Feli looked around the two-story apartment that she had entered only moments ago.
'This apartment is huge! Will I be able to clean all the furniture in here? How many people live in this apartment? Did Daddy lie to me? Didn't Daddy say he would put me in an easy place? Then what is this?!' Feli was upset. She wondered to herself anxiously. 'Oh my God, was my decision right?'
"Well, Dulce niña (Sweet Girl), here you will be working. I hope you do well."
Feli tried to smile, albeit awkwardly at the woman in front of her. A woman who looked so elegant and beautiful. At the airport, Feli was picked up by several men dressed in all black. Clothes similar to her father's bodyguards. Then she was taken to this apartment, and immediately met the woman currently standing in front of her. Feli couldn't guess how old the woman in front of her was. It seemed to be the same age as her mother, or maybe younger?
“Dulce niña…”
Dulce niña? What does that mean? Ever since Feli had arrived, that woman had been calling her that. After this Feli would look up on the internet what she meant.
"From the agency that hired you, they say that you are very professional, Dulce niña."
Feli grimaced and cursed inwardly.
An agent? It looks like the daddy has prepared everything carefully. What was professional about it? Did she mean professional in spending money? In that case, of course her skills were unquestionable. But for professionally becoming a maid, oh... may God forgive the sins of this girl and her daddy, for lying to one of the families in this country. Feli only hoped that during this one month, none of the furniture in this apartment would be damaged because of her actions.
Feli was notoriously careless. Don't know how many expensive jars and other furniture in her house have been destroyed just because of her carelessness.
"While you work here, please take care of my son's needs."
"Son?" repeated Feli.
What did that mean? Wasn't she just being a maid? Or maybe... was she a babysitter?
Oh no! No! How is this? She's never taken care of babies at all. Not that Feli doesn't like kids. This girl is even a favorite of the children of her parents' cousins. But if she had to take care of a small child all day long, Feli was afraid she would hurt the child. She had no experience in that regard.
"I'm sorry ma'am, I... I have no experience taking care of a baby. Maybe there was a mistake from my agent-" Feli was immediately silenced when the woman in front of her laughed crisply.
"Oh my, you're so funny, Dulce niña. You take it easy. There will be no changing the baby's diaper or smearing powder all over my son's body. My son can already do it himself."
Feli breathed a sigh of relief. 'So he can wear his own clothes already? That's good... At least if it's just to play, I'm still capable.'
"Mi Hijo ( My Son ), are you awake?"
Feli immediately turned her eyes towards a super handsome man with a cold face coming down from the second floor of this apartment. The man was wearing a white t-shirt. His broad chest was clearly printed from underneath the shirt he was wearing. For his bottoms, the man was wearing dark blue training pants. His hands were stuffed in both pockets of the pants he was wearing.
Feli's forehead frowned deeply.
Who was he, the husband of the woman in front of her? But if it was a husband, it seemed like the man looked younger than the woman in front of Feli.
Feli's body suddenly stiffened. How could she not, the man was watching her from top to bottom while walking towards Feli and the woman in front of her.
After actually arriving in front of Feli, the man watched Feli's face intently. The man's firm jaw looked very intimidating. His gaze was very sharp like he was ready to stab anyone. No doubt, with just that gaze, anyone could instantly die.
Let's say Feli is exaggerating, but this is what Feli feels. Feli had never felt this intimidated before.
Could it be because she feels like she has no one in this country now, that she feels a little scared?
A little scared?
Of course! Don't expect Feli to be super scared.
That won't happen!
Even though she was now a maid, Feli was still the stubborn Feli Addison.
“Is this the girl?”
Feli blinked a few times.
The man finally made a sound. But Feli couldn't understand what he was saying because he was speaking Spanish. The voice of the man standing not far in front of Feli sounded heavy and... eerrr... sexy?
"Right, Mi Hijo. Ah yes... Mah-dreh wants you to use English when communicating with her. This girl is from England, and she cannot speak our language."
The man's forehead furrowed deeply. “Why did Mah-dreh have to look all the way to England for a maid?"
"To make you think a thousand times about sending her away like your previous maids, Mi Hijo. She needs a job to provide for her family, to the point where she's willing to be placed anywhere by the agency that's taken her in so far. Mah-dreh hopes you have a big heart not to make things difficult for this poor girl. Look, doesn't she look fragile?" The foreign woman looked at Feli with a sad gaze.
