CHAPTER ONE
"Dad", the seven year old girl called, "yes, my sweet daughter?", her father answered,he raised his head up from the letter he was signing, "can you get that color box for me?" she asked pointing at the color box that was on the other side of the desk as her small arm couldn't reach it , apparently Iryz was in her father's study room even though he was busy, but he didn't mind it, she was his and his wife's only daughter after all, "Iryz!!!" Mrs Patel exclaimed seeing her daughter in her husband's study again after she had warned her countless of times, closing the door, she said, "Iryz dear, you're disturbing your father, you can go color in your room" Iryz turned to face her mother "but I love coloring with father" she said frowning and not happy that her mother was scolding her for spending time with her father "leave her be Julian" her father smiled handing the color box to her "here's your color box sweetheart, you can color as much as you want anywhere, okay?" He said sweetly to his daughter while glancing at his wife who rolled her eyes dramatically to the father and daughter duo ,"thank you daddy" Iryz beamed ignoring her mother, Julian sighed.
Iryz was the only child of the Patels therefore she was showered with unconditional love and dotted on by her parents, they were of the high class, her father, Ethan Patel,being the chairman of the most influential company in the country alongside his wife, Julian Patel, who was the deputy chairwoman of the company, they provided their daughter anything and everything she asks for. "You know we are always busy most of the times and she misses us sometimes , don't blame her for wanting to spend time with me" her father said to his wife who had walked around the large desk , she was dressed elegantly as if she were going out to a party, compared to the corporate wears she usually wore to work, Her straight black hair was let down neatly which was long till above her lean waist ,Iryz had obtained the same long black hair from her mother while taking her father's blue eyes, her father had dark brown hair which was short, combed back and parted at the side to make him look business like, "I know but I thought you were busy with the amount of letters on the desk" Julian said picking a letter and dropping it back, "I'll be done in two hours" Ethan said and she hummed, "mummy look" Iryz suddenly said gaining her parents attention, she raised her drawing book for them to see what she has drawn and colored "I drew Nina" she said smiling proudly" Nina was their cat, she loved the cat, her parents looked at what she has drawn and colored to see a weird looking shape which their daughter had called a cat, her mother bursted into laughter and she frowned "oh dear, is that a cat?", her mother asked while still laughing poking fun at her, her mother liked poking fun at her and she derived joy from it in a playful way, Iryz did not like that her mother was laughing at the cat she drew, she hmmphd and turned to her father, Ethan smiled at his daughter taking the drawing book from her "wow!!, you drew Nina well, your governess must be teaching you well" he said as they just assigned a new governess for her, the previous one was fired, "my governess didn't teach me to draw a cat, it is because I am smart" she declared , her parents smiled at her "come here hunny" her mother motioned for her to come across the desk as she had been sitting at the other side of the desk, facing her parents. She jumped down from her chair and made way around the desk, her little feet padding across the room, they embraced her, Iryz circled her arms around her parents neck as they held her small body in their arms, "our beautiful daughter is smart" her father said, her mother agreed nodding her head and patting her daughter's back and she hugged them tighter smiling, she loved her parents and they cherished her too.
The memory faded as she stared at the old drawing book in her hands, her parents were gone and they weren't coming back, she bit her bottom lip as she remembered the night her parents died, they were involved in a car accident, she was nine years then and she had been waiting for her parents who had gone to a two weeks business trip, the news had shocked her, she had cried and cried at the thought of not seeing them again, she closed the drawing book and placed it back in a box where some of her childhood play toys were being kept, shifting back to a corner she brought out a cigarette, lighting it up, she walked to the large terrace of her room, holding the railings, she took a puff from the cigarette and released it as she stared at the city ahead of her.
Iryz was now twenty-one years old, after her parents passed away, she had changed drastically, the once sweet and lively girl had turned to a cold, snobbish lady, she looked down on others, disregarding their feelings as she was someone higher than them, before her parents died they had left a will, as if predicting the future, her father's brother took over the company for the time being till she becomes capable of handling the company, the shock of her parents death had led her coldv and distant, she refused to see her other family members who proposed to take her in but she sent all of them away, living in the large mansion alone with the maids, the head house keeper, Wren, took care of young Iryz understanding the young girl who lost her parents and giving her time hoping she will soon return back to her lovely and sweet self, but the girl never returned back to her old self, Iryz took the last puff from the cigarette, threw it down and stamped on it with her heels as if crushing a sandwich, her long black hair flowed softly behind her due to the soft breeze, her beautiful blue eyes that was once lively were now empty as stared at the beautiful city, her phone rang once, removing it from her pocket, she brought it near to her ear, "I'll be there" she said and hung up, she walked back inside the room, closing the terrace's large doors, she went to the shower, showering like a queen she is, coming out of the shower, she wore a beautiful blue dress that matched her eyes, the dress was an off shoulder, exposing her milky and smooth skin, it hugged her shapy body, the length reaching below her thigh, she wore a jewelry set of a simple diamond necklace, dropping earrings, the beautiful rings and the wrist chain that fitted into her lean wrist, she wore her usual huge high heels and did a simple make up, taking her time in everything she did as the people she was going to meet were below her, therefore they would wait and even if she decides not to show up again, none of them could question her to her face except for her best friend whom she trusted a little, they could only talk behind her back which she didn't care as long as they didn't say it to her face, that, they didn't dare as they know what she was capable of. Once she had broken the arm of one of the ladies in their social circle during their usual meeting and get together, the girl's parents had sued her to court for breaking their daughter's arm which she won the case anyway as she had more connection than them, the girl had stepped on her newly bought expensive heels by mistake, and she didn't care if it was by mistake or not, she broke the girl's arm, claiming she damaged her expensive heels which was a limited piece, as if that was not enough, she spoke to the girl's parents with complete arrogance shooing them away like they were some pests she had to get rid of.
