Chapter 17 (1115)
ALEXA'S POV
Standing in front of both of them, I was shocked that Nolan had stopped Kathy's hand from hitting me.
His hand held her wrist so tight you couldn't imagine the look of surprise Kathy has.
"Nolan, what the hell!" Kathy exclaims, taking her hand abruptly from his hold.
"I've told you to back off, Kathy... I knew you'd be going off course-" Nolan was cut off when Kathy spoke up, "You're being such a limp-dick!-"
"Come up with a better comeback, then you can argue with me..."
I step back from them, not wanting to be in their fight knowing Kathy started it all.
"So you're on her side now?" Kathy hissed at him. A few footsteps came over to us from behind me, I turned and saw Mr. Brown tucking his phone away to join us.
"Ah, Nolan. Good evening, Kath." Mr. Brown greets both of them with a smile but Nolan immediately left to the dinner table before he could say another word.
"Would you like to join us, dear?" Mr. Brown looks towards Kathy who seemed visibly angry.
"No thanks, I wouldn't want to ruin your meal this little goody two shoes made," As Kathy glares at me as she said those words.
"Are you sure?" Mr. Brown looks at Kathy worriedly as he starts to walk up to her.
"Yes, sir. It's getting late as well, I've got some work to do with parents' in the morning." Kathy leans to brush her cheek against him and made a kiss sound bidding her farewell.
I turned to look at Nolan who was walking to Kathy and looked like he regret what he did before.
"Kathy,"
"Just stop, Nolan... I dont want to hear it," And with that she stomped her way out of the hall.
"They had a fight, Sir" I leaned over to him and whispered.
He nods understandably and turns to go into the dining room after Kathy had slammed the door.
Mr. Brown takes a seat at the head of the table while Nolan sits across from him and who wasn't paying attention to his presence.
"What is wrong with you tonight, Nolan?" Mr. Brown asks.
"Nothing, Kathy was just not feeling well." Nolan excuses, taking a napkin and putting it on his lap.
I walked softly from the tiled floor not attempting to catch their attention towards me, it had already been an eventful start of the night I wouldn't want anything to happen further.
"Alexa," Mr. Brown calls as I was almost at the foot of the kitchen door.
"Yes, Sir?"
"Would you mind calling the staff members to join us to eat, it's been awfully quite dead silent." My brows furrowed at his command but I nodded my head, making my way downstairs to call everyone.
Awkwardly standing before them, I saw the gardeners and male housekeeping were already munching on bread, while the ladies were chatting and sipping on a bottle of water. Some were sat on the floor while the others were comfortably sat on the countertop.
"Excuse me?" I called out softly, trying to gather up the courage to speak louder, but they seem to not notice me at all.
"Everyone?" I spoke even louder which finally got their attention.
They looked at me confused and I continued, "My apologies if I interrupted you but Mr. Brown calls us at the dining table..."
It doesn't take long for them to get to the dining room once I explained the situation. When the women reached the room, they took their seats around the round table whilst the men opted against doing so.
"Alexa-you people, why aren't the rest of you sitting?" Mr. Brown asked, on the other side of the table across from him Nolan looked a tad bit shocked at his father's command as well as everybody else's presence at the table.
"We wouldn't want to take up space as you might have actual guests, sir." An old man spoke out loud even with a horse voice.
"Not to worry, everyone, you all should sit at the table with me-" Suddenly, Nolan stood up with his plate full of food and a loaf of bread in hand. I shot him a look but he seemed unfazed by it.
"Don't mind me, I wouldn't want to ruin the party.." Nolan scoffs before making his way out of the dining room.
Mr. Brown was about to say something but it felt like he was stopping himself.
"What are you all standing for? Dig in!" Mr. Brown said as he watched and ate along with us.
He didn't look fazed by Nolan's actions. Instead, Mr. Brown seemed more amused at our reactions to Nolan's actions than angry or upset about having dinner together without him.
The dinner continued on with the chatter continuing between all five of us. The only thing we really talked about was the weather, housework, and pay raise... We didn't talk about Nolan. That was clear enough to me.
After eating, we all cleared up our empty plates and began talking again.
"Sir, if you don't mind us asking, why did you aks us to join you for dinner?" One of the housekeeping maids ask as everyone had the same expression at first.
It seemed clear that it is a question everybody wanted to ask, I've only been here for a small fragment of their experience with him but I could tell this is a first to them.
It seemed clear that it is a question everybody wanted to ask, I've only been here for a small fragment of their experience with him but I could tell this is a first to them.
" Well, I thought that a meal together would provide a chance for us all to get to know each other more, maybe spend some time with one another outside of work?"
"Is that all you're worried about?" Another housekeeper interjects, "This house hasn't felt homely since Miss died, Sir."
"I know that. But there is always time for change isn't there?"
"But why didn't you invite Alexa instead of us?" One of the male housemaids asked, teasingly.
"Wouldn't it be unfair for everyone?" The room fell silent as they didn't expect Mr. Brown to even answer the question.
I could feel their eyes on me as I sat uncomfortably in my seat.
"We all have our own struggles to deal with, but I'm getting old... There's no one out there genuine to take care of me, so I would like to spend this time with people who I owe," I turned to Mr. Brown and he gave me a knowing look that made me smile.