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This couldn't be the house of the man that had offered her a job on the night she had planned to engage in the activity of a one night stand.

No. It couldn't be because there was no use believing that Marshall Yugo had been the man that had met her at the hotel room that night and offered her the job of being a nanny.

She withheld the thoughts of him being the one regardless of the mansion that stood before her, the Yugo mansion known throughout the city of Qhezon.

No two people had the same house as his family but she convinced herself to believe there were. It was the only thing that would be able to compel her to go in.

She hesitated as she stood at the gate waiting for the security to verify her invite pass, questioning her decision to come. The events of the past few days had left her emotionally drained—losing Jasmine, the betrayal by Arun in the end, and now this unexpected job offer.

She clutched her phone contemplating whether to call it off by returning the million dollars already in her account but the thought of her sick father and taking revenge for Jasmine compelled her forward.

Perhaps she would be able to seduce Marshall Yugo and snatch him from Maya, that way she would experience the betrayal she made Jasmine go through. It wouldn't be that hard. Men were all the same and can't resist the allure of a woman's body.

An aged man whom she guessed was one of the house butlers greeted her at the door. He then proceeded to lead her, silently through the winding corridors with the silence between them only amplifying Mia's growing unease. Finally, they reach a door at the end of a long hallway. The butler gestured for her to enter before retreating back into the shadows.

Mia opened the door to find Marshall Yugo standing in the center of the room, staring at the entrance and and at the door as it flung open.

Mia's emotions boil over as she bursts out, " Marshall Yugo????!!!!!"

"You tricked me! You knew who I was all along, and you still let me agree to this ridiculous job offer!" Her voice lashed at him, angry and pissed off at the same time as she stood at the door, not taking a step forward after confirming that the house owner was truly Marshall Yugo.

Marshall's face was still cold and his expression unreadable. "I never deceived you, Mia Llama. I only offered you an opportunity, one that I knew you needed and can execute properly"

Mia's frustration only grew as she struggled to understand his intentions. What the fuck was he talking about? He made her leave the hotel room that night even though she had come for a one night stand. She didn't get paid because she didn't do what she had come for but instead, she was transferred money to from an anonymous account, which she hasn't touched yet and probably would have to return.

Now the bride she was told she'd be a nanny to was going to be Maya? Of all people she was going to become a nanny to the leech and wench of a woman called Maya??!! Of all people?

"A nanny? For Maya, of all people? You know what she did to Jasmine! How could you expect me to work for her? How can you offer me the job of being the nanny to her. Don't you fear what I might do to her? Since you ran a background check on me to find out my surname and bank details, didn't your common sense tell you that you had to run a social one on me too? We're you not Informed of my hatred for Maya Jaiswal? I hate her to my bone marrows!! The way she walks, the way she talks, her and every fucking darn thing about her!! I am a fucking hater for her!!!!"

She screamed at him, forgetting everything about manners or class nor even the fact that she was at his home.

Marshall remained calm and happy at the same time. She was exactly the kind of person he wanted and had the same mentality he wanted from a nanny for his bride to be.

"What? Cat got your tongue? Have you got nothing to say? Nothing to defend yourself with? Caught up in your lies? Tell me!! Did Maya put you up to this? Did that disgusting morally I'll and bankrupt wench put you up to this?!!" She continued barking at him, her anger rising as she threw each question at him.

"You're mistaken Miss Mia Llama. I didn't offer you an opportunity for you to become Maya's nanny" he said calmly.

Mia is taken aback, confused by his cryptic response. "What do you mean? If not Maya, then who?" She asked, her voice calmer this time around, curious about what he was trying to unveil, what he was trying to do, what he had planned up his sleeves because there couldn't be none.

Without answering, Marshall walked over to a door at the side of the room and slowly pushed it open. The room beyond is dark with only a faint light from the bedside lamp illuminating a figure lying on the bed.

Mia hesitates with her heart pounding within her as she stepped closer to the figure lying on the bed,like he was leading her to. As she approached, the figure's face became clearer, and Mia's breath catches in her throat at the beauty that laid sleeping on the bed. The woman lying there looked familiar, yet different.

Marshall stood beside Mia, watching her closely. "This is the person you'll be caring for," he said softly.

" Who is she?" She asked and turned to look at him before turning back to the sleeping beauty.

Marshall moved closer to the woman and stirred her hand a bit turning it slightly to reveal a small tattoo on her wrist—a tattoo that Mia instantly recognized. She and Jasmine had gotten matching tattoos on their eighteenth birthdays, that same tattoo.

She brought out her own hand to reveal hers, exactly at the same position and design. Her heart tensed and she turned to state Marshall in the eyes again.

Mia fell to her knees by the bed still clutching the sleeping woman's arm and comparing it to hers, her eyes wide with shock and disbelief. "It can't be... Jasmine?"