Chapter 7
Lupita woke up very early the next day to prepare breakfast for Adolpha before she leave for work as well as her siblings after which she planned to visit the family her friend talked about the day before.
As soon as she heard Adolpha leave,she sent her friend a text message
" Hello Amy kindly send me the address of the house you told me about yesterday evening,I was thinking of checking it out today. Thanks"
Amy replied a while later and she carried her bag in preparation to leave
" Mum where are you off too dressed like you're prepared for work " Ylva asked her mother giving her an inquisitive look, one an interrogator would give to the suspect he's interrogating just so he would spill out something.
Lupita knew at this point that lying to Ylva would do her no good,because she would find out anyway. She knew whenever Ylva becomes suspicious of something she would make sure to look into it till the very end. Her dream was to become an agent in the intelligence service so she already developed some of the characters those agents have.
"Honey, I'm going to check on a place,I heard they are in need of a cook" Lupita spilled out.
"You know big sis would be furious if she finds out you are out looking for a job behind her back"
" I know that's why you have to keep this a secret " She said.
Ylva sighed and but agreed
" I don't know why everyone is keeping their secrets with me these days,are you all testing my level of confidentiality or something"
Lupita let out a smile and hugged her then left the house.
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Adolpha kept thinking about Luther as she sat on the couch and sipped her coffee. She imagined what he would do to her the next time he sees her,would he strangle her neck? or do the obvious thing vampires do;suck her blood till she shrinks to death. The thought of it scares her.
She cursed the day she first met him,than she suddenly thought 'what if he died' seeing that he didn't attack her house that night made her suspicious and scared as well. She doesn't want history to repeat itself just as her uncle's wife brought in her vampire family to torment them.
She brought out the files passed to her earlier by the secretary and also pondered on every detail of the staff meeting they had too. The company was thinking of producing a new perfume line for couples and it would come in different complimentary fragrances. It would be one of a kind ,different from the previous lines of cute n feisty made for females, hotline baddie made for both male and females , Big boss made for male alone and the likes.
She was given the assignment of thinking of a new combination of fragrance to create an entirely new scent for the proposed line.
She did researches and concluded that she would get the work done before the deadline. She cleared her table and prepared to leave the office.
As she left her office she bumped into Connor
" Oh sorry I wasn't careful enough " she said apologetically
" It's fine ,are you leaving already? Can you spare two hours,I want to show you something " He said looking at her awaiting a reply,she looked at her wrist watch " I think I can"
" Fantastic,let's go" he added excitedly
She followed him to the parking lot,entered his car and they drove off.
After about an hour drive they got to their destination,off the city . It was a building which looked like an restructured Chinese house in a remote environment and was in the centre of massive garden of lavenders,roses,jasmines, plumeria, a separate plantation of oranges and other plants.
The air in the environment felt clean and purified as the breeze blew over the plants,they exude various aromas.
" Shall we?" Connor asked after giving her enough time to take it all in.
" Yes"
They entered the house,the interior looked simple yet classy with a little bit of historical artifacts. Connor exchanged greetings with the owner of the house who was Chinese man . It felt like they've know each other for ages. The man wouldn't stop smiling.
Connor introduced Adolpha to Mr shin ,he was the brain behind the wonderful combination of fragrances that made ' just you perfumery ' popular. He met the man years ago when he started the business at a very small scale.
Connor then explained the reason for their visit which was to test and combine various perfume oils and fragrances together to get what they are after. Adolpha suggested since it was a couple line it should be flirty, hot yet subtle and natural.
Connor agreed and they listened to the man as he gave them advice on the fragrances that go together and those that doesn't. They got to work and mixed various fragrances losing track of the time, it became dark and started raining heavily along with a deafening thunderstorm.
Mr Shin told them how dangerous the roads were whenever it rained especially an heavy one such as this. Just last week he said someone was found dead because his car slipped into the ditch he got stuck in the car and died there. He offered them a room where they would sleep till the next day.
Adolpha wasn't pleased with the idea of sleeping in the same room with Connor but she had no choice. She tried her mother and Ylva's number severely but the network was horrible,she wanted to explain the reason she won't be home to them.
" I'll see them tomorrow " She said and slept on the foldable bed,covering her body with the blanket given to her.
" Goodnight Connor " but she didn't get a reply for he was already fast asleep.