The Maid And The Young Master

Chapter 4: Good Looking Master

AS we all headed to the kitchen and waited for the family to finish eating, the girls couldn’t stop talking about the young master. Aside from the four of us who were usually assigned on kitchen duty, four other maids, including the head maid, usually go around the mansion cleaning while a few of them are on laundry duty. Aside from the ten maids, there are three gardeners and three drivers who drive Mr. and Mrs. Santiago around. Mrs. Santiago also has a personal assistant who takes care of everything she needs for her. She lives and stays in the mansion just in case Mrs. Santiago needs her.

The younger maids started talking about the young master and how good-looking he was. One maid, in particular, Nica, seemed to have a crush on him and said, “Oh my God, Zac is so handsome. And did you see how tall he is? I bet he’s really big too.”

I raised my brow and wondered what she meant by the young master being big. He is tall, so he’s obviously big, right?

The other maids must have understood what she meant as they giggled at her remark. Nica kept talking and said, “I wonder if he has a girlfriend. Even if he does, he probably broke up with her, right? He had been abroad for so long, so unless he came to the country with her, I’m pretty sure he’s single.”

Mindy sniggered and said, “Even if she’s single, he’s not even going to take a second look at you. He’s rich and handsome. I bet he can get any girl he wants. Why would he waste his time on you?”

Mindy and Nica have never seen eye to eye and have always argued. Mindy calls Nica a fame wh*re and always wants the attention. I’m not sure why Mindy seems to hate Nica, but I must admit that she is the least nice among the maids. She’s never friendly towards me and rarely pays attention to me even when I greet her.

Nica raised her brows at Mindy and said, “If it were you, Zac would definitely now pay you any attention. You’re not pretty, and your body looks like a potato.”

Mindy wanted to attack Nica, but the head maid stopped them and said, “Stop talking about the young master that way. We are employees, and you are all being inappropriate. We’re all here to work, so stop fantasizing about him.”

Everyone was quiet for a while until one of the other young maids named Gina said, “But the young master is really quite good looking. I’m going to be more inspired to work since I’ll get to see his handsome  face every day.”

Almost every maid chuckled and went giddy as they agreed with Gina. I couldn’t help but smile and shake my head. I actually agree that it would be nice to see the young master at the mansion regularly since there usually aren’t a lot of people here anyway.

Mrs. Santiago mentioned that the young master is also an incoming senior in Brighton School, and there is a possibility that we’ll be in the same class. So this means that not only will I see him in the mansion, but I’ll be seeing him at school too. I wonder how he feels about that. I could assume that he won’t even talk to me in school and that he’ll fit right in with the popular crowd. Girls will probably be all over him, and he’ll have a different girlfriend every month or even every week.

The head maid told us to disperse shortly after, and the other maids left the kitchen while I stayed behind with Juanita, Clara, and Mindy. Clara got up and started wiping the counters, while Juanita got her notebook and started planning the menu for the next coming days.

Mindy and I stayed sitting where we were and kept chatting. Mindy still can’t seem to get the young master off her mind. She propped her elbows on the table and put her chin on her hands as she said, “The young master must be a good lover. He looks like it.”

I blushed and gasped as I told Mindy, “Stop it! He’s our boss. It’s inappropriate for us to think about him like that.”

Mindy said, “Tss, come one. I’m never going to get with him in real life, so all I could do is to dream, okay?”

I replied: “Fine, just be careful that no one hears you say that, okay?”

Mindy rolled her eyes as she said, “Fine. Be honest, though. Don’t you think the young master is hot?”

I looked at Mindy, smiled, and nodded my head slowly. Mindy clapped his hands once and said, “I knew it! Oh, Lucas will be so pissed!”

I looked at Mindy and asked, “Why would Lucas be pissed?”

Mindy looked at me as if I had just said something crazy and said, “Lucas has a crush on you. He’ll be pissed to know that you’re crushing on another guy.”

“Lucas does not have a crush on me, and I am not crushing on the young master. I just thought he’s very good-looking, you know?” I replied to Mindy, who now looks frozen in place and looking at something behind me.

I waved my hand in front of her and said, “Hey, what’s wrong? What happened to you?”

I stiffened as I heard a voice behind me say, “Well, thank you, Sarah. I think I’m very good looking too.”

I turned around slowly and saw that the young master was standing behind me, looking amused. I stood up right away and bowed to him as I said, “Y-young master. W-what can we help you with?”

Zac had his hands on the pocket of his pants as he walked forward and said, “My name is Zac, not young master. Can I have some water?”

I bowed once more before getting a glass and pouring some water on it from the fridge. I walked slowly towards the young master and handed him the glass of water. Our fingers touched a bit as he took the glass from me. I felt goosebumps as it did. He drank all the water in one go and handed the glass back to me, and said, “One more.”

I took the glass and poured more water in it, then handed it back to the young master. As he drank the water, he kept his eyes on me, and for some reason, I couldn’t look away. He handed me back the glass once he'd drunk all the contents and said, “That was refreshing. Thanks, Sarah,”

He then turned around and walked back to the dining area. I froze in place and couldn’t move somehow. I haven’t even apologized for pushing him away earlier, and now, he heard me calling him good-looking.

My heart kept beating fast as I couldn’t believe all the mess-ups I’d had today.