She Isn't Affected

As soon as she logged in, Blaire received a notification from room 2204. She went to the said room and knocked three times before announcing the “housekeeping services”.

The door opened and revealed Axel who had just woken up.

“Oh, it’s you,” he said. Then he opened the door enough for Blaire to let her cart enter.

Axel looked like he was half-asleep; his hair’s disheveled, he’s still wearing his pajamas, and he was holding a pillow with one of his eyes still closed. He’s literally half-asleep when he met Blaire.

“I was notified that you need the housekeeping service, sir,” Blaire said while bowing her head. Axel proceeded to his bedroom to get more sleep, leaving Blaire at the entrance of the unit.

“Just clean whatever’s mess in there,” he said, almost shouting so Blaire could hear what he was saying while in his room before locking the door. As soon as Blaire heard the request, she bowed again as if there’s a person in front of her before proceeding to the closet area to start cleaning.

Now that Axel is asleep, she could clean the room peacefully, and since he looks like a person who doesn’t make a mess, there’s not much to clean so she just dusted off the closet, the living, and the dining room. She removed the used bath towels hanging inside the bathroom and put another set of clean towels. She also washed the used glasses so Axel wouldn’t complain later on. She headed to the balcony to clean and when she’s finished, she returned to the living room.

She decided to call the attention of Axel so she could leave the unit. She was walking towards the room when Axel’s room opened.

Blaire bowed upon seeing Axel going outside the room.

“Sir, I am finished cleaning your unit. If you have something you need, you can just notify me through the panel. I’m taking my leave,” she said while still lowering her head.

“Prepare some breakfast meal for me,” Axel answered.

Blaire looked up. “Noted, sir. Would like me to show you our breakfast menu? I could request for something you like if you don’t want-“

Blaire was cut off when Axel spoke.

“I want you to be the one preparing my meal,” he said. Blaire widened her eyes.

“Pardon, sir?”

“You heard me right. You will be the one preparing my meals,” he said before returning to his room. Blaire was astounded and was left standing in the hallway.

‘Did he just say meals?’ Blaire thought to herself.

What shocked her more is when Axel returned to the hallway, he handed her a card. “Take it,” he said.

“Sir?” Blaire asked, confusion written all over her face.

Axel waved the card in front of her, before using his free hand to get Blaire’s hand to let her hold the card he was waving.

“I told you, you’ll be the one to prepare my meals. Which means you have to prepare my breakfast and dinner meals. So this is my card, use this to buy all the necessary ingredients you will use, and start preparing now because I have a meeting at 10 am.”

“But sir, we’re not allowed to use our client’s money even if it’s the client’s request, to avoid theft”

Axel sighed. ‘She’s just too honest, this girl!’ he thought.

“Call your boss,” Axel demanded, to which Blaire followed.

Blaire contacted Margaret through her smartwatch. Luckily, Margaret just got logged in and immediately responded. Not long after, a knock from the door would be heard. Blaire was the one who opened the door and bowed to Margaret upon seeing her. The latter tapped the former’s shoulder before greeting the unit’s client.

“Good morning, Mr. Sebastian. You were requesting for me?” Margaret said while bowing her head slightly.

“I want her to prepare my meals,” Axel answered, pointing at Blaire who was lowering her head, avoiding Margaret’s gaze.

“Of course, sir. As you requested, she’ll be the one bringing your ordered meals-“

“No,” Axel interrupted Margaret, “I want her to be the one preparing my meals. She’ll be the one cooking and serving me the food,” he said.

Margaret didn’t respond, she just listened intently to what Axel is saying because she knew that there’s more to what he’s requesting.

Margaret’s silence allowed Axel to continue what he was saying.

“I was giving my card a while ago to Miss Blaire so she could purchase all the ingredients she’s going to need upon preparing my meals because I am a picky eater,” he continued.

Margaret thought of rolling her eyes but she didn’t want to offend Mr. Sebastian.

‘Obviously, he was teasing Blaire so he could use something against her when she made a mistake,’ Margaret thought.

“But she refused to accept the card since it’s your policy not to receive stuff from your clients especially if it includes money. So I want to tell you that I won’t eat any meal unless it’s her who prepared them.”

Blaire, who was being silent for quite some time, suddenly lifted her head to say something.

“Miss Margaret, Sir Axel, I could just suggest one thing that will not involve your card, if you may,” she said. The two looked at her.

“I could prepare Sir Axel’s meals and I will use the ingredients available at this inn so you won’t be giving your card. Just notify me of any food allergies you have or food you don’t like,” she continued.

With her suggestion, the three soon came into terms and will follow Blaire’s suggestion. Upon entering the elevator, Margaret sighed and scratched her nose bridge with irritation.

‘What a conniving man he is. Using all the means to get Blaire’s attention,’ she muttered to herself.

Meanwhile, Blaire started preparing Axel’s meal while the latter started showering. As soon as he finished, he sat on the table at the kitchen counter while not wearing anything on his upper torso, leaving his body with toned muscles and abs exposed, while his lower torso is just covered with a towel.

He wanted to tease Blaire by trying to seduce her, so he could see her astounded face. For him, every reaction she makes fills his heart with happiness, as if he wants to just look at her expressions all the time and he won’t get tired, only amused for more.

However, when she turned to bring the food to the kitchen counter, he did not witness any shocked expression from her. She only looked at him and proceeds to prepare more of his meal.

This made Axel frown.

‘Didn’t her sight of me half-naked in front of her shock her? Is my toned body not enough to stop her from what she’s doing? She just looked at me then ignored me? Is she for real?’ Axel thought to himself.

‘So teasing you with my body exposure won’t affect you, huh’ His mind said, and a silly idea popped into his head, making him smirk at his own thoughts.