Ameliah sat down on floor in one of the hallway as she cried silently.
*I missed you guys so much, mom, dad. I miss you* She thought with her head on her knees as she sobbed.
Stephen walked up to her and stared at her for a while, whatever madam Louise had said to her must have hurt her really bad. He sighed loudly, walked and stood in front of her. He then squatted in front of her and tapped her shoulder.
She looked up startled and stared at Stephen’s face with red teary eyes.
“Hey, would you stop crying already?” Stephen said as they stared at each other.
“What if i don’t want to stop crying, will you fire me?” She asked still crying.
“No, I won’t fire you. But you look super ugly when you cry.” Stephen said.
“Does that mean I am beautiful?” She asked.
“Nope” He replied.
“Then you mean to say I am ugly” Ameliah said as she began crying again.
Stephen sighed frustratedly and tuff his hair.
“Okay fine, you’re beautiful. So stop crying, you’re ugly when you cry” Stephen said reluctantly.
She stopped crying and smiled at him which made his heart race. Weird.
He brought his hands to her face and wiped off the tears. Ameliah froze as his hands made contacts with her face. She just stared at Stephen.
“Hey, back to earth. I know I’m breathtaking but you shouldn’t exaggerate” Stephen said, snapping his fingers, with a smirk on his lips.
“You wish you were” Ameliah said and scoffed loudly. She gasped as she realized what she just said.
“I’m sorry, Master” She immediately said with her gaze down.
Stephen sat down beside her.
“So what has she done for you to tear up like that” Stephen asked.
“Oh! She slapped me, I don’t want to put blames on her, I deserve it anyway. I broke one of your vase with my clumsiness. But what hurt me particularly was the fact that she abused me verbally telling me that I’m foolish and that my parents abandoned me.” She said as she tried to hold back her tears.
“Don’t cry again, I’ll help you.” Stephen said, equally surprised with his words.
“Oh no, no need. I don’t want to get madam Louise into trouble.” she insisted.
He then noticed a cut on her cheek. He touched it.
“How did you get this?” Stephen said.
“I got it from one of the pieces of the vase” She said.
“Come let’s get that treated, you might get an infection on that.” Stephen said and stood up then gave his hand for her to take.
“Um, no need…I’ll get that treated on my own.” She said with a smile.
Stephen exhaled loudly then grabbed her hand and pulled her up. She crashed on his chest. She placed her hand on his chest as she stared at him. She noticed she was very short when standing close to him.
They could both feel the electric wave that was coursing through their bodies but they were frozen.
“Um, sorry” Ameliah said and pulled away from him.
Stephen stared at his hands and looked back at Ameliah.
“Have I met you before?” Stephen asked.
“I don’t know” She replied.
He shrugged the feeling away but the thought still remained at the back of his mind.
Stephen walked to his room and Ameliah followed behind. He opened the door for her to enter, something he has never done before. She entered and he followed behind, closing the door behind him.
“Have a seat” He said and entered the bathroom. He came out shortly with the first aid box.
He sat down in front of her and then dabbed the cotton on her cheek. She winced slightly. He then blew air on the bruised area in order to soothe the pain.
Ameliah’s heart kept beating fast at the closeness of their faces. She just stood still and stared at him. She blushed lightly when he blew air on her face.
“All done” Stephen said and stood up to go and keep the first aid box. He smiled as he entered his bathroom. He had being listening to her heartbeat all along, and was pleased at what he noticed.
“Didn’t know I had so much effort on her” He mumbled to no one in particular.
He then walked out of the bathroom back to her.
“Don’t worry about cleaning the kitchen and all the likes. From now on you’ll be in charge of my personal needs. You’ll be my personal maid.” He said and walked out of the room leaving a dumbstruck Ameliah.
He walked towards the living room and met Jessica pacing to and fro while madam Louise was just standing there biting her fingernails.
He walked fully into the living room and all eyes turned to him
“Babe!!” Jessica exclaimed, then ran and kissed him. He kissed her back unwillingly, and pulled away shortly.
“I missed you babe,” Jessica said with a smile.
“Me too” He replied and faked a smile.
Stephen turned to madam Louise
“From now on the new girl will be my personal maid” he said.
She nodded and walked away briskly.
He turned to face Jessica again.
