Chapter 484 - Lakeside villa (1/2)

~ Seattle ~

Sarah arrived in front of the lakeside villa which Sophia and Felix purchased. They will move in soon, and this will be their home.

Sophia told her that she will wait for her there.

Sarah walked to the back of the villa, while observing her surroundings and taking photos and notes on her tablet. She was doing that in order to determine possible locations for sensors that Eve will use.

The back of the house has a large lawn area facing the lake. Sarah thought how this will be a great place for kids to play.

She found Sophia and Felix on the back patio. They were relaxing on the chaise. Sophia was leaning into Felix's embrace while enjoying the view of the lake.

Sarah had to clear her throat few times for them to notice her.

”I didn't hear you…”, Sophia said while getting up and adjusting her clothes.

”I can see that.” Sarah looked around. ”This is very nice.”

Sophia glanced behind Sarah and then her eyes darted left and right. ”Aiden is not with you?”

”No. He has things to do and stayed at the cabin.”

Felix greeted Sarah and held Sophia's hand in his. ”Let us show you the house.”, he told Sarah while leading the way with Sophia.

As they walked through the house, Sophia and Felix explained layout and for what they will use each room. Sarah was taking notes.

The house was not furnished. It had lots of huge boxes placed randomly through rooms. That made it easier for Sarah to access the space.

Sophia explained that they are still waiting for the rest of the furniture to be delivered, and Felix insists to assemble it himself. That is because Felix does not want strangers to linger through the house. When first furniture delivery arrived, the men were just about to start assembling sofa for the living room, when one of the delivery men became a bit flirty with Sophia. Felix saw that and chase him away. He told all of them to scram. Since then, he refuses delivery people to come and assemble furniture. As soon as they drop off boxes in the corresponding room, Felix tells them to leave.

Sarah offered to help, with Aiden, of course. Felix didn't object. He explained that two of them can come and help anytime because they are safe, and he does not need to worry about Sophia. Sarah was not sure how to respond to that, while Sophia laughed.

Felix went with Sarah around the property while Sophia rested on the chaise. She could see them walking away, and then everything was silent, except for birds chirping. The weather was very pleasant, and she dozed off.

When she woke up, Sarah was on the chair nearby, working on her laptop, and Felix was not in sight.

”Did you have a good nap?” Sarah's smile welcomed Sophia when she saw her stirring up.

”Yes… lately I'm dozing off randomly… must be hormones.” Sophia was looking around.

”If you are looking for Felix, he went inside to assemble something.”

Sophia nodded in understanding. ”Did you finish with the property?”

”Yes. We assessed, discussed, and I'm making notes now. Eve will help me create optimal configuration… Felix said that he make sure we got all equipment. I estimate that in few days I can come back and start setting it up…”

”Thank you for doing this.” Sophia knows that in terms of security and also other house management features, Eve is unrivaled. Having Sarah bring in Eve will be great help for Felix and her… and for their future children.

”You are welcome. I'm planning to centralize security for all three of us. So, if you, Anna or I are in some danger, everyone else will be notified.”

”You thought of this.” Sophia approved this plan.

”Yes. Some things happened recently, and it made me… cautious.”

Sophia felt that this is something important. Sarah is usually carefree, if something made her cautious, it means it's not a small thing. ”Anything you want to share?”

Sarah didn't want to go too much into details, not to worry Sophia, but she mentioned that on two separate occasions she faced a man who looks familiar to her. Sarah also said that she is almost certain that man was looking for her, and that he is connected to some organization in Eastern Europe. Sarah skipped marriage part because she didn't know how it fits in the story.

Sophia listened to Sarah and it was obvious that she is worried. ”Do you think he is connected to one of those families, and they are making their move?”

Sarah shook her head. ”I don't know… if that is the case, I would assume that their move would be more obvious. Why would they sneak around? Also… he was surprised to see me. Both times. So maybe those were just accidents.”

”One time, yes. But do you really think that seeing the same man two times in a short timespan should be categorized as accidental?”