Esme loves her boss, but then Simon brings his fianceé home, who wants to call immigration on Esme. What happens when she does call immigration, and Simon realizes he was in love with Esme all along?
Esmeralda sat alone at night, savoring churros in her room, avoiding the main kitchen to dodge encounters with Rachel, Simon's fiancée. Frustrated by the cultural shock after crossing borders for maid work, she pondered returning home and reminisced about her simpler past with a different elderly couple.
But Esme's current role at Simon's mansion was better, with no cooking since Rachel hired a private chef. Despite overhearing Rachel's complaints, Esme believed Simon valued her. While eating churros, she wrote a letter to her mother detailing her mixed emotions. Then her mind drifted to her friend Beatriz — also a maid — who fell for her employer's son, Benjamin...
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Esme was in the kitchen the next morning when Simon entered and asked her for coffee. Nostalgia lingered as they discussed the changes since Rachel's arrival. Simon didn't like the private chef's filter coffee, and Esme offered to make him coffee daily if Simon woke up early.
"Esme, I will," Simon promised her, and her heart raced. She loved him, but he? She didn't know that.
Torn by emotions, she avoided eye contact, retrieving butterscotch shortbread as a gesture of affection.
Simon observed Esme, contemplating the changed dynamics since Rachel's arrival. Wanting to confide in her, he recalled his engagement dinner and the romantic atmosphere Esme had created.
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"She's a lovely young woman," his mother said when she sent Esme for more napkins. "How did you find her? She's done a brilliant job tonight."
"My secretary found an agency, and Esme was the person they sent," he replied.
"Go and take the night off, Esme," Simon urged when she returned with the napkins.
"Why?" his mother asked.