At Ernest Mansion. Stella didn't go back home the previous night as she had called her mother on the phone and told her mother that she was going to sleep at Mike's family house.Mrs. Lucy was angry at Stella for showing up in their home the previous day crying, and Stella still went back to Ernest mansion to receive more torture.Mrs. Lucy didn't have anything to argue with her daughter. As all she wanted was for her two children to be happy, and so she only told Stella on the phone, "Be good and don't worry too much about anything that would make you feel sad, okay."Stella replied, "Okay, mom."Stella woke up early in Ernest Residential mansion and she stepped down from the guest room bed given to her, and she went to take her bath and to freshen up and dressed in another cloth, as the previous gown that she wore on her crop top was still what she had been wearing.Stella took her bath quickly and later went out to the grand living room to wait as the day had fully broken and the sk
Lara gulped heavily as she heard Joseph say, "Or you can go upstairs to his bedroom and ask him for permission yourself."Lara immediately replied, "No! I will wait."Lara nervously walked back to the black couch and sat as Mike had multicolored couches in his grand living room downstairs.Lara thought about going to Mike's bedroom to ask him for permission, and she frowned as Joseph had already left her and gone outside the mansion.Lara sat waiting, and by 12 pm noon, Mike wasn't out.At 1 pm, Lara grumbled out some curse words, and she stood up just as Joseph stepped in to prepare lunch.Lara asked him, "When will your boss be outside? It's already afternoon, and I want to go out and come back on time."Joseph sighed and said, "I don't know."Lara asked him, "Is he alright?"Joseph replied, "You mean my boss?"Lara nodded. "Yes."Joseph sighed and said, "I guess so. He's probably stressed for the week, and that's how he usually sleeps long if he's stressed."Lara gasped out, "Till a
Lara stared up at Mike's face and she said, "Maybe a maid job if I can find one, or a cleaner or servant."Mike's eyes narrowed at Lara as his brows subtly knotted, and he said, "No. I cannot let you do that kind of a job."Lara stared at Mike in surprise as she saw his countenance change and his smile disappear, to be replaced with a glare, making her shiver.Lara asked him, "Why?... I mean, I just have to find work, so I can leave here when I have saved enough money."Mike replied, "No. You cannot be a maid. Do you know what being a maid is all about? Wait, don't think about Joseph as my maid or servant. He's free to do whatever he wants here, and that might not be the same with every other master out there or madam either, depending on who you want to work for. But that's aside, I cannot sit back and watch you serve anyone, not when I'm here and knowing you're under my custody now."Lara shivered, and she gulped and fumbled to ask him, "Why? But I cannot keep staying here idle. I ne
Lara asked Mike, "It is true that you normally host different ladies?"Mike smiled and he asked her, "So you knew of me before...?"Lara replied, "No. It's Janet that told me when Madam Alora asked us to follow that hefty man, that's your driver. Janet told me in the car about you, but all that isn't my business if you host women or not."Mike hummed, and he said, "I do... I love women, and that's the truth. But not all I've slept with."Lara frowned as if she was going to vomit, and she wanted to pull Mike's arms away from her hugging her waist, but Mike asked her, "What's wrong with you? I'm a man, and you don't expect me not to admire a woman."Lara felt irritated as her face turned sour, and Mike fondly bit her left ear. Seeing her frowning face, Mike asked her, "You haven't been with a man before?"Lara replied, "No."Mike asked, "Why? I know you told me you're a virgin, but that doesn't mean you don't see handsome men out there or in your village. Don't they ask you out?"Lara re
Lara stared at Mike in shock and she shook her head in rejection and quickly replied, "No."Mike groaned and he said, "Oh! Just know that the next time you pout your lips out like that, I'm not going to ask for your permission. I will just kiss you directly."Lara blushed and she nervously replied, "Okay."Mike said, "Bless the meal."Lara said a short prayer, and Mike ended it with, "Amen."Soon Lara and Mike began eating the delicious yam porridge garnished with fried fish, and the dining table fell into an awkward silence with only the sound of them eating.****At Ernest Villa.Stella had been waiting for Mike to call her on the phone, but still no call came in, neither did any driver come to pick her up and take her to Mike's house, and she was slowly losing her patience as even Gloria had left the house and told her earlier she was going shopping.Gloria had asked Stella, "Won't you follow me to the boutique to shop? When Mike's driver arrives, the gatekeeper will call us on the
Mike was through having his lunch with Lara, and he felt so good after kissing her on the lips in his parlor. However, he didn't want to pressure her into sleeping with him, knowing that Lara was a shy young lady. More importantly, he didn't want to be accused of rape.This was seen as a crime in their state, and he didn't want to lose all his family wealth by forcing a woman to bed, nor lose his hard-earned labor. So, he decided to wait until Lara agreed to sleep with him.After having lunch with Lara, Mike stood up, left her, and retired upstairs to his room, while Joseph walked out to the dining table to meet Lara.Joseph asked her, "What's going on between you and the boss?"Lara was nervous and didn't want to meet Joseph's direct gaze, feeling pinned to her dining seat. She was waiting for Joseph to excuse her so she could exit the dining room and return to her guest room.But Joseph was relentless. He approached her seat and leaned over, startling her as he asked in her ear, "Lar
Mike was unable to stay still, sitting on his parlor's executive couch and lost in thought. He sighed, and just then, Joseph knocked and stepped into the parlor.Joseph spoke, "Boss, should I serve dinner?"Mike looked at the parlor wall clock, seeing it was 6:30 p.m. He sighed and replied, "No, not yet."Joseph answered, "Okay, boss," and left the parlor, knowing Mike was probably thinking about Lara since he wasn't using his laptop either.Joseph went to the kitchen to switch off the gas cooker, having finished preparing their dinner, and retired to his chamber, knowing that when Mike or Lara needed his service, they would call him.--------At Ernest Villa, Mrs. Cindy went downstairs to the kitchen to prepare dinner. She didn't ask Stella anything more related to Mike, as she saw that he truly hadn't shown up despite calling him in the morning to come home.Mrs. Cindy thought of going to Mike's house rather than calling him again, as actions spoke louder than words.She examined the
At Mike's Villa.Lara felt her heart beating loudly in her chest, when Mike neared her to kissed her in the corridor, as she had shut her eyes closed, not until she heard Joseph pushed the guest rooms corridor door opened, that she immediately snapped out from closing her eyes and she immediately stared away from Mike.Lara's heart was still beating loudly in her chest and she didn't know how she would cope with Mike openly seducing her, and she was rather gradually growing weaker in her self-restraint and was even beginning to thought so much about Mike.Lara was scared as she didn't know if she finally agreed to slept with Mike, would be change, or would he still remain the same Mr. nice man, that was to her now?.Mike blessed their meals first, knowing Lara was nervous, and he washed his hand in his own bowl of water as Joseph surely kept two bowls of water for them to used in washing their hands.Lara pulled her own bowl of water nearer to herself, and she washed her hands too whil