Chapter Eight.

Elena's pov.

The look they shared did not go unnoticed,my eyebrow twitched with curiosity, I looked at the maids that were clustered  together and then turned to look at him. He was smirking! The moron had noticed it too.

"Dinner will be laid out appropriately" The elderly woman said,bowing low.

"Good" He replied. "Show her to her room so she can freshen up,then bring her to the dining hall for dinner"

"Yes sir" Nancy replied. He strode past us,hands in pockets, shoulders squared and chin raised. His very walking step depicted confidence.

Dragging my gaze away from him I turned my head in time to see Nancy scrutinizing me thoroughly. Learning from  his example, I squared my shoulders and lifted my chin.

"Lead the way" I gestured.

"Yes ma'am"

"Call me Elena, you're very much older than me" I flashed her a smile, hoping to make small talk.

But instead I received a small "okay" as my reply.

We made our way with her leading and me following. I could hear the rest speaking in undertones.

"She's not even that beautiful" A voice muttered, albeit angrily.

"But then again she's so lucky" another inputted.

"He never even noticed me" 

"Why should he notice you, she's probably from a rich family and might be a heiress to some huge  property,so do not complain instead bask in the glory of all this luxury while you can and get to work before we get in trouble with Nancy" 

As we moved further the voices became slurry till they completely faded, but my mind was already occupied.

"Hey Nancy" I called

"Yes,Elena" she answered back.

"How long have you been with him"

"You mean Lo?" She asked.

'so that's his name' I thought. But I answered nonetheless."Yes".

"Oh, I've been with his family for forty eight years"

"Oh my gosh, that is a lot" I gasped.

"You see,my parents used to work for his family while I lived with my grandmother, so when my grand mother passed on, I had to come to my parents, at that time I was only seventeen years old, I worked here for a year before he was born and then his responsibilities were handed over to me"

"Like a nanny?" I enquired.

"Yes, something like that"

"Don't you have kids of your own"

" I do"

"How about his mom" I asked genuinely curious.

"We're here" she answered instead opening a large door and stepping in, with me in tow.

Once inside,she turned to me and looked at me straight in the eye.

"Look,Elena, you seem like a nice girl, of good breeding,so I'm warning you beforehand that the subject of his family is a very touchy one, such that I don't have the right to divulge" she said, and I could feel that she was being sincere with me.

"So" she continued " this is your room, the bathroom is over there on the right, by the left is the dressing room,and the make up room is exactly opposite the dressing room. I'll be waiting outside". With that she bowed and left.

The room was occupied with a large queen sized bed, the windows directly faced the fountain that I'd wondered at,the sight was beautiful. The room was so large. Without any further ado, I went into the dressing room. 

I was wowed at the sight.The dressing room was so large I could have sworn that it was a mini-warehouse. It was filled with dresses,shoes, jewelry,hats, scarves and many other exotic accessories. 

Shedding my clothes , I tied a towel around my body and entered the bathroom, where different brands of beauty and skincare products were waiting for me,there were so much that I began to wonder why I had even been taken to the spa if there is such a large amount of body care products here. 

After a good scrub, I was fully refreshed and my stomach began to rumble and growl. Drying myself up, I put on a night robe and made my way out.

"You're out so fast "

"Really, I thought I took long enough"I replied, dramatically.

"Come this way" she geared me in the opposite direction,to where I'm guessing would be the dining area.

"I'll.need a map if I want to get through this ace without getting lost" I muttered to myself.

"How big is this house anyway"

"7 acres, approximately"

"Nice"

With that we silently made our way  with her leading as usual. 

"We're here" she said finally.

"Thank goodness"

She pulled open the door and quickly left without another word.

"You're finally here" 

His deep rich voice echoed. 

I walked in and sat down next to him, there was an array of dishes lined up for us to take our pick.

I scooped some into my plate and started munching on it, the food tasted exquisite and I couldn't wait to eat more . His gaze was fixed on me,but I did not care, for now.

"You know that you are going to have to watch your diet, right?"

"You never told me anything about watching my diet, by the way, I'm not even fat."

"No you are not,but still you'll have to watch your weight"

"Hey, you haven't even touched your food" I be told him.

"I'm not exactly hungry for food".

"Oh well, your loss".

"You seem to like eating a lot".

"You seem to like talking a lot" I retorted.

"Hey, you must mind the way you talk to me".

" There is only One person that is allowed to talk back at you, and that person is me, you said so yourself" I fired back.

I wiggled my eyebrows at him and gave him a smile in between mouthfuls.

"You're a complete foodie"

"Thanks for the compliment"

"Did you know that majority of your employees have a HUGE crush on you."

"Everybody has a crush on me,so don't be jealous"

"I wasn't in jealous"

"You were"

"I was not".

After three servings I decided that I was filled and couldn't take any more food. I looked at his plate which was still before him but he had not eaten a single morsel.

"I'm ready" I said.

"For what?" He asked.

"For our question and answer session" I answered.