Chapter 2 of chapter 6 Dirty slut

Dirty slut! 

"Dirty slut" I could heard the  slient of her voice echo, 

What? Did she just call me a slut? 

"What's the problem?" Marcus asked, reading from my running emotions,

"Nothing," I pretended, continue the sipping of my tea. If she calls me a slut, I have known the reason why? because I'm in a lord chamber. If a maids was seen in the Master room or bed, she's refers as whore or slut because that's could be the only reason the master have her in his bed the first place. I don't want people to get the wrong intention toward me. Marcus was just being a nice master to me, I don't want to give a bad reputation because of leaning me a help.

I choose to start eating fast, like very fast don't minding the hottest of the food, I drags on the roasted chicken, I have never tasted a roasted chicken before. 

"Why do fast?" Marcus asked, 

"Well, my lord" with mouth full of food 

"Why don't you swallow it first" he advised and giggled, my face turns red, I choose to slow down the eating before it choked me. 

"Now you're acting like a decent  lady you're"

I smiled,

"I missed that?" He softly said, he  missed what? I gulped at him ,

He looks straight into my eyes, " I missed your smiles, that lovely eyes, can't believe you didn't even recognize me after all these years" 

I low down my face, those years are ones of my terrible nightmare I'm trying to forget. The years of horror, I want it to completely disappear from my mind, every living thought of it, every breathe of it, every sight I wished all gone..

"You don't remember me?" He asked, I couldn't answer, of course I remember him well enough, he was one of the first nicest person I have meet.

"Bella!" I widened my eyes at him, how did he remembers that name, I wasn't expecting him to remember that. That's the name he promised to call me not Isabella. 

"You still remember?" 

"Of course, why would I forget the one thing that we shared" 

Yeah, he was right, "you promised to call me Mar remember?" 

Wow.. he still remember that too! I totally forgotten, but glad he did. He stood up from the couch and sat closer to me on the bed. 

"You don't miss me?" His appealing green eyes hook to mine, "I..." I couldn't speak, still frighten with the past and present, he's a lord and my master it would be hard to consider he as a friend,

"I don't know" I turned away my face,  seizing on my tears, it hurts, all hurts, I lost everything, my home, my friends and my mother. Things were hard to forget, As the nightmares still appears in the dreams.

"Bella," he calls softly, hold on to my hands.

"I'm here" his hard thumb turn my face back to him. " Hey, is in the past"

"How Marcus!" I yelled, couldn't believed myself I yell that way but I have to let's out my emotions. " Nothing have changed!" 

The tears I choose to locked away dripping it way out. 

"Can't you see! No matter what happens nothing never change!" 

"Hey Bella, look into my eyes, I missed my old friend, I do" he cupped my face  with both hands. " You're here now and save" 

"How I'm saved? When I'm a maid, a commoner, a slave that what Black means" 

"No, that not what it means okay" 

There's a loud knock on the door "Marcus!! Open this fucking door!" That's is his voice

The Master of the house! 

I quickly gets off the bed and wiped away my tears "hey sit down where are you going?" Marcus asked but I can't risk it.... Not this time, not the Duke of Hastings 

He seemed I refused to sit back on the bed and went to attend to the hitting door. 

"What the fuck is keeping you to open up the door?!" His deep cursorily voice asked, 

I bowed down my head, too scared to looks at him, I'm scared he might get the wrong intention as well..

"M-my lord..." I bent down on my knees, I feel his deadly gaze on me like a hungry Lion who sees his meal. 

"What is she doing in your chamber" his voice turns cold, now I know, this is trouble, a huge one! 

"I bought her here" 

"Why?" He asked takes the couch I'm standing next to. I could feel myself sweating ultimately,

"Because I want her here" Marcus replied,

"Hmm" he sighed. "Why do you enter the dizzy rain?" Immediately I turned my glance at him. 

