Skylar's POV
4 am
"Skylar," I hear a voice hiss and a hand begins shaking me rapidly.
I pull my head up from the pillow and stare to the left of me at a blurry figure. "W-what time is it?" I question and all I get is a annoyed sigh in return.
"4 am. Now, get up and get ready for work!" She turns on her heel then head to the bathroom.
Sighing heavily, I rub my eyes then get out from the warm blanket over me and climb down the ladder of my bed. Even though it's 4 am, I've never had a better sleep than the one I just did. Concrete isn't always ideal for a good night's rest.
When I am on the ground, I see my uniform sitting on the table from where I had set it last night when I first got here. Since both girls are in the bathroom brushing their teeth and such, I quickly strip from my comfortable pj's, and into the uniform. I decide to put the heels on before I leave.
"You can use the washroom now," the girl who's name I don't know says as she starts to get changed and so does Suzy.
I nod then hurry into the unattended bathroom where I close the door behind me. When I enter, there on the sink is a small box with my name on it. I open it and discover a purple tooth brush with toothpaste, a face wash the exact same to the rest on the sink, moisturizer, and makeup. I firstly wash my face, scrubbing it hard enough any leftover dirt and grime from yesterday is gone. Then, I apply my moisturizer and brush my teeth soon after.
When I've completed the whole routine to the best of my abilities, I head out of the bathroom and see Lily and No-Name already to go, chatting by the door.
"C'mon. We need to do your makeup before we leave!" No-Name says begrudgingly and I nod in response.
I sit down on a chair in front of them and they begin to almost literally paint my face. They put my shade of skin tone on my face with paint that looks like it, powdery stuff the same colour as the last and all other sorts of items I couldn't t keep up with. Finally, they apply bright red lipstick that matches theirs.
"You can look, I guess," Suzy says and they both put away the makeup.
I stand from my chair and peer into the small mirror near the door. Wow, I look... different. Very, very different. My skin doesn't have small patches of red to it anymore, acne scars have vanished, my eyebrows are dark and defined, my eyes have never looked more amazing than now. And the undeniably visble red lipstick really tops it all off.
I almost feel pretty. Almost. These girls are much more beautiful than I'll ever be.
"Alright.." I hear Suzy sigh. I whip around and see the two inspecting their nails, ready to head out the door. "Let's go." Both girl drop their hands, No-Name opens the door and I quickly follow behind the two.
In the maid and guard foyer, there are other maids leaving their rooms and heading towards the exit. Leading the entire pack is a slim black-haired woman. She seems to have brown eyes that sparkle with evil and a demonic smirk every time she peers back me.
After a few hallways and turns, we finally arrive at the kitchen. There are at least 5 ovens, granite countertops, big hanging lights everywhere and a humungous island in the centre of it all.
I slowly turn around, taking in all the beautifulness of this amazing kitchen, until I hear an, "attention ladies!"
The talking in the room quickly calms to low mumbles, then absolute silence.
"Alright," That black-haired woman I saw staring at me today announces at the front of the kitchen. She looks annoyed, as if she's with a bunch of children that won't listen. "Boss has requested we have this all done by 6am! It's buffet as usual today so get to your stations!"
All the maids then depart from the circle and off to different parts in the kitchen, leaving me in the middle with no where to go. That's until I turn around and see the same woman just giving us orders glaring at me.
"Don't you have somewhere to be?" She growls. She's very intimidating for such a petite woman.
"I-I," I struggle and my eyes wander around the kitchen.
"S-s-spit it out!" She mimics me, obviously getting more annoyed by the second.
"I'm new," I say. "I came here yesterday."
She sighs and pulls a note pad from her back pocket. "Who's suppose to train you?" She asks and scans over the paper.
"Suzy," I tell her and she only sighs again.
"Suzy's too busy to be training. You will be serving and tending to the buffet refills. Make sure to fulfill every request of the men!" She says and we begin to walk. "For now, you will help prepare the buffet and set the dining table." She points to a table with stacks of plates and a cart beside it. "Now go." She dismisses me and I scurry off.
When I arrive at the table, I begin to hurriedly stack the plates and cutlery on to the cart, as if I know what I'm doing. I nearly drop a plate, but I just catch it before it can make any sort of noise.
Once I've stacked all the plates and assorted the cutlery, I slowly start to push the cart away from the table and to the dining room which I can see through the nearby archway.
