Scarlet

This is my first book on here, I'm very excited to be doing this as a writer, and i really look forward to a great turnout, i write really dark themes, so if you're not comfortable reading such you can skip my book.

Since this is my first time writing here, I'll add warnings in the beginning of any chapter that has any disturbing themes in them.

This book will contain a lot of mature and dark contents, so read at your own risk.

Scarlett

"Your education and living arrangements, I will handle them, you can continue working here like your mother had been doing before her passing, and you will also be paid for your service, consider the free education a gesture of goodwill, and the respect I had for your mother"

The words that had been said to me less than a few minutes ago kept echoing in my head.

Although I could tell he didn't mean it in a condescending way, but to anyone they'd think I was taking handouts from him, and taking advantage of the fact that he liked my mother as his employee and leeching off him, but that was not the case.

The last thing I wanted was to be a charity case to anyone, but I can't deny his kind gestured towards me, especially when I know that if I do reject it, I might never get an opportunity like that again, and for someone like me, in a world like this, I have to work and do everything in my power to make sure I come out on top, I don't want to end up like my mother.

No disrespect to her blessed memory, but she was born into this life, always serving someone, always at the service of someone, and she died that way, I don't want my life to be like that

I can't spent the rest of my life being in the service of someone else, I needed a life of my own, and the only way to achieve that is to go to school, study hard and get a good paying job, one that I will love and find passion in.

Even if I couldn't make a big name for myself, I don't mind, at least I get to stop this whole maid thing, I never openly told my mom, but I hated being a maid, or being called a maid's daughter, I was born into this life, so it wasn't something I chose for myself, it was something that just sort of happened.

And now I'm stuck in it until I pull myself out.

My mother has been working with Mr Alvarez ever since I can remember, she got married working for him, gave birth to me working for him, and now she's.... She died working for him, and some how it's like an inheritance, I have to take it over, even if not for anything, for the fact that Mr Alvarez was paying for my school up until after college.

Not many maids are that lucky, not every boss is that nice, especially in this part of the world, I would consider myself one of the lucky ones to have someone like Mr Alvarez as my boss.

And I don't really do much, well before my mom passed away, she didn't really do much for him since half the time he's out traveling, she just cleans up the house and keep it warm while he's away, and when he's around she serves him, prepare his meals, still clean the house and go shopping.

And now I have to take that over from her, but my case seems to be different, because after Mr Alvarez had told me about him being so kind as to sponsor me through school and even let me live in the mansion, he mentioned something about his family finally coming down to the mansion to live.

I've never met them before, I didn't think he had one, but there were already a lot of rumors and gossiping that he does have a family, some say he has two wives, others say four, while many other are speculating that he has one wife but so many mistresses.

Even though I've spent basically all my life here in the mansion, I know next to nothing about his alleged family, never seen any trace of them, he's never spoken to my mom about them, and she's never mentioned anything about them to me.

I had already come to the conclusion that it was either of two things, either he was really good at keeping secrets that he could keep one as huge as him having a family from the media and the whole world for this long, or he doesn't have a family and all that is rumor people spread.

But now his sudden presence in the house after a long time, and after the death of my mom with the news that his family was moving down to the country and to the mansion has made me doubt my own theory of him not having a family.

I quickly shake my head, I'm not here to ask questions about Mr Alvarez's family, or lack there of, I'm here to work, to study, go to school and leave this life of being at someone else's service.

I step down the stairs, trudging slowly towards the living room, the whole place was sparkly clean, I had already done my chores before Mr Alvarez came, now I just have to go through everything one more time before his family gets here, first impression matters

I don't know them and they don't know me, the last thing I want is to be on anyone's bad side, I already have a lot going on for me to add hostility of some rich spoilt family to the list.

I sighed out heavily once more, everything in the living room seemed to be in place, I don't doubt the rest of the house is like that too, but I'll go check some of the rooms and then..... My thoughts were cut short by a loud crashing coming from the kitchen.

I gasp out and turn my attention to the entrance of the kitchen, I don't think there's anyone in this house asides myself and Mr Alvarez, we've been the only ones here all morning, maybe it's a rat, but what's a rat doing in the kitchen during the day, that too today of all days?

Without wasting much time, I find myself rushing towards the kitchen, immediately I cross the entrance, stepping into the luxury kitchen, I stop dead in my tracks, my legs going on a halt immediately I take in what's in front of me, or rather who was in front of me.

A... A young man, dark long hair, almost falling over his face, emerald green eyes, perfectly sculptured nose, his face is smooth, defined jawline, and his lips, pink, almost redish, slightly parted, my eyes rake further down, he's putting on a round neck, gray, and crazy jeans.

