Sold To The Wicked Him

Not being able to say any words, Aiden was left stunned by the words of his father. Laughing as he wants to hide his anger… he stops midway and gave Menandro a scowl.

Taking a step forward, Aiden put distance between the two of them.

“And who do you think is the fool between the two of us? If I were in your situation, I would be a man to save mom back then. I am not a coward like you-”

“You don’t know anything!”

Raising his voice, Menandro can’t contain his anger and let it out and raise his hand. With his voice shaking, Aiden was surprised to see his father act this way. The two of them never really had the chance in having a conversation like this. After all, even if the two of them meet up, all they do is beat around the bushes.

“What?” Aiden smirked, he can’t believe how his father raised his hand at him. Even though he never really intended for his hand to hit him since he stops it midway, just the thought of him hitting Aiden is enough for his son to be left with disappointment.

“Are you going to hurt me? Go on. Hit me with your anger. Hit me if you dare! It is not as if I would be surprised if you do so. After all, since mom left, all you did was hurt me and give me pain. Is it not?”

“Aiden! That is not true-”

“Then what do you think is true then? Ah, don’t say it. It is not as if I would have the nerve to believe in you. Because of all people, you are the last one I can trust”

Heading his way to where his feet would lead him, Aiden can’t help but be affected by what happened. He may change harsh words with his father but, this was the very first time he dares say words like that.

Little did he know, it is not just him who was affected by what happened. Looking at the back of his son leaving, Menandro whispers in the air.

“Claudia… what should I do? The distance is growing… bigger and bigger than before…”© 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

With a sorry eye, all he received as a reply was nothing but silence.

“What should I do? What should I…”

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“Finally done!” Lea jumped in happiness as she finally finished the plan she jotted down. To her excitement, she went out of her room. Leaving countless numbers of paper crumbled on the floor.

It was such a mess but it was a pile in on one side making it not be that hurtful in the eyes at all.

Her dress touching her knee, the pastel color it has makes each maid that looks at her direction can’t help but be surprised. Most women would choose colors with a darker shade to look more attractive but in what they saw, she was different. Different… not just in that way. She was different than other noble ladies since Lea… is something else.

“Have you heard the rumor?”

“What is it about?”

“The words escaping in the other maids on the main house. They said that Madam Lea isn’t actually the lover of Master Aiden!”

“Really? But my friend said that they look so good dancing back then. They are so close to each other and looks like a king and queen of the night!”

“Your friend?”

“Yes, that night, he attends as the guard of the lady he serves and they said that Ms. Catalina is in a such bad mood after seeing the two of them acting so lovey-dovey!”

“Oh my, is that true?”

“Yes, it is, how can I lie to you?”

While hiding the fact that Lea is a slave bought by Aiden, rumors started to circulate on how she was a fake Madam. How Aiden has no interest in her.

“Mister head butler, I am here to talk with Aiden, is he inside?”

“Madam, I am afraid he is not in his office”

With a bit of curl on her forehead, the butler noticed how she don’t believe in his words.

The butler then holds the knob of his door. With his hand hiding in white gloves touches it, what welcomes Lea was a room filled with no living being. Aiden was not really there for her to look at.

“The master is not here… I am afraid you can’t talk to him right now”

‘But… he was here when I left. There is no possible way he would-‘

Noticing how a group of men came while holding a new glass pane, that is when she notices why the head butler is in there.

“Did something happen?”

She curiously asked as it seems like there was a commotion that happened in front of Aiden’s office.

“Nothing really happened. The Master thought that the glass pane looks old and wants to replace it”

‘The glass pane? But… there doesn’t seem to be a problem about that at all… but when he told Master, who does he mean by that?’

“Aiden?”

“No, Master Menandro”

‘Oh… so it was Mr. Menandro…’

“Ah, right, you do have two masters in here… it was quite confusing… sorry”

Nodding his head, the head butler continued his job to supervise the others. Thinking about how she must give Aiden the plan she has written, while carefully holding it in her hands, she sets off on her way to look for that man.

‘Where might he be? I forgot to ask mister head butler where Aiden might be… but… he looks busy. I can’t possibly ask it while he was doing his job’

Defeated by how she has no idea where that man is, she was left captivated by the glow of the sky outside.

“Time surely passes by so fast…”

She mumbled and soon opens the door connected to the outside of the mansion. It was the same place where she had a cup of tea with Aiden and his father. Thinking about that occurrence, she can’t help but want to look at the greenhouse she saw before. That beautiful sight that she can never get tired of looking at, it surely is a calming place in comparison to any other places she can find in the residence of Aiden.

“I wonder if it would be alright for me to go in there. It is not as if I would do such a crime… but… somehow…”

Shaking her head, she did have bits of freedom in here. Surely, it wasn’t an act that would be enough for her to have her head cut off.

Whistling as she tried to recall the path they took back then, the sky turns darker and darker. That the yellow-orange sky from before turned to a golden in gray color.

“Wow… I can even see the moon in here”

She was amazed to have some time looking at the sky like this again. Smiling, she didn’t notice the small rock that was on the ground. With her eyes looking at the sky, what happened to her is the least expected.

“Ahhh!”

She shouted as she lost her balance. But instead of letting her hand lean on the ground to cover the impact, she didn’t notice how she bends her knees and ended up falling in her butt.

“Ouch…”

Wincing in pain, she closes her eyes.

‘What kind of an idiot am I to fall like that? I was really dumb to be even in this kind of situation! Hah!!!’

Shouting in her thoughts, her mind was disturbed with small laughter coming from somewhere near her. Looking around, she finds nothing. There is no one around to be the culprit of that laugh. Terrified by what she encountered, she can’t help but think that it may have come from something that ain’t human.

‘A… ghost?’

As soon as her face was filled with nothing but fright written on it, an impact of something falling from above was heard as a figure of a man jumped down from the tree.

“Ahh!-”

In shocked about what she saw, she realizes how it was Aiden,

“Aiden?”

“Yes, and who do you think it would be? And also, can you please stop shouting? It is so irritating”

“I really thought that you are a ghost… my heart is still beating so loud…”

Holding her chest where her heart was located, Aiden can’t help but laugh at her.

“And you even believe in ghosts? Are you a child? That is not true at all. What a coward”

He mumbled, ready to go back to his mansion. But before he can even take two steps when he heard the sound of something hitting the bushes.

“Stop fooling around, will you? The sky is already dark, you should go back as well”

Looking back at Lea, he saw how she haven’t moved ever since.

“But.. it is not me…”

“If it isn’t you… then… who?”