Chapter 5 The Lifestyle

The residence and the entire parcel of land that it stretched on formerly belonged to Crempton Estate Investments Company that Mike worked for as its property manager and agent in Sun City. The company invested heavily in real estate around its headquarters in Crempton city two hundred miles from Sun City town and owned thousands of hectares of land around Sun City having sold considerable units along Spring Valley. The company had completed putting up the castle next to Rhodes estate a year ago before Alex became a potential client. Mike struck a deal with him.

The castle and the parcel of land on which it was built was a multi-million dollar investment and Alex had shown interest by paying a deposit to clear the balance on viewing the establishment.

"This is it." Mike asserted.

"It's awesome, I like it." Alex replied in contentment.

"You like it. I told you I was the best property agent around" Mike answered bragging.

"I hope the interior is as good at the exterior." Alex noted moving towards the main door to confirm his thought. Mike followed alongside him. Ashley noticed that both men were walking away towards the door and decided to follow them and capture the extraordinary attraction she had never witnessed before. She walked slowly with her head and eyes moving side to side as she smoked away another cigarette. Alex's mind was occupied by an urge to stroll his new acquisition's interior and his strides were widening. Mike kept with his pace simultaneously.

"Not just the interior, but you should see the backyard too where the helicopter landing pad and the swimming pool are" Mike psyched in anticipation of a good reaction.

"They should be perfect just like I saw in the computer." Alex stressed as he approached the door to open.

"They are. I can guarantee you a real experience." Mike replied

Alex held the golden lock tightly and rolled it over to fling the door open. He left it wide as he stepped into the house. Mike followed closely as Ashley counted the steps behind him, in awe. The visitor's lounge immediately preceding the door was furnished neatly with Grey leather couches aligned facing each other. The lounge was cozy and enough to accommodate a group of visitors in a single visit. Farther ahead, was a bar with mounted shelves and a shinny Formica surface for its counter with encroaching metallic silver grills. The right hand side of the bar was a huge entrance leading to the main living room with lamps mounted against its walls supplemented by giant exotic chandeliers overhead. The room was also furnished neatly with several Grey couches aligned perfectly around it.

Artistic sculptures and huge murals of fine art groomed the room enchantingly. Mike had gone ahead through the back door while Alex was busy inspecting the house. At the back was Matt with a crowd of young women dressed in bikini ready to welcome Alex into his new home. This is where Mike had delayed earlier in the day keeping his friend and client waiting at the Dracula. He was busy gathering an array of sexy ladies with Lincoln's son Matt for a welcoming party at the new residence. He therefore went to check the yard. Everyone was busy flirting with each other or in the pool with Sir Lincoln's son.

Alex remained busy strolling around and took the staircase to move upstairs. He had just visited the guest room, the gym, the kitchen and the aquarium that displayed eccentric fountains around it and he was impressed. The rails along the staircase were architecturally mastered with excellent lighting up the stairway. Along the corridor immediate to the staircase stood an elegant human sculpture that oozed fountains of water out of its nose with the water running down the stairway edge back into the aquarium. Rooms occupied the upper floor with the doors strategically positioned. The last door along the corridor was the master en suite. It was large and satisfactory spacious with the window facing the vast scenery of the entire establishment and the empty field of Alex's vast hectares of land through the backyard. Right beside the window was a medium sized door that led to the balcony. Alex did not bother to proceed to the balcony to view the backyard scenery but instead was anxious to see his artificial golf course mounted at the top of the castle. The door to the golf lawn was at the farthest end of the corridor mounted against the wall into a small elevator that lifted Alex to his course. Golf was his favorite sport and would not do without teeing off once in a while. The lawn was a perfectly laid artificial turf with resting benches mounted around it. It is at the top of the castle that he noticed a crowd in his backyard swimming away slightly engulfed in flirting chats with Mike in their midst. Besides the swimming pool was the helicopter landing pad and he could see Ashley standing over it perhaps sobbing what it was. She was definitely in disbelief. Alex satisfied with inspecting the house embarked on finding out what the gathering at the swimming pool was up to.

Debbie was tired physically from the long days work and psychologically as her mind remained engulfed in deep thought about the man she had encountered. She had been working at the Dracula for Months and had lived in Sun City town for about two years. All that time, no man had remained in her thoughts as Alex. She had had 'casual' relationships with men but never came to feel any emotional attachment to anyone of them. Though she worked as a barmaid at the Dracula, she was known to be principled and uptight with great caution to men but with a charming aspect within her. Having just arrived from a tough schedule, she embarked on taking a cold shower to drown away her fatigue and refresh the mind. She undressed in front of the mirror mounted on her bedroom wall. Her beautiful body covered by blue lighting emanating from the blue lampshade beside her bed, left a seductive image in the mirror with her eyes gazing stiffly in deep thought.