chapter 4: Desire or obsession

POV: MATTHEW

Honestly, I don't know what happened, but I wasn't happy to hear that my maid had gone out with her friends and done things I don't even want to imagine... I had a strange feeling and I couldn't control my anger when I heard she'd gone out with her friends.

I don't know if it's because I'm needy, since I haven't had sex for a few days, or if it's jealousy, but it's not jealousy, that's impossible... you can't be jealous of someone you're attracted to!

But to tell you the truth, I've been sexless since my last trip, and being sexless drives me crazy. I haven't had anything to do with Megan for months, we sleep in separate rooms and yet I don't make a point of it. I haven't seen her as a woman for a long time, our marriage is just a facade.

After breakfast, I decided to go to work with Mr. Richard and took the opportunity to find out more about my new maid's life. After all, according to my karma, also known as Megan, she was appointed by him. The journey to the company is slow, the traffic on this Monday morning is terrible. So I take this moment to clarify my doubts.

"Richard, did you recommend Elizabeth to work in the house?"

"Yes, sir," he looked at me in the rearview mirror. "Did she do something wrong?" He asked with concern.

"No, on the contrary, I'd just like to know more about her life." He looked in the rearview mirror again. "It's just that she's so young, she could be going to college. Why did she decide to work as a maid?"

"I don't think she's in college for lack of opportunity. Unfortunately, her father died a few months ago and her mother was left in charge of her daughters, but she has a serious back problem and can no longer work. Her family was in great need. But Liz is a good girl, sir." He said as he drove carefully.

Interesting, Liz... "But didn't her father leave them anything? Anything to secure their future?"

"Nothing but a house! Liz is a golden girl, although she's very proud, she's a good girl. I watched her and her sister grow up, her father was my great friend!" He said, apparently sadly.

I was silent for a while. And the more I know about her life, the more interested I get, wanting to know more and more about her..., but my fear is that this interest will go beyond what I want.

POV: ELIZABETH

After serving the bosses' lunch and clearing the table, I put the dirty dishes in the dishwasher while I do other things. I'm surprised to notice Mr. Matthew's presence.

"Elizabeth, can I talk to you for a minute?"

Oh my God, what does this man want now? I stopped what I was doing, washed my hands, took a deep breath and turned to look at him. "Yes, sir, what can I do for you? Do you need anything?" I asked seriously, looking at him.

"Yes, I do," he looked me up and down and I swallowed. "First of all, I'd like to apologize for the way I spoke to you this morning. I shouldn't have spoken to you like that. I'm sorry!" He said seriously.

"There's no need to apologize, you're the boss and I'm the employee. And I'm sure you were just worried about my performance at work." I said seriously, looking away as my instincts told me to be alert and suspicious.

He takes a deep breath while his eyes are fixed on me: "I want to make it clear that I'm not the thicko you saw earlier today, but sometimes I'm very demanding and I don't allow my employees' personal lives to interfere with their work." He said, looking at me.

"No problem, sir! And don't worry, I'll never let my personal life affect my work." I replied seriously.

"Elizabeth, how old are you?" He asked curiously.

He didn't seem to have seen my papers, but I took a deep breath, even more attentive than before, and answered him. "I'm twenty, sir!" I replied suspiciously.

"And what brought a twenty-year-old girl here to work as a maid?"

Oh, God, what a question! Because I'm rich and I wanted to see how the servants lived.

Taking a deep breath, I still don't understand why he's asking so much and, controlling all my irony, I answer. "Actually, it wasn't exactly what I wanted, but it was the best I could do."

A beautiful smile forms on his lips and he crosses his arms: "That wasn't really my question."

Although the correct answer won't interfere with my boss's life, I decide to answer as politely as possible, but impatiently. "Because my mother is having trouble working. So I have to do this for her," I reply impatiently.

He uncrosses his arms and puts his hands in his trouser pockets: "Congratulations on your attitude". He looks me up and down again. "If you'll excuse me, I have to go."

I still don't understand why he's asking me so many unnecessary questions, but I noticed that, during the conversation, Mr. Matthew kept looking at me, in a strange way, and I didn't understand why. After all, I'm just a maid, maybe he was looking at me out of pity?

POV: MATTHEW

I've never been one to pay attention to or observe my maids or any other employee, but something about Elizabeth catches my eye.

Something about her instigates my curiosity and a little desire. Yes, desire, it sounds crazy, but my maid has been the reason for my insomnia lately and my fantasies that until then I didn't know about, I've never been involved with any of my maids, to be honest I've never paid attention to any of them, I've never been involved with women who aren't of my social level... Not that I think they're inferior to me, but I never had the time, I was always between work trips and I had little contact with the employees.

Even so, I always respected each of them and was careful not to cross the line between boss and employee.

Her penetrating gaze and defined mouth really touched me. And knowing that she was working so young as a maid to help the family moved me even more, making me look at her not only with desire, but also with admiration.

Come back to reality, Matthew, she's your maid and you've never been involved with any maid and she won't be the first.

I shook my head, trying to come back to reality and concentrate on my work.

POV: ELIZABETH

The day and the week have flown by and tomorrow is the bosses' party. The week has been rushed because of this party and, frankly, I'm exhausted! Mrs. Megan is becoming more and more unbearable, God forgive me for saying so, but what an annoying and arrogant woman... she gave me a new uniform to wear to this party tomorrow and, along with it, some instructions on how I should behave.

Mr. Matthew, on the other hand, spent the rest of the week quiet and a little dejected, but I could see that he was looking at me in a different and strange way, as he had never looked at me before.

I confess I'd like to know what's going on in his head, sometimes I think I'm fantasizing, because he'd never look at me, not in the way I'm imagining...

POV: MATTHEW

I haven't been able to get Elizabeth out of my head all week and I'm sure it's becoming an obsession. I have to have this woman all to myself, at least for one night. And then she'll be just another one who's passed through my bed and I'll be free of this obsession I'm creating for her.

And maybe that'll be tomorrow, at the bloody party Megan is organizing. Finally, five years of putting up with her will do me some good. Because these five tireless years have brought me nothing but pain, suffering, remorse and regret.

And only then will I be able to get Elizabeth out of my head, this obsession will only pass when I get her to bed.

So I'm starting to work out some strategies to make it happen tomorrow, because I'm going to take advantage of the fact that she's going to sleep here.

I've been stuck in a very important meeting all morning, I'm the CEO of a renowned construction company and we're about to close a major contract that will raise the company's name much higher, we're the leading construction company in the country and we're raising our name more and more... and the goal is to grow internationally and for that we're working hard. After the meeting, I went home thinking about what I would do to get my maid into my bed, tomorrow she will be mine, she will give herself to me.