Chapter 142

Elena:

I sat on the edge of the bed, waiting for him to come despite knowing how early it was for him to be showing up.

I couldn’t help but find myself growing somewhat disappointed when he wasn’t lately.

The man didn’t say a word when I told him that I trusted him the other night, and now, it’s been a few days since I’ve heard of Konstantin’s trip, and yet, the man was a no show. Tonight was a full moon, and though I expected at least an hour with him, looking at him, hearing him talk, I was surprised when he was nowhere to be seen.

The bedroom door was knocked twice, and though excited, I stayed in my place, watching as the door opened, revealing Yigrette, one of the maids in the house, and Konstantin’s best ‘spy’. She would look, examine, and send all the information to Konstantin. Regardless of what it was, and if I was doing anything that he would find against the ‘rules’ that I am forced to live in, I would be punished the second he returned. 

“You are awake,” she stated, and I looked down at my lap. It was still early for me to go to bed to begin with, but I knew that she was taunting me, a habit that she always had when she was being judgmental. She looked at the table, where the tray of dinner was yet to come, but I wasn’t even hungry right now. If anything, I was more exhausted than anything. “Did they not bring you something to eat?” 

I shook my head in response, and she frowned. 

“Did you ask them not to?” She asked, and I shook my head. She frowned, but I saw her nodding before she walked out of the room without saying a word. Her annoyance could be seen in her eyes, and though I was thankful to know that I wasn’t the one who she was angry with, nor was I the one that she could tell on to Konstantin, I hated to find myself being the reason that maids would be suffering the fate of his wrath when he got back. It wasn’t something that I wanted to take part of at all.

I watched as the door opened, revealing two maids who walked inside, followed by Yigrette, whose annoyance was seen in her eyes. “You know when her bedtime is, and you know to give her something to eat to keep her strong and ready for when the boss needs her, and you are not feeding the woman?”

Both maids put the things that she had ordered on the table, and she grabbed one of them by her chin, forcing her to look her in the eye. “If this repeats itself, then I won’t wait until the boss comes. I am going to be sure that I make you suffer the consequences that will follow, and trust me, I am not going to be lenient when that happens.”

The maid practically ran out when she released her, and though I didn’t interfere, I didn’t like what I just saw. But I wasn’t dumb, I knew to never interfere when it came to such situations, and I knew not to allow her to put me in a situation where I was going to be forced into something that I wasn’t going to like.

“Eat, the maids will come to pick and clean when you are done. And I expect you to be asleep when I am back.” She said, walking out of the room without saying a word. I took a deep breath and got up from the edge of the bed, not wanting to sleep in hopes that he would come. The idea of him not passing by another night was not something that I wanted. And the moon was far too beautiful to see alone, I wanted him to be there by my side when that happened. However, knowing that he gave Yigrette the task to ‘watch’ over me. I knew better than to defy her. I was just going to have to find the right way to pretend that I was asleep when I heard her walking in. 

It was the only way that I was going to be able to stay awake long enough to wait for his arrival. 

And I didn’t plan on missing him when he came. I wanted to see him when he did…

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I opened my eyes, frowning as I realized that he never did show up.

I waited for the man for hours, and it wasn’t until I dozed off, no longer able to stay awake, that I realized that he wasn’t going to come. 

And I had to admit, I couldn’t help but find myself being annoyed because of it, but I knew better than to mention or talk about it. I just knew that this was something that I was going to somehow have to cope with. It was going to be the only way that it was going to happen.

The bedroom door opened, and I didn’t need to look twice to know that it was Yigrette. I refused to sleep last night, but the woman believed that I was asleep when she checked on me the first time she did. She didn’t come back anytime later, but the door never opened to begin with, and that was something that pained me more than anything.

“You can sleep in, boss is not here.” She said, noticing that I was getting up from bed. I looked at her for a second, studying her expression, not sure whether or not she was being serious. “Boss gave permission. The night was a rough one outside, and he said that he wants you fully rested when he is back.”

I nodded and got back in bed, under the blanket, knowing not to play with the word ‘boss’ any longer than necessary. It was something that I didn’t want to be risking, and she for one knew that very well.

“You have managed to learn your manners well since my last visit, haven’t you?” She asked, clearly mocking me. I didn’t react, I knew not to give her what she wanted, no matter how small it was. “Good, get some sleep, and I’ll have the maids waking you up a while before they’ve prepared your breakfast. You know, it is your ‘birthday’ soon, and boss wants you to be ready for it when he is back.”

I gulped, knowing what was to come now that she has mentioned it. Konstantin was never the kind man to tell me to sleep in, but if he did, and if my birthday, if I could still call it that, was approaching, I knew that I was going to go through more hell than one would want to handle, and I didn’t know what the man would be doing this time. I just knew one thing.

I didn’t want to risk finding out…

And the idea of Vladimir no longer coming was something that confused me. 

The man used to come when it was Konstantin here, why wouldn’t he try to show up when he wasn’t?  The number of questions that played in my head were countless, but I knew one thing, I didn’t have the answer to any of them, and that was something that annoyed me even more than the whole situation that I was in right now.

I knew that he’s kept his promise so far, he kept the man away from me. But I didn’t understand why he was being away from me.

I just hoped that everything was okay. That HE was okay…

I didn’t want to find myself losing someone else too. 

I didn’t want to lose HIM too…