Chapter 16
Malisa's POV.
Things have been going well so far and now it's been two weeks since I began living with the Evans.
Little Mary and been super nice and active, we now converse a lot about random things at every opportunity we get.
The maids in the house are being kind of respectful though some of them stare at me weirdly but it's alright for now as long as they don't do anything Stupid.
I have been thinking a lot nowadays, where would I go from here?
What's going to happen next?
How is my life going to turn out in the end?
I haven't forgotten about my dreams and goals but....
Anyways, let's let that be a story for another day.
One thing that made me sigh is the fact that I haven't even seen the owner of the house for once ... Not even a glance.
Mary says he always arrive home late in the night and leaves very early in the morning and that's why we have never met but isn't it weird?
It's almost like he doesn't live in the house at all .
Weird.
Anyways that isn't my business.
So I have been trying to adjust to the modern life style as I'll call it.
I miss home a little I must admit, Though I really dread some moments there but I can't deny the fact that I still miss that life.
You can't blame me though since I was born into that life and like they say , old habits are difficult to break.
I don't wish to go back but well, it can't be helped.
Now I leave in a country where there isn't Power outage as there's always twenty four hours light unlike where I lived where there was little or no power supply.
We stay for weeks without light but we've become used to it I guess.
Instead of using the Electric iron for our clothes we make use of the Stove iron.
We seat outside to take breeze in substitute for the Ceiling fan or Air conditioner.
We make use of solar lamps instead of light bulbs and so on.
I remember the house hold chores I had always been required to carry out on a daily basis.
Like going to the stream to fetch Pots of Water, Preparing food for the family , Washing the families clothes and Dishes, Swiping the house and compound , Cleaning and scrubbing the bathrooms and walls and so on.
Though it was a quite strenuous work but I couldn't help but still miss it.
Now I can't even pick up a broom and sweep or all hell would break lose.. just kidding.
What I mean is, all the maid will immediately go into panic mode.
So what I do when Little Maria goes to school is to read, luckily there's a large shelve of book in the room I stay but well at the rate I am reading I am sure I would be needing more books soon.
So far, I have read almost all books by My favorite Author, Franchine Rivers, I have also been reading books by Shakespeare like Romeo and Juliet and so on.
Did I ever tell you that I also wish to be a best selling Writer too?
I guess I haven't but I indeed want to be a best selling Writer and a Famous Singer too someday.
Well, I guess it isn't too late for me after all I am just 18 so well....
Anyways, we'll see the way it goes.
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Wednesday 2:00am.
Malisa's POV.
I suddenly woke up in the middle of the night, I was feeling very thirsty.
I stood up from my bed and checked the water jar by my bedside and unfortunately it was empty.
Damnit! So I need to go downstairs to get water now.
I wore my slippers and walked out of the room with the water jar in my hands.
As I had lived her for more than two weeks now, I could say that i am getting quite familiar with the house.
The house was a mini mansion with multiple rooms.
My room was located upstairs , beside Mary's on the west wing while the master bedroom and some other bedrooms where opposite ours on the east wing.
I walked through the corridors and got to the stairs and began to descend slowly from it but all of a sudden I lost my footing and found myself falling, I thought I was going to land head first on the ground at the end of the stairs but that didn't happen.
At the last minute when I was supposed to land head first on the ground.
I found myself landing into a warm embrace.
My Body froze due at the contact. I had never embraced anyone before, only Mary .
Then, the masculine scent got to my nostrils and something struck me.
I am being embraced by a man!
I was completely frozen in shock.
Then I heard a deep but gentle voice asking. " Are you okay? "
Then I came back to my senses and opened my eyes slowly and immediately it was met with a pair of silver eyes staring intensely at me.
I didn't know how much time had passed till I was brought out of my Reverie by him again, " Hey, are you alright? "
Then I got back to myself and soon he helped me stand on my feet and then a sharp pain shot through my ankles and then I realized that I had been hurt.
Though I tried to swallow the pain but a, " ouch " managed to escape from my lips.
This made the man in front of me look at me alarmed, " Are you hurt? " He asked. Worry laced in those silver eyes of his.
" Umm.. I guess so , my ankle. "
" Oh, sorry about that. " And before I could comprehend what was up, I was carried in a princess styled.
" Ah! " I squealed in shock.
" You can't walk with your sprained ankle so I'll help you back to your room. "
" No..! "
" No? "
" I mean... Water.. " His intense gaze was messing up with my head.
I could feel my cheeks burning.
" Oh, you came downstairs to get water. " He said more to himself than me.
I nodded like a child, " En. "
" Butler, Rohit. " He called out all of a sudden and soon the middle-aged butler appeared in front of us , I didn't Know he was there all along.
Oh God! This is just too embarrassing.
" Fill this Jar with water and bring it to Her room, upstairs. " He ordered as he gently collected the water jar from me and handed it over to the butler who cortisied a little before going to the kitchen.
So, I was carried upstairs by Him to my room and he placed me ever so gently on my bed when we got in.
Then he walked towards the first aid boss and brought out a balm which he rubbed on my sprained ankle as he massaged it, He claimed that would help ease the pain.
I just watched him doing all this in shock and when he was done he was about leaving the room when I called out to him.
" Em.. Thanks for saving me from falling and for this too. " I said.
He stared at me for about three seconds before speaking up, " it's nothing. " He said Simply before leaving the room.
Later, Butler Rohit brought in the jar of water, I thanked him for it and he left after insisting that I don't need to thank him as He's only doing the work he's paid for.
Funny right?
As said by Him . My Ankle didn't hurt the next day when I woke up.
It felt like the pain had completely disappeared, I even wondered if there was even a sprain there in the first place but well....it really was.