Chapter 5

• Derrick hadn't thought he would struggle to resist Miranda. She was so attractive; her hips had awakened something deep within him.
• After returning to his bathroom, he wanted to take a bath to relax and relieve his arousal, but then he remembered Miranda had used his bath.
• Never had he shared his bathroom with anyone before. Now, a maid of lowly status dared to use his bathroom, his sponge, and his soap. Derrick felt irritated and wanted to discipline the maid, but how could he report such news to his mother? His mother was already over 70 years old. What if she had a heart attack and fainted as a result of the shock?
• "No, I cannot let my mother find out about this," Derrick said. He was enraged as his member still throbbed and ached, needing that round behind to cool it off.
• "Damn it! What kind of temptation is that? I guess I should have that maid fired tomorrow morning. Isn't she the same maid who dared to beat up Melody to that extent? I see that she's on a mission here, and I will deal with her personally tomorrow."
• Moving away from the bathroom door where he had been standing and staring with irritation, Derrick walked up to the pristine bathtub and cleansed it properly. He washed out his soap and sponge, feeling irritated that Miranda had used them.
• "Miranda," he mused, saying her name. "She dared to cross the line and use my properties. I will deal with her."
• After cleaning his bathtub completely, Derrick prepared his bath and finally entered the bathtub. He remembered seeing Miranda bare when he had opened the bathroom door.
• "I shouldn't have opened the door after hearing her voice. She had such a nice, soothing voice," Derrick said. He thought about Miranda's lovely voice, the way she moaned when he had held her cheeks to check if her head wasn't hurt.
• The way her skin felt so soft and soothing to his touch.
• Despite staying inside the cold bath, as he didn't bother to mix the water with hot water to dilute the chilly temperature, Derrick remembered how Miranda's cheek felt to his touch. "Her body was so soft. Damn it! I should get a girlfriend to get some release. I cannot bring myself to sleep with a maid. No way, I cannot."
• Waving off the thoughts about Miranda, Derrick finally got out of the bathtub after spending hours bathing.
• The heavy rain had already started, covering the night sky and flooding the city roads. Derrick stood by his room window, staring out at the heavy downpour.
• He remembered he hadn't even phoned his elder sister to confirm if she had gotten home safely.
• With a sigh, Derrick moved away from the room window after shutting the curtains and closing the window to prevent the heavy downpour from entering his bedroom.
• He saw that the time was already past midnight and decided against phoning his sister, as he knew she only lived a short distance from his family's mansion.
• Walking up to his exquisite bed, Derrick picked up his body lotion from his drawer. He moisturized his body and finally went into his closet to grab sleepwear. He wore a white night robe and climbed onto his lush bed to sleep.
• Shutting his eyes, the memory of holding Miranda came flooding back into his mind. The weather wasn't helping him, as he needed a warm body to keep him warm. He was also sweating, and he tossed his bedcover away, sitting up on the bed.
• Derrick hadn't thought about having sex. He was 25, and he had fewer friends, as he presumed them to be his foes. He knew he couldn't trust any of them. He trusted Alexa, as she was a loyal staff member and had been working with him for a year. He had no issues with her.
• "Or is Alexa pretending to like me?" Derrick wondered. He couldn't go to a hotel to get a release. He wasn't the kind of man who indulged in watching adult content either. He desired to have Miranda on his bed and to pleasure her, and the way his body was reacting crazily to that thought made him want to get Miranda up on his bed and in cloud nine with him.
• Derrick groaned and left his bedroom for his study to busy himself, since he couldn't sleep or think of anything else except Miranda's nude body.
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• Meanwhile, Miranda had returned to her maid's room on the lower floor of the mansion. She was feeling sad after remembering how Derrick had made it clear that she was of lower status and he couldn't have anything to do with her.
• Miranda had thought that after Derrick had seen her bare, he would take her to bed.
• "What was I even thinking? What if he sends me away tomorrow? Oh my God! I haven't even saved enough to start up the business that I want."
• Miranda remembered her first salary since working in the Luis mansion after her graduation from college. She had used the money they paid her monthly to donate to the orphanage.
• Later, she used the rest of her gathered salary to purchase land in a distant town. She wanted to own a mall, a big supermarket in her name, where she would be selling a lot of items.
• That was five years ago, and she had an agent who was helping her build the mall.
• Miranda hadn't even gone to the area after purchasing the land, but she heard from the agent that many contractors had contacted him to resell the land to them, as they wanted to build another company there.
• Miranda heard the land had developed, and a company was offering to pay her 5 million to resell her land to them, as the land was on the road and in the heart of the town.
• The town had developed compared to five years before, but Miranda wanted to use the land. She planned to relocate to the area after she was through building it and establishing herself.
• She wouldn't remain a servant, and she hoped for a wonderful man to marry her.
• Wiping her sobs away, Miranda strode up to her room window to shut it after the heavy wind had pushed her curtains away. The Luis family was kind and allowed the maids to have separate rooms in the magnificent home.
• Miranda stripped off her dirty pink gown after she was done closing the window. She tried not to think about Master Derrick again, even when her heart yearned to be with him. She decided to focus on her job and on saving enough money to establish herself.
• "Maybe two years from now, I will be through with my services here, and then I will move to the other town to start up my business."
• A satisfactory smile curved up Miranda's lips as she envisioned a life where she would be referred to as Madam.
• She would have prayed for a man to elevate her status, but knowing how prideful men were, Miranda decided to become as prideful as them and as arrogant as she might be when she acquired so much wealth.
• When morning arrived, Miranda was sleeping under the bedcovers when the head maid, Juliet Colton, barged into the room and tapped on her shoulder roughly.
• "Miranda! Wake up! Lady Loretta summoned you to the living room!" She yelled.