Achilles was still in the upper corridor, looking for people. But he found nothing except two young teens ( who said that they had been in the kitchen for water ) and a disgruntled George who apparently had locked himself in the bathroom all the evening 🌆. He and Athena had seperated to look for anything unusual.
He went into one of the other corridors which he had not checked ( as the house was quite large ) and bumped into Lia who had been coming from the opposite direction.
"Young mistress", said Achilles, surprised, "What are you doing up here?".
"I came to look for you", said Lia, quietly.
"Is somebody calling me?", he enquired.
"You very well know why I came to look for you", said Lia, placing a hand on his shoulder.
"Miss Lia, this is not the right moment. I am doing an important task", said Achilles, removing the hand.
"I've got no choice. You stopped coming ever since I told you that. I wore your favourite colour and you didn't even appreciate me", said Lia, pretending to be angry.
"You are looking beautiful, young mistress ", he said, bowing.
"Please don't be formal and stop calling me young mistress", she said.
"There is only one relation between us Miss Lia and that is of mistress and servant. I am just bound to follow your orders", he said.
"Then it's my order. I order you to accept my proposal and become my boyfriend", she said.
"We have a huge age gap", he pointed.
"Four years is not a huge gap, Achilles", she said, furiously.
"But still you are my employer....there can be nothing between us. What will Adrian and Mrs Smith say?", he asked.
"You don't have to care about that. If you love me truly, my whole family will accept you", said Lia, impatiently.
"But I don't love you either", protested Achilles.
"Who do you love then? Athena?", she asked and Achilles look changed into shock ," Don't think I don't know. I saw you goggling at her during the party".
"How can you love a person who doesn't even know what love is?", he asked .
"I love you for what you are Achilles", said Lia,"and if you still refuse, I will have to tell Adrian and ask him to help me".
"I don't love you, please try to understand ", said Achilles.
"I am sorry, Achilles but I have always got what I wanted and this time also I will get what I want", said Lia.
Suddenly Athena came striding into the corridor. She had changed into a red body tugging dress 👗 and was looking quite hot 🥵 covera in sweat.
"Why are you wasting time here?", she asked ,"Miss Lia you should go to bed, it quite late".
"Yes ", said Lia, and we went away giving Achilles a sneer from one side.
"What were you doing with her, this late in the night?", she suspiciously, asked.
"I can't tell you that", said Achilles.
"Is she your girlfriend?", questioned Athena, a little fiercely.
"If she had been my girlfriend, would I go to library to search for love ", asked Achilles.
"What were you doing then?".
"I will tell you later but for now, we should go on with the search ", said Achilles.
"Right ", said Athena, as they went away talking to each other in the corridor, not knowing that somebody was standing right behind watching them from a distance.