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CLARA POV
After leaving Leo's room, I went over to the kitchen to see if I could find anything to eat, I was really famished and tired. One thing I wished for was Renata not to be there because, she was definitely going to stop me but my mind was made up to confront her if she did. I haven't been eating well for days just because I have been trying to avoid having any issues with her and I was sick of it already. When I got to the kitchen she wasn't in there, I was felt so relieved. The maids there were already eating so I walked over to the pot to serve myself and none of them spoke a word. Their behavior towards me had suddenly changed. They didn't gossip about me any longer, neither did they glare at me each time they see me, instead they just remove their faces each time my eyes met with any of theirs'. I guess it was because of what Leo did the last time. After serving myself, I turned to leave the kitchen to my room instantly, because staying here to eat was definitely going to result to an indigestion or I might even get poisoned just by the way the maids were staring continuously. I grabbed a bottle of water and left immediately, walking down the stairs to the maid quarters. Leo which was quite weird, I wonder what might be possibly wrong with him and why he acted that way few minutes after he hugged me.
"Probably he had a girlfriend and he was feeling guilty for asking me to hug me" I thought. In all, I couldn't stop wondering why he hugged me, nearly falling on the stairs because I was lost in my thoughts, thinking about Leo. "Does he, Wait does Leo likes me" I said aloud unknowingly while I opened my room door, I entered inside and couldn't see a thing because the room was so dark, but the darkness wasn't my problem at the moment and I didn't even bother to switch on the light. I rested my back on the door as the thought of Leo possibly liking me kept on playing games on my head.
"Leo can't possibly like you Clara, come off it already, geez. Even if he does, no he can't just forget about the hug and move on" I said, slapping my forehead and shaking my head at the same time in order to let go of this dirty thoughts. I finally moved over to where the switch was to put on the light. I was still smiling while I walked over to my bed only for me to look up and saw Renata sitting on the bed, folding her arms across her chest with her eyes fixed on me, she was literally glaring at me like a witch or something, I couldn't just tell how her look was. All I knew was that it was quite scary, when I mean scary really scary, if it was a kid that saw her the kid might have probably fainted instantly. I wasn't able to move anymore even though I wanted to, my breath seized and I wasn't able to breathe. For a moment I thought I was going to die because it also seemed like my heart had stop beating. I stood there frozen while I continued to look at Renata. My phone rang and I was revived, my mom had just saved me by calling. I dropped my food on the bed gently and answered it, backing Renata who hadn't removed her eyes from me for once.
"Hey mum" I said, placing my phone on my right ear while I had my left hand in my back pocket.
"You ought to be at home, where are you? Why didn't you come yesterday? I thought something was wrong with you" Mum said and I wished I had actually gone home yesterday but I totally forgot.
"Mum, it is not the way it seem I actually forgot" I kicked my leg in the air continually because I was nervous and I trying to calm myself."But"
" Just come outside, let's go. I'm outside the gate with Jenny, the security guard wouldn't let us in. Mum said.
"Wait, What!?" I said trying to take in what I had just heard, I checked the time and it was about twenty minutes to eight, it was getting dark already. I blamed myself for not picking Mum's call she must have been worried sick. I had completely forgotten about Renata, not until I was about the door to leave. I told her I was going home to return the next day but she didn't respond which doesn't even bother me as long as it was weekend and the guards would surely allow me go through without a letter from the head. I was eating the food while walking to the kitchen to return and wash the plate before leaving and I did it with no disturbance from any maids. To be honest, I really liked the way they were all minding their business and not interfering with anything I do, or any step I take, unlike before. Within twenty minutes, I was outside with mum and Jenny, they were so excited to see me, same with me also. We hugged each otter tightly, attracting some of the security guard's attention and they implored us to leave with a frown on their faces and we did immediately. It felt so good to be home, Indeed there was no place like home. Mum served me my favorite dish and I ate to my satisfaction, we were done eating and I and Jenny remained in the dinning talking about different things. For a moment it felt I should tell Jenny everything, I wanted to tell her about how Leo treats me, both the good ones and the bad ones though not also leaving out the fact that he was my classmate and my boss. The same Leo who treated me like trash on my first day in Royal Height. But something kept on restraining me from talking, because I was worried that she might feel bad after I might have told her.