Elisa immediately turned back after having the feeling of seeing a ghost. To her surprise, it was Mr. Alex. His legs on the floor were noiseless and as Elisa regained herself. There was ease on her face when she saw that it was no other person, but Alex."Bring me a glass of wine to my room.""Okay Sir," and as she was about removing the oven mitts from her hands, she asked,"Which of the wines Sir?""The same one you made me poured away." He said and was looking at her."Same one? How will I know?" She thought. She tried to regain the smell of the wine and Alex saw her puzzling eyes."Give me a glass of Merlot wine," then he left the kitchen. Elisa reduced the gas flames and this made her spend more seconds in the kitchen. When she got to the sitting room, she saw Loveth. Her glimpse of her was fearful. She looked at Elisa as she went close to the wine bar. Immediately as she opened one of the glass doors of the bar, Loveth wanted to say something, she shook her body and stamped her
"Nothing ma." He stood still."Are you trying to hide something from me?" She stood up and widened her brown eyes at him."Nothing much ma, just that Mr. Alex asked me to send some money into the maid's account.""Why?" She asked surprisedly."I guess because of her health." He replied.Loveth slightly moved her body left and right while she stamped her feet on the floor.Hmmm…You may go." She said and went straight to the kitchen. When Elisa saw her ducking eyes and the way she entered the kitchen, she thought she had come to demand for her breakfast she had previously asked for."I'm about to bring your food," she spoke with suppressed apprehension."I'm not here for the food. I'm here to ask you a question." She took a breath of confidence and asked."Why do you come into this house when you know right well that you are sick?""What's happening my God? This is my first day of work." She quickly thought and during this time, Loveth was waiting."Am I not talking to somebody?" She mo
"I'm looking at her necklace," Alex replied.Loveth stood up in anger and put her hand on the necklace and dragged it. Her dragged detached necklace and the pendant was in her hand."If it is the necklace you are looking at, then I will better remove the necklace from her neck."Alex became angry. He stood up and left the dining table. Elisa could not challenge the surprising action of her mistress. She stood helplessly as she looked at Loveth holding the pendant of her necklace."Please give me the pendant. It was given to me by my mum. Please," she cried out."If this is what you want to use to seduce my fiance, then you have failed. He has nothing to do with you. You brat." She spoke to her face."I never wanted to do what you are thinking of, please give me my pendant." Elisa stretched her right hand towards Loveth."Get out of my sight, now," Loveth shouted. "What are you going to do? Fight me? Get your flirting hands away from my sight. Rubbish. See what you caused. Your cheap s
"But please, can't I open my eyes and follow you? I have a phobia for darkness. It frightened me so much that I want to pass out.""No problem, but give me your hand and let us go."They entered the lift again and they went up and stopped on the last floor."Come, this place is like a paradise, built to be seen by a person with a good heart. No one has the key or code to this door." He unlocked the door with his eyes and they went in.From the first step into the art gallery, there was an aura of a different world. It was like a cave, with ancient lighting. There were so many art works on the walls of this place. It was beautiful and the fine artistic works took Elisa's fear away. It was an admiration of one artwork that led to another."Wow…" she exclaimed unconsciously and walked inside and Alex was intrigued. This was the expression he wished the one he will bring here will express. The artworks were engraved in the wall. She walked in and was admiring and touching them while Alex
"Yes Sir. But I have been waiting and watching her to take the right step. And most importantly, I need your approval. I don't want to be ungrateful to do such in your house."Alex was looking at him as he voiced what seemed so dear to him."Okay." He bent the handle of his door and went into his room. James was still standing close to the door when Alex closed his door. It was as if Alex was dreaming."What just happened?" He shook his head as he first sat down. "What have I done? Why did I allow my feelings to push me to say those words to my maid? She lied to me. No, no." He hit his fingertips on the table. Does she think she is so smart that she can successfully date me and my butler? That is nonsense, a let down on my way. I should have been patient enough. Oh! no. Can you imagine? I wanted to engage her because of my uncontrollable feelings for her. But right now, the words of James, I will distance myself from her." Alex stood up from the chair and took his car key."What if Ja
"My master has been giving some kind of preference from the day I started working. You know when the opposite sex wants to always be there for you. He was so kind from our first encounter. I felt at ease whenever he was around me and I was not afraid of telling him anything. When I told him that I needed money for my mum's health, he paid my three months salary ahead. The way he does it, made…" She paused."Made...what?" Sophia was eager to know."Made his fiance jealous.""That wasn't your fault.""It's my fault. Let me land." Elisa replied."Then go on, are you hiding something from me?""No. Just this morning, I was arranging their breakfast on the dining table. What I felt was a splash of water on my chest." She touched her breasts and stood up to demonstrate how it actually happened."What are you looking at? His fiance asked my boss. I was so shocked. I was the one she poured water on. I never expected it. You know, when you bend your body, someone could see your breasts. Next t