After about an hour of setting the large dining table and helping set up the large buffet, the men begin to enter the dining room.
Some of the maids are in the kitchen doing dishes, while a few, like Lily, the dark-haired one who's name I learned is Amelia, and I are standing in the dining room, waiting for any requests.
I notice as more and more men being to fill up the room, a chair near me at the end of the table is still empty. No one is getting food from the buffet yet either.
But after standing there only a few more moments, the door opens and a tall, black-haired, as handsome as they come, man enters the room with a proud stride. Amelia, who is near the doorway, curtsies with a wide smile and he simply smirks down at the small woman. He then continues his stride down the room and all the men at the dining table stand up in what seems to be respect.
The distance between the handsome man and I is getting smaller and smaller with each step he takes.
When he passes me, he doesn't look straight ahead, in fact, he looks directly at me and smiles a beautiful smile at me. He stands in front of his chair and what seems to be a glare is given to his men.
"Well," the man says and picks up his plate. "Don't just stand there and look at me you fools, eat!"
All the men nod and give a low mumble of, "Yes, Sir." And get up out of their chairs and follow the man to the large array of food a few feet away.
The man who had just called everyone, 'fools', gets his food before anyone and takes a seat without waiting for them. He must be the boss.
Andrei's POV
There she was, only a few feet away from me; her beautiful blue eyes scanning the room every so often, then back to the ground.
I set my fork down beside my plate calmly and single her over with my finger. Her head whips up and she quickly, yet nervously, takes a few small steps towards me.
"Y-yes, Sir?" She asks, her voice breaking in parts from her nervousness.
My hand reaches out behind her and I gently rest my hand on the small of her back. She flinches at my sudden choice of actions and I can hear her breathing nearly stop all together.
I smirk deviously as her terrified orbs stare into mine. "Could you please fetch me some water, dear?" I ask as kindly as I can possibly muster. The last thing I want to do is scare this beauty off.
She nods obediently and rushes off back into the kitchen, her hands on the bottom of her skirt trying to keep it from flying up. God, I wish she didn't think of doing that.
I look back at the dining table and see Amelia in the far left corner, her arms crossed against her chest and a hateful glare of hers is aimed towards the kitchen where the girl has just ran off to.
Well.. this will be interesting due to some of the ideas playing in my mind.
Moments later, the beauty scurries back into the dining room with a tall glass of water in her hands. She sets it down in front of and forces an obviously fake smile on her pretty little face.
"Anything else, Sir?" She manages to say. Is it just me or does she look a little faint?
Yes, there is. "Not at the moment," I say and she nods and takes a step away, but I grab her hand and pull her back. "But come to my office after you're done here. I need to speak with you."
Her eyes widen even more than they did before and I feel her hand start to shake just before she calmly pulls it back. "Me?" She peeps as she points to herself with a shaky finger.
I nod. "You."
Skylar's POVIt's about 7am now and I'm currently cleaning up breakfast since all the men have left and I can't stop shaking.
Skylar's POVHoly crap. I did it, I sealed a deal with the supposed devil. He looks happy- giddy even at the moment. I'm just some girl from off the street who's anything but close to even decent looking, what does he have to be happy about?
A week later...The loud, irritating sound of my alarm buzzing shamelessly against the metal table it sits in is all I can hear at the moment. My palm wearily slaps down on to the device and it stops after a 10 second wait.
Skylar's POV9 o'clock
The next morningSkylar's POV
Andrei's POVLast night I had fell asleep hoping to wake up besideher.
A month later..Skylar's POVWhen they found me on the
Skylar's POVMy heart begins to beat normally when everyone has left and I can finally breathe again. I see now, Andrei, looking down at me with the most worry in his face I've seen in awhile.
This chapter contains self-harm and suicidal thoughts that may be triggering to some viewers. If you're are triggered by this, please do not read further.Also there are few more than usual POV changes throughout the chapter. This isn't me rushing through it, I just wanted the chapter written as this.
A week later...Andrei's POV
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A month later..Skylar's POV
Andrei's POVHolding her calm sleeping body so close to mine, I am in absolute peace. Her shallow soft breaths against my neck is what put me into one of the best sleeps I've had in a long time last night. But when the buzzing of my work alarm went off I had to leave it all behind.
Two months later...Skylar's POV
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Skylar's POVIn this moment of him and I kissing so passionately, I realize any feelings that I had before have grown in the moment.