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the comfortable silence. “How many acres is this even?”
“A bit less than forty-five,” Dorian replied. “The house takes up a good bit of that, as you can see, but there’s still plenty of room for gardens.” The lawn itself stretched out to the gates which led to the street, but they couldn’t see that from where they were standing. In front of the house were the garden plots, bursting with color and vibrancy at the moment.
The garden was separated from the walkways and the rest of the lawn by chocolate dark stone
Dorian didn’t know the names of all the different flowers that were blooming, but he could tell they were beautiful. His gardeners took amazing care of them, together with the groundskeepers that were overseen by Carlos himself.
“Here, let me show you this,” Dorian said, leading Andrea over to the large plot that Anita had set aside to grow herbs and vegetables. “Anita is a stickler for fresh grown ingredients. All of this would be herbs and tomatoes if she had her way.”
“It’s amazing,” Andrea replied, stooping down to get a better look and letting her fingers trail lightly over fleshy green leaves. She inhaled deeply, and Dorian remembered how impressed he’d been when he’d first seen Anita’s plans for her plot. There’d been no question that Carlos would give her what she wanted, and it had turned out almost better than expected.
“This whole place is amazing,” Andrea continued as she stood up. She shaded her eyes against the bright sun and pointed off into the distance. “What’s that?”
Dorian turned his head to look and caught sight of the small building she was pointing to. “That’s the guardhouse. Or at least that’s what it’s supposed to be. The previous owner’s children lived out there with their nanny, if I remember correctly.”
“His adult children?” Andrea asked.
“No, I think they were younger. They definitely weren’t teenagers from what I remember Carlos telling me. They still needed nannies, at any rate.”
She frowned. “And their parents made them live in a small house alone?”
“Well. Their nannies were there with them. And the house is hardly small.” It was big enough for four guards to share without any problems, after all.
Dorian wasn’t sure what it was, but apparently it was a sensitive subject for her. There was a story there, clearly, and he was curious, but Ben’s words from the day before made him stop before he asked anything that he would regret asking later. It wasn’t his business, and Andrea had been through a lot. He wanted her to relax and be able to have a good time now that she was out of whatever stressful situation she had been in before, and harping on hard times wasn’t going to help make that happen any sooner.
So he continued the tour, pointing out the different areas of the grounds and showing her where horses and other animals could be kept.
He mentioned how he was thinking of getting dogs to help guard the place and told her about the dogs his father had kept and how he’d sneak out after his lessons to play with them and always managed to get caught by one of the guards before he’d been out there for too long.
When she asked to be allowed to help him pick the dogs out, Dorian agreed instantly and was rewarded with a brilliant grin from Andrea.
Making her smile was quickly becoming something he enjoyed immensely and the longer they spent together, whiling away the time before lunch by walking and talking together, the more Dorian was feeling himself pulled towards her.
And with each glance Andrea sent his way from the corner of her eyes, he was more and more sure that she was feeling it, too.
***
Chapter 6: Opposites Attract?
Living in luxury, even if it wasn’t strictly her luxury, was taking some time to get used to. Andrea supposed that she’d gotten so used to the way she’d lived before, that her new life was still so strange.
There was no morning alarm set to make
“A bit less than forty-five,” Dorian replied. “The house takes up a good bit of that, as you can see, but there’s still plenty of room for gardens.” The lawn itself stretched out to the gates which led to the street, but they couldn’t see that from where they were standing. In front of the house were the garden plots, bursting with color and vibrancy at the moment.
The garden was separated from the walkways and the rest of the lawn by chocolate dark stone
Dorian didn’t know the names of all the different flowers that were blooming, but he could tell they were beautiful. His gardeners took amazing care of them, together with the groundskeepers that were overseen by Carlos himself.
“Here, let me show you this,” Dorian said, leading Andrea over to the large plot that Anita had set aside to grow herbs and vegetables. “Anita is a stickler for fresh grown ingredients. All of this would be herbs and tomatoes if she had her way.”
“It’s amazing,” Andrea replied, stooping down to get a better look and letting her fingers trail lightly over fleshy green leaves. She inhaled deeply, and Dorian remembered how impressed he’d been when he’d first seen Anita’s plans for her plot. There’d been no question that Carlos would give her what she wanted, and it had turned out almost better than expected.
“This whole place is amazing,” Andrea continued as she stood up. She shaded her eyes against the bright sun and pointed off into the distance. “What’s that?”
Dorian turned his head to look and caught sight of the small building she was pointing to. “That’s the guardhouse. Or at least that’s what it’s supposed to be. The previous owner’s children lived out there with their nanny, if I remember correctly.”
“His adult children?” Andrea asked.
“No, I think they were younger. They definitely weren’t teenagers from what I remember Carlos telling me. They still needed nannies, at any rate.”
She frowned. “And their parents made them live in a small house alone?”
“Well. Their nannies were there with them. And the house is hardly small.” It was big enough for four guards to share without any problems, after all.
Dorian wasn’t sure what it was, but apparently it was a sensitive subject for her. There was a story there, clearly, and he was curious, but Ben’s words from the day before made him stop before he asked anything that he would regret asking later. It wasn’t his business, and Andrea had been through a lot. He wanted her to relax and be able to have a good time now that she was out of whatever stressful situation she had been in before, and harping on hard times wasn’t going to help make that happen any sooner.
So he continued the tour, pointing out the different areas of the grounds and showing her where horses and other animals could be kept.
He mentioned how he was thinking of getting dogs to help guard the place and told her about the dogs his father had kept and how he’d sneak out after his lessons to play with them and always managed to get caught by one of the guards before he’d been out there for too long.
When she asked to be allowed to help him pick the dogs out, Dorian agreed instantly and was rewarded with a brilliant grin from Andrea.
Making her smile was quickly becoming something he enjoyed immensely and the longer they spent together, whiling away the time before lunch by walking and talking together, the more Dorian was feeling himself pulled towards her.
And with each glance Andrea sent his way from the corner of her eyes, he was more and more sure that she was feeling it, too.
***
Chapter 6: Opposites Attract?
Living in luxury, even if it wasn’t strictly her luxury, was taking some time to get used to. Andrea supposed that she’d gotten so used to the way she’d lived before, that her new life was still so strange.
There was no morning alarm set to make
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