She looked at herself in the large mirror, all set, she thought, she stood up with her blue bag which she had placed on the dressing table earlier, she walked out of the room elegantly, her heels clicking sharply which could be heard by the maids at a far distance, alerting them that their young mistress was going out, the maids quickly assembled to the wide sitting room lining up to wish their young mistress to return back home safely, two of them already positioned at the door, this was normal in the Patel's mansion, if the owners of the mansion were going out or were coming back home, all of the maids must leave whatever they were doing to greet them. Iryz heels clicked on the marble floor, as she approached the huge sitting room, the maids heartbeat beated loudly because that was the time she often pointed their mistakes out and punished them, she had a lot of maids, a lot of them resigned daily while new ones joined the mansion daily too, no matter how many they were, she always had work for each of them and recognized them, she had a sharp memory where she knows all their names, she doesn't just appoints them randomly, she always interview them herself, appointing the ones that were fit for the house while discarding the rest, the maids heartbeat only beated faster as she came closer and closer to the sitting room, the double doors to the sitting room opened while the maids who opened the door quickly made their way to the straight line of the others "We wish our young mistress a safe journey" they said in unison not daring to keep their heads up as she walked past them not sparing a glance to them, the ones she had walked past released the breath they've been holding in relief, while the ones she was yet to pass hoped they wouldn't be the scapegoat that evening, they didn't know if they had done something wrong as the young mistress always finds fault in everything they did, when she walked past all of them, they sighed in relief internally, just then they were expecting the young mistress to go out of the doors, her sharp voice echoed through the room "Embarly!!" The maid named Embarly raised her head up startled as this was the first time the young mistress called her out, she quickly made her way out of the line as she must not waste the young mistress' time bowing her head, she answered "yes? Young mistress" her voice shaking a little, she didn't want to lose her job as the young mistress paid them well even though she was overbearing, Iryz walked to where the maid stood, when the expensive diamond heels came in front of the girl's eyes, she raised her head slightly meeting Iryz's eyes, she quickly dropped her head down back, intimidated by the young mistress' presence "I hired you here, trusting your competence but you failed" Iryz began, the maid was already fidgeting, her palm sweaty, wondering what she did wrong, "I assigned you to my room's terrace, but what did you do?, you are not fit for this job, you were supposed to have cleaned it since morning, but you just cleaned it three hours fifteen minutes ago, you thought I wouldn't know?" She asked the maid who was shaking and expecting a slap, thinking of how to plead to the young mistress as the young mistress does not tolerate incompetency, she didn't want to lose her job and was instead expecting a slap, but it seems the young mistress wants to fire her, quickly thinking of what to do, she fell to her knees "young mistress, forgive me for my incompetence, it will never happen again, I don't want to lose this job as I am the only one taking care of my younger brothers" the girl pleaded, her voice shaking due to fear of losing her job, wishing and praying that the young mistress would take pity on her and forgive her.
The young mistress doesn't forgive or heeds to anyone's pleas "you are fired" came the sharp voice of Iryz looking down at the measly maid, she didn't care if the job mattered to the maid or not, water pooled in the maids eyes as she couldn't retaliate, once she says it, there is no going back and all of them knew that, Iryz turned away from the maid with upmost authority, she walked to the door where another two maids stood, they quickly opened the large doors as the young mistress could pick a fault in them opening the door, her heels clicked sharply out of the house leaving the maid who was crying on the floor at her misfortune, another set of maids waiting on her outside, they also wished her the usual anthem, she ignored all of them and walked to the luxurious car as her manager stood there waiting at the side of the car they were going to use "good day miss Patel" the manager who was also her personal bodyguard greeted her, Amelia was the one who trained Iryz since she was twelve, she thought her how to fight and to use harmful weapons, she was also Iryz' bodyguard since she was little, "good day Amelia" Iryz responded flatly as she entered the backseat of the car while Amelia shut the door close, Amelia already knew where they were going as she was the one who arranged Iryz' schedule. The black luxurious car drove out of the mansion into the city.