She took him home. And by home, Damien realised she was taking him to the palace. “My patience is stretched thin and I am taking no chances this time around! She had said when she dismissed her driver and got into the car to drive herself while her entourage followed them behind. It was an impressive scene to behold indeed. Damien could see cars park aside as they passed. The car was different as well as she drove a rose-gold Rolls-Royce Boat Tail that blended well with her hair.The $28,000, 000 car was as much the centre of attraction as the gorgeous enviable lady driving it. Some of them barely noticed the dishevelled, unknown man beside her as their eyes were fixated on the darling of society, whom most of them have only seen once or twice before.Those that have never seen Isabella whispered and tapped themselves as they struggled to catch the barest glimpse of the most privileged and most affluent young lady in the whole of Santa Eyre and its environs.“Oh, my God! Is that the
Shamefaced, Victoria made a move to stand up from her kneeling position before she would apologize to Damien.“No, do it like that,” Isabella said testily .her patience stretched thin.She saw the fleeting amazed look that her head made her but she ignored it as she waited with raised brs for ht latter to get ahead.Victoria knelt very well again before she mumbled something that Isabella couldn’t quite hear “What?! I didn’t catch that. Apologise and stop wasting my damn time! Or will you prefer I call in your subordinates? A larger audience should open your mouth wide enough, don’t you think?” Victoria flinched at the mention of that and he said loud and clear “Please, forgive me, sir. I shouldn’t have disrespected you. I am so sorry. Please forgive me. I promise to never do such a thing again,” she said in contrition and Isabella could see tears dropped from her eyes when Damien just stood there without saying anything.“Ma, I…” Victoria looked at her then back at Damien “I have s
Damien knew that there was no point in dragging this out anymore. He decide to just tell her whatever he knew without putting the New Clan vampires in trouble. What did she want from him, after all? He wondered, yet he knew that he was now in her debt. Originers pay their debts in full. Even though Damien was now picking up the habit of lying just as these people, gratefulness was an inherent part of the Originers that he couldn't do away with. She saved him twice, so he was ready to give her the truth. Whatever that was. It seemed like she could see his resolve to come clean because she merely nodded her head after giving him a long look.Then she said "Come and have your seat"Isabella led him to the loveseat closest to the door and Damien sank in the eye comfortable with a beautiful, patterned, cover."Would you like to have anything?" she asked him but he shook his head. He wouldn't care to ask for anything even though he had not eaten since the day before. He just wanted to get
She insisted on sending him back to where he lives. She wrote a note for him to give to his employer and Damien left the palace.He wondered if he would be allowed to go scot-free if he should go back to the Macmillans. "They would not dare to do anything to you when they see this note" She stated confidently as if she could read his apprehension. "Unless you will rather go back to your people. Where do your people live here in Santa Eyre?" she asked with an intent look.Damien panicked as he wondered where to tell her. He couldn't possibly tell her that there was an underground city connected to her father's palace. Could he? He knew that she would find out if he just randomly tell her a casual place. So he panicked."Is that also another secret?" she said with a small smile. "I will find out eventually but for now. A driver will be waiting for you downstairs. I will be in touch" she said simply before turning away from him. She went towards the inner chamber and Damien rushed out o
By the time the driver finished his statement, it wasn’t only President Macmillan and Sybill that were amazed, Damien himself couldn’t believe his ears.He now knew the reason why she gave him that confident smile when she said that he would hear from her soon enough. It was because she had a plan all along. “What? She asked this…this thing to come and live in the palace?” Sybill’s shocked statement had Damien looking back at her in surprise. He thought she wanted him away from her house before. Why then was she showing outrage now? He wondered.Sybil turned to her father when the driver only nodded his head “No, dad. You can’t allow that. He is our servant after all. How can one…one…” she sputtered when the driver looked at her sharply and her father turned an aghast expression on her as well. “I mean, the princess cannot just take him away from us, can she?” then as if she just remembered something, she held on to her dad’s arm as she shouted “Remember what he did to Sonia? Dad, w
“Damien!” The excited shout had a smile split Damien’s face as he definitely knew who that voice belonged to! True enough, the driver had barely parked well enough, when Andrea jumped out of the vehicle and ran towards where they stood.Sybil rolled her eyes and scoffed even as the driver, Butler Shawn and President Macmillan shouted in panic at the way she jumped out of the car.Andrea looked at them all like what she did was not a big deal even as her driver ran out from the driver’s side and quickly bowed to the ground as he pleaded “I am so sorry, sir. I never knew that she would jump out like that. I will be more careful next time, sir. Forgive me, sir”“Stupid” Sybil, who still had her hand firmly on her reddened face, muttered.“He is not stupid!”Andrea shouted, her face red and her pigtails flying. “You are the stupid one! Dad tells him to stand up. He did not do anything!” Andrea said to her father.President Macmillan shook his head before telling the driver to get out of h
Damien still couldn't believe what was happening. Even as the driver followed him to the staff house to take his meagre belonging, he half expected someone to shout that it had all been his imagination. The workers around looked at him in awe as he entered and even the cook did not have her perpetual scowl on her face that evening so Damien thought that someone must have informed them all about the new situation. He couldn't think of any work that he had seen around while the occurrence at the main house was going on. Except maybe Butler Shawn and Aliamin but at that moment, the two were still at the main house. "I heard that you are finally leaving. Did the boss finally send you away?" The cook couldn't seem too resistant she gave the well-dressed driver behind him a thorough scrutiny. Damien derived pleasure in giving her a reply. Finally, he wouldn't have to tiptoe around her anymore. "Not at all. I am leaving on my own." he answered then after a pause, he added "To a better pla
The cook must have thought that she was about to miss an opportunity because she ran so fast behind him to catch up to him before he left. Damien was amused as he heard her heavy footsteps behind him and the events of how she had dealt with him in the past ran through his mind. The starving, The cold foods. The leftovers that she would scrape together for him from other people's plates even when he was sure that there was still food left enough to feed more than one. The lies, The accusations.All these thoughts went through Damien's mind in a matter of seconds and the remembrance of the helpless feeling he had had during those moments wiped off the little amusement he felt earlier. He was tempted to have her run after him till they got to the car but then he thought better of it."Stop running after me. I will not do it" he snapped at her, not giving a damn that others around had come out to stand on the porch and they were all whispering to themselves. He decided not to tune into wh