Filthy Rich by Atarah Yvaine (electronic reader txt) 📖

I'm sure I look like an idiot right now gawking at every detail of the surrounding. Some maids approached us and get their things. They also guide us inside. The marble floor, the elegant vases, the classy furniture and fixtures, everything are yelling their exorbitant price. 

If they're going to hire me as one of their maids, I will surely be anxious about my every move. It seems like every part of this house cost more than my own life. I keep on roaming my eyes at the interiors of the mansion. The grand staircase looks like the one I usually watched in the movies. They have their very formal family portrait just like the Dutch and Duchess of the royal family. And in fairness, they have a beautiful gene. All of their sons are a man of every girl's dream. They got looks.

We climbed the stairs going somewhere. I keep on following them for I don't want to be lost and have a hard time finding my way out. 

"Ellie, look that's our room" Nayana can't keep her excitement to tell me that the big classy door that we're about to pass is their room. I wonder how their room look like. Does it look like the ones I've watched in some elegant room tour on YouTube?

We keep on walking till we are in front of another double height wooden contemporary doors. The maids opened it and my jaw dropped. My eyes were idiomatically turned into heart shapes.

It's a vast Victorian library and it give me the ancient library vibe. The entrance of the library was filled with some indoor plants and designed with some famous artworks. As we walk inside it, my eyes see rows and rows of books piled up in a very tall clean shelves and wood panels that goes from the ceiling to the floor, covering the walls. It sprawls over two floors connected by a 19th century ladder. It was a room full of thousands and thousands of books.

In the middle, there is a very long conference table surrounded by swivel chairs. Looks like they incorporate this library to be their home office and use this for board meetings. There are also some reading nooks located in the corner of the rooms where you can have your desired personal space. 

"Wow, this is amazing.” I can't restrain my amazement. I can even live here for the rest of my life. I keep on moving my eyes from one place to another to admire the place. I felt so happy. I wish I can also have this kind of comfort place.

"I never mentioned but Donny and I both love reading books. We even met each other in our school city library back in high school. Welcome to our favorite place." Nayana pulled me into the nearest shelves and start showing me her collections.

"Among our three sons, Deus is the only one who has the same interest as me and his dad have for books. He has his own collections of detective, science and historical fictions since he loves reading those genres ever since he was a little." We kept on roaming around the library while she keeps on telling me more about her adorable family.

After wandering around, their maidservants served us some snacks. We sit in one of the window seats sipping some tea and eating some pastries. It's so cozy in here, staying here is an escape to reality.

"Ellie, you are here for a job I promised you right?" Donny asked after taking small mouthfuls of his cake.

"Yes" I get my bag, bring out my application documents and hand it to him. He refused to get it and gave it back to me.

"I see the effort but I don't need it. Keep it" I was confused with what he's saying. Every job hirings I went to before always required every applicant to bring this kind of documents. Does he need a different set of requirements? 

"Did I bring a wrong requirement? I'm sorry I didn't know. But promise I'll try my best to present to you what you need as soon as I know what is it." Nayana laughed with my highly strung reaction.

"You're so tensed Sweetie. Chill, can you?" I cannot hide my nervousness. I'm too afraid to disappoint them now that they are the only one who appreciates me. They both smiled at me trying to assure me that there is nothing to worry about.

"I can't give you a job" Donny blurted out making me want to hate myself more.

Maybe he changed his mind.

Maybe he saw no potentials in me. Why do I keep on failing? I'm making every people dislike me without making anything. Now, where would I go?

I instantaneously lose the little confidence left within me. I bow down and suddenly felt shy to look at them in the eye. I'm not in the same level as them. I'm nothing but a jobless working student trying to find job to feed myself.

"You look like crying. I'm not rejecting your application or doing whatever is on your mind. I'm not giving you any job because we decided to support you financially." 

I regain myself and look at him with a teary eye. I was astounded with what he's saying causing me to feel overwhelmed. 

"That's too much. I can't just take any amount from you guys. Please let me do something in exchange for it." I grew up providing for myself and it felt so wrong to get a hold of something I didn't work hard for. 

"You deserve to enjoy your life as a student. You are robbed of your childhood and we're now giving you the freedom and life enjoyment you are worthy of. From now on, focus on your studies, focus on whatever you want to do."