CHAPTER FIVE

Soon we walked inside the mansion,my eyes bulged in my sockets,my mouth almost touched the ground ,the style,chairs,wall hangings, seemed ancient yet modern,it was a place where old meets new and co habit ,I instantly felt lucky to be chased out of the foster care home,the art pieces that hung on the walls caught my eye,I was studying art at the college, one of the paintings caught my attention,I walked towards it, a masterpiece to behold, my eyes opened in excitement.

“ That’s my great grandfather,” he whispered in my ears,his breath warm ,which sent shivers to my spine.

“Leonardo da Vinci ,” I muttered in excitement.

“I’d notice his painting anywhere,am fascinated by his art work,” I smiled.

“Guess what,” he said and I turned to look at him not knowing what to guess.

“It’s not fabricated,Leon painted it himself when he met my grandfather,” everything was unbelievable, do you know that this very painting could change my whole life into a millionaire,of course I thought about stealing it in that instant but I didn’t know exactly where I was, I turned and looked at the rest of the art pieces,all very unique, he raised his hands and said

“ All this is my mother’s art collection ,she was an art lover,” his voice lowered and you could hear his voice crack immediately he talked about his mother,I turned looked at him

“ she had a great taste in art,” I sympathized.

As we stood there,another woman walked in,dressed in a women’s blazer and short skirt,she had really gorgeous legs, her hair wavy ,brown and her beauty ,eye catching ,why is everyone here so beautiful,I thought.

“ Sarah, how are you?” He said as he walked closer Yet she seemed angry,I could tell that their closeness was not casual from the tone of his voice.

“A human,really Dave,” she angrily smacked the table, oh so he is called Dave,I thought,

“She saved my life and She had no where to go,” he mumbled as he struggled to explain .

“Everyone has heard the news, am tired of fixing your messes,” oh news here spreads like a wildfire,besides why is he tolerating her cranky ass,I thought.

“ well, that’s exactly what I pay you to do,” he shrugged

“ How did she save your life anyway,huh,” She asked as she looked me up and down,pulled her nose as if she had smelt a fart,I could tell She did not like me.

“I, I pulled him out of a river,” I struggled to reply,scared that she might chew me up.

They turned in silence,looked at each other suspiciously.Then carried her file and walked out while arguing and tossing the file around in the air

“ Ok,am tired of this,every fuxxking day,I fix your mistakes,everyday,” she mumbled till we could hear her outside of the mansion.

“Bye Susan,” he who sarcastically,raised his fingers,bid her a fake farewell.

“Let’s go,” he said as he gave me his hand to hold,I reached for it and we walked to the stairs leading up, the guards stopped us.

“ sir,we have prepared for her a suite in the south chamber, the guards said.

“ No, I don’t want her sleeping in the south chamber,prepare the eastern chamber,the room opposite to mine,” he ordered.

The guards looked at him like he was insane.

“The queen’s room,” they muttered in confusion

“yes,that one,” he said as he led me up and walked me up the stairs,then we stopped in front of his room,he turned and pointed to the opposite room,which appeared to have maids preparing it,

“ that’s your room,opposite to mine,in case you have a problem,don’t fail to reach out,” he said as he opened his room and went inside,leaving the door open.

“ do you prefer to wait outside or you can wait for it to be prepared inside here,it may take a while,” he said to me,I slowly walked inside his room,everything in the room was grey,then suddenly,he removed the sweater, revealing his body,I looked on the sides,he went in the bathroom, I remained alone , I looked around, and on his bed stand ,there was a photo of him, Daisy and a woman at the beach, I guessed it was his mom, the shower ran a long time,his bedsheets satin,I ran my hands on the sheets, and I decided to sniff the sheets to see what he smelt like, I inhaled his fragrance,mints,tobacco and rosemary, masculine,I closed my eyes to savor the scent

“what are you doing,” he asked which jolted me back,ashamed of my doings,I stammered to reply

“ I,I,I,” the words hang from my lips. I hated how each time I was caught in between something,the words dried out,I looked at his naked body wrapped in a towel as he walked closer, his wet black hair falling on the side of his face,his plump full lips dripping with water,he came closer, closer until he was inches from my face,I could smell the familiar scent from a few feet away,my ears became hot,my heart raced and my cheeks turned crimson red