"I went to see my female friend," Elisa replied. Loveth stared at her in dismay. "I wished today was my last day here. I would have challenged her," Elisa thought.Loveth brought out her phone and gave it to Elisa, "I'm still waiting for the phone number." "I went to see my girlfriend." She insisted. "Liar." She spoke authoritatively. "The only way you will enter this house is that James has to look at your private part to see if there is a stain of sperm…" "What?" Elisa shouted before she could finish. Then a text message entered Loveth's phone and both of them heard the message tone. Loveth quickly checked her phone and smiled. She spent a few seconds reading the message. "My fiance just messaged me. He said you should pack your belongings and leave the house before he comes back from work. According to him, he does not want to meet you here." She wanted to show Elisa the message, when she suddenly stopped and turned her face as she heard the sound of a car driv
James left Loveth's room and went to his room. He was still contemplating on what Loveth told him when his phone started ringing. He took the phone and saw that it was his friend, Henry, who was calling him. "Hello Henry, how are you doing?" He spoke with haste and some kind of excitement. "I'm not happy with you. Why did you keep me waiting at the bar yesterday?" "Please, I'm sorry. I thought I would make it. Something came up. I couldn't make it. Where are you now?" "I'm at home," Henry replied. "Please, I have something to discuss with you. I'm coming right now." "Okay," Henry answered and James dropped the call. James stood up, looked around for his car key, when he saw it, he left his room and went out to his car. There was haste in his eyes and he opened the car and drove away. It was about a twenty minute drive and he stopped at a green apartment and came down. He walked straight to the door at the left and knocked. A few seconds later, Henry opene
Alex stood up and smiled and all eyes were on him as he held Lizzy's hand and she stood up and they went to the stage. When the name of Alex was mentioned, Elisa was among the ladies distributing wine to the guests. She didn't think twice. "Another Alex," she thought. But when she heard Alex's voice introducing Lizzy, she looked at the stage at once. "Lizzy? My friend?" She was embittered and dropped the tray of glass cups in her hands and went out of the hall at once. The host, who was in his late thirties said, "Mr. Alex, how did you meet your fiance?" "We met at a business meeting. She is the CEO of a designer's enterprise. The moment I set my eyes on her, I knew she was mine." "Miss Lizzy, what do you like about Alex?" The host turned his face to Lizzy. "I love many things about him. I never knew love until he stepped into my life. There has been a great change in my life since I knew him. If all men can be like my beloved Alex, there wouldn't be a brea
Lizzy spent the night at Gabriel's house and very early as he had said, he left Lizzy in his bed and took his bag filled with cameras and left. Lizzy was still sleeping when he left and he didn't bother to wake her. Last night was a marathon between both of them. It has been a long time since they had sex, and Gabriel stretched it to the full. When he was about to leave, he quickly typed a message on his phone and sent it to Lizzy. "I love you my darling. It's time to go. I miss you my dearest." When Lizzy woke up and saw the message, she was so pleased that she called Gabriel who said he was already on his way out of town. Lizzy left the bed in hurry and took her bath and breakfast as fast as she could and left the house to the most expensive boutique in town. At the boutique, they assigned someone to follow her to make the right choice of gown for the occasion. After a few searches, she picked a silver evening gown and silver shoe. Then a pair of diamond earrings and she left
Lizzy left her place of work around 3:30 PM, instead of her usual time, 4PM. She had taken an excuse from her supervisor that she has an urgent need to take care of. And that urgent need was to go to Alex's house. She had made a promise. And the few time she had known Alex. She knew that Alex hates anyone who could not keep to a promise. She came out of the administrative building of her place of work, stopped a taxi and they drove away. Not up to thirty minutes later, she stopped in front of Alex's house. As she walked toward the door, she called him on the phone. "Sir, I'm at your door." "Okay. You can push the door, I'm about to open it from my room."She took a step forward and pushed the door. Just as Alex had said it, the door opened. Lizzy counted her steps and sat down. A few minutes later, Alex walked out of the lift and said, "Welcome. It's a thing of joy to see you as promised." He went to the bar and brought out a bottle of light green wine. As he was about
