CHAPTER- 4

Ace POV:

Ivan gave me details about her when I came office but everything was clear about her.

Iris...no surname, No parents, One brother who's no longer contact her, working 2-3 small paying jobs and living with her roommate in a shitty hostel.

"Looks like I saved her innocent ass", I tsked.

Ivan shrugged his shoulder.

"I think so boss, but still we have to be always careful", Ivan said.

"I don't think she even know how to live in the outside world," I throwed the files on the table and started to work.

As I arrived at my mansion after work and the whole house was different.

There was flower vases, smell of fucking cookies and food. What the hell!

"Melinda!!!", I yelled as she came running from the kitchen, hurriedly.

"What the fuck is going on here! do you think this is some park that you put flower's and shit or do you think this is your house? Answer me goddamn it!! ", I yelled.

Her head hung low as her body trembled.

I hate flower's inside the house, it just angers me and the house it looks so freaking gloomy. I fucking hate it.

"Sorry b-boss...but the new girl s-said you told her to clean...t-the whole house, so I didn't said anything", she said stammering.

"Where is she now!", I asked, fisting my hands.

"In your room, boss", she whispered

I marched to my room ready to fucking kill her tonight.

THUD.

I opened the door forcely and saw her standing beside the wardrobe, stunned.

She looked at me with fear as I marched towards her angrily.

"Do you think it's your house! Your a fucking maid here, So! behave like it, you bitch. Just because I talked a little soft doesn't mean you behave like a bitch! ", My voice was laced with frustration and anger.

I fisted her hair and pulled her up.

"DO. YOU. UNDERSTAND", I uttered, emphasizing my words.

She looked up at me, her eyes were wet and red of course she would be crying.

I pulled her up by her hair not much, just enough close that I was looking at her eyes.

And that time I noticed her eyes were brown.

Not just a brown but it was mesmerizing like an eclipse of the sun, under the dim yellow lights.

Her sobbing sounds echoed in the room. Her little body was trembling in fear.

I wanted to leave her but her eyes were forcing me to gaze at them again and again it was.. calming, peaceful.

My eyes roamed at her face, observing her little features.

"S-Sir it hurt.s I am sorry..I-I-I will not do it again", she let out a whimper in pain.

She looked down and our eye contact broke. Her voice was so low, if were not standing like this I wouldn't have heard her.

"Get out", I said coldly and left her hair.

She backed away in fear and ran out of the room, immediately.

Author's POV:

Ace was fuming with anger as his eyes roamed around his room.

Flowers on the vase, pictures hanging on the wall. It angered him more instead on calming him.

He throwed all the photos at the floor and ripped off the flowers.

"Ugh.." He fisted his head as the memories flowed on his mind.

The memories which was buried in his heart till to this day.

Memories which made him what he is now. A ruthless monster.

His room was mess as he was sitting on edge of his bed, lost in his thoughts.

A knock on his door made him sigh in sadness.

"Boss, you good there? ", Ivan asked.

When Ace didn't answer back Ivan left from there silently, giving him space.

Suddenly, Ace's eyes caught a tulip lying on the floor between the shattered glass pieces.

He hate that it was in his room because his mom loved tulip.

It was bringing him sadness and peace at the same time, he got up and picked the flower.

The beautiful petals of the tulips were crushed but still it was imperfectly perfect.

He forcefully tore the head off the tulip, discarding the stem. With a firm grip, he positioned the severed head in the center of his palm.

As he uncurled his hand, the shattered petals descended upon the floor, their vibrant hues now replaced with a lifeless heap.

He collapsed onto the bed in the disheleved bedroom as his mind were slowly going into his deep slumber of sleep while thinking about her eyes and the tulip.....

Iris POV:

I was knocking at the door for the past 3 minutes but not a single voice came from the other side and it was freaking me out because last night it was so scary.

Getting some courage I opened the door but the room was mess.

Glass were shattered, flowers were crushed, bed sheets were on floor...and Sir was sleeping in bed peacefully.

Now I have to clean all of this, how childish. He call me kid now he behave like that.

NO Iris! Bad girl. You can't judge him like that. Who knows what he is going through?

You never know what it feels till you walk on thier shoes.

Suddenly my eyes caught a sleeping pills, it was shattered beside the other side of the bed on the floor.

Nothing is bad than taking sleeping pills because if you can't even sleep then what's the point of living.

Such a poor soul. God, please forgive him and give him a good sleep.

I started to clean the room quietly before he woke up and scream at me. Again.

Half an hour passed, luckily all the mess was gone and I left the room silently.

I started to make Ginger Coriander coffee because it relives headache.

Well sleeping pills lead to headache so, it will be good for boss.

Every single people in this house call him boss. Woow.

I mean he is making me stay at his house so I want to be grateful for him even, if he behave mean.

Melinda was worried that Boss will kill me, if I gave him coffee without his order well I am apologizing for my behavior.

He told me to clean the house but I overdid my work so...its kind of my fault too.

Boss was sitting on couch in the hall reading a file and I was preparing myself mentally to talk to him.

OK come on, Iris you can do this.

Hip hip hurray!

Ace POV:

I was sitting on the couch looking at the weapon shipment details.

Today I was working from home because my head was hurting as fuck.

"Sir..coffee", her voice came out as a whisper.

Iris was standing in front of me in twice the size of her dress carrying a coffee in a tray.

"Did I ask for any coffee? ", I said, irritatingly.

"No boss, but your head must be hurting ..that's why I made something for you to drink...its completely safe..no side effects", she said, blinking rapidly.

Her eyes.....fucking hell its so attention grabbing, at least to me it is.

"Put it on the table and get lost", I grumbled.

She fucking smiled.

What the fuck! Did I say a fucking joke or something?

I was going to yell again but she started to speak.

"Yes Boss, it may taste a little sour..but it will cure your headache instantly and...and...its really healthy to", she rambled and ran away.

I glared at her back till she disappeared from my gaze.

A scowl formed on my face and I looked at her coffee.

What if she put poison in my drink?

I don't think so. She looked like a naive girl.

My hand picked up the coffee and I sipped it.

I bit my teeth and gulped it. It's disgusting.

A sigh left my lips as I felt the tightness on my forehead loosening. Only a bit.

I told Ivan to send Melinda to my room as I grabbed the coffee and went towards the office room.

"Boss", Melinda said aloud standing outside the door and knocking.

"Come in", I said, finishing the coffee.

She came inside trembling with fear as always.

"So..looks like you make your own rules from now on Melinda. Why the hell a little girl is giving me coffee without my order in my house? Aren't you the chef cook? ", I said coldly.

She nodded and shook her head vigorously.

"I am Sorry, boss but the new girl said she wanted to apologize, so that's why she did that. I told her you will not like it But she really wanted to...next time I will take care of it boss" She said,assuredly.

"Who cleaned my room?" I asked.

"The new girl" She whispered, making me frown.

"OK, next time I don't want this type of behaviour in my house. If your changing something then inform me Or Ivan. You can go now", I said.

She nodded her head, taking a deep breath and left the room.

I am not punishing Iris because she cleaned my room. Otherwise I would have slit her small throat.