Entangled

Chapter-7

"Oh!" I said feeling embarrassed, what she must be thinking that I didn't know the whereabouts of my husband?

"I should start preparing breakfast, you must be hungry," She said and dismissed other ladies to do their work. She made her way to the kitchen and I followed her.

"Umm...Mrs. Molly, you don't have to take any trouble for me. I can make breakfast for myself and I can even do the cleaning work." I said politely.

"Oh, nonsense. You are now a Knight darling, you should take advantage of being a Knight. And I am the cook here, I came to cook for you. So just sit and let me know what you want to eat" she said

"I insist...Mrs. Molly." Before I could say anything else she cut me off in between.

"Scrambled eggs and toast...good for you?" I sighed and said yes. She was not going to listen to me anyway.

"Coffee or tea...Mrs. knight ?" She asked.

"Neither one... I can't handle caffeine" I replied. Well, it's true, the doctor has advised me to stay away from caffeine due to my severe headache issues.

"And please Mrs. Molly, call me Ariana, you are older than me. It doesn't feel right you calling me Mrs. Knight"

"Okay... Ariana...I will make fresh juice then." She replied, smiling.

I sat on the barstool placed against the counter. After a few minutes, she placed a breakfast plate and a glass of juice in front of me.

"You are just the way Mrs. Knight described you. Beautiful, polite, and well-behaved. They have chosen the best for Xavier. Eat your breakfast, dear. If you need anything else, please let me know." She smiled, patting my head in a motherly manner.

I just nodded my head and started eating my breakfast. I didn't know what else to say.

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It had been four days since I got married and four days since I last saw him. I didn't know where he was, with whom he was, and when he was going to come back. I knew nothing.

In a very short time I had grown closer to Mrs. Molly, she was a sweet, bubbly, and caring lady. She told me that she had been working for Xavier's family since he was two years old. Basically, she started working as a nanny for Xavier but after that, she started working as a cook there. She told me that she was second mother to Xavier. He was pretty close to her. If he was in NY and not in any business meeting, he only ate food prepared by her or his mother.

She told me that she lived in Knight mansion with her husband David Cooper, who is chauffeur to Mr. Rupert Knight. She had two children, a son, and a daughter. Her son worked in a finance company in Florida, he lives there with his wife and five-year-old daughter. Her daughter also lived in Florida who is a fresh graduate searching for a job. She told me that Mr. and Mrs. Knight funded her children's education. She was also very close to Mrs. Knight.

What should I say about Mr. and Mrs. Knight? They are a really sweet couple. They both came a day before yesterday to check on me if I was okay or not. Mrs. Knight told me that they were going on a vacation as they needed some free time from their hectic life. So, before leaving they came to see me. I was really touched by their gesture because no one had ever checked on me.. after my father.

Mrs. Molly would come to prepare breakfast and dinner. After a lot of requests, she agreed not to come to make lunch. I was really feeling disabled when she was not allowing me to do anything. At least now I could move my body a little and make lunch for myself. She didn't allow me to clean the house but I told her that I would clean my room myself to which she agreed. Cleaning means only making my bed or putting things in the right place because not even slight dirt could be seen in the house.

I thought of finding a new job since I had to quit from the last one. I had to find a job for my mental stability. I decided to talk to Xavier about this when he comes back.

But would he listen to me? And if by chance he agreed to listen to me then would he allow me to do the job? Though he shouldn't have a problem with that since it would be better for both of us. I would not see him and he would also not see me.

I didn't know how would I talk to him, he seemed very intimidating. But I had to gather the courage to talk to him because I had to prove to him that I was not a gold digger. He was suspecting me to be one, I would show him who I actually was.

My whole day went into my thoughts. I spent my whole day thinking about how would I initiate the talk with him.

I changed my clothes and went to bed to sleep. I let the lamplight on because I couldn't sleep in complete darkness. I was scared...I was scared of nightmares... I was scared of them who haunted me in my sleep too.

I drifted my mind to Xavier and my future with him. Mrs. Molly knew what was going on between us. She asked me to give time to Xavier. She asked me to have faith.

But she doesn't know that he has already crumpled all my hopes.

Shutting all the thoughts off from my mind I went into slumber.

I hope tomorrow will be a different and productive day.

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