Elisa was sitting on a couch when her mom rushed in with her phone in her right hand. She looked very excited. "Elisa," she called and I turned my face toward her. "Did you give anyone my account number?" "Yes, I did. Lizzy." "She transferred to me $15,000." "That's awesome. Nice of her." Elisa smiled. "Your coming here has really helped me." She walked closer to Elisa and embraced her. "This is a trial time. We are going to overcome all of this." "Thank you. Hmm… What about your phone? I can use some of this money to buy you a phone." "Mum, don't worry. I know why I am not using my phone for now. Your phone is there for me to use. I know why. When the time is right, I have the money to buy one. Thank you mum. You are the one who needs this money the most."Elisa's mum turned and was going back to the room when they heard a knock at the door. She waited to see who was knocking why Elisa stood up to open the door. "Good afternoon ma," Elisa greeted. "My be
Lizzy POV When I got home, I kept wondering what had happened between Alex and Elisa. I think there is something wrong. Why would Elisa's boss be ready to give me a whopping sum of 60,000 dollars just to get to Elisa? I will need to find out about it before exposing Elisa to any danger. But that sum of money could change my life. Why does he want me to call him in the evening? Does he want me or does he want to have me in bed? Elisa told me some time ago that her boss has been showing her great affection. I took my phone and started searching for any contact that knows about Elisa. As I searched, I came across Helen's phone number. Helen was also Elisa's friend. So I decided to call her. "Hi Helen, good evening. How was your day?" "Very fine Lizzy." "Please, I have been trying to reach Elisa but her phone number is not connecting. Please, do you have any other means to reach her or do you have any of her family phone numbers?" "Hmm… I will get back to you. I know
Alex's pov There was a knock on my door on the first floor of Alex's mansion. From the CCTV camera, I saw a young beautiful lady. I requested a male housekeeper, not a female. What a mistake from the recruitment office. There is only one female I need in my life right now and that is Elisa. Where has she gone? All effort to know her place has been fruitless. I was still contaminating the thought of Elisa when I heard the knocking and ringing of the doorbell. I came out of my room and entered the lift. Minutes later I found myself on the first floor and I went to the door. I aimed to dispatch the young lady. I didn't give the young lady time to speak before I said, "I didn't request a female housekeeper. I requested a male housekeeper. Go and tell your director." "Good afternoon Sir," she smiled and there was so much thought in her eyes. "Sir, I'm not here for a housekeeper job. I am here for my friend Elisa. It's been a long time since I saw and heard from her."When she m
Loveth POV It was early in the morning, I was about to put my feet on the floor as I woke up when my phone rang. It has been a legal battle to free myself from Alex's accusations. The surface of my phone was facing down. I turned the phone and behold, it was my former neighbor at Alex's house. What does she want from me? I deliberately did not pick up her call. The phone rang and stopped. I left the room to go to the bathroom and spent some minutes. Coming back again, the same number kept calling. I went to the phone and reluctantly, I picked up the call. "Hi Ella, good morning." My voice was heavy. "Loveth, have you heard?" She spoke with some kind of enthusiasm. "Heard what?" "The person who took your place had run away. That maid." "Wait…wait a minute," Loveth stood up and started laughing. "Are you serious?" "Dead serious. I heard Alex combing the entire place looking for her. He even came to me, asking if she was hiding in my apartment. I kept wondering what he ha
"Mum, I'm not here for a relationship or anything that leads to marriage. I'm tired of men, they are a scumbag. I'm taking you to the hospital tomorrow. It's my responsibility to take care of you. Forget about Sam and his request. I have some money with me and it will be enough to take care of you before I find a new job here. To love someone is willingness from the heart. It's not a trap or by force." My mum kept quiet and was looking at me. She didn't know how to put it. Mr. Sam had requested to see my face and when she stared at me that long, I asked. "Mum, what's the matter?" "Mr. Sam is there waiting to have a word with you," she pointed at the sitting room. "Is there any need?" "Sweetheart, I'm in pain." She replied.I stood up and left Mum inside the room and went to the sitting room to see Sam. Sam was in his late fifties, someone old enough to be my dad. He has a bare head and his big nose disgusts me. "My angel," he widened his hands and was expecting me t
Elisa's POV The taxi stopped in front of my mom's house. This place was so far away from Alex that I found peace of mind. There was no way he could figure out my present location. Right inside the taxi, I was thinking about how to restart my life. "It doesn't matter how many times I fall, what matters is my ability to stand up."That was the motivational quote I said to myself before coming out of the car. Life wasn't fair. Even not fairer to people who do what is good. I was ready to dust off all the pains I have gone through. Probably, my mom's prophecy was about to manifest now. She told me to establish myself here after college, but I rejected her offer. "I love to go to the bigger city," I told her some years ago. But in the bigger city, I was treated like a rag. Used as if I didn't have a feeling. As I pulled my right leg out of the car, I could feel the home breeze. "Hmmm… no place like home." I thought. I turned my eyes to the most familiar building, my mum's house.