Melissa's Pov
I ran to my room to get myself together. What is happening to me? Why do I feel as if I know this person? I need to get hold of myself before I lose myself.
I drank a glass of water, took a deep breath and have my eyes tightly closed. I opened my eyes and made my way out of the room.
On my way to the sitting room, I got stopped by Jemima.
" What the hell are you doing here Melissa? You're not supposed to be on this floor" she glared.
I bowed my head " The room given to me is on this floor"
Jemima was angry " How is that even possible?! You are just a maid for God's sake. What did you do Mel?"
Why is she behaving like this for crying out loud? The Jemima I know will never yell at me like this. She is always calm, cool, and collected but this sudden hatred is something I understand
" Please stop trying to always label me as a bad person. I'm sick and tired of you insulting me all the time. I did nothing wrong to you "
" of course you didn't but I warned you to stay away from my brother, didn't I? What is it about that look the both of you shared earlier? Are you sleeping with my brother?"
I exhaled loudly " please stop this Jemima. You are making everything worse for you and me. We can sit like two mature people and talk over it"
." I can never sit in the same room as you. That will never happen ever again" she gritted out " just stay away from Rafael, if not I'll do something you'll regret"
" Can't you see that I'm trying but your brother is the one that brought me in here? I never asked for it" I told her.
She gave me a disgusted look " you wanted it all along so stop pretending as if it's not part of your plans. Ashley knows you since childhood so I see no reason why she'll lie against you."
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" She doesn't know me since childhood" I snapped.
Jemima shrugged " it doesn't matter because you've lived together for years if I'm not mistaken. "
" it fine since you prefer to believe her over me. I've been sincere to you Jemima since day one and you blaming me for something I did not do is even more surprising. I thought we were close?how did you allow the likes of Ashley to come between us? You now see me as an enemy for crying out loud"
" You caused it all. If you had just listened to what I said this wouldn't be happening right now and you know that "
" Even before this, you were already giving me the cold shoulders. You don't even want to hear my explanation, it hurt knowing that" I wiped the threatening tears.
Jemima didn't say anything instead she walked out from me leaving me standing alone in the hallway. I stared at her retreating back till she was out of sight.
" Isn't that some lovely conversation you both just had ?"
I was scared out of my mind.  I held on to my racing heart as I looked at the suspect. Rosie was looking at me with this exciting expression.
" Oh, my bad. Did I scare you ?" She didn't sound apologetic at all. She was dressed in some short gown and I'm sure she did that to seduce the alpha.
" I need to leave, " I said but she dragged me back.
" You're going nowhere bitch. What are you doing here anyway Shouldn't you be in the kitchen cleaning exactly where you belong?"
I took a deep breath. What is wrong with all of them calling me that Yes, I am a maid but why do they love to make an emphasis on that.
" If you may excuse me, I need to be on my way to the kitchen"
." I knew you were smart after all," Rosie said, " I don't even want to know what happened between you and Jemima, all I know is that I don't want to ever see you close to the king. If that mistakenly happens, I promise to slit your throat alive".
I nodded " ok"
." You may leave " I need not be told twice. I left her and made my way to the kitchen downstairs where all these people have even waiting.
***
Sigh, that feeling came back again. That feeling of belonging, the feeling of knowing these people but I can't remember where and who they are. I tried cracking my brain but nothing was remembered My brain went blank or should I say empty? I don't understand why I was getting this feeling.
I stared at them as they all converse happily to have met again after a very long time. They all look happy and It makes me wish I was in their mix right now. Family is everything and that can never be taken away, the love of a family.
I let out a sigh. Just when I was about to look elsewhere, Alpha Rafael caught my gaze. He winked at me and that gesture makes me blush. He didn't even care if he was caught.  I look at my surroundings and luckily for me the other maids didn't see what happened.
" Well, I don't know if this is the right time to ask but anyway, how is Susanne? It's been a very long time ?"
Who is Suzanne?
Jeremiah let out a sigh, his mood practically changed to a sad one " She's fine still trying to get better"
" I hope she gets better soon," said Rafael's dad.
Their conversation interests me that I want to know what was wrong with this Susanne. Could she be Jeremiah's wife?
" I hope so too. It's been years already and I wish she can just come over it but it's like she is getting worse day by day" said Alpha Jeremiah sadly.
" Godfather, I know you're a strong one and I know everything will come to an end very soon"
" The sooner the better Son. I'm tired of seeing her broken. At times it also affects me too but I needed to be strong for her" he let out a loud breath.
Is she having some kind of sickness or something? Why does talking about her makes me sad?
" Water!"
My thoughts were cut short. I went forward to serve the queen some water. My head was bowed down didn't want to have contact with the king Alpha.
" It's ok," she said making me stop pouring.
" Dear, I want some too" at first I was confused not until I saw Alpha Jeremiah looking at me waiting for me to pour some water into his waiting cup.
My hands were shaking as the water poured into his glass cup. What is it about this man that affects me? Why was I behaving like this?
He gave me a look and can see something flash in his eyes. Then all of a sudden he stood up to excuse himself. That action of his, Okay, what the hell is happening?