Chapter Two

Chapter 2

Ella's POV

The Knights Estate is located in the countryside of New York. From the outside, it already showed Extreme power and massive wealth

The heavily armed security guards, let me pass through the electronic Iron golden gates.

I drove my yellow hatchback inside slowly on the wide cemented road

In front of the mansion was a roundabout, with gigantic fountain in the center, A statue of a lion ready to attack, was in the middle of the fountain.

I was overwhelmed by the beauty of the landscape, Aunty Jodie would love living here

The tall trees, shrubs, gardens were so alive like HD images, the green grass was trimmed to perfection, the air smell so refreshing, fresh and clean

The huge mansion was designed as a solid rectangular concrete that stood in the middle of the vast estate, the back was bordered by a river and both sides with trees, garden, pool and pond

I have seen many beautiful houses and mansions in magazine but nothing compared to this mansion, all exterior were white and surrounded with glass windows. It was a modern house and from the look of it, a bullet could not pass through it

My eyes darted at the top of the mansion, and I noticed an helipad, my eyebrows rosed in awe

" Well, the Knights are mega rich. I shouldn't be so surprised, if there's an airport here".

Aunty Jodie's employer, Mr George Knight is a very powerful buisness magnate, that owns multiple lines of buisnesses in the whole world, from real estate, shipping, food industries and many more. He is a widower ad far as I know

His only son, Alexander Knight, is another story, a young billionaire with a bad reputation of women, thousands of women flock at his doorstep to date him. He dated celebrities, models, socialites, politician daughters and many more, I read from the tabloids that he discarded them easily like a disposable grocery bag. What a jerk!!!

He is exactly the type of man, I avoided. He is a big red flag.

I heard about him, but I never really knew what he looked like, I am not really interested in buisness and the people in it.

But I could not deny that Alexander Knight is is really brilliant in buisness just like his father. Lately he made a buzz on the internet regarding his latest invention, an innovation that will change the future, whatever it is, I don't know...... I don't care

"This is it", I parked my car in front of the mansion's main door. I combed long hair briefly with my fingers, then fixed the zip in my blue skinny jeans that open whenever I sit down for two long

I got out of the car, then looked around, there was no one, so I headed straight to the main door

"Hey you stop right there"

I Froze, when someone shout. I turned and saw a middle aged woman in her fifties wearing black maid's uniform, she was walking towards me

I looked around making sure, she was referring to me. Then I pointed at myself, "me?"

"Yes you, there's no other person here"

"Oh", I gave her a pleasant smile and walked towards her

"I haven't received any memo that a visitor is coming, who let you in?"

"Um, the guards?"

"The guards!, They have strict instructions to not let anyone in, especially a young..." Her eyes scanned my appearance briefly, from my white sneakers to my face" beautiful woman"

Did she just compliment me

"I showed then this" I gave her the entry pass

Her eyes grew big

"Where did you get this stuff, this is only for staff."

"My aunt Jodie gave it to me, you are Calliope right??"

"Yes I am" ,her eye brows rose, "and you are"

"Her niece, Ella Sinclair", I extended my hand to her but she did not take it, I put my hand aside, "Aunt Jodie sent me here to tell you that she won't be resuming today. She broke her arm and need 2 months to recover."

"Two months??, I can't wait that long", she touched her head in exasperation

"She asked, if you could find someone to replace her while she is recovering"

"My goodness, who would ever want a two month job, Everyone wants a whole year contract and even more, I am leaving in a week" she pressed her lips together looking so upset, "time is ticking, I have no choice but to replace her with my second best among the applicants, I need to train my replacement immediately"

"Oh no.... Please don't. She needs the job really badly, it's so unfortunate that the accident happened maybe we can find solution"

"Like what???, Me waiting for her for athe whole of two months, No" she raised her hands Upwards"My marriage can't be delayed, the marriage is set at the most perfect time and venue"

" How about me, I will do the job for two months and you won't regret it"

"You??, No way!!"

"Why not, I am capable of doing the job, it's only two months"

She stopped, the I eyebrows furrowed

"Ella Sinclair, her niece"

"So your father works for Mr Knight also?"

"Yes in the financial department, here in New York

"I see, she nodded "you can be trusted but still you don't qualify. Mr Knight only hires, Middle-aged women."

