The Substitute Wife

Chapter Five

Morning came, and the sun's warm rays were touching her face. Sandy tilted her head to avoid the light, she rolled over to the other side while groaning. She only had four hours of sleep, as she had planned last night. The book finished before 2 o'clock in the morning, now she was groggy and tired of getting up. She missed her husband, she missed his touch and warm breathing every morning next to hers. It will be a long day for her without seeing Alexander's shadow. He told her yesterday that he will be gone for two days, to take care of some business matters which she didn't know what it was all about. In fact, she put herself in without knowing her husband's background. Not a tiny bit of information about Alexander White.

"Ms. Amara, please wake up.. your lunch is ready." She groaned and covered her ears with both hands. Time had passed faster after she went back to sleep earlier, it's nearly 12 o'clock noon when the maidservant came to wake her.

"Lunch? What time is it?" She muttered between her groggy voice and dried throat. Her stomach was already boiling from hunger, but all wanted to do was to sleep again.

"It's 12 o'clock noon, Ms. Amara. You already escaped your breakfast, and it's not acceptable for the Master if he knows you escaped lunch too." That's when she opened her eyes, her maid had a point. Alexander wouldn't be happy if he knew she was escaping her meals.

" Yeah, right. I'll get up now, just give me a minute to clean myself up. " She spoke and rolled over out of the bed. Her maidservant was smiling genuinely when she faced her with doe-eyes. The sleepiness was slowly pulling her back to the bed and tempting her to rest again. But she had to get up and clean herself and eat her lunch, although she didn't have anything to do besides lollygagging around.

"You still look so beautiful, Ms. Amara. Now I know why the Master was obsessed with you," she muttered in admiration. Sandy chuckled from her expression, indeed, she got it a lot. Back in her hometown, people always admired her beauty.

"Thank you, and don't forget that you are one of the most beautiful ladies I have ever met too. I'll get going now," Sandy's words were enough to widen the maid servant's smile. She bowed her head after saying thank you and left her in peace. Later on, she went to the shower room and cleaned herself up. ' It will be going to be a long day,'.

" This red dress will definitely look great on you, Ms. Amara. I suggested that you should try this one," the maid who woke her up earlier came back to assist her. Sandy found it very awkward at first, but slowly she began to get used to it. She didn't really need their help if she would be the one to decide, but she knew they were just doing their job.

" I should try this then, I have never worn the color red before. By the way, what's your name?" She took the dress and smiled at her. Sandy adored her baby blue eyes which pooped the maid's cuteness.

"You can call me Irish. Ms. Amara, I'm 20 years old, I've been here for almost three years now." She was two years older than her, not that long gap of numbers. Perhaps they could get along well like her personal maid in the mansion.

"Well, I'm two years older. I hope we can get along well, I'm not sure when I will be able to leave here. Would you like to show me around later then?" Irish nodded her head excitedly. She clasped her hands and gestured to try the clothes on. Which she did afterwards.

" Wow.. I knew you looked good in that dress. But you look more gorgeous than I had thought, it looked great on you. " The dress matched her porcelain skin, there was no doubt that she was very beautiful in every way. No eyes could ignore her attractiveness.

" Thank you, should we get downstairs now? I'm a little bit hungry, " she muttered and touched her stomach. Her maidservant laughed and she followed right after, the both of them went downstairs afterwards.

"Please enjoy your lunch, Ms. Amara. Call me if you need anything, I'll just finish my chores around." Sandy was left alone eating her lunch. The silence takes over the place after Irish left.

Sandy didn't take long to eat her lunch. She searched for Irish after she was done but couldn't find her. Then, she decided to wander her way to the farm and enjoy herself on the way. She walks into the pathway which was being planted with pine-trees on each side of the road. It helps her cover the sun's light and prevent her skin from burning.

"Tita Amara! There you are, come here I'm with my cousin! You should meet him," Cheska jumped in front of her unexpectedly. Which caused Sandy to be startled, the girl took her hands and they went their way through the farm. She was a little bit out of place since she never knew the teenager that much.

" Levi! This is Tita Amara who I'm talking about," the girl pulled her over near the man whom she called Levi.

"Hi, Ms. Amara. It's nice meeting you finally." The man placed his hands and was waiting for her to take it. Sandy hesitated at first, but she took them and they shook hands afterwards.

"It's nice meeting you too," she muttered awkwardly. Levi seemed kind and friendly, but the way he looked at her was the same thing the others did before.

"I've heard a lot about you, my cousin here adored you so much." She took her hand and searched for the whole place. Slowly, she began to get comfortable with the surroundings ambience. Sandy admitted that the man in front of her was handsome, but no one could beat her husband's level of appearance. Levi had his own version of a handsome face, but Alexander was full of enigmatic charisma.