Chapter 4 of chapter 1What going on between you and Sir Marcus

The day seem brighten due to the heating sun.The morning birds flew happier in the sky, today did seem different and busy for all days. The kitchen was burning with cooking of all kind of delicious meal because of the arrives of the new guest.

Lady Pearl, never tell us that we'll being receiving the guest from two days time. We were harshly wakes up by Lady Gogo and her rough early morning bells. 

Everything goes the same way every day, expect the Duke never seem to stay in his room whenever I'm cleaning, I was happy about this act, at least things would go too complicated .

The cooks shouts a lot when there's any fest coming up and it demand lot more of dishes for the occasion. Just as always servants running in and out, rushing attend to needs and want of both lord and cooks. It wasn't easy whenever there's an occasion in the Mansion. 

I stayed glued to my cook as she ordered all what she wants. The cook that I was assigned to seem very gentle and nice. She talks softly to me, and not ordering me roaming. 

I wonder if she was ever here before. 

"Please pass me the salt" she said, and I immediately gave it to her. She grins lovely at me. 

"What's your name?"

she asked  of my name? I was amazed. She was stunning and had a beautiful voice that can heal a wounded heart, I haven't see her before, maybe she's new in the kitchen, and she seem quite different from others. 

I felt overwhelmed by her charming smile she display on her face. "I'm still waiting to hear your name" she said.  I down my head shyly, bitting on my lips. 

"My name is Isabella" I said, hands cover my face, my cheeks were reddish, why I'm feeling fluttered over a woman beautiful. I have never had noticed her before in the kitchen. Like how? When I'm busy attending to the Master room. 

"That's a nice name. Mine is Angela" 

"Lady Angela?" 

"No, just Angela," she said, I was amazed by her attitude. She was one of a kind. 

"Why don't you cook with me" she suggested, I widened in confusion. Would that be risk and it against the rules given to us. The black are not allowed to cook but to assist. I Dow down my head, feeling disappointed by not accepting her offer, I thought she noticed through my act.

"It's okay, if you don't want to" she said with beams, I smiled back, continue my duties assisting her.

The kitchen routine continues while others were roaming fast in the kitchen I was begin treat well by a cook. 

"Isabella!" A familiar voice called, it was Sir Marcus, his face seen cold and serious. The nice and gentle man I know have died off and being replaced by a cold man. There was no bliss of smile on his face. I wonder what makes he changed. After he see me in the master chamber, he changed completely towards me. 

"Come here" his voice was cold and scaring, I looked around and everyone was glancing on me, and surprisedly why a lord came by himself to call me. I walks to him And he drags me on the wrist. 

No words was say, as we walked sliently out of the kitchen. 

"Marcus, is everything okay?" I asked but he keep on walking and no glared back. 

I keep slient since there's was no answer to my question. "We're going to the garden, our usual spot. And everything is okay"  he said. 

I felt so relieved, he finally speaks to me. I have a lot of questions to asked him. First, about Emily, why he never said anything about her being his sister. My memory only captured he and no one else. 

On getting to the garden. "You look different" 

He drags on my waist, pulled me closer to him. " Marcus" I called, he seem not to cares about my reaction. " I thought you belong to me but I was wrong, you belong to him" 

I was feeling suffocating, his hands were warped hard on my waist, tightly. '" Marcus, what are you saying?" 

"Please....stop" I begged almost with a  watery eyes. He left go of my waist. 

"I'm sorry, my sincere apologies" 

"What do you want! You're never acted like this then. Now, there is no difference between you and the Master!" I yells, burning out my frustrations on him. Yeah he never told me how he ended here and nothing about his sister. 

"You're different Marcus, you're never the same Marcus I know. You change alot. You never told me Lady Emily was your sister, your mood has turned into something cold and dark. What happened Marcus? What happens to you back in Lord Mayors. How did you left and  I thought you were there with me, protecting me. We were together but you were gone, how?" 

He seem confused, lost, his eyes searching for answer in my eyes. " What's happened? Don't you remember that day?" 

"I was with you in the fire breakout?" He asked confusedly at me. Didn't he remembers that, he was the one who saved my life that day.

"Yes.. in the field don't you remember?." He looked up to the building, glancing at a glass window. And looked back at me and smiled. " Yes, I remember" he said, smiled warmly. " Why should I forget about the day I saved you from the burning fire. And I'm sorry not telling you about Emily but you don't have to worries about her. She's fine and would never laid a hand on you again" 

"I hold you my life Marcus, thank you for saving me even involving your life in the process I'd appreciate that" 

Before I could grab on my breath,  he hugged me so tightly. As if I was planning to run away, I hugged him back. "Please, don't change. You're not like them. Please don't" I whispered. 

"Of course not, I'll never do that. Never I promise" he leans in closer to my ears. I smiled widened. He might be a lord but he was a good friend I never had . The one who saved my life years back, I owned him all. 

We loose from each other. He smiles at me and I returned that same smiles. He now seem the just the Marcus I used to know.

"You can go back to attend to your duties" 

"But wait" I stops him when he wants to walk away. " What do you mean by I belong to him, who's he?" I asked

He just grins at me, walks a bit closer. Both hands on my shoulder.

"It's nothing" he replied with a smile. That's the smile I love about him. I grabbed on his wrist. 

"You're forgetting something" 

"What's that?" He confusedly asked, I just grins at him and point my thumb on his thumb. " The forever word, Always forever" I said.

"Always forever" he replied and left. 

"Marcus!" I shout his name, and waved at him, he also did the same before he departed.

I walked back to the kitchen, all eyes were surprised to see me untouch, are they thinking I'm going to be beaten? I walks straight to Lady Angela to support her with anything she needs. I could heard whips behine me. Some narrowing theirs eyes at me while others points at me while gossiping. 

"A cheap slut!" The head cook said and hissed at me. 

Everyone was showing different expression at me. All because Marcus came to call me. I ignored all whips like I was never there.

"You're back" Angela said, still smiling at me.

"How did it go?" She asked,

"Well, I nothing"

"You can lied to others but not to me, the way he called you seem more suspicious. People might get the wrong intention about you. What relationship do you have with a lord, a girl like you? Is too risky" 

"Well, I don't have anything with him" I nervously said, bowing down my head again. 

"You're still lying, a lord can't come all the way to the kitchen to call a maid just for some assignments except you both had something going on" 

"No, Lady Angela, is not what you think." I tried to covered up the trash. I don't want anyone to know I  once knows Marcus. It's better for them to keeping on guessing than knowing the true friendship between us.

But this lady seem smart, it obviously it shows, I might be sleeping with him but that what Marcus loves do even in young ages, he never learned to hide anything. 

"You don't want to tell?" She asked, as I bit on my lips. "You can keep it to yourself. But please help me serve the meal to the lord's"

"Alright, Lady Angela" 

"You mean to say Angela" 

I giggled, I do love her company and prayed she should be the only one I'll serve in the kitchen.

Lady Angela

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