BILLIONAIRE'S HIRED WIFE ①

48. No Traces of Sidharth

Shehnaaz decided to take a rest after the exhausting day that she had had. She immediately dozed off to sleep at the moment she laid down on the bed.

After some time, when she woke up, Shehnaaz didn't realise what time it was. She had a sound sleep and felt a lot more light-headed after waking up. But Shehnaaz had no idea how many hours she slept for. She got up from the bed and drew out a set of clothes from her suitcase. Later, Shehnaaz went to the bathroom. After a while, Shehnaaz came out dressed in her casual clothes.

Thereafter, she went near the wardrobe and thought of unpacking her stuff and arranging it inside. Shehnaaz attempted to pull the door and tried to open it, but did not succeed. Shehnaaz once again tried to pull the door with her full strength, but alas! She failed again. In the attempt to open the door with extra force, her hand tended to slip away and, accidentally, the door opened a little. Shehnaaz burst into laughter and considered herself stupid enough not to know that it was a sliding door.

She slid the door and opened the wardrobe to arrange her clothes. Shehnaaz drew out her clothes from the suitcase and put them inside in neat piles. After arranging her clothes inside, she realised that half of the place in the wardrobe was still empty.

Shehnaaz wondered if this wardrobe was spacious enough to store all the clothes in my family, and there would still be some space left.

After she was done with the work, Shehnaaz realised that she had not properly eaten anything since the morning. And now that she had woken up from a sound sleep, Shehnaaz was starving. She went out of the room to look for food.

I would have to cook on my own. I don't know whether the required ingredients are kept in the kitchen or not," she mumbled to herself.

Shehnaaz moved out of her room and made her way towards the kitchen. She was near the kitchen when Shehnaaz 's nose sniffed an amazing aroma coming from the direction of the kitchen.

"That means food is being cooked already. But how? Who is in the kitchen? Could it be Sidharth? No... not at all. Sidharth might not know how to cook. Taking his personality into consideration, I don't think he would have ever entered the kitchen in his life,"Shehnaaz chuckled in her thought.

Shehnaaz kept wondering and was a bit hesitant to go ahead towards the kitchen. She was scared as well. It was the first time that she had stayed at somebody else's apartment. She wasn't feeling comfortable at all. But now that she was bound to live in Sidharth's apartment with him, Shehnaaz concluded that she would have to adjust in order to sustain.

She had already assumed in her mind that the person who was cooking in the kitchen was none other than Sidharth. And she had been rehearsing to herself what she would say to him upon entering the kitchen. Shehnaaz had planned the whole conversation with Sidharth in her mind.

To her surprise, Shehnaaz didn't find Sidharth in the kitchen, but a girl who must be in her early 20's. "Oh, it was her who was cooking the meal. I was right. Sidharth can't even cook a meal for me hahahahahaha" She thought.

The girl had her hair tied in a bun and was wearing a knee-length black dress. She had covered her dress with a white- colored apron.

When the girl saw Shehnaaz in the kitchen, she initiated the conversation,"Hello ma'am, when did you wake up?"

Shehnaaz was shocked to see her in the kitchen. "Who are you? And how do you know me?" She asked.

She smiled at Shehnaaz and replied to her question, "I am Rose. I will stay in this apartment only. I work here as a helper and do the cleaning, mopping, dusting, and cooking the meal. (Pause)