CHAPTER 8: BAD PREMONITION

****CRYSTAL'S POV***

I stood there, dumbfounded as I watched Xavier leave my room. I felt like everything was a dream, a long dream that took too long for me to comprehend. 

My body felt hot, my heart raced ridiculously, and my mind was chaotic. What just happened? 

Lowering my head to look at my hard nipples, I finally believed I had lost my mind. Something was strongly wrong with me, and I might need medication!

Xavier touched me... He could have fucked me right there and I didn't even bother to push him back. This thought alone was enough to make me understand how ill I was. 

I slapped my cheeks roughly, tears staining the corners of my eyes as I paced around the room. I needed to calm down. 

I needed to stop thinking about Xavier and how he made me feel. I needed to stop my heart, which wouldn't stop racing. 

What was wrong with me?

I felt troubled, as if I was in immense danger without knowing how to get out of it, until my eyes caught the slightly opened bathroom, and with the speed of sound, I rushed toward the bathroom.

I jumped into the bathtub without bothering to remove my towel, resting my head into the water to cool my thoughts. The cold water was like a savior, firmly dragging me back from the dark chamber of lust. 

I dragged my refreshed but wrinkled body out of the water and stepped gently on the cold floor. Picking a towel, I quickly wrapped it around my waist and left the bathroom. 

I hadn't forgotten what Xavier said earlier about cooking, and I knew I had to be fast with whatever I was doing before Madam Frost would return. She was the one who held me up late into the night last night, telling me stories until dawn, and that was probably the reason I woke up so late. But Xavier did not need to know that. 

Well... It wasn't like he would care to know. 

I put on a simple gown and tied my hair in a ponytail before leaving my room for the kitchen. 

"Crystal, you're finally awake." A cold voice shattered my thoughts, and turning around, I saw one of the maids standing behind me. 

"Oh, Tyra. What's up?" I asked with a cold smile. "Bad night? You sound jealous." I mocked and rolled my eyes without sparing her another glance. 

I heard her low curse behind me as I entered the kitchen, but that wasn't enough to trigger me anymore. I was used to some of the maids' cold taunts. The way they treat me like I'm a pain in the ass just because Madam Frost treats me better. 

They could die for all I care ~

I checked the freezer and brought out the ingredients for breakfast. Madam Frost wasn't around, so the only one I would be cooking for was Xavier, and I wasn't that hungry either. 

I quickly made pasta and bacon for him: the way he liked his breakfast made. 

I served the table, and only then did I breathe in relief. Done cooking, I could finally return to my room for a long rest or do my assignment...

"Hey, Noe," I called a maid who immediately stopped walking. "Can you help inform Xavier that breakfast is ready?" I smiled at her. 

Noe nodded and blushed. "No problem." She turned around and left. 

Noe was closer to my age among the maids, and she was a nice girl. Even though we hardly talked, she never tried to provoke me either. 

I watched her leave before I looked at the food again and sighed. I decided to return to my room, I wouldn't want to face Xavier right now...

Stepping into my room, the fatigue washed over me, and without changing my clothes, I sprawled on the bed and closed my eyes, dozing off. 

I wasn't used to staying up late into the night___

"Mum, please, don't leave me."

"Mum, Dad misses you a lot."

"Mum, when will you be back again?" 

"You promised me, why are you not back?"

I woke up with a start, tears rolled down my cheeks as I looked around the room with confusion and sadness. What was this dream about? It had been the same dream over and over again for the past few weeks. It was strange and confusing because it had been a long time since I last thought about my mother. 

After she left us when I was 4 and never came back, I realised she probably didn't want us because we were too poor and stopped thinking about her. She was like a stranger now, I wouldn't even recognize her if I saw her, so why was the dream repeating itself so suddenly?

I felt a headache coming and suddenly felt extremely sick. My heart was racing fast, and a bad premonition made me feel suffocated. What was going on?

I tried to calm down, but my tears wouldn't stop falling. I felt terribly sad. Extremely sad. 

Right then, I heard noises outside the door...