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It's too big, all that to stay here for a week? I stand in shock. I walk around the flat turning on the lights, after opening the door, the first thing I see is the size of the living room, it's huge! It has a huge dining table, a bookcase all tidy, a leather chair next to the bookcase, on the other side there are three big sofas and it looks so soft, I feel like touching it.

I also noticed a television attached to the wall, the television is huge, there is a smaller table next to the wall with a red vase on top with flowers. It looks like the flat was cleaned a few hours ago, I can feel the great smell of lavender and I could smell the flowers.

Then in the front there is the kitchen, the cupboards are huge and take up almost the whole wall, the counter is underneath, the cupboard is grey is very beautiful, the cooker is also very nice and looks like it had never been used.

There is a small silver table in the kitchen. Then I cross the room and enter a corridor, there are three rooms there, two of the rooms were suites, all the rooms are huge and very neat. I put my backpack on the first room, which is a suite.

Then I walk a little further in the corridor and notice that there is a space with an isolated bathroom, an office with a small table and a computer, another bookcase and a table to study. All very beautiful! I smile and soon I get a message.

( There food in the cupboard, I've filled the fridge with goodies. While you're working, the maid will tidy up the flat. There are some clothes in the wardrobe in the first bedroom, I thought you didn't bring any clothes, after all, you didn't know you'd be sleeping outside your hotel. Speaking of hotel, I don't think you'll be staying at your old hotel for a while. I'm going to need your services a lot, so I called there and said that you won't be staying there for a while, they won't charge you for the nights you stayed there, anyway, that's it. Good night.')

I get angry with him, why had he cancelled my hotel stay? How did he do that? Can he do that anyway? Who does he think he is? I turn red with anger, go to the room I'm going to sleep in and lie down on the bed. It's soft, but I won't have the luxury of forgetting what he did to me, but the softness of the bed soothes me.

After a while, I decide to prepare something to eat, I find meat in the freezer and leave it to defrost in the microwave. Then I make a rice and season the beans.

I cook the beef and make it very tender. I make potatoes with roasted carrots and put some grated cheese on top, put it in the electric oven and everything is ready. I found some orange and decided to make some juice. I eat my dinner and it's delicious. I wash the pans, the plate, the glass and cutlery, leave the dishes clean and clear the table.

Then I go to the en suite bathroom and find a new brush, still sealed. I think that because I didn't bring a toothbrush, he left one there for me, I smile and open the brush to brush my teeth. After that, I take a shower and get the clean towel from the bathroom wardrobe, dry myself and go to the huge wardrobe.

There are dresses, skirts, shorts, underwear, jeans, knit trousers, sweatpants, t-shirts, tank tops, short and long sleeve blouses. I think a little and put on a long-sleeved blouse in a very light blue colour, take a white sweatpants and put away my dress, as it is not dirty, I put it together with the other dresses.

I get ready to lie down and I see a message.

( Did you get my message?)

I replied with a nervous countenance.

( Yes, good night.).

I turn off the lights, unfold the blanket and fall asleep.

London, 16 February 2015

I wake up early, the smell of cleanliness in the room and the too soft bed didn't let me sleep. It's too cozy, I felt strange I don't know why. I get out of bed and put the towel to dry in the laundry room. I drink milk as coffee and make a bread and put it on the grill to get crispy.

As soon as I finish my coffee, I wash the cup and clean the grill. I leave everything organized, tidy my bed, fold the blanket, tidy up the pillows, sanitize the bathroom and put on another outfit. I choose a pair of black jeans and a purple plaid t-shirt with white. I comb my hair and put away the clothes I had worn in the wardrobe, it is clean. I take my mobile phone and put it in my pocket, I take my backpack and put it on my back, it's exactly five fifty.

I hear a knock on the door and I go over and Bryan looks at me all elegant as always, he wears a black tie, a very nice blue coloured suit, he is always neat.

He looks at me and says:

" Shall we go?"

