No words were exchanged as Sean led Athena through another dark staircase and when they finally came out to a bright hallway, she was surprised, it wasn’t the same hall that led to the dressing room, it was another one and this one looks more unique and beautiful. She looked at Sean, wanting to ask how many hallways the house have but decided against it, she didn’t want to sound inquisitive.
Sean stopped in front of a door and she bumped into him while looking at the beautiful red drapes that hung on the windows, “oh, sorry,” she said.“Don’t bother, here,” he pushed open the double doors, “I hope you like blue,” he murmured before entering and she wondered why he would say that but when she stepped in, she knew why. The room should be named the blue room because the bedspread, the headboard, the curtains, the walls, the drapes, the chairs, everything was blue.Athena gasped, she has never seen so much blue, &ldquoAthena couldn’t believe all that she heard but still, she went into the bathroom to take the shower. When she was done, TB helped her dress into a nice silky navy blue gown. He applied a light makeup on her and smiled at his handwork. “Sean is already downstairs, you would find him in the living room,” he said to her.She looked at him in shock, “um TB, how can I find there?”“You will have to girl, I need to clear this up,” he answered, pointing to his makeup bag and immediately got to work.“Then can you give me a direction?”“Sure, go out, down the hall, take the second door, go downstairs, take the left door and then you take another right door. You will go down another stairs, take the first right door and then another right and you will find yourself in the living room.”Athena was frozen with her jaw on the floor, “so many doors to get to the living room?”“Girl,
Sean smiled when he saw the look in Athena’s eyes, “you think you are up to the task to be tutored by me?”“Em, I don’t know, I can’t possibly tell. You don’t look like you would be strict.”His smile broadened, “don’t be mistaken, Athena, I can be very strict, you can ask Tobias if you doubt it,” he withdrew back but rather than pick another slice of bread, he picked up a napkin and started wiping his hand, “we will begin by changing your wardrobe, you can join Tobias when he would be going to the spa with his models, let him handle you and he can also pick up the best creams for you. He mentioned those last night.” He picked up his phone and stood up, “I will see you in the afternoon, I have a meeting to attend to now.”“Oh,” Athena whispered, she wasn’t expecting that he would leave her alone in the big house, well there is TB, so she is not actually alone.
Frank looked at the way Athena left and was glad she ran away, he turned to Sean and smiled, “I am very sorry about that Mr. Brand, I never wanted you to see that and neither am I like that as well. It’s just that I figured I should be hard on her for her to let me go. You see, I met her a few days ago and I offered her some cash but she had refused to let me go since then. She follows me around, everywhere I go, she even attended your party last night but I asked her to leave and I also made her understand that it can never work between us, who would have expected that she would stalk me to here again? I figured I had to be extremely hard for her to get the picture.”Sean said nothing, all that was going through his mind was how he could easily end the man’s career with just a phone call, he just needs to call Leo and ask him to fire him and the man would be jobless in the next ten minutes but what would be the point of that? That would just be the quic
Sean stepped out from his car right after Athena had gotten down, he stared at the puddle he had stepped into and sighed, but rather than show a scowl on his face, he took another step and stepped away from the car and the puddle. “Oh my heavens, how could someone live here?” TB asked as he got to his side and Sean glared at him and he immediately shut up.Athena sighed and tucked her hair behind her ear, “I’m sorry TB but I live here, and I have done so all my life.”TB felt bad for the way he had spoken, “I’m sorry I reacted like that, it’s just…”“It’s okay,” Athena smiled, “you have lived in luxury all your life, so I understand if it’s your first time stepping into a slum.”TB didn’t say anything and looked at Sean who was glaring at him, he pouted and looked down at his feet, although he hates where he was standing but he didn’t make another comment.
“What?” TB shouted, “you can’t be serious.”Athena looked at him, “I am, TB, listen,” she glanced at Sean, “I know you have good plans for me and I know you want to make me better but…there is no use. I’m fine here, I have been since I was born and also, this is my home, I have a lot of memories in this house, those with my parents, there are dear to me. I can’t just get up one day, pack my things and throw away everything. I belong here, and I will like to stay here.”“Oh,” TB looked at Sean who hadn’t said anything since Athena made her declaration.“Sean, please understand, there is no use tutoring me to become better and all that, Frank has broken up with me, I understand that now and what better way to get over him than to be where I will never see him? Frank hates this place, although during the time we were together, he never mentions it but I know, just like I know that nothing will bring him back here, ever. So, I will prefer to stay here, I will get over him soone
The car stopped in front of the mansion and Sean got out, he offered his hand to Athena who placed hers in his and he helped her out of the car. TB came out of the house in the next minute and was rushing towards them, he hugged Athena and kissed her forehead, “I knew he would bring you back, believe me, no one can ever say no to him,” he rolled his eyes at Sean who ignored him. He turned back to Athena and frowned, “my, my, did you get thinner or what?”“Of course she did,” Sean answered, “she was working harder to raise money so she could pay me back,” he rolled his eyes.Athena looked away shyly when TB looked at her, “I had to, I hate being indebted to someone.”“It’s not bad to be indebted, I’m indebted to Sean for the life I am living now, he saved me and he made me this, now all those people that laughed and mocked me are doing everything they can just to sit with me and talk,”
Athena went down to join Sean for breakfast, dressed in shorts and top and barefooted, TB had told her he would leave early to the company because he need to make preparations for the models who would be leaving with them to France for some fashion show. She was happy when she found the dining room in one try and happily jogged to meet the already eating Sean.Sean looked up from his plate of breakfast and examined her; he frowned when he noticed she was not wearing any footwear, “didn’t Tobias show you the shoes I got for you?”“He did,” she answered, pulling a chair back and sitting down to dish out her food.“And?”“They are all heels, I can’t walk on heels, there is not a single flat something there so I said to myself, since it’s just breakfast, I could come down like this.”“First of all, it’s not just breakfast and second, barefoot is not allowed here,” he cautioned.
The next day, Sean brought Athena out with him to meet with a friend for lunch, when they were done, they walked out of the restaurant together but on their way to the car, he told her to go ahead and wait for him that he would be with her shortly while he left with his friend to his own car. Athena walked to the car and stood beside it to wait for him, she was dressed in skin-tight jean with a white blouse and wearing no makeup, her hair was up in a ponytail and she hung a black sunshade on her head. She was wearing a nude colored boot and standing beside the car made her look so hot and attractive.Frank just finished meeting a model who he was trying to get on his side, he walked out of an opposite restaurant and was about taking a call when he looked up and saw the lady standing near the car. At first he was amazed at her beauty but when she looked to her side and he saw her face, he stopped short, his phone nearly dropping from his hand. He couldn’t believe what he w