How did he knows? I'm sure no one  was around when I was playing in the rain or was he watching me from above? Oh no! I felt so embarrassed, I prayed the ground should open and swallow me up! That's means he also watched me take off my clothes? 

This is awkward! 

His return my glared and I looked down immediately, "So you can't answer?" His voice sounds calm but cold and dangerous.

"...." I couldn't say anything, the words refused to come out of my mouth.  " I think she had her own reasons for doing that" Marcus quickly answered on my behalf.

I believe my legs were shrivering terribly.

"What are you doing before I step in?" 

Is this necessarily? I realized I have no option but to answer to all his questions. 

"M-my lord...." My hands are shakily, I'm terrified! He seemed my reaction " don't bother" he quietly said..

I think I'm dying now! 

"Isabella, you can continue your meal before it gets cold" Marcus said, I stares at him, does he knows the situation I'm in? In the presence of the Duke? 

"Why are you not eating" his voice almost pushed out my spirit,  "I-l'll" 

I sat down on the bed meanwhile Marcus was sitting on the other edge. 

I shakily took the chicken and start eating, his deadly gaze was obviously on me, it's send chills down my veins, I can't just wait to get the hell out of this place. Two men presence were pressuring me down, I can't look to my right or left, feel suffocating in their mist.

I choked,  before I could drags the cup of water, he passed it to me, oh my gosh! His presence were making me feel more nervous and now he pass me a cup of water? A maid like me? 

I took it with my shakily hands, " T- t-thank you" I  stammerer, 

" You don't have to thank me now, you'll thank me later. You should eat lowly if you don't want the food to get stuck in your throat again" he warned,  I nodded, Although his voice sounds calmed and cold but there're warning inside, he didn't seem happy with me in Marcus chamber. I'm trying hard to not do  anything that will provoked him. The reason I'm eating fast, to get the hell out! 

Within a seconds, I'm done, I looked up breathing so fast from the way I ate the food, I don't want to leave any wastage behind, or gets scored  by trying to waste a meal provide to me by a lord.

With the two eyes violently glancing at me, didn't give me the courage to leave anyone behind.

"Are you done,?" Marcus asked , I nodded

"Did you still need more?" He asked again, I waved my head no..

I couldn't speak again, As I just answered every question with my head nods.

"Good girl" the devilish voice said,  he stood up, I was too scared to look at he, he staps on Marcus shoulder 

"This will be the last time I see her in your room" 

Marcus nodded

My God! He said that's, I'm in trouble! 

He left, " Now you can lay down and have some rest"  he said to me, I was drowning in fear and he still wants me to lay down and rest? Can't he read the emotions on my face?

"I'm sorry Marcus I can't" I stood up quickly from the bed and head out, I didn't give Marcus a chance to say  a word. I ran out, down to the stairs along my way of running to the maids hall, I see others maids along the way,  whispering as they watched at me running.

"Look at her, she's running after mating with the lord"

"A shameless whore" 

" Disgusting whore"

"She's totally a disgrace"

I ignored theirs words and ran my way to the maids Hall. I was glad I saw Emma  sitting on her bed, guess she's done with her duties for now. 

" Emma!" I called and ran to her, she was surprised to see me, she was expecting me to take long before coming back..

"You're back? So quick?" She asked, immediately we finished embracing, "Why? You don't want to see me again?"

"Of course yes, you have a cold fever and Sir Marcus told us you're not working for two days"

"He told you people?" I asked

"Not exactly, he was telling Lady Pearl and the kitchen chef that you wouldn't attend to duties in two days" 

"Well, I'm back and feeling better" 

She draws me closer, "now tell me what happened between you two in his chamber" 

"Nothing, he just offered me a meal" 

"What! he offered you a meal?' 

"Hmm" 

"There's she's , the dirty slut who sleeps around with the lord's" a voice said behind us.

Emma stood up angrily and snapped back "my friend is not a slut! Do you heard me !" 

I drags her to sat back down, As it draws the attention of the others.

"If she's not a slut than what is she?!"