AN UNOFFICIAL RELATIONSHIP

Later that evening, the Duke came back to his castle. His day had been a little bit on the rough side. There had been a little scuffle between his farmers and those of wealthy merchant. It had not taken much to resolve but it had required him meeting up with the merchant. He did not like these merchants much. They were too arrogant for his liking. They subtly disrespected royals and mistreated peasants at the slightest opportunity.

The merchants had become an integral part of the society and they generated a lot of revenue for the country and the crown. They knew their importance and they often exploited it. He could barely deal with the way they paraded themselves as some sort of royalty just because they had some money. However, he did not like the way a lot of them abused their workers. They seemed to be mean to the members of the lower class. They were like kids who had just been given power over other kids for the first time. A few of those merchants had been given titles by the queen and had become Noblemen. That did not sit well with some of the royals. Most of them felt it was a break from tradition. Duke Harry Graham was among this group. Some felt they were being usurped and that land that was meant to be for their grabbing was being given to Merchants simply because the Merchants were rich.

As soon as he entered his castle, the Duke tried to smile. He had realized that his unhappiness put pressure on his workers. So, he tried to avoid frowning at home so as not to put them on edge. He wondered if it was okay to show this much respect to his servants. Some of the Royal nobles tried to discourage him from it.

“Welcome, your grace” Duke Harry Graham received a chorus of warm greetings as he stepped out of his coach once he was inside the Castle gates.

The first person he noticed was a beautiful young Maid. He had never seen her before and he wondered if she was Mary Brandon, Mrs. Rose’s “little” cousin. She smiled at him even as she seemed shy. Her smile was beautiful and it immediately took his mind off the merchants. He could feel his heart pounding in his chest over this beautiful commoner. He was curious to know who she was. He had never met a commoner with such beauty.

However, he could not afford to seem overly interested in her. At least, not in the way he would be interested in a noble Lady of same looks and same virtues. It was not something so nice for a noble person to have a relationship, or to seem to have a relationship with a commoner. So, he was going to be calm.

Just then, he noticed Mrs. Rose for the first time. She seemed to be smiling mischievously at him and he wondered if she knew what was going through his mind.

“Welcome, your grace,” Mrs. Rose said to him.

She then introduced her “little” cousin to him. That was when the young Duke got the best news of the day. The beautiful Mary was going to be a chambermaid. His room was one of the three rooms allotted to her for care.

A few days had passed since she was employed and Mary was enjoying every bit of her work, especially when she had to work around the young Duke. She found him to be very attractive. He was so handsome that she always looked forward to a chance to look at him. She had never been around a nobleman who was this young and this rich at the same time. He had a lot over other nobles. He was young, he was handsome, he was rich, he was caring, he was generous and the poor people loved him. She was crushing on him from day one.

She found that every time she entered his room to clean it and wake him up, he would give her a charming smile, which she suspected was sexual. She was not sure though. She had dreams of being romantically involved with him but she was not sure what to do about it. She could feel his eyes heavily on her back once she turned it to him. Once she began feeling the weight of his gaze, her mind automatically began to feel the desired weight of his hands on her body even though he never even came near her.

One morning, she knocked on his door by 6:30 AM. She wanted to wake him up, as was her duty and clean his room as well. She had a key to his room, which she had to take from her cousin every morning. This morning, however, she did not have to get the key from Mrs. Rose. The housekeeper had requested permission to have a holiday and she had been granted four days leave. Mrs. Rose had given the key to Mary. Duke Graham had told her to wake him up by 6:30 AM. He wanted to write some letters before the sun was shining and smiling happily.

“Your grace!” she called.

“Come in, sweet Mary,” he said to her.

She chuckled to herself and she felt her cheeks flush as she heard him call her “sweet”.

She let herself in and when she came in, he was sitting at the table in his room and writing letters. The windows were still shut. He was making use of candlelights even though he could use the paraffin oil lamp that was directly over the table he was using.

“Your grace! You are up” she said, smiling.

“Yes, I am. Leave the windows. Why don’t you come sit with me?” he said to her, smiling.

She felt herself moving towards him. There was not even a part of her that wanted to stop. She could feel the sexual tension in the air and she wondered if it was just her or if he felt it too. Her breath had increased and her heart beat hard against her chest. Sweat broke out on her forehead and on her chest despite the cool and powerful air from the ceiling fan and the layout of the Castle, which allowed for proper ventilation.

Duke Harry raised his head to look at her beautiful face and once again, he was smitten by her beauty. Even in her white printed clothes, cap and apron, she looked as beautiful as royalty. He felt like he had found something he had been searching for all along. He watched dreamily as she approached him, smiling all the time. Her lips looked so red, he just wanted to lock them in a kiss.

He pulled a chair closer to himself and asked her to sit with him.

“Your Grace...” she started saying after sitting close to him.

He put a finger gently on her lips. It was a signal for her to be quiet.

“Call me, Harry. Please” he said.

She was not sure how to respond. His finger was still on her lips and she was not sure if she could just call him by his name.

“I want to hear you call it. It’s just you and I here. It has been a while since anyone called me by name. Do it” he said to her in a hushed tone that still sounded like a command.

“Harry” she called.

He smiled at her and kissed her forehead. Then, his hand went to her jaw. He held it and looked into her eyes.

“You are beautiful, Mary. You are the most beautiful Maid in England,” he said to her.

She smiled and said, “Thank you, Harry”.

As she spoke, her body quaked and her voice sounded strange to her. There was so much sexual tension and she was getting wet already in her underwear. She felt his finger move like it was leaving her lips. She did not want it to leave. The next thing she knew, she was sucking on his fingers. She could not control herself. She wanted him more than she wanted to appear modest. She had never had sex with anyone. She loved the idea of the royal Duke Harry being her first.

Harry let her suck on his thumb as he watched her get enthralled by the sexual desires that were taking over them both. He then softly grabbed her by the neck and gave her a deep kiss. Their lips were engaged for a few minutes as Mary tried to extinguish her longing by kissing him. Instead, the kiss helped to fan the flames of her lust.

Harry’s left hand reached behind her for the small of her waist as his right hand still held onto her neck. He pulled her up from the chair and held her so that she was leaning against the table while they kissed. Mary moaned loudly as his lips made contact with her neck, sucking her flesh into his mouth and giving her a sensual feeling.

“Have you ever had bondage sex?” Harry whispered into her ears.

“No, Harry. What is it?” she asked.

“You have no idea what it is?” the young Duke asked, a bit surprised.

“I know little about sex. I’ve never been this intimate with a man before” she said to him as she leaned into him for support.

“Alright then. I will teach you. It’s a long-time fantasy of mine. You just follow my instructions” he said to her.

Mary nodded her head. She was already captivated by her his charms and all she wanted to do was follow his lead. This was something very new in her life. It would be the first time she would ever have sex. It was going to be with a Royal Duke and it was going to be a unique kind of sex.