Changed By The Past

Isabella POV

"Mom, are you listening to me?" I almost shouted at my mom who was ignoring me completely. "Mom!"

"I don't know why you're so obsessed with the babysitting. Is that even a job Bella?" she questioned at me taking her gaze away from her laptop.

"But mom.. you know I love kids and look at this.. They are paying thirty thousand quid per month, even you don't earn that much." I half-teased, showing my phone to her which made her glare at me.

"Hey! I'm a surgeon. I could earn more than that within a day." she said with a proud smile which made me roll my eyes as I knew she could never be able to make that much of money in a day.

Then she took my phone and stared at the screen for awhile before returning it back. "I think this would be a scam, who does pay that much of money for being a nanny?" she doubted, frowning in confusion. Nanny? Jeez, she'd never understand my job.

Nonetheless, I looked at the job advertisement once again which was published yesterday and read the information carefully.

"No mom.. I guess it's true. They'll be selecting the babysitter by organizing an interview and a lot of people have already applied for this job. But I don't think they'd interview all of them."

"Okay, so what do you want me to do now?"

"Well-" I cleared my throat nervously. "-I've applied for this job too.. and they've sent me a message saying that they'd like to meet me in person and discuss about it further." I told, looking at her and she furrowed her brows, closing her laptop.

"Where do they wanna meet you?"

"They've sent me the address." I glanced at my phone screen. "Guess, they're from London."

Her eyes widened hearing my last sentence. "London? You are planning to leave this city? You're planning to leave me as your dad did for his job?" she ranted placing the laptop aside and I sat beside her letting out a loud sigh.

"Mom.. Dad has gone to abroad for the purpose of his job and I do the same. Please mom.. let me go." I begged holding the back of her palm and she remained silent, staring ahead.

As she kept quiet for a long time I rested my head on her lap and muttered, "Fine mom. I'm not going anywhere, I'll be with you, running my daycare as usual."

I heard her sigh as she stroked my hair and began to speak after a few moments. "Only one month; If you stay more than a month then just forget about me."

I jumped up in joy and hugged her tightly thanking her countless times for letting me go to London.

"Okay, okay. When do you have to go there?" she asked me after pulling away.

"Uhm..I guess they would be hiring the applicants for a whole week so I should have to leave here today itself." I announced.

"Today? But-"

"Mom, the sooner I get there, the better." I stated and she groaned underneath her breath.

"Fine. Go and pack your bags then, I'll book the train ticket for you." she informed opening the laptop again. I nodded and made my way to my room but stopped in mid-track when she called me by my name.

"So what about your daycare?" she asked without taking her eyes away from her phone.

"Don't worry mom, Emma will take care of it." I replied and she nodded.

"Did you take your toothbrush?" she asked me for the twentieth time about the silly stuffs while we were waiting at the train station.

I nodded faintly and when she was about ask another question, I interrupted. "Mom, relax! I took everything."

The sadness in her face deepened and I gripped her arms softly. "I will call you everyday, I promise. I'm really gonna miss you too but you don't need to worry about me, I can take care of myself but above all I'm not sure whether I'd select for the interview or not." I sighed, waving my hands in the air and she pulled me into a hug.

"Don't worry Bella. They won't ask hard questions for the babysitting job." she told in an amusement tone, hugging me even more tightly and I chuckled in response.

Then we pulled away when we noticed the train had arrived. I stood up, pulling one of my suitcases while she helped me to carry my other luggages. When I got in, she handed them to me with a weak smile on her face.

"Don't forget to call me when you reach there and inform Trevor too." she reminded and I nodded.

Trevor was my long-distance boyfriend who would always call exactly the same time everyday.

"Sure mom.. bye!" I beamed before getting in. I sat on the first empty seat I noticed and luckily it was a window seat too. I opened the window where I could see my mom properly and she waved her hand with watery eyes and I blew a flying kiss and waved my hand till the train started to move.

Then I took my headset and put it on and the songs from my playlist started to play as I leaned on my seat and stared at the window. I can already feel I'm going to experience new stuffs!

I slowly opened my eyes when I heard random footsteps and I never knew when I've fallen asleep. I found that the train already came to the destination and noticed many people were moving out of the train.

A man who sat across me stood, lifting his luggages as he was about to exit.

"Excuse me, have we arrived London?" I asked and he nodded, looking down at me.

I muttered a thankyou to him before leaving the train. Then I booked a taxi which arrived within two minutes and I was really surprised how quick the service was, before getting into it.

I informed the location to the driver which I got from someone who was working at the place when I contacted him regarding the job.

The place was not far away from the station and I couldn't be able to see much places on London but by admiring the buildings through the window in a short period of time made me fall in love with this city already. It really looked beautiful than Bradford where I have been living since I was born.

I slowly stepped out of the taxi and the taxi driver made his way to the boot to take out my luggages. My mouth fell open when I saw the tall and breathtaking mansion in front of me.

Am I going to work here?

Who could afford to buy a palace like this just to have a roof under them?

Now I'm feeling super nervous!

"Ma'am, if you pay the amount, I can leave." the driver said kindly, bringing me back to reality and I nodded and paid the money before heading to the huge mansion.

After informing about myself to the guards and the workers, I finally met the personal assistant of the billionaire.

"Welcome!" he greeted with a warm smile and the guards took my luggages from my grip and took them to God-knows-where. "I'm Hayden. The personal assistant of Christian Roberts."

I smiled and before I could introduce myself to him, he spoke again. "Are you up for the interview or you want to take some rest?"

"No, I'm fine. We'll do it right away." I replied in a normal tone, hiding my excitement.

Then he nodded and guided me to somewhere and without anymore word, I followed him, holding my handbag.

After we got in to the elevator he pressed the button and we reached the third floor in no time. We got into a large room passing by many guards who were roaming here and there in the hallway but the place seemed extremely quiet.

"May I come in, sir?" Hayden knocked on the door and a deep voice came from inside saying, "Come in." and we both entered inside.

I noticed a man who had broad shoulders was typing something on his laptop hiding his face from us. This must be the billionaire!

"Sir, She has come to the interview for the babysitting job." Hayden informed and the billionaire's gaze slowly met mine as he raised his head to look at me.

I expected the king of this beautiful palace to be attractive too and I realized my expectation wasn't wrong at all after seeing his face.

I guess, he was in his early thirties but still he looked as flawless as a Greek God.

When he leaned on his rolling chair, rubbing his stubble with his hand which had a Rolex watch, I couldn't help feeling the sudden adrenaline rush.

"Are you there?" he waved his hand in front of me, snapping me out of my trance.

Oh the voice.. stop Bella!!

"Uhh..Yeah sir.." I stammered and he sighed, shaking his head.

"How many times I'm calling you?" he asked exasperatedly and I ducked my head muttering a sorry.

Then he said Hayden to leave and ordered me to sit down till he was going through my files that I've submitted him through email. I played with my fingers, glancing around as if it could lesson my nervousness.

"Well, Isabella White, yeah?" he asked, still looking at the laptop screen.

"Yes sir." I stated firmly.

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