CHAPTER TWO
1092 Words
TWO WEEKS LATER
The minute Cole Anderson's private jet touched down on his heli pad in Sacramento, his first thought was
'damn, I missed this place!'
he'd been gone for almost six months on tour and last night, he'd fought in one of the greatest wrestling matches of his entire career and had walked away victorious.
He could still hear the eighty two thousand plus fans packed in the stadium chanting his professional wrestling name 'Cold Andy! Cold Andy!' and at the end, he'd delivered and was returning home on a well deserved three month break.
Well home, literally. His real home was back in Wemp Creek but he hadn't been there in three years.
He was still day dreaming when his flight attendant came around with his bags.
"Sir, your car is here. I'm about to load your luggage. Do you need anything?"
"No. Just bring the car around"
"Yes sir"
Cole got into the car and settled in the comfortable back seat cushions. Even though he'd walked away victorious last night, he'd also walked away with a few scars, courtesy of his opponent, Jack Steve, aka the Poison King.
His whole body ached like a bad tooth and he just wanted to go back home and have a nice long soak in his jacuzzi.
Thanks to his Lycan nature, he could heal extraordinarily faster and better than human beings but that didn't mean that he didn't ache like most humans. Man, he was so exhausted. The drive back to his home was a long one. Cole settled in for some sleep and dreamt of a beautiful woman with long black hair.
He couldn't deny that he'd been feeling on edge these past few weeks, like he was waiting for something bad to happen.
He growled, his wolf sounding suspiciously close to the surface. His gums ached with the heavy pressure of his fangs and Cole stilled. For a moment there he'd felt like sinking them into someone's throat. He felt like claiming, marking and possessing someone.
His mind went back to the woman that had featured in his dreams lately. He didn't know her but damn, he felt like owning her.
That morning.....
"Maria! Come on or we're both gonna be late."
Mornings in their little apartment was always very hectic and Mia's little sister was not helping at all.
"Coming!" Maria yelled from the bedroom.
Maria finally appeared, wearing a short, lemon, cotton dress and white sneakers, her long black hair pulled back into a pony tail and her unusual jet black eyes glinting. She and Mia had always been mistaken for identical twins many times in the past. Mia didn't realise that she was staring until her sister snapped her fingers,
"Hey, sis, you don't want to be late. First impressions are very important you know"
Mia blinked
"Yes of course, let's go"
They both got into Mia's beat up, pick up truck and zoomed off, first to drop Maria off at the Community High School and then to Hill top Creek to start her first day as a Celebrity's house keeper.
Mia said a silent prayer to which ever higher power was listening and ran her fingers over the charm bracelet that her mum had given to her for her eighteenth birthday for good luck.
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When Mia got down from her truck, her first expression was "wow". The agency had given her a brief description of Cole's Mansion in Hill top Creek but nothing had prepared her for the beauty she beheld.
The house stood on acres and acres of land and was made of pure glass. The garden looked like a beautiful work of art as roses in all colours , blue eyed Susans, lilies and chrysanthemums grew as far as the eyes could see giving the house a cherry and welcoming feeling.
Mia paused for a while and breathed in the clean spring air. This was nothing like her apartment in Sacramento. Nothing she had ever seen could be compared to it. The garden looked like it had come straight from The Catalogue, a magazine that previewed the most expensive and beautiful gardens in the world!
She jogged up the curved steps to the wide, glassed in porch and knocked using the elegantly carved brass knocker. The door was opened at once by a pleasant faced, elderly woman. Mia gave her a smile.
" Good morning ma'm. How do you do?"
"How do you do too?" the woman smiled "and you would be?"
"Mia...Mia Rodriguez. I'm the new house keeper."
"Oh!" the woman had a wonderful smile, Mia thought .
"Come right in, the agency called awfully early this morning but I was not expecting you till around noon. I'm Mrs Rose. I'm the house keeper," she paused, "was the house keeper. I'm afraid I'm going into an early retirement .Thinking of moving to Las Vegas with my husband. What do you think?"
Mia had not been paying attention, she was looking around, her mouth hanging open.
Mrs Rose have her an understanding smile, then tapped her to draw her attention,
"Mia, I know the house is beautiful and I'll give you an extended tour later but right now, there are some things that I need to show you"
Mia followed the older woman up the elegantly curved stair case and into another wing of the large house. The interior decorator that did this house must be worth a billion bucks. Mia did not realise that she had voiced out her thoughts when Mrs Rose replied,
"Of course. The house was designed by Susana Godrich herself"
Mia's mouth dropped open once again
" you mean the Susana Godrich of the Godrich show?"
Mrs Rose was obviously enjoying the fascinated look on Mia's face
"I bet ya. You know, Cole believes in having the best money can buy"
"Obviously" Mia agreed, turning in a half circle as she took in the deep purples and golds of the extravagant house.
Mrs Rose showed her how to clean every single and precious figurine in the mansion, how to polish the glass and work her way round the large , modern kitchen with it's all black, sleek and expensive looking appliances.
"Cole will be back soon, with his grand father. You'll get to meet them later"
Mia bit her lips suddenly feeling nervous.
"Any words of advise for me Rose?"
"of course," Rose smiled
"Mr Anderson is a ruthless billionaire so be careful around him, I know you'll do well, child"
Rose patted her head
"Good luck."
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