Chapter 28

**CHAPTER 28**

**"Good morning,** Master Hades, Mistress Allison, breakfast is ready," said an elderly maid with salt and pepper hair. Hades nodded, and she gave way for her master and Mistress to pass.

Allison roamed her eyes around the entire dining area in awe. It was immense and spacious that it could fit ten people! Not to mention, the dining table had ten chairs. She wondered how many siblings Hades had. The dining table was already set with large plates with various kinds of scrumptious foods dined while several maids were still serving the table. The full view made her clandestinely drool.

"Come here, love," ushered Hades as he guided her to sit on the chair beside the head chair, the one he would sit on, but she did not listen and instead sat on the chair facing opposite to the one he was offering.

Her move created a salty, awkward tension in the entire room. The staff kept quiet and pretended to be blind as if their master was not embarrassed. On the other hand, Hades kept his cool and sat on the chair where he thought Allison was supposed to sit, understanding that she resented him. The maids began to scurry away in an instant, leaving the couple alone, and silence soon enveloped. The atmosphere between them became more and more awkward.

"Let's eat?" she asked, breaking the silence. Hades looked at her and nodded then they began having breakfast.

As they ate breakfast, she looked at him, who was reading a newspaper while chewing her bacon. She noticed that he was wearing a grim frown on his face while reading as if he was bested over something.

'What is that he's reading?' she thought, but she shrugged it off and gave her full attention to her breakfast. It didn't matter. It's none of her business anyway. But still, her mind kept in place with the frown he was wearing, then thought that she was getting nosy if she thought more about it.

She quickly scurried to his room as soon as she finished her breakfast. She was planning to visit Brent. She heard from Hades earlier that her friend was done packing her things, and she wanted to pick them up herself and not leave the chore to Hades' secretary. When she entered her room, she remembered that she didn't have anything to wear. The only clothes in there were his obviously tailored clothes, and the clothes she was wearing right now were given by a maid.

'Right, the maid!' she thought and opened the door to peek if any maids were passing by. Fortunately, there was one, Miracle. "Psst, hey!" Allison called for Miracle's attention.

The young maid was busy carrying towels to every room when she heard Allison. She turned her head and saw the master's fiancée waving at her, which made her heart drop in surprise. But it didn't stop her from walking up to the latter.

"Yes. What is it, Mistress?" she asked Allison.

"Can you get me something to wear outdoors? I want to go outside," Allison requested with a small smile that revealed her Duchenne marker, hoping that the maid would work on her request.

"O... Of course, Mistress! I'll work on it right away!" she said, scurrying off in a speed fast as the speed of light, leaving Allison wondering that she didn't have to be that enthusiastic.

"Where are you going?" she heard someone ask from behind as she was descending downstairs, trying to find her way out of the mansion. Someone's intoxicating scent infiltrated her nose, and the menacing presence made her recognize who was behind her.

"I was planning to visit Brent," she answered while turning to face him. She held her breath when she realized how breathtaking Hades looked. He was wearing the usual business casual she would see her father wear, A dress shirt tucked neatly in his newly ironed striped slacks. His hair was combed to the back and his chiseled face clean-shaven. He was a man worthy of the word devilishly handsome.

When she brushed her eyes up to his stormy grey orbs, she realized Hades was looking at her intently as well, she prepared herself for a deep breath, readying herself for another argument if ever he protested, and restrict her from going outside.

They stared at each other amid the heavy silence for a moment before he spoke again. "Okay, have fun," Allison's ears perked of his answer. Surprisingly and fortunately, he enabled her to go outside, making her glad. It was a piece of good news to her that Hades wasn't practicing to be a toxic partner. "Want me to bring you there?" he suggested and she gripped on the hem of the fur coat she was wearing, hesitating.

He might do the same thing when he fetched her from the condominium. But he didn't do a thing to her as well when he comforted her when she had a terrible nightmare.

"Love?"

"Y...Yes?"

"That would be amazing."

"All right, let's go?"

"Sure, thanks," she said, turning on her heels to proceed going off as he followed behind her until they were side-by-side when they reached downstairs. As they walked down the halls, she wondered if it was just her intuition or the ferocious beast was looking at her solemnly in his stormy eyes earlier. He looked like a puppy who had his toy taken.