CHAPTER 4

IT'S been two weeks since I came into this house or should I rather call it a mansion? For those two weeks, I never saw my ‘husband.’ When they fetched me at the hospital Green never came back to see me off. I never even saw his shadow. Reporters and fans are also waiting outside the hospital. I’ve been staying in this house, I am not allowed to go outside beyond the gates of this house or mansion?

I tried escaping but I never reached the gates because the securities and maids keep finding me. I have tried escaping for almost every hour since the day I came here. That is why they assigned guards and maids to follow me everywhere I went. They’ve been watching every move I make. One time the maids that were assigned to follow me even insisted on coming with me inside the bathroom but I declined it’s my privacy for Christ's sake! And thank God they obeyed because it’s frustrating. 

I tried asking where my so called ‘husband’ is, but no one gave me the correct answer that I’m expecting. And Green hasn’t contacted me yet in this household. I want to talk to him even though he doesn't believe me. I still love him. I don’t have my phone with me because I left it in my room the time I ran away. 

I heard a knock on the door of my room causing me to come back to reality.

“Good afternoon young mistress, your lunch is ready.” A maid said before opening the door. Why do they need to knock when they will open it anytime they want to?

I didn’t look at her and covered my whole body including my face with my blanket. I sensed her walking near me and she stopped beside my bed.

“Please young mistress, you need to get up and eat, or else the master will be mad at us.” she pleaded. I sighed and lowered the blanket. That Abchanchu gets on my nerves. He always uses the maids to blackmail me. The last time I didn’t eat because I didn't want to, he fired the maid who called me to eat. 

“Fine,” I answered before getting up. She helped me lift my blanket then she helped me get up. 

She bowed her head before walking to the door and she opened it for me. I walk out of the room without looking at her. I saw the two bodyguards he assigned to guard me because they are afraid that I might try to escape again. 

I rolled my eyes before walking straight to the stairs. Both of them followed me together with the maid who went inside my room. 

Aren’t they tired of following me all day? As if I can escape this house? Every time I tried to escape I never reached the gates so what’s the point of tailing me? And when will the hell I can meet that man named Abchanchu? 

I only saw and met him once and that was the time when I attended their company’s anniversary party as Green’s date, and their company invited me to come as their guest for the event. 

Speaking of being a guest of events, it’s been two weeks since the last time that I heard about my modeling. I don’t know about my schedule if I’ve missed some of my shoots or events. Green is my manager and he manages every shoot, event, and gig that I have. 

I miss my fans and I miss shooting. I want to meet a man named Abchanchu to ask him to let me go to work. I also need to talk to Green. I love him but these things that he did and what his father did I don’t know what to do anymore.

I instantly snapped back to reality when we reached the dining area and one of the guards guided me towards the table and pulled a chair for me. 

After I seated the maids immediately came in and fell in line carrying the food. They bowed their heads before putting the food on the table. I mentally rolled my eyes because of it, this is the main reason why I always ask them to bring my food to my room. 

I’m the only one who will eat and they’re serving food like it’s my last day and because they’re going to slaughter me. After putting and arranging the food, they fell in line again and then bowed their heads. 

I looked at them one by one. There are seven maids here in total plus the two guards. I cleared my throat before smiling.

“What are you waiting for? Aren’t you going to eat with me?” I asked while smiling. They all looked up at me before looking at each other. I sighed.

“Come now, I can’t eat alone, especially with you watching me eat. Come on sit.” I said before smiling genuinely.

They stared at me with a look of confusion so I smiled at them and nodded. They immediately sat down. This feels better eating with someone than eating alone.

“Now let's eat. Help yourself and don’t be shy.” I said before reaching the rice and the meatballs. 

We are eating silently and I’m not used to this because in our house we ate happily and we talked too much the whole duration of the meal. They seem to be afraid of me or they’re just shy? I need to break this awkwardness between me and these people. I will be living with them under the same roof for good I think, so I need to get familiarized with them. I need to say something to get them comfortable with me. What should I say? I socialize with people a lot but why am I nervous talking to these people? 

I cleared my throat to get their attention and they abruptly stopped eating. They all looked at me waiting for what I’m about to say. Well, how should I do this?

“Can I know your names?” I said with an awkward smile. Great Janeah, just great there are tons of words in the world and the only thing you can say is ‘can I know your names?’ 

They all looked shocked at what I said. Seriously I just asked their names, what's the big deal?

“Me first!” The maid from the left corner exclaimed with her hands raised up. I chuckled because of what she did. She’s kinda cute. 

I looked at her and examined her. She’s wearing pink pants, a pink shirt, and a pink headband. This lady obviously hates pink really.

“I’m Pinky! Ms. Janeah, I'm your number one fan ma’am. I followed all of your social media and bought every magazine you made.” She exclaimed which made my heart flutter. 

“Nice to meet you Pinky. It seems like you really hate pink.” I said to her while smiling which made all of the people here laugh. Her cheeks blushed and she laughed.

We are now eating merrily. According to Pinky, they are shy with me because I’m a famous model. I’m just a mere human being like them so what’s with the fuss?

I learned a lot of things from them, especially about my husband Abchanchu. I found out that he is the CEO and founder of Abchanchu Co. and at a young age he built this empire by himself without the help of his family. I also found out that he was living in this house alone for almost 8 years now. 

“You know what Ms. Janeah, we were so happy when sir announced that he is married and he will bring home his wife because sir never brought any women in this house,” Rhea said and all of them agreed. So he never brought his girls home huh. 

“Please call me Janeah. Don’t call me to miss or young mistress. I felt like an old lady. And we are friends so please lessen the politeness.” 

Pinky and the others exclaimed in delight because of what I said. 

“It’s a dream come true. Having a famous friend, I must be dreaming.” Stella said dreamingly and most of them agreed. I just chuckled because of their cuteness.

“You’re a perfect match for sir, ms. Janeah. You’re pretty and he is handsome.” La Lina said and everyone agrees with her. 

Ma Lina is 54 years old. According to her, she was my husband's nanny since he was a baby so she knows him more than anyone except his parents. Ma Lina is a single mother with one son and her son is already married with a daughter. 

I finally have my friends. I never had one because Green and his family are so protective. They never let me meet people around my age. And as a model, it’s hard for me to meet real and true friends. Most of them are there to use you to get famous. 

I hope my stay in this house will be great and I’ll make sure that Green’s sacrifice won’t go to waste. 

Green, honey, wait for me because everything will be okay. I love you and I miss you.