing here, you will regret it. Do you understand that?” I nodded my head swiftly and walked past him muttering sorry.

I immediately left the room, my heart was beating fast. He did not even let me explain and lashed out at me... but I was grateful it was not Master Lucifer. I was sure he would’ve punished me and that was the last thing I wanted. I proceeded towards where the other maids were. It was almost lunchtime, so all of them were in their stationed positions. I found an empty chair and sat on it. I was told that we would always eat our food in a medium-sized common room. It had a little table and a few chairs. I thought it was enough for us. I missed Martha and Venessa...I wished I could see them again...

I was thankful for exchanging numbers with Venessa. At least I could text her anytime I wanted. I decided to text her once I was free from my chores. One of the maids served our food on the table. The aroma made me even more famished. Yuna had cooked udon noodles for us. That was the name everyone was calling the food by. I had never heard of it. I did not even remember the last time I ate Chinese food.

She served me the bowl full of noodles and handed me a couple of chopsticks. I didn’t know how to use them but I was too embarrassed to tell her that, so I looked at the other girls and tried to copy them. Only to fail miserably and end up embarrassing myself.

“It’s okay August, you can use a fork!” Isabella smiled and handed me the fork. I simply thanked her and started to eat my lunch. The girls there were really friendly unlike Mr. Knight’s house, only Venessa and Martha were nice to me. But here, I could say that they all were my friends, except for the other girl Ruby. She was not bad to me or the others, but never really talked to me.

Once we were done, we picked up our dishes and washed them. Ela did not eat with us, unlike Martha. Ela was very different than Martha.

However, we were back to our working stations again. It was such a big house but compared to Mr. Knight’s house there was not a lot to do by 3 pm.

“Okay girls. Hear me out!” Ela yelled to get our attention. We all looked at her.

“Master is coming home early today, maybe he’ll be here in an hour. I want to know if anyone has cleaned his room properly.” She asked.

“Yes, miss Ela. Isabella did it.” Alexa said. Ela nodded her head.

“Good, now don’t bother him when he comes home. Do the other chores and don’t go near his bedroom or study room. He wants to rest and there shall be no disturbance. So, whatever you all do, do it quietly. Now get back to your work.” We shook our heads in agreement and were leaving for our chores. I was happy that I did not have to face him...

“August and Ruby. Stay with me.” I frowned slightly but stayed along with Ruby. The other maids had left already.

She stared at us emotionless and said. “I apologize for stopping you two. But, there should be someone who will do Master’s work when he gets home. So, I want you two to be here when he gets home. Understood?” I wanted nothing but to run away right now. The more I wanted to stay away from him, the more my fate brought me back to him. We nodded our heads anyway. Ruby looked like she did not have any problems.

30 minutes had passed and there was no sign of master. I was praying that he would cancel his visit or come late at night. We didn’t have anything to do at that time, but I was feeling anxious and nervous. Ruby was busy with her phone, did not even spare a glance at me. I sighed and thought to call Venessa and talk to her for some time. I was missing her a lot.

My phone was in my room, I was confused whether I should inform her or just leave without telling.

“Um...R-Ruby..” I called out her name. She stopped what she was doing and looked at me, raising an eyebrow.

“I-I’m going to my room, I’ll be back soon I promise,” I told her. She nodded her head. “Don’t be late.” She said and her attention was again on her phone.

I sighed and left for my room. I went in and grabbed my phone before coming back to where I was. Ruby was sitting on the chair that was in the kitchen. She didn’t care about what I was doing.

I opened my phone and called Venessa. She received the call after a few rings.

“Hey, August!” I smiled. “Hey, Venessa. How are you?” I asked her politely.

“I’m fine girl, how are you? How are things over there? I missed you! I was so worried about you, I wanted to call but I thought I’d get you in trouble.”

“Oh no, you wouldn’t get me in trouble. I missed you too. How’s everyone there and how’s Martha?” I asked her.

“Martha is good and everything was fine here until....” I frowned and asked. “Until what?”

She inhaled deeply. “Until Master and his dad fought just a while ago. The atmosphere is not so good here right now. Even Mrs. Knight is very upset.” I felt bad for Mrs. Knight. She seemed like a nice lady, seeing her husband and son fighting must’ve been hard for her.

“Why did they fight?” I asked. “I don’t know August. We just heard them shouting at each other. After that Master left the house, I think he is going back to his house”

“Y-Yes we we-were informed.”

Oh god! He left in a bad mood... I really hope he won’t take out his anger on us...

I gulped. I didn’t want to face that.

“Okay, August I should go now. Martha is calling me. See you, hun.”