章 18: Chapter 18 : Not My Type
The morning was cold. There was no sign of rain but the weather was gloomy and rather angry with inaudible thunder rumbles every now and then. Nobody in the Kentley Mansion dared leave the house in such a weather. The exquisite dinning room was graced by the three Kentleys and Paige.
Paige wrapped herself in a thick Royal Blue handwoven woollen Sweater and a color matched Cotton pant. She was the only person heavily covered among others seated at the table.
"It seems you don't do well with cold Paige" Emily broke the silence in the room. They were all focused on their food earlier. Paige looked up at Emily with a smile.
"No, I don't. I catch cold so easily. So, I endeavor to cover myself adequately.
"Why are you eating that? I thought you never liked Turkey?" Anna asked her mother surprised and cutting off her conversation with Paige. Emily was having a breakfast of skinless turkey, vegetable and skim milk.
"Paige drafted out a meal plan for me and I've been working with it since last week. Do you know that I rarely take my meds these days, my blood pressure is so great and I haven't felt those strong throbbing headache since then."
"Wow, thank you so much Paige, this means a lot to me personally. Haven't seen Emily this hearty in a while." Anna held Paige's hand and she replied with a beautiful smile. Paige longed to hear such endearing words from Simon, who only stared at her with an expressionless face and ended up saying nothing. Anna noticing the friction between the two and tried easing it up with a conversation.
"The stylists are coming to the house by 12:00pm." She said.
"That's great especially with the timing cause I'll really need to look presentable. I wouldn't want the Hamptons thinking Maurice's wife isn't as sparkly as she used to." Emily smiled excitedly.
Hearing Emily say and demonstrate these words made almost everyone at the table smile.
"What's your plan for today brother?" Anna asked changing the topic but got a shrug.
"Are you not coming for your sister's engagement party? Are you planning on being absent?" Emily interjected with a stern face.
"I plan on attending Mum." He said staring at Paige. Simon was the only Kentley who calls Emily Mum. "Hopefully I won't be so lonely." Hearing his last statement, Paige stared back at him and he gave her the most charming smile that succeeded in melting her whole heart. "I have few things I need to finish upstairs before we visit the Hampton's residence." He further said and excused himself from the dinning room.
Paige was lost starring at this man as he strode towards the dinning room door. If there was a way to describe someone as perfect, she would have said Simon was perfect. She saw him open the dinning room door. She saw the strength in those hands and longed to be held by him. Tiny spikes rushed down her body. She was brought back from her imaginary place by a shoulder nudge from Anna who was sitted beside her.
"You don't have to drool over him that way. He's not that special." Anna whispered.
"I wasn't drooling" came Paige's hushed reply.
"Of course you were." Anna giggled inaudibly. Paige smiled knowing she's been caught. At that moment, Emily excused herself from the table as she was done eating. Immediately the door closed behind Emily, Anna turned to Paige with smiles.
"I saw you, don't deny it."
"Hahahaha," Paige laughed. I was just looking not drooling. Beside, he isn't really my type. So stop Ann." Anna stared at Paige lost for words. "What? Why are you staring at me like that? It's so creepy." Paige smiled but received nothing from Anna who seemed to be in deep thoughts.
"He's not your type?" Anna finally spoke up.
"Of course not."
"My brother will be so hurt hearing that from a woman. His ego will be crushed. I've never seen a woman who isn't smitten by Simon. I rarely bring my friends home these days cause they'd want him and unfortunately, he won't want them." She sighed.
"Simon is super selective of the type of woman he lets into his life. He's never introduced any girlfriend to us before." She shrugged. "But damn, girls love him. In fact, they fight for his attention. He's good looking you know." She gave a knowing smile.
"He's just there Ann. Nothing special. Simon is not my type of man. I wonder what the girls love about him." Paige replied.
"Wow!! Paige, you're amazing. Here I was thinking.... Never mind." She ended the conversation standing up with smiles.
"Thinking what?" Paige asked in need to hear everything.
"Thinking of nothing." Anna replied excitedly. "Let's go take a warm shower. I'll teach you how to give this gorgeous hair of yours a nice treat. I have some Lavender oil for your skin too. Girl, I need you to glow today. There are so many people I'll love you to meet. I seriously don't want you to go back to Richtown looking the same." Anna told her pulling her from the seat.
"Lavender?" Paige asked recalling her last encounter with Simon. "Why Lavender?"
"Who doesn't love lavender." Came the reply. "The fragrance is amazing. Paige reluctantly stood up and followed her to the room.
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