She woke up in the morning with a slight headache.
She brought this upon herself, she was thinking way too much last night.
She yawned tiredly and fished out her phone from under her pillow and dialed her aunt's number.
Beep, beep, it rang for a while and disconnected, where could she have gone very early in the morning? she decided to try calling her again and this time it went through, she answered.
"Good morning aunt Jane , how are you doing?"
"Oh Luna dear , I'm doing just fine, how are you? Hope you're good? How's work?"
Oh no , she didn't think about what to say when her aunt asks about her work in the bookstore.
" I'm doing great aunty, I'm no longer working at the bookstore" she decided to tell the truth about her work.
"But don't worry about it, I decided to look for something else to do, I mean I can't be working at the bookstore for the rest of my life, how am I gonna feed my future kids if I don't find something better to do? Don't worry about me Aunt, I'm all good "She tried convincing her aunt that there's no ulterior motive towards her leaving her work at the bookstore.
"Awww, our Luna is all grown up now, you can do anything you want my dear , just don't get into trouble okay?"
" yes yes aunt, I promise I'll be alright "she reassured her.
"By the way aunt, I didn't see you at the Roth's mansion the day I went there to deliver books and they introduced someone else as the head maid, was that not your position?" Luna asked her .
"Uhmm..." her aunt didn't know how to answer the question, she was silent for a while, she didn't expect that Luna would notice her absence.
Luna was now convinced that something is wrong.
"what happened, aunty?" she asked worriedly
Aunty Jane sighed
"Luna honey, I stopped working there a month ago...
"What?!" Luna interrupted her , she was shocked. What could have happened? Did she do something wrong?
"Why?"
"Uhmmm, Mrs Roth was dissatisfied with the work we did one day and had us fired , we were three , me and two others " she explained sadly.
"What nonsense! How could she do such a thing? People are not allowed to make mistakes now? Humph!" Luna felt like she was going crazy, coupled with the headache she's having, her mood worsened. Another reason to despise the Roths, as if killing her brother wasn't enough.
After the call ended, Luna was visibly in a bad mood, she prepared for her morning duties and left her room, she stormed through the main hall, heading to the kitchen, she passed Audrey and Britney on her way and didn't even spare them a glance, even when they greeted her, she only gave a nod and continued on her way.
"What's wrong with her?"
" What could have made her angry so early in the morning?"
They were still asking themselves, when Lucien walked past them, heading towards the kitchen.
"Good morning sir!" they chorused but Lucien ignored them and continued on his way, he heard when they were asking why Luna was in a bad mood and so decided to go and find out, he didn't want to but his feet clearly has a mind of their own.
"What's wrong with everyone today?" Audrey and Britney didn't understand what's going on, they both shrugged and left for their different areas of work.
Luna was cutting carrots in the kitchen, she was cutting them with so much aggression that made one feel scared, in that state , she can actually chop a human being like that.
Luna was angry as she remembered her brother and how she suffered after his death, and now her aunt is suffering because of them, she thought about how she's ignoring everything in her life just to get revenge for brother, she's too young for all this , she's suffering way too much.
she didn't know when tears dropped from her eyes.
Lucien stood at the entrance of the kitchen and watched her all these while wondering what could be wrong with her , he felt a tight ache in his heart.
He continued watching her , wondering how best to control the situation.
Luna blinked so many times to keep the tears away but they wouldn't budge, they kept falling, she's unaware that Lucien was there watching her ,she continued chopping the carrots aggressively like she's transferring her aggression to them, but luck wasn't really on her side as the sharp knife sliced her finger.
She didn't even flinch , she just stood there looking at her finger as blood dripped down the floor, she didn't flinch because the pain she had felt and is feeling at that moment was much painful compared to that of a knife cut.
That's it, Lucien couldn't bear to watch any longer and strode towards her .
" If you're looking to die, don't do that in my kitchen "
That was when Luna looked up and saw him, Lucien Roth, an enemy, his family is the cause of the immense pain she's feeling at that moment.
She would have greeted him humbly like the humble maid she was meant to be, but at that moment, she didn't have the strength to put on a facade, she just stood there and stared at him, she wasn't supposed to breakdown in front of him , but then she couldn't put on her usual strong front and just stood there , like a lost sheep , alone in the world.
Lucien seeing that she's not reacting, went straight to the cupboard and brought out the first aid kit, he dropped it on the table , held her hand and led her to the sink , he washed away the blood that was pouring , led her back and applied pain relief patch on her finger.
Luna just allowed him to do whatever without uttering a word , tears still flowing ceaselessly from her eyes.
Lucien's heart ached, seeing her in that state strangely hurts, it's like a knife is piercing through his heart , he didn't know when he threw his hands on her shoulder and covered her in a hug .
" it's okay to cry , you can cry as much as you want, I don't know what the problem is ,it will be fine".
This statement pierced through her walls and they all collapsed, she opened her mouth and wept , she held him tightly , weeping for her brother, for the father she never had, go all she have suffered, for her aunt etc , they all just came to her in a rush and she was overwhelmed.
Her tears soaked his limited edition shirt but he didn't mind, right now she's the only thing that matters as he held her tightly.
'This girl will be the death of me', he thought.