My Dear Duke(BL)
Chapter 107: A Bad Day

Chapter 107: A Bad Day

"I am alright duke. I was quite shocked. It’s my first time someone ever yelled at me. Haha."

Asher, who was still quite shaken by what happened, explained to the duke who was looking at him with worry. The duke’s face was filled with worry, waiting for Asher to say something.

"Does your shoulder hurt? I saw you holding your shoulder before."

The duke asked and Asher shook his head to imply it didn’t hurt anymore.

"It’s fine now."

Asher said but both the duke and Miss didn’t seem convinced. They both stared at him to the point Asher had to repeat the same thing again and again.

"I am alright. Really. Thank you for worrying and helping me."

Asher said. Now that he was quite focused, he recalled the duke standing in front of him and asking the man to apologise. Asher was thankful to him for stepping up like that.

While they were in the carriage, other than that conversation, nobody talked about anything. However, after coming back, Asher was forced to go back and take a rest by both the duke and Miss Anne.

He was fine, damn it!

Asher was reasoning with them that he can just stay around the mansion to do his duty but that daughter and father were not pleased.

Their point was that since he would be getting off work after a few more hours, he should just do it right now. But what made him disagree with them was that he had done this for more than three days in this month already.

He would take off days around the duke’s and his heat. And now things like this make them send him off again. He was not doing as much work he was supposed to do this way, wasn’t he? But he still got paid as everyone else and even extra due to the duke’s and his deal.

He felt guilty. It was as if he was taking advantage of the situation even though he never requested anything by himself and these two people asked him to rest by themselves.

In the end, Asher ended up coming back to the servants’ house because the duke ordered him to go back.

Well, he actually needed a little break.

But he was too guilty.

Maybe the duke and Miss Anne could see how shaken he was that they also felt guilty since they brought him them.

’Sigh...’

Now, recalling that moment he got yelled at, Asher’s heart thumped again.

It was scary.

people are scary.

The people he is surrounded by are rather very nice...

’Haa...I won’t go to the town alone anymore. I am sure the people will remember me for being yelled at because I bumped into someone. And, that man seemed like a noble too. If it wasn’t for the duke, I might have faced more trouble.’

Asher closed his eyes for a moment but he kept thinking about what happened. He was an overthinker and he kept wondering what went wrong.

He was so scared he couldn’t even talk. Even to apologise and just escape from the trouble.

He was that weak, wasn’t he? This must be why he easily got in trouble.

How was he supposed to survive like this?

How was he going to protect himself if one day he is all alone?

What is he going to do?

’I am fucked.’

The realisation made Asher panic and be sleepless for the whole night.

For the whole night!

It was so scary that Asher failed to forget about it. He couldn’t think about anything else.

All that ran through his mind was how he should protect himself once he faced a situation like that while he was alone.

Even he couldn’t trust himself to stand up for himself so it was again something that made Asher more nervous.

Because of this sudden stress and the lack of sleep, Asher was in a really bad mood the next day.

Anne, who noticed his change of behaviour, approached him and asked if he was alright.

When she questioned him, he realised he didn’t even put any effort to hide his problems. He immediately went into explaining everything was alright, yet, as expected, she didn’t buy it.

But seeing Asher was upset and seemingly wanted to be left alone, Anne did so as she didnt want to bother him.

Asher realised she was avoiding talking to him on purpose. He felt bad but he couldn’t bring himself to put on an act that day. It was that bad especially since he couldn’t sleep at all.

His head hurt, his eyes hurt and he felt really tired. But he didn’t want to go back since he had done it enough already.

Asher walked to the kitchen to get something for Anne to eat since it’s already her snack time. It was just as usual and he thought, like Anne understood not to bother him, others also would do the same. If a child could understand he shouldn’t be disturbed, then adults would too, right?

They wouldn’t talk to him any other day too so...he shouldn’t even worry.

But, maybe with some twisted fate, they might feel like talking to him today.

Despite his thoughts, he tried staying positive.

So, he wouldn’t be bothered, right?...right?

Unfortunately, it turned out they seem to think today is the best day.

"Are you and the duke really in a relationship?"

As Asher waited for Nala, the maid who had always been in charge of tea, sweets and preparing tea tables, to finish baking the cake which she said is still in the wood fire oven, she confronted Asher in a nasty tone which caught Asher off guard and didn’t sit well with him.

They were alone in the kitchen so...maybe she wanted to start some talk to pass time till the cake was done? But...why that tone? It wasn’t delivered that well to Asher.

"What does it have to do with you? Just do what you have to do."

Asher didn’t want to sound rude but due to the emotions he was feeling at that time, his hoarse voice sounded mad and arrogant.

The maid, Nala, flushed in anger still didn’t step back. Instead, she started arguing with him.

"Huh! Dogs want to eat from the master’s plate."

Nala spat out and Asher rolled his eyes as he was feeling really annoyed then.

"Shut up, will you? Don’t bother me."

Asher said, not really paying attention to the maid. Since when did she become so bold? She had never even talked to him before. If she wanted to talk with him, why today for god’s sake? Okay...it could be a coincidence. But, why did she choose to ask about their affair? Why sound so mad about it? Why argue about it?

Maybe seeing Asher wasn’t paying attention, it made Nala feel insulted as she went too far with her words next.

"Huh! Horny slut. Do you think you can order me around just because you got into the duke’s pants?"

Okay...

Now that’s enough for Asher. He felt his blood boil with her insults and got up, walking close, leaning in with his eyes fiercely staring at her who seemed to have suddenly been shocked with the change of his demeanour.

"What’s your problem, bitch?"

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