Chapter 2 Crossing the limit

Alexa and Nicole excused themselves from the rest of the guests and went upstairs. However, Miranda heard their conversation as she was serving the guests drinks. Any conversations having to do with Derrick made Miranda alert.

The top floor was off-limits. Derrick hated to be disturbed, and Miranda was well aware of this. But she wanted to know what Alexa and Nicole were going to do on the top floor.

Seeing how beautiful Alexa and Nicole looked in their long dresses that swept the floor, Miranda felt jealous and wished she wasn't a maid. Aside from being a maid, she managed to gain some college education, but she couldn't resign her contract as a maid yet. Not when she admired the most handsome man on the planet.

"Ouch! Watch where you're going," a female guest yelled at Miranda for stepping on her toes and losing her guard, as the tray went off from her hands and stained the guest's white dress.

"Ahh! How dare you lowly maid stain my white dress? Do you know how much this outfit costs?" The female guest was annoyed. She was a young woman of Miranda's agemate, and seeing that the celebrant wasn't interested in his own party, nor did he interacted with the guests. That had fueled the guest's irritation.

"I am sorry," Miranda began to apologize to the guest, but the female guest landed Miranda a hot slap on her left cheek.

"You are not deserving to be a maid here! Get out!" The female guest yelled, her voice turned the living room silent.

Lady Loretta felt shocked, and she chided the guest, "Melody, that's not how to treat your fellow lady. She made a mistake and apologized to you while we were all here. Come, Miranda," Lady Loretta summoned Miranda back.

"Show Melody to a room above. I think Nicole still has some spare clothes left in her room from before she left us and got married last year."

"Okay, ma. Come with me," Miranda said to the angry lady, who now looked happy to be taken upstairs for a change.

While the bodyguards were standing around the mansion and in the living room, the jubilation continued as Miranda went upstairs with Melody.

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Melody was happy to be away from the living room, and she asked Miranda, "Where's Master Derrick's room?"

Miranda didn't want to be friends with the lady who had dared to molest her. The lady was fair-skinned, and Miranda was also light-skinned even when she wasn't using any toning lotion to brighten her skin.

"Can't you speak?" Melody yelled at Miranda again. However, Miranda wouldn't have all that insult in a whole day from the guest scolding her.

"What do you need Master Derrick's room for? Are you here for the birthday party, or are you here for the house master?" Miranda questioned the perplexed woman.

"What? How dare you speak to me in such insolent manners? Have you lost your mind?" Melody charged at Miranda and wanted to attack Miranda, who didn't even know which of the rooms belonged to Derrick or his sisters.

The mansion was extremely spacious, and the rooms above were too many to know which room was the master's or his sister's room.

However, as Melody wanted to smack Miranda again, Derrick got out of his sitting room with his sister and Alexa as they came to check on him, just after he was through taking off his black suit and left in his white shirt and slacks.

"What's going on here?" Derrick demanded, and Melody quickly withdrew her right hand and offered him a sweet smile.

"Good evening, Master Derrick. Your mother sent this silly maid to show me to one of her daughter's rooms here on the top floor to change my dress after she spilled wine on me. But this maid is rude, and she doesn't want to show me to the room," Melody replied, glaring at Miranda.

"What?! That's a total lie, Master Derrick. She was asking me about your bedroom," Miranda said.

Silence immediately ensued in the hallway. Much to Derrick's shock, Miranda's voice sounded so alluring and soft, and he hadn't heard any woman speak with such a soft tone before.

He eyed the maid mysteriously, knowing he had seen her before.

Derrick shifted his gaze to Melody and replied, "That's not why you should attack my mother's maid. When you're not the owner of this house. I saw you just now wanting to attack her. Leave here now. You are dismissed, and your contract with Luis corporation will be terminated as well. Leave!"

Derrick strode toward the staircase to go downstairs. However, Melody dropped down on her knees and pleaded, "Please, Master Derrick. Forgive me. I didn't mean to attack this maid. She's lying, Master. Please, forgive me. I wasn't asking her about your bedroom."

With leisurely strides, Derrick paid no heed to Melody begging him. He went downstairs to thank the guests who had taken out their time to honor his mother's invitation.

After Derrick, Nicole, and Alexa left the top floor of the exquisite mansion, Miranda rose from the floor and pounced on Melody. She wanted to get revenge on Melody for making her lose her job and also her chances with the master of the house.

"You witch! How dare you ruin my chances with Master Derrick? I am going to kill you today!" Melody yelled. She was not prepared. She didn't know that Miranda knew how to fight. As she rushed to attack Miranda, Miranda dodged the attack and kicked her very hard behind her buttọcks.

Miranda pounced on the spoiled lady and started beating her.

"Somebody help!!" Melody screamed as Miranda smacked her and landed multiple slaps in retaliation for the first slap that she had given her.

Miranda sat on Melody's stomach on the tiled floor and slapped her face very well. She also pulled off Melody's wig off and threw it off.

Due to the music echoing in the first floor living room, the bodyguards had escorted Derrick downstairs to the room. So, no one could hear Melody's cries for help.

After Miranda had dealt with Melody, she rose to her feet and ran away into one of the exquisite rooms on the same floor to have a cool evening bath.

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The birthday celebration had long ended, and Derrick thanked the guests who had taken the time to attend his 25th birthday party.

"Baby brother. We have got to start going home now. Enjoy your night. I was thinking, why not ask Alexa out to be your girlfriend? She works beside you in the office, and she spends most of her days with you. Alexa Godwin is from a good family, and she will make a good wife for you," Nicole suggested to Derrick.

However, Derrick frowned a little and replied, "I am not interested in relationships, and Alexa knows this. Except she's the one requesting for you to speak to me about relationships."

"Not at all, Master Derrick," Alexa quickly replied. She didn't want to lose her job yet. Especially when she saw Derrick's face twisted in irritation.

"That's fine, sister. Let's call it a night. I have to go inside now and rest, then I will give your proposal some thought. Alexa Godwin is a wonderful woman, and I wouldn't mind asking her out the proper way," Derrick said as he put his hands into his trouser pocket and offered his elder sister a warm smile.

He didn't want her or the rest of his six elder sisters to worry about him.

"That's fine, baby brother. Good night and goodbye," Nicole waved to Derrick as she got into her sleek sport car. She drove home to meet her husband, having a newborn son at home. Meanwhile, Alexa nervously smiled and walked up to her sleek black sport car.

She pulled the black car door open and got inside, feeling Master Derrick's gaze on her. She then drove out of the opulent residence.