Chapter 5 Resisting Temptation

• Derrick hadn't thought he would be able to resist Miranda. She was so hot; her hips had awakened something deep in him, and after returning to his bathroom, he wanted to take a bath to relax all his arousal, but then he remembered Miranda had used his bath.
• Never had Derrick shared his bathroom with anyone before; now a maid of low status dares to use his bathroom and also his sponge and soap. Derrick felt irritated and wanted to discipline the maid, but how would he report such news to his mother? His mother was already over 70 years old. What if she had a heart attack and fainted as a result of the shock?
• "No, I cannot let my mother find out about this," Derrick said. He was enraged as his member still throbbed and hurt, needing that round ass to cool it off.
• "Damn it! What kind of temptation is that? I guess I should have that maid fired tomorrow morning. Isn't she the same maid who dared to beat up Melody to that extent? I see that she's on a mission here, and I will deal with her personally tomorrow," Derrick affirmed.
• Moving away from the bathroom door where he had been standing and staring at his bathroom with irritation, Derrick walked up to the pristine bathtub and cleansed it properly. He washed out his soap and sponge, feeling irritated that Miranda had used them.
• "Miranda," he said, musing Miranda's name. "She dares to cross the limit and to also use my properties. I will deal with her later."
• After cleaning his bathtub completely, Derrick prepared his bath and finally entered the bathtub. He remembered seeing Miranda naked when he opened the bathroom door.
• "Oh! I should not have opened the door after hearing her voice. She had such a nice, soothing voice," Derrick thought about Miranda's lovely voice and the way she moaned when he held her cheeks to check if her head was not hurt.
• The way her skin was so soft and soothing to his touch.
• Despite staying inside the cold bath, Derrick didn't care to mix the water with hot water to dilute the chilly bath temperature.
• He remembers how Miranda's cheek felt at his touch. "Her body was so soft. Damn it! I should get a girlfriend to get some release. I cannot bring myself to sleep with a maid. No way, I cannot."
• Waving off the thoughts about Miranda in the back of his mind, Derrick finally gets out of the bathtub after spending hours bathing.
• The heavy rain had already started covering the night sky and flooding the city roads. Derrick stood by his room window, staring out at the heavy downpour of the torrential rain.
• He remembered that he hadn't even called his elder sister to confirm if she had gotten home safely.
• With a sigh, Derrick moved away from the room window after shutting the curtains and closing the window to prevent the heavy downpour from entering his bedroom.
• He saw the time was already past midnight and thought against calling his sister, as he knew she only lived a few distances from where his family mansion was.
• Walking up to his exquisite bed, Derrick picked up his body lotion from his drawer. He moisturized his body and finally went into his closet to grab some sleeping clothes. He wore a white night robe and later climbed onto his lush bed to sleep.
• Shutting his eyes, the memory of him holding Miranda came flooding back into his mind. The weather wasn't helping him, as he needed a warm body to keep him warm. He was also sweating, and he tossed his bedcover away while sitting up on the bed.
• Derrick hadn't thought about having sex. He was 25, and he had fewer friends as he presumed them to be his foes. He knew he could not trust any of them. He trusted Alexa, as she was a loyal staff member, and after working with him for a year, he had no issues with her.
• "Or is Alexa pretending for me to like her?" Derrick wondered. He couldn't go to a hotel to get a woman. He was not the kind of man who indulged in watching adult content to get a release either. He desired to have Miranda on his bed and to pleasure her, and with the way his body was reacting crazily to that thought, he wanted to get Miranda up on his bed and on cloud nine with him.
• Derrick groaned, and he left his bedroom for his study to busy himself since he couldn't sleep or think of anything else except Miranda's nude body that he had seen.
• Meanwhile, Miranda had returned to her maid's room on the lower floor of the mansion. She was feeling sad after remembering how Derrick made it clear to her that she was of lower status and he had nothing to do with her.
• Miranda had thought that after Derrick had seen her naked, he would take her to bed.
• "What was I even thinking? What if Master Derrick sent me away tomorrow? Oh my God! I haven't even saved enough to start up the business that I want."
• Miranda remembers her first salary since working in the Luis mansion after her graduation from college. She had used the money they paid her monthly to offer to the orphanage home. Later, she used the rest of her salary that she had gathered to purchase land in a distant land. She wanted to own a mall—a big supermarket in her name—where she would be selling a lot of items.
• That was five years ago, and she had an agent who was enabling her to build the mall to her taste. She had not even gone to the area after purchasing the land, but she heard from the agent that many contractors had contacted him to resell the land to them, and they wanted to build another company there.
• Miranda heard the area had developed, and a company was offering to pay her 10 million to resell her land to them as the land was on the road and in the heart of the town.
• The town had developed compared to five years before, but Miranda wanted to use the land. She planned to relocate to the area after she was through building it and establishing herself. She wouldn't remain a servant, and she hoped for a wonderful man to marry her.
• Wiping her sobs away, Miranda strode up to her room window to shut it after the heavy wind had pushed her curtains away. The Luis family was benevolent and allowed the maids to have separate rooms in the magnificent home.
• Miranda stripped off her dirty pink gown after she was done closing the window. She tried not to think about Master Derrick again, even though her heart yearns to be with him. She decided to focus on her job and on saving enough money to establish herself.
• "Maybe two years from now. I will be through with my services here, then I will move to the other town to start up my business."
• A satisfactory smile curled up Miranda's lips as she envisioned a life where she would be referred to as Madam. She would have prayed for a man to elevate her status, but, knowing how prideful men were. Miranda decided to become as prideful as them and as arrogant as she might be when she acquired so much wealth.
• When morning arrived, Miranda was sleeping under the bed covers when the supreme maid, Juliet Colton, barged into the room and tapped on Miranda's shoulder roughly.
• "Miranda! Wake up! Lady Loretta summoned you into the living room."