CONTROVERSIAL LOVE

CHAPTER FOUR

“What the hell is he doing here?” She scowls.

I looked up and I saw that she was referring to Kyle.

She may or may not hate him more than I do because I can swear she sees red whenever she lays her eyes on him.

“Aurora, please ignore him.”

“Okay, fine. So back to our business, what do you want to eat?”

“A King Size burger please” I smiled sheepishly

“I just hope you don't get kidn*pped one day because of food” she jokes

After the mini date with Aurora, I left for home. Thankfully, it's not curfew time yet. I walked into the room to see my mum knitting. She does that whenever she can't seem to fall asleep and she is pretty good at it too.

I greeted her and she replied with a nod.

Sometimes, it feels so weird that my mum cannot talk. I would like to engage her in a conversation and all but she can't talk and signing is so f*****g stressful.

We would be outside sometimes, I would ask her a question and she would reply with sign language even though I keep telling her to text me whenever we are outside. Not that I'm ashamed of her or anything.

Maybe you are.

Ok, shut up mind.

It's been a couple of weeks in this house. Surprisingly, I have not seen anyone in this house aside from Miss Camila and the maids.

It's kinda weird that I don't know whose family's house this is. I mean, it's a big ass house and it obviously belongs to a rich family. I don't really care though. I think I should just mind my business to avoid trouble.

Speaking of which, I got this tutoring gig. I pays a lot per hour and it's for a coursemate. I guess she is from a rich family because how else would she offer so much money. The hours are also extremely flexible. The tutoring would be at her house. I decided to cut down on some part-time jobs since the pay was good enough.

“Oh God, I'm late for class”,I groaned. I dashed into the bathroom, took a shower and got dressed immediately. I wonder why I slept in like that. I guess it's because of the bed. I have been sleeping in since I got to this house. Not my fault though, the bed is super comfy.

The class came to an end quickly, I guess it felt that way because I got to class late. I had to prepare for the tutoring job. I was packing my bags when I saw a gorgeous looking girl walk up to me.

“You are Hazel, right? She said in a rather harsh voice.

“Yes, and you are?” I replied in a calm voice.

“Eloise, I can't believe you don't even recognize who you will be tutoring” she hissed harshly

“OMG, I'm so sorry. I was about to head to your house”

“ Well, let's go. We would go in my car.”

We got to the parking lot for students and she walked up to a gray Audi. It is the latest model and not so many were produced. I stood there admiring the car with mouth wide open. She snapped her fingers and ushered me to get in, I smiled sheepishly because that was definitely embarrassing. We drove in an awkward silence and got to her house in a short while. It was a gigantic mansion with a luxurious fountain in the middle of the wide compound. Beneath the fountain was a writing craved with stone, The Chambers.

She parked her car and some guards came. They opened the door for us and collected the car key from Eloise. Probably to go get the car parked properly. We got into the house and I was welcomed with a sweet smell. She threw her bag to one of the maids who walked upstairs quickly to go drop it in her room.

“My tutor is here so send up some refreshments”, she said in a very rude manner.

We got to her room and it was bigger than what I imagined. I thought the maids room in my mum's place of work was big but this place is gigantic. There is a royal sized bed in the middle of the room and a piano on one side of the room. Her study desk was big and well arranged with books separated according to their colors. Her walk-in closet was so big and I only saw half of it because it will be rude to go in and check it out. There is a door beside the walk-in closet which I'm guessing is the restroom, I wonder how big it is, I thought to myself.

“Let's get started after I take a shower” Elosie snort jolting me out of my thoughts. She went into the bathroom giving me a sneak peek of it and it was enormous. Safe to say the maid room I live in with my mother was a bit smaller than the restroom. I heard a soft knock at the door, “Come in”, a maid walked in immediately with a tray filled with refreshments. There was all sorts of things there, fruits, cookies, chips and a glass filled with juice.

She came out of the shower in a loose sweatpant and a crop top. We started with her weak subjects first and luckily enough for me, she was a quick a quick learner even though she did not fail to throw rude remarks here and there. About halfway the lesson, she asked suddenly “Do you have a boyfriend Hazel?”. I was taken aback at first because I wondered why she was asking in the first place. It was none of her business and we were neither friends nor engaged in any sort of conversation. I recovered from my shock and I was about to answer her when I was interrupted by a knock on the door, “Mr Reyes is here”.

Who is that?

“Send him up” Elosie yelled back to whoever it was but I'm guessing it's one of the many maids in this house.

In a short while, the door creaked open revealing my number one enemy.