He looks almost my age, maybe a year older

I open my mouth to scream but it gets stuck in my throat when my eyes land on his hand, there's... Blood, lots of it, already dripping on the floor, staining the white tiles, I push and fight back the urge to scream for help, instead the kind and good Samaritan in me takes over as I quickly rush towards him, expecting him to react to my sudden movements, instead he's just staring at me, almost as lost as me.

"Oh my God, what happened? What are you doing here? You're bleeding" I rush out all at once, without thinking it through, I quickly grab his hand, examining it, indeed he's cut, but I can't see it with all the blood, I look up to find his eyes already on me, his lips still slightly parted, and his eyes look very lost as he stared down at me, his frame easily towered over my small one, I was pushing 5'0 while this young man in front of me was almost at a 6'4.

I don't dwell much on the way he's staring at me dumbfounded, instead I pull him gently with me towards the sink, being careful not to step on what he had dropped that caused the loud crash I had heard earlier and the blood he was currently dropping all over the floor.

I pull his hand directly under the tap in the sink, turning it on I start slowly washing off the blood from his hand, rather soft and gentle.

I can still feel his gaze on, following my every move, I know this is stupid of me, attending to a stranger in Mr Alvarez's house, a stranger that I still have no idea what he's doing here and how he got here, what if he came to steal and was too clumsy?

I quickly shake my head, he doesn't look like a thief, at least not to me, or maybe he lost his way?

I shake my head again, that's very unlikely.

I finish washing his hand and pull it out from under the tap, examining it again, its clearer than before, now I could see where he had cut himself, round one of his fingers, how did he even cut himself like this?

I sigh out, biting my lower lip, he needs to get it treated else it's going to get infected, my eyes slowly look up and I gasp out lowly at the intensity of his eyes on me, he's staring at me, almost as if he'd never seen another human before, his gaze darts around my face, from my eyes down to my cheek and then my lips, causing me to immediately swallow on instinct, suddenly feeling a little parched from running around all day

His gaze finally drags back up to mine, he stares at me for two seconds longer, before I eventually break the eye contact, looking away from him as if his gaze burned me.

"How did you get in here, what are you doing here"? I ask him instead, but instead of getting a response from him, all I get is silence and his constant staring, is he deaf or something?

Or maybe he can't speak?

I dare to look up at him again and he's still looking at me, his gaze unflinching, unmoving, I cleared my throat before looking away from him and down at his hand that I was still holding

"If you came here to steal....." I start but it was cut off by the sound of footsteps echoing through the house, causing my eyes to widen in shock as I quickly turn my head towards the kitchen entrance

Shit, Mr Alvarez, he's coming this way, I turn my attention back to the young man in front of me, he was still staring at me, not in the least alarmed at the extra pair of eyes we'd soon have on us in a matter of seconds.

Immediately I open my mouth to tell him that he needs to hide, the footsteps gets closer and so does the voice of my boss, echoing through the kitchen walls.

"Scarlett" he calls out, and just like that, he's already in the kitchen, causing me to let go of the young man's hands, turning around to face Mr Alvarez, trying to cover the tall young man behind me, even though I'm failing very woefully at that, I can possibly hide him with my small body.

My eyes meet with Mr Alvarez, already dreading the yelling that would come, I shut my eyes tight when he opens his mouth, biting my lip hard, that's it, I'm going to lose my job over a stranger, that I still have no idea what he's doing here.

"Ace.....ah Scarlett, I see you've met my...." Mr Alvarez starts, then paused midway, as if he was talking on the phone, my eyes are still shut tight, waiting for him to start shouting and asking me why a total stranger is in his kitchen "what happened to your hand, why is there a lot of blood here? Scarlett" he suddenly booms, this caused me to open my eyes slowly, coming face to face with Mr Alvarez, standing a few inches away from me and the young man behind me, who has somehow stepped away from my shadow, standing side by side with me

"Uh....I...." I start stuttering, not knowing what to say, or what Mr Alvarez was asking, and why he didn't look half as angry as I expected, or even half as shocked as I'd expected him to be "the thing is .... Sir.. I..." I don't even know what I'm rambling off about, but I know it was slowly getting on his nerves, shit, this is bad

"Dad it's just a small cut, she wasn't here when it happened" deep, baritone, soul shaking voice echoes through the whole kitchen, shaking me to my core, but asides the voice, the words he utters shocks me even more.

I slowly turn to look at him, my lips parting slowly, did he just call Mr Alvarez his dad?

"A small cut you say? Ace you're bleeding all over the floor" Mr Alvarez rushed out, his voice showing a tinge of worry, an emotion I hardly see in him in all the years I've known him "what happened"? He asked, this time his questions are not directed at me, but I can't help but steal a glance at him and then back at the young man, who sighed out tiredly

"I was trying to get some water and the glass slipped from my grasp, it's nothing serious, the cut isn't even that deep" he rasped out again, I take this moment to really study him, and from every single feature on his face, I think he's a walking, sweet, cute, bunny kind of sex god.

