Her Job

With each passing day, Coraline's broken limb began to heal. She started doing her job inside the mansion because she is totally fine now. Also, her work inside the mansion was simple. Just sweeping the floor, washing dishes, preparing meals for their masters and washing dirty clothes.

As a matter of fact, she already memorized the rotary inside the mansion. She almost enter all of the room except her masters' room. But she did knew that General Leonardo was watching over her. The General certainly didn't trust her because she was of Japanese descent.

If only General had given her a chance to prove to them that she's not a bad person, she would have never lost that chance. She sighed. She is currently walking to the Laundry room while carrying her master's dirty clothes. She had just washed the dishes that General and Ybrahim had used this morning and now she's going to wash some dirty clothes.

She sighed when she saw only a tub and a stick, use to strike clothes. She had forgotten that there was no washing machine and dryer in the past, or any modern technology. She seemed to have no choice but to wash those dirty clothes with her soft hands.

She smiled softly before sitting on the stool and started washing clothes to finish her off. She first separated the dirty clothes of the General, Carlo and also clothes of Ybrahim. She stopped when she noticed a woman's scarf from Ybrahim's bunch of clothes.

Who owns this?

"Oh no, Cora!"   she was surprised that Juliana quickly grabbed the scarf.

"What's the problem Juliana?"

"Why is this scarf here? Sir. Martinez will be mad at you!"

"I was about to wash that. Besides, Poncha reached out to me Sir Ybrahim's dirty clothes. What's wrong with it?"   she replied. She was talking about Ybrahim's personal servant.

"This is important to Sir. Martinez so you should tamper with it, Cora."

She was speechless and surprised when she noticed Ybrahim standing behind Juliana. Her eyes widened as Ybrahim walked over to Juliana's front with an angry look, then he snatched away the scarf violently from Juliana's hand.

"Why is it in you?"   Ybrahim asked, he's grunting.

"S-sir,"   Juliana stammered.

"What a disrespectful! You must be punished for interfering with my equipment!"   he shouted.

Juliana could not answer because of so much fear, so she mediated between the two. Juliana was not at fault here, in fact Juliana is just worried to her. Juliana has nothing to do with it so she has to defend Juliana.

She bravely confronted Ybrahim's deadly gaze, his jaw slightly wincing with so much anger as she stared at him intently. She swallowed firmly, she used her tongue to make her lips wet.

"Sorry Sir. Ybrahim but I was the one who took your scarf."   she aplogize which made his emotions blank.

"I did not know that I shouldn't tamper with it. My apology Sir. Ybrahim! I am ready to accept your punishment."   she added.

Ybrahim's every breath became heavier, he closed his eyes tightly and looked up as if preventing his anger to fly into a rage. Ybrahim pinched the bridge of his pointed noise before he sighed loudly. She also sighed slyly.

"I'll let it go for now. I don't want this thing to happen again."   he said firmly before leaving.

Juliana hold her hand weakly. She was also discouraged by what had happened, it was frightening to see an Ybrahim Martinez growling in fury. What’s so significant about that scarf?

"Why is Sir. Ybrahim so angry?"   she asked in curiosity.

"That scarf is important to Sir. Martinez, Cora. I don't know who owns that scarf but it is definitely a woman!"   Juliana answered.

Her eyes dimmed and she could not control the sadness she felt at the thought that Ybrahim is having a woman he loved. Who owns that scarf? Does Ybrahim has an ex or he have a girlfriend? Oh, she can't bear that thought.

'She felt pain in her heart.'

A few hours passed and Coraline had to swob the floor again to polish the relatively dirty floor. She dipped the rag in the water before filling the wet rag in the floor. She was busy with what she was doing when she heard an object being shattered from Ybrahim's room.

Suddenly, she heard a loud shout that surely it was Ybrahim's angry voice. She's currently on the second floor of the mansion, she is in the middle of the hallway just steps away from Ybrahim's bedroom.

Her forehead furrowed as Poncha hurried out of Ybrahim's room, still sobbing. She could have been silent but once again she heard another noise from Ybrahim's room. Ybrahim seemed to be screaming in anger as he smashed everything inside. She hurriedly finished what she was doing before heading to the kitchen.

She caught Poncha who burst into cry as Juliana and Madam Rasia trying to cheer her up, Madam Rasia were leading the servants. Poncha just cries as she tells them what happened earlier inside Ybrahim's room.

Poncha accidentally teared a picture of a beautiful woman, that makes Ybrahim mad so much. Ybrahim himself broke those glasses and even some flower vase inside the room, perhaps that was the noise she had heard earlier.

'Who was that woman who cause Ybrahim being mad?'

The whole night passed, but Coraline still could not sleep. Morning came but her eyes were still open because she was not drowsy. She is worried about Ybrahim, what if he hurt himself for what happened yesterday? She sighed, she quickly did her usual morning routine. When she finished grooming herself, she immediately went to the kitchen to help prepare food for their masters.

"Cora."   Manang Rasia called her.

"What's the matter Madam?"

"Sir. Martinez removed Poncha to her duty. And I chose you to replace Poncha."    the old lady said.

"W-what? I don't get you Madam."   she chuckled to lessen the awkwardness.

"You heard me Cora. ​​You will replace Poncha in her job. From today you will clean up Sir. Martinez's room and you will stay beside him and escort him wherever he go."   Madam Rasia explained that made her body trembled.

"But why me, Madam Rasia?"   it was evident in her words that she did not want to fulfill that duty.

She should be happy because she will be closer to Ybrahim but she will not be able to be happy. To this day, she was still angry with Ybrahim, that man only looked down on her as a servant. Also, she didn't want to fall in love with Ybrahim anymore, because Ybrahim will never feel the same way on her. She will only be hurt when she allows herself to finally fall in love with Ybrahim who's not suitable for her.

"The task of others is heavier than yours so you should thank me for choosing you, Cora."   the old lady replied firmly to her.

"Don't worry, Sir. Martinez is kind. He was just a kid when I started to served his family so I can tell that I know our masters. And I'm telling you that he is a good person."

"Perhaps Sir. Ybrahim is kind but he is so snobbish."   she whispered softly.

"You kid! Sir. Martinez is just like that because until now his heart is still broken because of the death of Doña Roxan."

Doña Roxan? Maybe that's Ybrahim's girlfriend! She wanted to ask Madam Rasia about Doña Roxan but General Leonardo came then took a glance on her, as if she's making a mistake. This General is being too much, he still mistrusted her to this day!

Madam Rasia ordered her to bring some foods for Ybrahim. She quickly bowed down before the General, then going to the second floor to see Ybrahim. Madam Rasia tells her that Ybrahim wants to eat inside his room. She can do nothing but obey Madam Rasia's orders.

She took a deep breath before knocking on the door three times, and she was the one who open the door and go inside without asking permission. She caught Ybrahim lying still while looking quietly at the ceiling.

She hemmed to get his attention. When their eyes met, she smiled softly before walking closer to where he was. She placed the tray containing foods on the table next to his bed. Ybrahim sat on the edge of the bed.

"Good morning Sir. Ybrahim! I am your new personal servant. I brought you something to eat."   she smiled softly.

Ybrahim did not speak and all he can do is only keep an eye on her. She barely use her tongue to make her lips wet and Ybrahim noticed it immediately. She could still see his adam's apple moving up and down while staring on her wet lips.

"I'm leaving now Sir. Ybrahim!"   she said before hurriedly turning away. She was about to leave the room when he called her.

"Tomorrow, wake up early because we're going somewhere."   he said without any emotions, she just nodded at him before leaving.

'Where are they going tomorrow?'

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