The Prototype

19. The Renegotiation

TEMPEST POV

It was as if my body knew what today brings as it awakened without my alarm going off. I rolled over facing the nightstand to my right looking at the digital clock and mentally calculating the time.

Since I've been here long enough, it was much quicker to do. it was five fifty-five in the morning and I planned to have woken up at six since I have to not only prepare for breakfast but also prepare for the meeting with Marcellus that is after breakfast.

I never know how long breakfast will be since unlike dinner, Breakfast isn't damn near two hours nor is it broken up into sections like dinner.

Which to me is great because I usually am able to fall back to sleep with no problems. Unfortunately, I won't be able to go back to sleep after breakfast today since I have to prepare for the final proper meeting with Marcellus.

I took a deep exhale thinking of the long morning ahead of me. Hopefully, because Marcellus and I had somewhat of a productive talk last night if I say so myself then hopefully the meeting don't be long so I can come back to my room and sleep the lovely Valentine's Day away.

My alarm went off causing me to realize that I didn't make use of the five minutes I had initially upon waking up. I removed the covers from my body and raised from the bed stretching my body awake. I'm definitely going to need coffee to consciously make it through even the start of the day.

I turned on the bedroom spotlights bright enough to see but low enough to not disturb my morning vibes.  Rubbing my eyes as I walked to the bathroom, adjusting the spotlights. My body shivered lightly from the chilling temperature of the bathroom causing me to turn on the bathroom heat system.

I walked towards the shower, turned it on, and then made my way back to the sink area to begin brushing my teeth and washing my face. The bathroom begins to feel much warmer with the heat and the steam from the shower working together.

After doing my morning routine at the sink, I undressed myself as I walked towards the shower and stepped inside the shower allowing the hot steaming water that begin to drench my body, rejuvenate me from the long work night.

Feeling a sense of Deja Vu from the previous two times of preparing for a meeting with Marcellus truly hoping that this one is better than the first two. I don't know how I'm going to be able to be here for three years.

However, I did do two years with Zyus and although I didn't like the ways of the government, I still enjoyed my time at Zyus for those two years. I wasn't going to renew my contract with them again no matter how much they offered me to do so, It was good while it lasted but it was my time to go, too bad the fucking chaos snatch my chances and opportunities.

I finished bathing, turning the shower water off. I stepped out of the shower. My wet feet landed on the warm fluffy expensive feeling rug. I grabbed the white towel from the towel rack and began to dry my body off.

The entire bathroom was fogged up with steam making it extremely difficult to even see myself in the reflection of the mirror as I wrapped the towel around my body.

I headed through the clouded bathroom and into the massive walk-in closet. As usual, I moisturized my body and got dressed wearing a lilac satin feather trim pajama set, slid on the matching slippers, and left out of my room closing the door behind me and heading to the dining room.

I noticed the light touches of Valentine's spirit which I knew Mrs. Galileli had everything to do with it. The lady practically is the mother of the estate, It became clear to me early on that Marcellus had nothing to do with the feminine and refreshing touches of this estate.