What do you want?

Daniel was surprised, the woman he thought he could win over won the staring contest.

Lucy, knowing that she defeated him, offered a mocking smile when he returned his gaze back to her.

He wanted to break the distance between them but she did. She walked closer to him with that seductive look. Now his heart began to beat faster than it normally does. What is she doing to him? He thought wrong about her. She is too fearless for a woman.

She finally stood in front of him and placed her hand on his cheek. "Daniel, what are you trying to do?" She asked with one brows up. Her question astounded him more. Does she knows what he was after?

She really isn't the type of girl he thought she was but now that he knows that, he is more interested in her. He wants Lucy and will do whatever it takes to make her come to him willingly, not because of money or anything she needed but because she wants him, because she desires to have him. The thought of that and seeing picture of her gaze filled with lust made his heart rejoiced. But he find it strange that he wants her so much. Why? What was drawing him to her?

To hide his shocked expression, he leaned closer to her and she cheerfully played along with her smiley face.

"You are too close to me" she stated.

"That's because you keep surprising me... Lucy" he said, fighting his verge to stare at her lips but he kept taking glances.

"I don't know why you asked me to be your cook. To be honest..." She turned away from him. "I don't like the idea of working for you I find it as an insult but..." She turned around to face him while he leaned back, his hands in his pocket.

"But..." He had lines on his forehead signalling to her to continue her statement.

"I'd work for you as your cook because the pay will be of big help to me" she explained.

"You are working with me not for" he corrected her but the expression on her face didn't change.

"No difference"

"If you say so. So.... You start now. I'm hungry" he clapped his hands and a woman not dress in the maid's uniform walked slowly to him.

Lucy wondered why she was behaving like a princess.

"Yes, sir" she answered him.

To Lucy's surprise, he took her hand and led her to the kitchen, the lady followed from behind.

He took her through the way that was under the stares. They got to the kitchen and he sat on a stool. Lucy let out a breath and stared at him.

He noticed her stare and then gestured to her to starting cooking.

"May I ask who cooks for you before?"

"You've asked already.... Just the maid but their cooking aren't as good as yours"

Lucy laughed. "You are something else, you've not tasted my cooking before and you know how it taste" she shook her head. "You are starting to exaggerate"

He laughed because he knew it was the truth. "Lucy...." He scratched his temple with his fingernail.

"I like that" she stated and then went closer to him. He wondered what she was up to. He followed her with his gaze until she dropped the bag with her on the table.

"Like what?" He looked beside him and watched her as she came to stand in front of him, leaving some space between them.

"Lucy..." She tried to sound like him causing him to burst out laughing.

"I don't sound that way. My voice is so unique..."

She could see he was bragging about his voice but she just stared at him with a 'don't care' look but he continued.

"Attractive, fruity and most of all husky" he thicken his voice and it actually changed her look. She covered her mouth to stop her from laughing.

"I see... I mean, I can hear that husky voice of yours" she tried sounding that way but she ended up coughing.

"Aaah ah" she cleared her throat. "Ahem"

"So.... Are you the one to direct me through this big kitchen?"

"Uh huh" he shook his head with his index finger. "Come in" he spoke and the lady walked in.

She bowed her head. "Sir"

Daniel stood up with a sigh escaping from his mouth. With his other hand in his pocket, he pointed to Lucy. "This is my cook now. Lucy" he told the lady not informing her. She nodded, waiting for more from him.

"Inform everyone that she isn't a maid and they should treat her with respect. I leave everything to you now" he spoke sternly like a true boss. She admired that and looked at him amazed. He really meant it when he said she was working with him. He gave her a quick glance and a wink before leaving the kitchen.

Now it was time for the lady who is maybe in her late thirties to start a conversation. She didn't know how she was related to the maid, until the lady raised her head after replying the boss.

"Hi...." Lucy waved her hand saying hi continuously reducing the volume of her voice and then stopped, she expected the lady to utter her name but she only expected, she wasn't sure.

"It's Hillary, ma'am" she replied with a slight grin. Lucy offered a sweet smile, she could feel she would be close to her.

"Hi, Hillary. I'm..."

"Lucy, Master already said that earlier." She then slightly look behind of her "Jane" she uttered. "Go bring both Natasha and Sofia" she instructed and the maid bowed her head before leaving.

"So, I see you aren't in uniform. Seems you are special" Lucy said not knowing any other way to utter those words without sounding rude.

"I'm the head maid" she replied simply. Lucy nodded and two maid came rushing in. "Ma'am" they stood by each other's side with they head bowed.

"This is ma'am Lucy" she started the introduction but Lucy hated the ma'am part. Ma'am made her sound and look older than her age but she couldn't say anything or protest.

"You have to be her assistant in the kitchen here" she told them after the words she had with them which Lucy wasn't listening to.

"So ma'am, this is Sofia" she pointed to the fair lady who had green eyes and was blonde., She wasn't so beautiful but she looks okay. Well, who was Lucy to judge? She also wasn't so beautiful, she just looks okay.

"And this is Natasha" she then gestured to the black lady. "she's African" she added. To explain why she was black, and had dack eyes but she was pretty.

After the introduction the lady left the room with the maid she called earlier, Lucy had forgotten her name.

She turned to the two who had their head bowed.

"You can quit that now. Don't you get tired?" She asked with a questioning face.

"We can't, it is a symbol of respect" Natasha spoke and her voice was also pretty. Lucy was waiting to hear Sofia's voice.

"Okay, I see but when with me you can raise you head. I know it must be tiring"

The two was happy that someone understands them, they slowly raised their head and met her gaze. She gave them an assuring smile. They smiled back and then glanced at each other.

"Look, Natasha and Sofia. We are all friends okay?"

They nodded.

"Great, so let's get started. As you can see, I'm new here, so I'm not familiar with things here" she explained raking her gaze through the kitchen. It was huge and bright.

"Don't worry ma'am, we are happy to assist" Sofia finally spoke bringing Lucy's smiley gaze to her. She offered a smile.

"Good" she uttered and then took a green apron, they also did and they prepared to start cooking.

"Do you perhaps know Daniels favorite dish?" She asked and they both goggled at her, she stared at them confused. What's with that look? Is something on her face?

"Ma'am" they bowed their head again, shaking like worms.

What was going on?

"Are you alright?" She asked. "Here you go again with the bowing thing"

She hated that bowing of a thing, it makes them look like they were dependent on the person they bow for and also made them look like a loser.

"Stop please" she pleaded with her arms curved by her side.

"Ma'am, we are sorry. We never knew you were Master's lady." They apologized and bowed their heads again.

Master's lady?

"Why do you say so? I'm not Daniel's lady" she countered, still confused as she stared at both of them. Could that tall handsome man had told them she's his girlfriend? No, not possible.

What does he really want from her? Could he have fallen in love with her? No, it can't be love, it not possible a rich man like him could fall in love with a low class girl like her. She squelched those thoughts.

"You are not?" Sofia asked sounding excited about it. So she is bewitched by him. Lucy thought. She crossed her arm above her stomach.

"I'm not his girlfriend, let's just say... Umm, he's someone I know and working f...." She recalled he corrected her but she still find it not different.

'Just use 'with' Lucy'.

"...With him as his cook" she explained.

"Ohh" they both chorused. "But ma'am, Master is quite handsome and attractive, so he'd probably go for women like you, pretty in every way" Natasha spoke while the other lady poked her as a warning.

Lucy didn't utter a word. She was in deep thought after what Natasha said. 'he'd probably go for women like you, pretty in every way'

Pretty in every way?

What do Daniel really want?