"Middle-aged women, Why??"

"What ever his reasons are I don't have to explain it to you. So our buisness is done here. Please exit the premises I need to find a replacement asap" she turned and left, but I followed her

"No, wait.... Please my aunty needs this Job"

She faced me again, "stop following me and leave".

"I am not leaving, you said you trust me, so please hire me, I can disguise as a middle aged woman"

"That's absurd! How can you look like a middle aged woman, when you are only what .... Eighteen?"

"I am already twenty two. I just graduated with a degree in history and I don't have a job yet so I am Free to do whatever I want to do"

Her expressions turned monstrous

"This is not a history research, but a housekeeping job, you are not here to teach the Victoria eras, war and heroes or titanic. You mop the floor, scrub the toilet, clean the whole house and do the laundry."

I took a deep breath "of course, I know that. I am very good at housekeeping, my aunt Jodie trained me so well, I grew up doing the chord with her".

"But you are too young, come back after 30 years"

"Please Calliope, save yourself from too much stress, you don't need to look anymore, I am here. You can start training me now."

Her hands were on her waist as she shook her head, "you are the one giving me stress. so leave now ".

"I won't, my aunty would be devastated, I can make myself look older, I promise, I can try her uniform, I brought them here with me, you can see for yourself, then decide if the disguise would work or not. I will still think that it would work. I promise."

She heaved a long sigh, then said"okay fine!, You are so hardheaded and pushy"

"Oh I'm sorry, I'm just desperate. Besides this is a win-win situation for us"

"Shhh, just get the maid uniform and follow me to the servants hall." She turned and left ahead of me

"Thanks Calliope, you are the best. Can I just bring my whole luggage?"

"Ofcourse, I'm always ready."

Her eyes rolled, then continued to walk away from me.

Later, we were in her room in the servants hall where I already transformed myself to a middle aged woman

"What do you think, do I look like am in my forties now?"

She assessed my appearance thoroughly, my fingers robbing her chin.

I was wearing thick rimmed black eyeglasses with plain lenses, that I usually wear for fashion purposes . The unflattering dark red lipstick concealed the shape of my lips. My chestnut brown hair was pulled back away from my face in a loosely bun just like miss Murphy did.

I wore Aunt Jodie's black maid's uniform. It had long sleeves with turtleneck collar. The bodice was loose, it made me look twice bigger and the hem was long, that touched a few inches below my knees. I also had a matching black flat heeled shoes.

"Not in your forties,but more like thirty five", her eyebrows drew together in a frown.

"At least, I don't look my age" I assured her

She clicked her tongue in disapproval.

"Don't worry, I'll apply more beige powder to look more older, I face the full-length mirror and apply it, "how about now?"

I saw a tiny glint in her eyes, she seemed satisfied with what she saw.

"It worked, right??"

"Um".. she said hesitantly

"Come on, hire me now. So you can start the wedding."

"It's already done. Mr Knights hired the best wedding planner in Mexico for me".

"Really?, That's included in the benefits? "

"Yes, he is a good man, he will give more benefits, if you are good"

"Wow, I can't wait to work here, is the food unlimited?"

"Ofcourse, there's a daily servant's buffet"

"Seriously, please hire me now"

She finally smiled, then said,"what's wrong with you, Are u deprived of food?, no wonder you are so thin"

"Ofcourse not, I have a fast metabolism so I need to eat a lot"

"You will get fat here"

"Oh", my eyes grew wide "so that means I am hired"

"I did not say that"

"You did, you can't take it back now!" I hugged her and jumped with joy.

"Okay.... you are hired, you are hired. We have to order new uniforms that will suit you perfectly. I am sure the tailor would finish it in two days."

"There is no need for that"

" They are too big for you"

" It doesn't bother me, I like them loose, they're very comfortable to move around," I stretched my arms to the sides and turned around, "see?"

One of her eyebrows rose, then reminded me "just make sure you don't wear any coloured dresses inside the estates,okay? Only plain black with long sleeves, you need to look older and authoritative."

"Sure, I will keep that in mind"

"I will show you to your room now training will start tomorrow " She opened the door and got out.

Before I followed her, I faced the full-length mirror and looked at my reflection.

Me, disguised as a middle aged woman