The man noticed Feli's appearance. The girl in front of him had a beautiful face even without makeup. Her chubby cheeks made anyone would be anxious to see her, and wish they could pinch, or at least rub those cheeks. Feli's eyes looked fragile, yet strong at the same time. Her blonde hair was tied up in a ponytail, looking very simple. But for some reason, this man in front of Feli felt that Feli was no ordinary girl.
"Mah-dreh, how old is this girl? Her face looks like an underage girl, and I don't want to hire underage girls.
“You think Mah-dreh would hire an underage girl?! She's twenty-one years old, Mi Hijo!"
"Really?"
"Of course! Mah-dreh read her bio carefully before this girl was sent here. Her work experience is no joke. So you don't have to worry."
Feli could only stare at this interaction between the two people in front of her, as they were using their language.
'Come on! What are you two talking about?! It's so rude to talk as if I'm not here. Just watch out if you talk about me!' Feli exclaimed inwardly. 'By God, I've never been ignored like this in my life!'
"Um..."
The two people in front of Feli turned their eyes towards her as she pretended to cough to interrupt them.
"Sorry, I just wanted to ask, when do I start working? Oh and... where is Madam's son?" Feli glanced around the apartment, curious about the woman's son in front of her.
"This is my son, Dulce niña. You'll be working with him." The woman in front of Feli patted the shoulder of the man who had been looking at her probingly.
Feli was silent for a moment. Trying to understand what the strange woman in front of her meant. Before long, her eyes widened in disbelief. "Wh-what? I-I work for this man?" asked Feli trying to convince her sense of hearing. Feli looked the man up and down. "This man is not your husband, ma'am?" she asked again.
The woman in front of Feli laughed out loud. "Geez, hahaha... Is my face that young, Dulce niña? Mi Hijo," The woman turned her gaze towards the man beside her. "Is Mah-dreh's face that young, or does yours look much older because it never smiles?" she asked ignorantly, knowing her son rarely smiled. Almost never. The woman turned her gaze back to Feli without caring that her son's face already looked creepy because of her joke. "He's my son."
"Wh-what???"
"Wh-what???"Feli returned to scrutinizing the strange man. She quickly averted her gaze when the man gave her a displeased look. "Um... I thought your son was still small, but he's already as big as a giant," Feli said innocently.The strange woman laughed again. Feli was amazed to see that the woman's face still looked very young. Feli still couldn't believe that the woman had a child as big as the man who had been intimidating her with his gaze."Mah-dreh, look, this girl is so disrespectful to me!" hissed the man, as Feli returned his attention as if judging him. The man did not like being noticed in such a way like what Feli was doing to him. Moreover, Feli's words sounded sassy in his ears.Feli's forehead furrowed. Why did the man look upset? What did he say? Why did he use foreign language again?Ugh... can't they speak in normal language? Feli meant, use a language that she could understand. So that he doesn't look stupid like this.Meanwhile, the woman who was Feli's employe
>>"Mah-dreh and your Pah-dreh are going on our honeymoon. While Mah-dreh is away, you must not cause any trouble, Mi-Hijo! Especially to your new maid. Don't try to kick her out of your apartment! Only Mah-dreh has the right to dismiss her.""What???? Ma—">>"No argument!">>"Honey, we have to leave soon.">>"Wait a minute, Husband... I have to warn our son so that he doesn't make trouble while we're gone."There was a crisp laugh from the other side, which Jerrald was sure was his father's.Jerrald rolled his eyes in annoyance. Did he still look like a child!"Mah... The new maid is working in my apartment, of course I have the right to kick her out if she does an incompetent job, Mah-dreh!">>"If her work is incompetent, you wait until Mah-dreh comes home. Mah-dreh doesn't want to be fooled again like before."Jerrald groaned inwardly. His mother must have been talking about his behavior of kicking out the maids who worked with him before. Even though the maids had done a good job.
