7 Attending to wound

“I am fine.” She said in a calm tone so he wouldn’t give her extra punishment. She didn’t want to stand for another hour in here. She needed rest because she had spent the whole day here with him. “I said sit. How would you be able to go for errands if this cut gets infected?” He asked, walking towards the cupboard to get a first aid box. Wasn’t he the one who asked her to make meal at this time of the night? He had all the day to send her but he decided to ask for his food at that time of the night. He made her stand for hours and now was he feeling guilty about it or what exactly? “I said sit!” He ordered. She watched him pick a small bottle and cotton wool from the box before covering the box. She hesitantly sat down on the chair and waited for him to come. Her eyes moved to the food and her mouth watered. Only if she could at least have a taste from the food she cooked herself. “Such an obedient servant I have here.” He commented with a smile. He soaked the cotton wool with the liquid from the bottle before taking her finger. She flinched in pains when the liquid touched her injury. Her eyes welling up with tears and she had to bite her bottom lip to stop her from crying in front of him. The more she wiped, the more her finger burned with intense pains. She then felt him remove the cotton wool from her finger and he trashed it in the bin. “Why didn’t you ask the butler for a first aid box? Don’t you know you could get an infection from this small cut?” He scolded her. I didn’t say anything and I moved my eyes from him. Was he blaming me for what happened now? “Next time you should ask the butler of the house and he would attend to you.” He said. “How are you feeling now?” He asked. “I think I need some rest.” She replied. Her body felt so heavy and she could only hope he would dismiss her right now. “So tell me.....” He draw out another chair and sat down next to her. “Jow where you able to take the money without my consent? You see I have really sharp eyes but who could have imagined you were expert in that aspect. I want to hear it from you how you did it. In details.” Karen suddenly felt a lump in her throat upon hearing him. He was asking her to tell him how she had managed to take the money in details. “I can add more punishments for you now.” He said. She didn’t want to do another punishment and If she did she know she might faint from tiredness. “Will you get angry if I tell you what happened?” She asked in a calm tone. She was scared of what he would do if he hears from her how she stole the money from him. She didn’t want to stand for hours until she fall unconscious. “Speak.” He said. Her eyes moved to the food on the table before going back to Noah who was waiting to hear from her. “I took the money when you were out to pay the hospital bills. It was never my intention I only needed the money to clear off some debts.” She said, adding the reason she stole it in case he wanted to punish her for it “And you didn’t think someone might catch you taking it?” He asked, surprised at the boldness of the young woman in front of him. If this was the old Noah, he would have chopped her fingers with knives. “I was so focused on paying the debts instead of thinking about the risk involved in stealing it.” She replied. “Should I call it smart of stupid?” He asked. “Stealing money and even pretending not to know where it vanished to.” The smell of the food drifted into her nostrils and she couldn’t stop herself from staring at the food. It was Jenny who had guided her in the cooking which was why it came out great. “You haven’t eaten anything since this afternoon.” He said looking at her as if it wasn’t his fault that she had been starving for hours. His eyes then moved to the food on the table. “Where you the one who cooked it?” “Not just me.” She responded. “I made the food with the help of another maid.” “Did I ask you to take help from another maid in handling your punishment?” He asked and she narrowed her eyes at him. Weren’t he the one who told her she can ask for help from another maid? Did he perhaps has problem with his memories or he was doing it purposely? “Yes. You told me to.” She replied, praying he would not ask her to make another meal and do it alone. He looked at her as if checking if she was lying before moving his eyes back to the food. He moved the dish closer to him and took the spoon from the dish to put some of the food in the spoon before bringing it to her mouth. She looked at him confused as to what he was trying to do. Did he want to feed her or what was she seeing right now? “Eat.” He said bringing it closer. “Eat now or no food for you before sleep. If you don’t ear now I would think you are full which is why you refused it.” “But I can feed myself.” She said wanting to take the spoon from him but he pushed it away. “You don’t ask me what to do. Who is the Boss and who is the servant here?” He intimidated her with his eyes and she wished the ground would open up and swallow her up. Seeing the man was adamant about feeding her and would not let her leave, she slowly opened her mouth for him to push the food inside. “Ahh.” She touched the corner of her lips where Noah had pushed the spoon on it roughly. “That is for wasting my time and not opening it when I told you to.” He said, scolding her as if she was a two year old child. When she chewed the food finish, she looked up at him with a frown. “Are you doing this because I stole your money? Are you torturing me because of that?” She questioned, rubbing the corner of her lips. “Why do you think so?” He asked. “If I was to torment you because of the money you stole from me then you would have still been rotting in cell by now.” “I am only trying to be a caring Boss. Are you not happy with it?” He asked. “Open your mouth.” He said to push another spoon full of the food inside her mouth for crumbs to fall down because it was too much to size. “How small is your mouth?” He asked, bringing his hand closer to her lips and he rubbed the crumbs off with his finger. Karen had thought he would be making use of the wipe but when he licked the finger which had crumbs of the food from the corner of her mouth, her eyes widened with surprise.