Filed To Story: Finding the Secret Daddy for My Baby Novel
Presently, in the living room of the second floor, a medium had apparently thrown a seance to communicate with Arthur’s grandfather’s spirit in order to pinpoint the location the old man best preferred to be laid to rest.
After sending off the medium, Arthur decided that he would go to the location and scope things out for himself.
Meanwhile, Sophia had just said goodbye to her instructors. She was rubbing her aching shoulder while walking up the stairs when she suddenly heard Arthur calling out to her, “Sophia, please come over here.”
She did as she was told and presented herself before him, then asked, “Is there something you need help with, Young Master Weiss?”
“A shoulder rub,” he answered curtly as he cast her a sideways glance.
She then stood right behind him and began to rub his shoulders, kneading out the tense muscles as he closed his eyes and disengaged with the rest of the world.
Just as Sophia was admiring his chiseled features, she suddenly felt an alarming tickle in her nose, and before she could stop herself, she sneezed onto his face. “Ah-choo!”
She froze after the sneeze. She could not believe that she had sprayed her germs and saliva all over the features she had been admiring just seconds ago.
The air around them grew cold. Arthur’s brows furrowed as he said, ‘Wash my face for me.”
‘I am so sorry” she squeaked, running off into the adjoining bathroom and retrieving a moist, patterned towel. She half-knelt on the couch and began to carefully wipe his face. He kept his eyes closed the entire time, and because he had a sharp sense of smell, he could pick up the faint fragrance lingering on her.
His long lashes fluttered as he opened his eyes, and it was then that he saw Sophia wiping his face with a towel.
When she met his gaze, she flushed and said, “I am so sorry for what happened. I promise it won’t happen again.”
Arthur was speechless as well, but what made him even more incredulous wast the fact that he did not mind the incident at all.
‘Do not do this again, Arthur warned.
“Yes, sir!” Sophia nodded obediendly. She was so embarrassed by the incident that she wanted to crawl into a hole.
Just then, Arthur’s phone rang. A look of surprise flashed across his features when he saw the caller ID, and he hurried to answer the call. “Hello?”
“Artie, it’s me! I’m corning to visit you!” a girly voice spoke up on the other line..
When the call ended, he gave Sophia an unreadable look. She swallowed nervously and asked, “What is it?”
“A friend of mine will be staying here for a while, he explained. A moment of thought later, he added, “‘From now on, you are not to misbehave in front of me. and you will act like a proper servant. Do you understand?”
Sophia was no idiot. She had a feeling that this friend of Arthur’s was someone that he secretly had a crush on, so she suggested hopefully, ‘You know, you’re more than welcome to give me some time off if you think I’m only going to get in your way.”
He eyed her frigidly and bit out commandingly. “You are not leaving.
Curiosity got the better of her as she tilted her head to one side and asked in amusement, “So, is this friend of yours just an ordinary friend, or is she someone special to you?”
I don’t see how that’s any of your business,” he replied with a raised brow.
“Well, if it’s the former, then I’d be more than willing to play the part of the loyal servant and wait on your hand and foot, but if it’s the latter, then my presence here would put us all in a sticky situation, don’t you think?” She wanted to go home desperately, so she enunciated the point of her argument, “Young Master Weiss, all I’m asking is that you give me some time off.
His dark eyes were like a tempestuous ocean. He looked torn, but in the end, he gritted his teeth and shot her a warning glare. “Do not even think about leaving my side, Sophia.”
Her breath hitched. Why does that sound like a line from a romance novel? He had no right to order her to stay in such a roguish manner, she thought. She was only his maid, after all, and not his girlfriend.
Belligerent, she retorted, “I wasn’t planning on leaving!”
He glowered at her exasperatedly. It seems like there is still a long way to go before she will learn to be obedient.
Meanwhile, over at the Averna airport, a private jet had come to a stop on the tarmac, and an elegantly-dressed young lady was presently being escorted out of the jet by four bodyguards.
She walked out of the airport and put a hand up to block out the blazing afternoon sun. As she suddenly thought of something, a smile blossomed on her beautiful face.
“Miss, we’ve already contacted Young Master Weiss’ bodyguards, and they have sent us an address.”
“Let’s go then,” she said. She couldn’t wait to see him again.
Moments later, three cabs pulled up outside Arthur’s newly-bought villa, and an entourage came out of the idling cars. The girl leading the entourage through the front yard gave the garden a cursory glance, then marched straight through the door and into the living room.
She thought she would be greeted by the man who had been running around in her mind as soon as she walked past the threshold, but she met eyes with a young lady instead. Astonished, she demanded, “Who are you?”
“Good afternoon, Miss Jennings. I’m Sophia, Young Master Weiss’ maid,” Sophia introduced herself politely, appraising the other girl with the expensive clothes and deciding that she most definitely ran in the same circles as Arthur.
The girl narrowed her eyes, but when she saw Arthur coming down the stairs, she broke into a dazzling grin and called out sweetly, “Artie!”
Arthur returned her friendliness and greeted, “Emily.”
“Grandma had me come over to take care of you.” Emily walked up to him and grabbed his arm affectionately, then tipped her head to one side as she gave him a once-over. “Did you lose weight, Artie?”
“I did not,” he denied with a smirk.
She let out a crisp and alluring laugh and glanced over at Sophia who still stood by the threshold. She thereafter asked Arthur unhappily, “Is she really your maid, Artie?”
“Yeah,” he answered. “She takes care of my meals and tidies up the house.”
Sophia, on the other hand, concluded that Emily was without a doubt Arthur’s ‘special’ friend.
At that moment, two maids came into the house with suitcases in tow, Emily’s eyes gleamed diabolically at the sight of this, and she quickly said to them, “You girls must be tired. Go and stay at a hotel nearby to catch up on some well deserved rest.”
The maids were used to waiting on her, and upon hearing this, they immediately sensed that she was up to something.
Sure enough, Emily suddenly extended a long, slender finger as she said imperiously, “You there! Help me carry these bags up to my room.”
Sophia did a double take when she saw that Emily was pointing at her.
At the sight of Sophia’s dazed expression, Emily snapped impatiently, “You’re a maid, aren’t you?”
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