There's something innocent about his whole look, but yet sinful, it's like sin wrapped in a piece of bible paper, I can't seem to look away from him.

I sighed out dreamily, not even realizing that Mr Alvarez was already talking to me, not until he raised his voice a bit, startling me and causing me to immediately look down, away from the breathing Adonis god in front of me

"Scarlett, why aren't you getting the first aid kit, he needs to cover the cut before it gets infected" Mr Alvarez rushed out,I quickly bite my lips, I was about to do that before he came, stupid me.

"Sir, I uh... I was...." I got cut off again

"She was helping me wash the blood off dad" the same sweet sinful voice muttered beside me, I could feel his eyes now on me, causing me to swallow hard, hearing him call Mr Alvarez dad again, so he's my boss's son, and here I was thinking he had come to steal, fuck, I'm in trouble, I know it, wait till he tells his dad that I called him a thief in his own home.

"Okay then, if you say so" Mr Alvarez muttered out, before turning to look at me again, all the while I had my head down "you should cover up the wound for him before it gets infected" he rushed out to me, and I just nodded without saying anything else

I hear his footsteps as he starts making his way out of the kitchen, but then stops "and Ace, where's your brother"? He asked

"He said he would stop to get some things in the city, he asked me to come before him, he should be here any minute now" the young man rushed out to his father, I heard Mr Alvarez hum out gently, before resuming his walk back out of the kitchen, immediately I stopped hearing his footsteps, I let out a heavy breath of relief, that was intense.

I know I lived here most of my life, but asides recently, I've never actually had any dealing with Mr Alvarez personally, it's always been my mom, so having to work with him closely now, it's hard to adjust to it, my hand was already over my heart, massaging that space gently, trying to get my heart to stop beating, that was crazy.... The sudden sound of someone clearing their throat causes me to freeze, shit, I'm not alone, there's someone here with me, and he just watched me do all that.

I shut my eyes, biting my lip, twice now.... I've already fucked up twice now in front of him, at this rate I might lose my job before I even start working here.

With my head still down, I turn to face his direction, not having the mind to look up at him again, not after the stunts I'd been pulling off in front of him since meeting him "I'll go get the first aid kit, just wait here....sir" I rush out, adding the last part begrudgingly, it feels weird calling someone that's almost same age as me 'sir'

Without waiting for a response from him, I rush towards the cabinet where all the first aid items are being kept, I pull out the small first aid pouch that hold everything I'd need to care for his cut, I walk back to where he's standing, with my head still down, I contemplate taking his hand or just .... How am I going to tend to his wounds without touching him? Am I even allowed to? But I already did once before, but I didn't know as at that time that he was my boss's son, all this is..... My self rambling was once again cut short when I see his hand outstretched for me, mid air.

Slowly, I take his hand in mine, now holding it after knowing that he's Mr Alvarez's son, it feels different than the first time, it's like now I'm holding a gem stone, being careful not to mess anything up.

I open the first aid pouch, I start bringing out everything I'd need, for one second i don't raise my head up to look at him.

I don't know why though, it might be because he's my boss's son and I'm not supposed to look at him in the eye like that, or that he's just very attractive I might stumble if I look at him directly in the eye.

Either way, I just can't look him in the eyes

You would think it'll be easy to just treat the cut, put the pouch back where I found it and go on my merry way, but no, it's not that easy, especially when he decides that it'll be perfect to make a conversation with me

"You work here"? He asked, his deep voice resonating in my ear, and shaking me deep down to my core, I swallow hard, very discreetly might I add, before nodding my head, not trusting my voice right now

"What's your name"? He once again asked, causing me to freeze, I don't want to say anything right now, not because I'm scared, just a little bit rattled, and when I'm rattled I say really stupid things when I open my mouth.

I didn't expect what he did next, his whole face suddenly covers my view of his hand, his eyes meeting mine, they're warm and calm, causing me to freeze as I stare at him, he's bending down so he can look at me

"I asked you a question" he whispers out

"Huh"? I mumble out like a fool, maybe I am a fool, I quickly shake my head, quickly looking away from him, now squaring my shoulder and looking up, just as his face goes back to it's normal position, I'm not looking into his eyes but I'm now looking up at his face

"I said, what's your name"? He rasped out, pressing his lips together, while staring at me, I'm trying not to stare into his eyes, just letting my eyes  wander the rest of his face, it's spotless and... Beautiful

I swallow hard "Scarlett"

And there we have it, the first chapter done and dusted.

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