"Hello Miss Rio," Sanjay was in the main room when I entered the mansion. From the feather duster in his hand, I knew that he must be sweeping. Was he going to sweep over the whole place? It was pretty big. I didn't envy him. It was a very large house. I guess as the only butler, he'd have to do all of that himself. And that was only a part of his job.
"Hey, Sanjay. Doing some spring cleaning I see? Well, summer cleaning I guess."
"Yes. I just got in the cleaning mood. My dear, you're soaking wet. Would you like a towel?" he frowned at the state of me, "It's raining pretty hard outside."
"I'm fine. I'm a farmer. I can take a little bit of rain. But a towel would be appreciated, thank you." I nodded at him, "Is Amir home?"
"He's in his room," Sanjay bowed to me, "Feel free to walk around while I get the towel. I wouldn't want you to feel unwelcome. That wouldn't be very gentlemanly of me."
"It's fine," I smiled at him, "I don't mind waiting for you."
He left to go get the towel, leaving me to my thoughts. It was almost twelve, so they would be eating lunch soon. And then my plan could go into action. I made sure to bring my bag with me so that they couldn't see what was inside. I felt terrible for having to do this, but I would make it up to them. But I'm sure that they will never know what happened. Maybe they would assume that they misplaced it. But I guess they wouldn't tell each other that they couldn't find a pair of underwear. Pride was the thing that could save me.
"Rio, you are here?"
I turned to see Neil standing in the doorway, making me jump, "Ahh! Don't sneak up behind me like that!"
"Hmph," he turned away with a frown, "Maybe you shouldn't have been spacing out like that."
"Why are you here?"
"To see Amir?" Neil gave me a weird look, "What's with you? You look guilty."
"Guilty?" I gave him a forced smile, "I swear that I'm not doing anything that I shouldn't do."
"Ok?"
Thankfully, Sanjay reentered the room, a large red towel in his hands. He handed it to me with a light smile, before realizing that I wasn't alone.
"Oh, Neil. Welcome. Do you want a towel too? Amir and I were about to have lunch. I guess you'd like to join us?"
"Sure," Neil shrugged, "Do you have a towel for me as well?"
"I can share mine," I suggested as I finished drying myself off.
"Will you be joining us for lunch as well, Rio?"
I shook my head, "Maybe another time. I'm pretty busy. Work keeps me on my feet."
"That's a shame," Sanjay looked genuinely sad, his purple eyes meeting mine, "I was hoping to enjoy lunch with you."
I couldn't help the way my heart pounded at his words. I felt my face turn red as I kept my gaze on his. Were his eyes always that pretty. I shook my head a bit and turned away as Neil continued.
"Shall we go eat lunch now?"
