Hollywood Zenith

" Hello Aunty. Isn't it too early over there?" He said knowing that it was barely morning over there in UK.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

" Good Morning, young master." Amanda first greeted him before saying," It's not troublesome. Old people like us likes to get up early."

" Old? You are still young! I am still waiting to get invited to your wedding." He chuckled but hurriedly apologized for going to far. She had been working as head maid for the family for decades, if not for her job she might already be married with several children.

" It's alright. Taking care of Nicole and others, I didn't even feel any need to do such things." Amanda replied normally. She was already forty years old this year, seeing Nicole and Samuel grow up before her own eyes was enough for her to feel content with her life.

Now that both of them were adult and with Nicole's desire of further studies, she honestly started contemplating about her life goals but for now she had more pressing issues to deal with.

" Alright, were you worried about how Nicole was doing?" He guessed why she called him. Amanda was definitely worried about sending Nicole alone with Samuel.

She always cared for her like her own daughter, that naive girl barely knows how the real world works after staying in the estate all her life.

" She is not with you right now right?" She asked thinking they were still in bed. They didn't know that Amanda was already aware how far their relationship had progressed after catching them red handed in the act.

" No, no. Why would she be with me? She must atill be sleeping. Ah, I forget to tell you that she is with Kayla and Mayra while I am showing Elise her new castle." He told her some backstory.

Amanda could only sigh hearing that he forked up hundreds of millions of dollars just to impressive his little princess, that's something that one could only expect from someone like him.

But at the same time, she was perplexed when she found out that it's been two days since he had seen her last. She trusted Kayla and Mayra after getting to know them over the past few week but her heart couldn't help but fill up with worry.

" Young master, I know that you are extremely busy but you should take Nicole with you. Lately when I talk with her, I can feel that she is hiding something from me. I never left her alone even when we used to travel abroad during vacations." Amanda urged him. She didn't dare to give him orders but even if it meant disobeying him, she was willing to do it for Nicole's sake.

Samuel also thought that Nicole would get bored at home, with both Kayla and Mayra working hard with their backlogs, there wouldn't be anyone to accompany her. Ot would have been fine but he began hesitating thinking about Helga and the others. What would they think after meeting each other?

He wasn't even sure about Roberta and Alana since they were quite casual with him. In case of Katarina and Helga, he knew where their hearts were. There was also the issue with Genevieve who was blissfully unaware of what was happening behind her back. How would she react?

" Young master?"

" I am here. I will go and bring her over if not ask someone to pick her up. You shouldn't worry about her, if anyone can take care of themselves it's her. And you also know Kayla and Mayra aren't someone who would neglect her." He tried to assure her but it was definitely a oversight on his part not keeping in touch with Nicole when he was the one adamant to bring her with him.

" I know. I didn't call you complain."

" It's alright, how can I live without aunty's nagging?"

" Fine, fine. Right, the reason why I called was to inform about her birthday. I hope you can arrange something for her since I wouldn't be there this year."

" Birthday?" He scanned his memory and instantly remembered the date. He almost slapped himself thinking that he almost missed it. In time, someone would have reminded him, it would be too late if he wanted to make any special arrangements.

" Yes, I almost forgot. I will take care of it, why don't you fly over with some of the maids to relax here? She would love the surprise."

" No, I decided to give her some space. She is already turning nineteen, I can only hold on to her for so long." Amanda expected his invitation but she didn't want to come between these lovebirds.

" You don't have to refuse it, just think about it some more." Amanda refused it again which was necessary because she knew how eccentric her young master was. He might send a plane or do something preposterous just to make her cave.

Samuel didn't press the issue, just her tone was enough for him to know she wanted to give Nicole some freedom during this vacation. They talked about some other things before Elise came to pester him again.

Amanda also heard her voice which led to him handing his phone to Elise so that they could talk. When Elise told Amanda everything about the castle.

Just from listening to her , Amanda didn't know if she was telling the truth or exaggerating things. They talked for few more minutes, right before Elise was about to disclose presence of the five you g models, he snatched the phone and made up some lies before hanging it up.

It's not that he was afraid of her but he knew that the word would start to spread. He didn't want Nicole and others to know about it from third party but wanted to tell them himself but to do that first he had to figure it out.

Elise was slightly angry but when someone came in to tell them about breakfast, she forgot about it. She began to clamor about food but he reminded her to say goodbye to horses and get cleaned before heading to the dining area.

As expected, he found one of the girls waiting for them.