“So what did your father said about the threat Cassius sent?” he asked.
“Good news, dad said he succeeded in tracking the location of Cassius” Jessica said beaming with smiles.
Stephen smiled and said, “That’s indeed a good news. We’ll attack in three days, I need you to train harder, Jessie” Stephen said
“Sure cupcake” She smiled and hugged him.
“Excuse me” Ameliah said coming into the living room with her head down.
They disengaged from the hug and looked at her.
“Um master, your lunch is ready” She said.
Jessica faked a smile and said, "Hope you’re feeling better now?”
“Yes ma'am. Thank you for defending me” Ameliah said in sincere gratitude.
“It’s nothing. I’m Jessica by the way, Stephen’s girlfriend.” Jessica said and pecked Stephen on the lips.
Ameliah felt as if her heart was stabbed. She looked down and faked a smile.
“Nice to meet you Miss Jessica. I’m Ameliah” She said.
“I have a friend too, her name is Ameliah." Jessica said. "We used to play around when we were kids and also we loved eating corn” she added, reminiscing.
Ameliah immediately looked up at her with a shocked expression.
“Gigi?” Ameliah said inquiringly.
Jessica looked shocked too.
“Ameliah?” She said with a surprised smile on her face.
On recognising each other, they immediately hugged each other tightly with a smile on their faces. After some minutes they both disengaged from the hug.
“How have you been Amie, I thought I lost you” Jessica said.
“No, not at all a man saved me from the vampires” Ameliah replied.
Jessica’s eyes widened, she realised that Ameliah now knows that the vampires exist.
“Are you sure it was a vampire?” Jessica asked, pretending to be ignorant.
“Yes, they killed my parents. I hate vampires with all my life, I hate them!” Ameliah spat out in anger.
“I’m sorry Amie dear” Jessica replied in sympathy.
Meanwhile Stephen stood there staring at them, he was completely lost in their whole discussion.
*Ameliah hates vampires, she knows Jessica?* Stephen thought.
The two girls discussed for some time before it was time for Jessica to leave. She said her goodbyes and drove away.
Stephen closed back the door and looked at Ameliah.
“You know her?” Stephen asked.
“Yes master, we grew up together. She’s one of my best friends.” Ameliah replied with a smiled…
“And you said you hate vampires, right?” Stephen asked.
She nodded and he felt his heart sunk down.
*Why do I feel like this?* he thought.
“I’ll take my leave now master” She bowed and walked away heading to her room.
Immediately she entered her room, she sighed loudly. She was really happy to find out that Jessica also survived but she couldn't help but feel a little bit jealous of her friend.
“Is it love?” She said to no one in particular.
She shook her head…
“No it can’t be love, let’s just say it's a crush” She said and nodded.
Her face dulled down again.
“But how can I be crushing on the boyfriend of my best friend” She said and fell on the bed then buried her face in the pillow.
Next morningThe rays of sunlight that penetrated from the window shone in Ameliah’s eyes which caused her to wake up. She rose up from bed and yawned loudly while stretching her arms.“Oh no, I’m late again for his breakfast” She exclaimed and dashed into her small sized bathroom.She did her business and ran to her wardrobe. Then she wore her uniform and took her hairpin. She ran out of her room while doing her hair. She ran to his room and knocked lightly.“Come in” Stephen said from inside.She slightly opened the door and walked in.“Good morning master” Ameliah said with a deep bow.“Morning” He replied climbing down from his bed. He glanced ather and said, “No need to prepare a breakfast for me, I am not hungry. I just need you to do some cleaning in this room” He said as he removed his shirt and made to remove his pants…
Stephen removed his clothes from the wardrobe and wore it. He was wearing a combination of black- A black jeans , with a black T-shirt and a black jacket coupled with a pair of black boots. The operation was to begin at midnight so he had to get ready before then.After he finished wearing his clothes, he decided to go check up on Ameliah before leaving; who knows maybe it’s the last time that he’ll see her.A maid guided him to her room on his request, and he walked there, he knocked on the door…“I’m coming!!!” She called out from far inside.After some while, she opened the door and he gasped as he exhaled loudly. She was just coming out from bath and had only a towel wrapped round her body with her hair tied up in a bun. Her hair was wet which made some of the strands to stick on her face making her look so hot.Stephen shook his head and composed himself back again. He suddenly became angry, what if it was
Stephen appeared in his room, then he stripped and went to take a long shower..After his shower, he settled in some black pants as usual with no shirts on and he walked and sat down on his bed with his eyes closed trying to calm down his nerves…***Ameliah kept the book she bought in her drawer and she wore back her uniform before walking out of her room, heading to Stephen’s room to do the cleaning…She opened the door and walked in before putting on the lights and she gasped as she saw Stephen sitting on his bed with his eyes closed… It looks like something big happened because he wasn’t in his good mood.Her gaze traveled to his body. His abs, his chest his muscular jawline, his neck…everything in him screams perfection… Her gaze landed on his face and she gasped as she saw the bruises on his face. She dropped her cleaning utensils and walked towards him and stood in front of him.
