My Dear Duke(BL)
Chapter 92: Mr Lucky

Chapter 92: Mr Lucky

The first thing that went wrong with their plan was, the maid who left to see if the duke was coming out of the office was dragged away by Mary who needed help scrubbing the curtains.

The maid in the hallway had no idea about her getting dragged away. So, when she saw the duke walking to the hallway, she started trembling as she knew things weren’t looking too good for them.

She couldn’t just run to tell her friends. It would be obvious she was plotting something if the duke were to see her that way. Alas, there wasn’t enough time to do anything.

So yeah, the duke walked past her, then stood in front of his bedroom, where things had gone wrong again.

Instead of the cat, they caught Asher in the act.

That...should be the term to put it, right?

As they entered the duke’s bedroom where it was forbidden for the unwelcomed, they were left in shock as they saw the cat they came there for...along with someone else.

Asher...

It was Asher, the servant who always hung out with Miss Anne.

The servant that was rumoured to be the duke’s lover...

He was sitting on the edge of the duke’s bed, holding the cat and rubbing its head.

That was surprising enough that he was there, sitting on the duke’s bed.

No one would dare to do that!

It is the duke’s very personal space.

Even if it was to clean his room, only appointed maids could go a while Mary would supervise them.

So...with what they had been hearing lately, now, it’s obvious why Asher was there. Only the deserved ones could be here.

So, the rumour is true?!

Wai-?!

Aren’t they the duke clothes he was wearing?

Oversized clean clothes which seemed to be the duke’s...

His messy hair which seemed like bed hair...

It all just screamed the rumour was true.

The two girls imagined all the scenarios and they now knew....

They were really lovers!

When Asher first noticed the two unexpected guests in the room, he was surprised, shocked, then completely lost. He went pale and immediately let go of the cat as he tried to explain the situation even though he couldn’t load any explanation in his mind while the girls also tried to explain their side, failing just like Asher as they were also at a loss for words with this amazing discovery.

So everyone just stared at each other in horror, frozen, feeling defeated.

Things wouldn’t have gotten any worse for these poor maids than this when the duke suddenly appeared there.

As soon as they noticed the duke’s presence, the two maids went pale, their faces visibly showing fear.

It’s all done.

They are done for.

"D-duke..."

The maids immediately kneeled in front of him knowing they had done something they shouldn’t have done. However, Felix was confused as to what was going on.

Why was Asher looking at him like that?

Why were the maids kneeling?

Weren’t they there to clean the room?

Before...they never kneeled or acted weirdly like this.

Is it a new type of greeting?

But it’s too much.

"What’s happening here?"

Felix asked and watched Asher standing up and walking closer.

It took Felix sometime to realise maybe these maids weren’t sent by Mary.

Because, most of the time when Mary herself can’t clean his room, she would send her trustworthy maids. That’s normal. But these two seemed like they just got caught sneaking in.

At first he thought this was a random time when Mary sent some other maids to clean his room. During those times, not only Asher, even if both of them were to be together on the bed, the words wouldn’t go out. That’s what trustworthy meant to Felix and Mary.

If these were not sent by Mary, then, there is definitely a problem.

"Why are you two here?"

Felix asked and heard the maids mumbling something as they stuttered.

"Speak!"

Felix repeated again as he suspected they might be there with ill intentions.

"T-the cat! We are here to pick up the cat!"

One maid said at once as she got startled and feared for her life.

"The cat?"

Felix asked as he looked at the cat now rubbing on his legs.

"Y-yeah..."

"Whose cat is this?"

"W-we d-dont know d-duke...We give it food."

"You two...are you two from the kitchen?"

"y-yes duke."

Asher watched as the scenes folded but he was all worried about how these maids might talk about what they saw later. He didn’t want to make things harder for the duke.

Felix realised what had happened as he inquired the maids and they went to why they were there. But they didn’t obviously say that they thought the duke would kill the cat. According to them, they just didn’t want the cat to disturb the duke.

"Mm...Does the cat have a name?"

Asher was dumbfounded when the duke asked if the cat had a name. Was that really important now?

"Y-yeah. We call him Mr. Lucky."

Asher was again dumbfounded as he saw the duke’s lips forming into a smile that looked like he was trying to resist laughter.

’Is he laughing at Mr. Lucky?’

"Mmm...You can take it with you. But you better remember not to enter places you are not allowed. You are not not allowed for a reason."

Felix said and the maids, relieved the duke was letting them go, promised with their hearts they would never make the same mistake.

As soon as Felix asked them to leave, the maids immediately got up. They didn’t even bother to grab the cat but left quickly but not before bowing their heads to the duke then to Asher too which made Asher dumbfounded again.

No way this is happening!

Why did the duke not take more effort to shut them down about what they saw which they obviously misunderstood?

"Are you feeling okay now?"

As the maids left, Felix walked to Asher and asked as Asher sat down in frustration

"Duke, is it okay to just let them go like that without a warning?"

Asher asked, worrying about more rumours.

But the duke didn’t seem to care as much as he did.

"It will be just a rumour again. So don’t think much. At least they will treat you more nicely from tomorrow once the word spreads."

Asher watched the duke in disbelief. There is no way he was serious...

Was it really okay?

Asher watched the duke looking at him, seeming to be smiling and his eyes shining with excitement. What was happening?

Asher was confused and followed the duke’s eyes where Asher saw the cat, ’Mr lucky’.

"Now we can call him Mr Lucky too."

Seeing Asher was also looking at the cat, Felix said happily.

Asher was again dumbfounded.

’Seriously? Why is he so excited about it? But he seems adorable.’

Asher couldn’t help but accept he actually likes when the duke is like this. He looks excited for even little things and could be very expressive, easy to read and very innocent which makes Asher believe the duke is really childish, but not in an annoying way but in a cute way.

Because Asher knows the duke most likely wouldn’t be like this with anyone else, he feels even more happy to see the duke like this.

It’s a privilege.

So he will enjoy this sight while he has the chance.

’Mr Lucky...should I thank you now?’

Asher looked at the cat as he finally managed to look away from the duke’s handsome smiling face for a moment yet his eyes forcibly turned to the duke again.

He could stare at that face for years.

God knows how this man deserved such a rough life as a child...

He definitely deserves better...