"How is her condition?""Still beautiful beyond belief.""Noe, I'm not joking!""Tsk! Cousin has no sense of humor.""You just answer what I ask. No need to talk all the way!""Well, Mr. Mendez, I apologize for your cousin's impudence. She's fine, just a common fever. It looks like this cute, pretty girl is exhausted. You... have been torturing her, haven't you? You must have made her work endlessly.""Don't talk nonsense! I haven't even given her a job once!" hissed Jerrald in disgust when his maternal cousin accused him of that.Jerrald turned his gaze towards the beautiful girl who was currently lying weakly with her eyes perfectly closed on the bed of one of the guest rooms in this apartment. The room her new maid would have been in, had Jerrald not carried out his devious plan.Jerrald's hands were crossed. He stared at his maid with the man's typical flat, cold expression. His mind drifted as he recalled the events of almost an hour ago.Jerrald had found his new maid lying on t
Feli opened her eyes and found a man sitting in a chair next to the bed. The man was busy with the laptop in front of him.Her employer? What was he doing here?In silence, Feli watched the employer, and remembered why she was lying on this fairly soft bed. The comfort of this bed was far different from the bed in the room she was staying in. The room where she had rested earlier after arriving at the apartment.Feli's mind wandered. Earlier... she was thirsty after crying for about an hour in that cramped room. That was after her new employer wrapped her injured finger with a bandage, then ordered her to go back to rest.Her head was dizzy from crying for so long. The pain in her finger made her body hot and cold. Moreover, her stomach had not been filled since arriving in this country. The apple she had bitten earlier was not eaten because of the incident in the kitchen.Feli recalled, with a heavy head, Feli walked slowly towards the kitchen to drink. However, when she reached the
"Is it like this? I think this will do."Feli pressed the ON button on the electric coffee pot after putting coffee into the machine. The beautiful woman learned how to use it through a search engine, and matched the image on the search engine with the electric coffee pot available in this kitchen.Yesterday the employer had ordered her to make the man coffee every morning, and this was what she was doing today."Hm... what should I do while waiting for this coffee to be made?" Feli tapped her fingers on the pantry table. "Cleaning this apartment? Tsk! The day of torture begins," Feli said depressed.Feli stepped towards the place where the vacuum cleaner was placed. Yesterday her employer had told her where the cleaning tools were kept in the apartment.Feli pushed the vacuum cleaner out of the room.Dug!Feli paused as the tool accidentally collided with the wall. Not long after, Feli crouched down so that her body was parallel to the tool she was pushing, then checked whether it wa
"Mr. Mendez, the company—Um... Sir?"Jerrald snapped out of his reverie as the secretary roused him. He glanced around.Ah... he was in his office. Even standing right in front of his desk. Jerrald hadn't realized he'd been daydreaming since he left the meeting room."What is it, Eloy?""Is there something on your mind?" asked Eloy worriedly. The boss seemed to lack focus. Not just this time, but since the meeting room.Several times Eloy had to snap Jerrald out of his reverie. That, of course, made Eloy anxious. Could it be that the boss was not feeling well?This was the first time Jerrald was not focused at work.
"What do you mean, Miss Cia?" asked Jerrald again."That... T-that..." Feli fell silent again. This time biting her lip in worry.Jerrald squinted suspiciously when Feli did not clearly answer his question."You're really suspicious, Miss Cia. Who exactly are you?" asked Jerrald in the end.Feli's body suddenly went cold. Jerrald gave her a look that was nothing short of piercing. Like a freshly sharpened knife, ready to cut her at any moment."W-Why are you talking like that? Of course, I-I am Jolicia Floy, sir.""Jolicia Floy... Of course, I know you're Jolicia Floy." Jerrald crossed his arms. His eyes were still at home radiating sharpness."Then why are you a-asking?""Because you're the strangest maid I've ever had. You can't do your job well, you're troublesome, and you're not independent. Are you a professional? Is it true that the agency that houses you actually knows your performance, Miss?" asked Jerrald in succession. Making Feli even more cornered."Sir—""Then what did yo
"Oh my God, Miss Cia!"Feli let out a tired sigh. This was the umpteenth time her employer had let out a screech like this. Like he was ready to skin her.What else was wrong now?"Is this how you wash potatoes?! Give it to me!"Feli stepped away from the sink as Jerrald roughly grabbed the potato she was holding. The girl gave her employer an annoyed look from the side. Feli noticed the way Jerrald washed some of the potatoes."I think I washed them the same way you did, sir.""How can it be the same?! You just wet them without cleaning them!""I already—""No need to talk so much! Better put the rest of the vegetables in the fridge before they all go bad!" Jerrald ordered, but the man's gaze didn't move from the few potatoes he was cleaning.Feli was silent. But her eyes were fixed on Jerrald. If only she hadn't remembered the private jet her daddy promised would be hers in a few weeks, Feli would have hit Jerrald over the head with whatever was in the kitchen. It looks like a nearb