I nod, lock the door and put the key in my bag.

We cross the street and he says:

" Have you had breakfast?"

I answer without looking at him:

" Yes, good thing I had coffee powder, I love a coffee when I wake up."

He says with a crooked smile:

" Did you sleep well? - He looks at me curiously."

" Why do you ask, anyway? Are you worried?"

He raises his eyebrow and denies saying:

" No, I just want you to do a good job today. "

He says walking into his company.

I follow him and hand my backpack to them to keep for me. I enter the meeting room and find no one there. I sigh relieved, Bryan tells me to sit down, I obey and relax.

" Well, today a man will arrive from China, I want to make a deal with him, buy some goods from him and bring them to my company. I hope the contract works out."

He is very hopeful, I don't want anything to go wrong, so he doesn't get upset and take it out on me.

" Um... I suppose you made a deal and that's why you have Brazilian food here, isn't it?"

Bryan smiled proudly, his smile is beautiful, I have to admit! His teeth are beautiful and shiny, his mouth is full and beautiful to look at, his eyes a mixture of blue and grey, very beautiful eyes, I stop paying attention to his physique and he answers:

" Sure, I made a deal with some Brazilians, they sent us their delicious food, like cheese, like the ingredients to make galinhada and feijoada, everyone is loving this divine food. And it's making me a lot of money."

Bryan smiled again and then looked at me seriously, saying

" Well, they'll be here soon."

He changes his mood very fast, I think and wonder: What is going on in this man's head? And what a man, huh? A few minutes pass and the Chinese businessman and his group arrive.

Everyone sat down and started talking, luckily for me, as I don't speak Chinese, the man spoke French. This is quite interesting, his French is not very good, but I managed to understand and translate.

As soon as they finish the conversation, they make the contract, the Chinese manager says to me J'accepte l'accord, à plus tard, which means, i accept the contract, see you later. I translated that for Bryan and he was all happy, smiling at me once again. And what a smile it was.

But the rest of the day was bad, Bryan failed to close a contract and sell some goods, his mood had become terrible, he did not even want to talk to me, much less look at me! I take the chance and read a little bit of my book simply Bride, as I always take a book with me to distract myself, I end up reading about twenty pages. I had already finished my work, so it's time to leave Bryan bored alone.

When I decided to leave the room and leave him alone, that blonde from the plane appeared, who must be his wife. He and I had never talked about the day on the plane, in fact, I don't think he had seen me, but the blonde had. When she sees me, she closes her face and goes faster to Bryan and hugs him giving him a kiss. She sits on his lap and Bryan is still in a terrible mood, she says in a thin, loud voice for me to hear:

" Honey, who is this? And what is she doing with you?"

Bryan answers low and without patience: -My translator.

" Yours? Not yours, I am yours."

" You understand what I mean, she is just a maid. She works for me, that's it."

He says without looking at us both, the blonde was laughing now, she was understanding and finding it funny.

Those words for some reason hurt me, I don't like this way of Bryan, it gives me a certain anger his way. I wanted to get out of there and I heard the blonde say:

" Can you come out maid? I will calm this cat down."

The blonde kneeled in front of him and started to take off his belt, I quickly left the room and stood outside the company. It makes me sick to see the blonde kneeling in front of him, I don't even want to think about what she will do, it makes me sicker to imagine that he will allow such a thing in his office! I grab my phone to distract myself from the scene I witnessed.

Later I call my aunt and we arrange to meet, she lives in central London in a beautiful mansion, to envy, the doorman lets me in.

I find her in the garden talking to a servant, she sees me and comes to hug me, I return the greeting and we talk for hours, we have a delicious afternoon coffee and chat, I tell her that I got the job she had indicated, my aunt Clarice was happy. She said she was going to pack her bags for Chicago, and that she would be there for a few months, but that as soon as she arrived she would call me, I let her pack and hug her, it was a wonderful afternoon