chapter nine: beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder

'' Even if it is not for me, I shall do it for you Alex. Trust me. This is for you.'' She said as though Alex could hear her and smiled before going to find happiness.

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After freshening up and cleaning her face, she went to the palour with new found determination where she thought she would find Denis or at least Ramona the house help or so.

She didn't see him and her curiosity was piqued. She didn't notice it earlier but now she could see how it was magestic and luxurious. No doubt since the room where she was had a touch of luxury too.

The palour/living room was very huge with three warm looking chairs by the fireplace and in the middle of the room were black and grey chairs places around that looked very soft and fluffy with neatly sculpted shapes. The floor was made of scarce beautiful wood that was smooth but was covered with a chalk like rug in the middle of the chairs. The black and grey chairs around looked fluffy and pleasant with their neatly sculpted shapes. There were three golden chandeliers in the rom hanging from the cieling and a few that popped aff from the walls.

** What a beautiful place don't you think? Maybe I should get one when I get to be swimming in riches and wealth** She said to herself 

** Yeah it should be really good living in this kind of place** herself said back ** better go and find love** herself added. 

** You're right. Let's find him** she continued exploring

There was a spiral staircase that led up to the next floor. She didn't really know how many floors there were but from her guess she could maybe say it had atleast four to five floors. She really ached to go up but she knew better than not to violate someone's hospitability, so it was better and safer to rail downstairs. Maybe she might go up there when the time comes. She wondered on what floor his bedroom was. How it would be all large and cozy and confortable. How he might take her there to talk or for sightseeing one day and how they might do much more there ... as in much more...

Brush!! She called off those thoughts from her head as she continued marveling at the room.It was really beautiful with the long blinds that were held  by the corners and gave a really good show of a large and spacious garden. 

How could something be so big? She further decided to explore.

There were beautiful paintings hanging on the wall that really showed great talent and a good taste for artistic things. The paintings were drawn from different angles with various colours, shapes and ... They mostly consisted of nature. One had a waterfall, the other a pretty prairie full of tulips and thistles, on the other a running stream, one had the setting sun, the aurora, birds in the wild, two adult animals nesting close to each other, a pure white rose with thorns covered in blood.... and so on. They were all so beautiful one after the other and she couldn't help but marvel. They were evenly placed in the room with their different heights a d sizes. They all showed a kind of zen the nature had. All were so beautiful. Simple but beautiful.

With a closer look, she saw it had no labels nor anything that will indicate it was from a well-known someone. She could just marvel at them just as she heard,

'' Like them?" Said a voice she recognized as Denis' 

She turned to face him as she was still stunned with the paintings '' Uhm they're all so stunning. But it's strange there are no lables on them. They look really fresh and authentic. They must've been really expensive.'' 

'' No, you see I made them.''

'' No way. They're all so Wonderful. Where did you get that talent from. You have quite a huge inspiration. What inspires you?"

'' Thanks. I just try those when I have spare time. If you look at them carefully you will see each one of them portrays a kind of message on its own.''

She was standing directly Infront of the rose with thorns and he stepped closer to her. Without much effort, he was shadowing her and he actually liked it. She smelled of....well no harsh fragrance but she had this feminine scent on her. He inhaled as much as possible and continued speaking.

'' You seem to have an affinity for beauty.'' She could feel his so commanding presence beside her, no matter how she tried to ignore, it kind of affected her and she then thought of the previous day when he had held her in his arms. 

'' I won't be too modest but I have an affinity for beauty and I enhance it when I have a chance. Beauty is what makes us. Beauty lies everywhere and one just needs to watch closely to see it. We all know beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder. Not so?" He asked not really expecting an answer though.

He then pivoted her to face him. Lift her chin to look up at him. She had her heart race so uncontrollably that she could see the room spinning. He just tilted her chin and here she was feeling so uneasy. Her hands had gotten sweaty

He stared at her for a long time. She thought she could see hesitation and uncertainty but also she could feel a kind of... She didn't quite know it yet but it felt like a familiar feeling. Then he asked

'' Would you like to spend this day here? Let's just hang out and talk and get to know each other.''

Well she found it quit tempting and as she heard herself say   **girl go for it. think of Alex. Think of yourself too.**

After some hesitation, she accepted thought she was doing it just for Alex, but deeper within her, she felt like she also was doing it for herself. Even though she didn't want to admit it that way.

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