“So what exactly are you thinking?”
“I have a friend, who happens to have a requirement for restoring grandma’s old house. It’s been vacant for the past 5 years since Grammy passed away.
I promised to help her with interior design, and we are looking for someone else to help with the restoration work. I guess you can help her with it. Her family also happens to own a hotel close to her Grammy’s house.”
“so?” William questioned with mischief in his eyes.
“I think you said something about giving her content.”
“Are you sure about that? It’s most likely to spread out. The pictures were blurry the last time, but that won’t always be the case. We can get you a fake identity but we can’t change your face. I don’t think that’s worth the risk.”
“Don’t worry about that. A clean hand needs no washing. Let her do as she wishes. We’ll collect evidence and sue her all at once.” “Besides, I also want to get rid of an arranged marriage.”
“What do you mean arranged marriage?”
“Just a nephew of my father’s friend. We have never met before and somehow both our families thought it was a good idea to get engaged in a couple of weeks. What’s worse? They did not even ask me to contact him these few weeks. Just go in blind and get engaged. I think they have lost their minds.”
“…”
“This is the perfect way to get rid of it.”
“Are you sure?”
“Or what? Should I get engaged to a complete stranger?”
“I sure hope you have thought this through.”
“Never mind that.” “Since it’s a family hotel, we can simply escape from one of the secret back-doors without anyone noticing. And you can work on your house.”
“Are you going to help?”
“What do you mean?”
“Help me design my house!”
“I guess that’s fair. You help us with Grammy’s house and I’ll help you with yours.”
“Sure. Food, drinks, and transport are on me though.”
“Okay.” “Why did you buy a house here though? It sounds like you have not really lived here in forever, shuttling between school, college and work.”
“I had made some money and was going to invest. I happened to come across a steal deal, and I really liked the house. I saw it and could not help thinking about what I could do with it.
Besides, it’s not a bad idea to have a private space. If I don’t like it or don’t need it in the future, I can always sell it and get a huge turn-over, so in a way, it is still an investment.” “I do really want to restore it and see what it’ll be like though.”
“Dam! Now I’m rather curious.”
“How about I take you there in 5 days?”
“Huh?”
William leaned close to her and whispered in her ear. “I want to fortify the security there. Will have hidden cameras covering everywhere with no blind spots. When we are inside, I want to make sure we can be ourselves without any reservations.”
The hot air blowing on Rosaline’s ear with the aroma of wine made her flush and her breath got hitched.
William restrained his impulse to nibble on her earlobes, which were so red, they looked like they were dripping blood.
They both drank some wine without looking at each other to calm themselves.
“Anyway, I don’t want any third person to know about the house or any of its details. So” William coughed and continued.
“It’ll be our little secret,” Rosaline replied wondering if she really was talking about the house or about what he was doing to her.