Cassius walked out of his room heading to the room where he meets all his goons. Immediately he stepped foot in the room, all his followers bowed in unison before him…“Good day Lord Cassius” They all said in unison..He ignored them and with a heavy expression he walked and sat down on his chair…“Any news about the two main target?” He asked as one of the maid walked and served him a glass of blood…“No Master, we have searched everywhere and they are nowhere to be found” One of the men said…He smirked and drank from the glass..“I see… they’re playing hard to get, huh?. I’ll use another method to fish them out.”Cassius said.“Master if we may ask, what’s our purpose for doing all these. I mean, you’re already more powerful than them.”He chuckled dryly and placed his glass down then stood up…
Stephen stood where Ameliah left him, he was shocked to the bone…“Did she just said all that to me?” He asked to no one in particular…He turned and looked at her and then smiled. No one has ever rejected him, this girl gat some nerves.*I guess I know what I have to do* He thought and not long after, a maid walked up to him…“Master, Miss Jessica is here. She said it’s urgent” The maid said and walked away…He sighed and pinched his forehead, then he walked in the house heading to the living room…Immediately he stepped foot into the living room, Jessica walked up to him with an angry expression…“What were you doing in Ameliah’s room?” She asked.He sighed and kept quiet. She held his shoulder and shookhim…“What were you doing in her room, tell me” Jessica yelled angrily…Stephen removed
He smiled sadly and teleported back to the mansion. As he arrived the mansion, he saw Chloe staring at him in surprise…“Chloe?” Stephen said…“Yes master” She replied still staring at him…“I need you to bring Ameliah back to the mansion. She’s at a dark alley, beside the only tall building there.” He said with in a sad tone…“Alright Master” Chloe replied and vanished into thin air…As she disappeared he walked to his room to take a bath in order to clean all the blood stains on him…*Chloe appeared at the market and her eyes scanned through the market and she spotted the tall building. She walked to where Stephen indicated and saw Ameliah sitting on the floor half naked with a paralyzed expression…*No wonder my Master came back with blood all over his shirt* She thought as she watched Ameliah’s expression…
Alberto began trembling in fear as he saw he had fangs.“Please don’t harm me. What kind of beast are you?” He said in fear“Oh I won’t harm you, if you collaborate with me” Cassius said with an evil smile playing on his lips…“I’ll do whatever you want, please don’t hurt me” He pleaded…“Good, that’s what I wanted from the start. Why do you always love to make things more complicated for you. Anyways I want you to vote for me as the new president. With your status I’m sure it will be a piece of cake to convince the citizens. Am I being clear?” Cassius said calmly…“Yes sir” He replied..“Good, have a nice day Mr. Alberto” Cassius said and walked out of his office.He smile charmingly at the secretary and went his way…________________After some moments they broke the hug
Cassius glanced at her with a boring expression.“Who are you and what do you want from me?” Cassius asked.“My name is Jody and I’m a werewolf. I want to be part of your team” Jessica said…*I can’t let him know I’m the chosen werewolf, he’ll kill me ifhe finds out* Jessica thought…“And what makes you think that you’re fit to be in my team?” Cassius asked, looking at her like she’s some sort of insect…“I can beat your pathetic men all by myself” Jessica said…Paolo on the other hand was staring at her in a weird way…“Why do I feel like I know her?” Paolo said in a whisper…Cassius lifted his hand and two vampires and a werewolf entered…“I want to see you deal with them” Cassius said…Jessica folded her fist ready to fight, one of the vampir