Mates

Rules

Aria Bell
I rolled the window down regardless of the steady rain. I couldn't see any other cars. This place is still very lonely. I could feel the nausea coming back. That flight was too fast for me.

"How many miles left?" I asked the chofer as I rolled the window up.

"About twenty." He responded.

His house is really elegante yet it had a country look.  It was the perfect size, not too big nor too small. The garden, however, was what I liked the most from the outside.

"Matthew has one care taker, a maid, and me as the chofer." He tells me as we enter the house.

I was profoundly hypnotized by every room. He has the most beautiful antique collections. His stair are a gate to haven. His sofas look very expensive along with his chandeliers.

"This is your room." He says as he puts my suitcase on the floor.

"You have rules Aria and you have to follow them." He tells me with a concerning face.

"What do you mean?" I ask.

"You know what I mean. Mates can be aggressive with each other if they ever came across one another. Matthew doesn't want that to happen. He rather you stay in one part of the house until the marriage." He tells me.

"Oh, that. How is it going to work out?" I ask.

"Well, Matthew is going to be living in the east side of the house and you on the west. You guys won't come across one another if you follow the rules." He says with a concerned face.

He grabs a phone from the night stand.

"You can have conversations with Matthew and the others through this if you need anything. You eat breakfasts an hour later than Matthew because he works at 7:00am. Lunch for the both is an hour apart, you eat first. Matthew doesn't eat dinner so the dinner is all yours." He responds.

"So that means I am going to be locked here with a tight schedule  for three months?" I say disappointed.

"Oh, no, Matthew works on weekdays, so you can be anywhere in and out the house . You can't, however, go to Town; only when he is in the house locked in his room. I will call him and tell him you are here. If you forget your schedule the maid will remind you. By the way my name is Dan, Dan the chofer." He gives out his hands and I shake it.

"Ok, thank you."

He closes the door and leaves the suitcase.