Chapter 286 Smith’s cocktail party with exaggerated specifications

Villa 1, Garden Street, Kensington Palace.

This villa was completed in 1854 and has a history of more than 150 years.

In the 1960s and 1970s, part of this house was also used as the embassy of a major country, which can be said to be of great historical and political significance.

The house covers an area of ​​approximately 18,589 square meters, which can be said to be average in places such as the suburbs of London.

But in this place, Kensington Palace Garden Street.

In addition to Kensington Palace next door, there are several other villas.

It is already one of the largest houses.

Among the area of ​​18,589 square meters, the construction area is about 2,000 square meters.

There are a total of 33 bedrooms and 39 bathrooms, with standard super luxury configuration.

In addition, indoor swimming pools, outdoor swimming pools, fitness and entertainment equipment, private cinemas, wine cellars, tennis courts, mini golf courses, etc. are all available.

In front of and behind the central building of the villa, there are two beautifully decorated gardens with an area of ​​more than 3,000 square meters.

Even though the pound is extremely valuable at this time, 58 million pounds can be exchanged for 84.1 million US dollars.

For $84.1 million, you can already buy two top luxury homes on Long Island.

But Abel still feels that £58 million is really not expensive for such a large house in this location.

In the afternoon, he and little Laura took a walk in the front garden.

As we walked, we came to the main road leading to the living room of the main house.

At this time, there are many professional servants, gardeners, and housekeepers, who are busy decorating the villa under the command of the housekeeper Joanna.

Joanna was originally Abel's housekeeper at No. 13, Royal Point, New York.

She graduated from the British Professional Housekeepers Association and worked in a royal castle.

He is a true servant leader.

Being placed at No. 1 Thirteenth Road, Royal Point, New York by Abel was really a bit unfair to the talent.

So later, Abel transferred her to Manhattan.

After buying the house this time, Abel thought that Joanna was British.

She is an expert in this field, and it would be more suitable to entrust No. 1 Kensington Palace Gardens to her than to anyone else.

Abel transferred Joanna from New York again and settled here.

In addition to asking Joanna to take care of and adjust No. 1 Kensington Palace Gardens here.

By the way, I also plan to use this place as a training school for the housekeepers who will manage the mansion in the future.

The ladies who originally worked for Anne and others will come here to receive training from Joanna for a period of time.

After passing the training, you can continue to work with them.

Joanna had arranged part of the vast house as a small in-house housekeeper's school at Abel's request.

But the reason why Joanna seems so busy today is because Abel plans to hold a cocktail party here tonight.

Joanna is making preparations for this, which is also the housekeeper's strength.

"Madam." When I met Joanna halfway in the garden, even little Laura greeted her with a smile:

"Thank you for your hard work. You are the busiest during this period. I also have to take care of you for the evening."

Joanna met the two masters and knew that the young girl in front of her would most likely be her mistress in the future.

The housekeeper showed a decent smile:

"Miss Shrub, all of this is the work I should do. It doesn't matter whether it's hard or not. As long as I can satisfy you and Mr. Smith, that's my greatest pleasure."

Joanna's voice was neither fast nor slow, and it sounded very comfortable.

Maybe even this voice, the housekeeper has undergone special training to have such an effect.

Little Laura only felt that the attitude and service of professional British housekeepers were different.

This is several times better than the service attitude and style of the housekeeper and servants in her home!

The Bush family has neither money nor status in the United States.

But the enjoyment in this aspect is really not as good as that of the rich who enjoy extravagantly.

Among other things, a house like One Kensington Palace Gardens.

If she hadn't been with Abel, little Laura felt like she wouldn't be able to live there for the rest of her life.

Thinking of this, little Laura also showed a suitable smile to Joanna, "Anyway, everything is too much trouble for you, Joanna."

Joanna gave little Laura a maid's bow in a dignified manner.

Then she solemnly bowed to Abel, facing the master, and then slowly left to continue her work.

Abel pointed at Joanna's back to little Laura, "Hey, dear, have you seen it? This is professionalism and great value for money!"

Little Laura chuckled, rolled her beautiful eyes, and suddenly said softly:

"By the way, dear, don't you have any impression of the lawyers at Clifford Chance today?"

"Um?"

"The trainee lawyer next to Mr. Timmy Owen, I noticed that she has been looking at you."

"I think this is normal. Dear Miss Laura Bush, it's not like you don't know that your boyfriend is Apollo in real life. It's so normal for women to stare at me."

Seeing him pretending to be proud, little Laura laughed and poked him gently.

"You are indeed very good-looking. But I saw ambition in that woman's eyes. The one for me is here. If you want, maybe"

She winked mischievously at Abel, looking cute and a little bit charming like a young woman.

A girl who is already a married woman speaks differently.

Now I dare to say this to Abel.

Even if Abel had something in mind, of course he wouldn't admit it at this time.

He said directly: "Aren't you okay?"

"Hmph~"

Little Laura turned away and ignored him, and walked slowly into the villa.

Abel followed her.

Originally, little Laura didn’t mention it.

Abel had almost no memory of the female trainee lawyer she was talking about.

He remembered the other party's appearance, which looked a bit like his own Anne, Anne Hathaway's Anne.

His name seems to be Aymo Alamuddin. Judging from his name, surname and appearance, he should be from the desert area.

A British beauty who has good looks and figure, but is still just a trainee female lawyer in Clifford Chance Law Firm.

【I'm not a bitch, so I won't fall in love with someone so easily.】

Abel thought.

As for the housekeeper Joanna, as the afternoon approached evening, this professional housekeeper became increasingly busy.

".Here, put these things here. The ants in the lawn need to be cleaned up."

"The guests will arrive in an hour and a half. Remember to clean it up without making any mistakes."

"By the way, take out the Mouton 1995 from the wine cellar. They will be the main red wine tonight. Be careful to separate them. There are two bottles of 1945 inside. They are the owner's collection."

"Here, who spread this cloth? Is it you? George? It's wrinkled at one corner, didn't you notice? Your pay this week will be reduced by fifty pounds."

"And here, this stool is crooked, pick it up immediately!"

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Joanna was very busy shuttling between the living room, reception room, outdoor lawn, kitchen, wine cellar, and warehouse of the villa.

This made Abel and little Laura, who appeared later, couldn't help but feel a little emotional about the ability and excellence of this housekeeper.

"Honey, I think Joanna is so capable."

Little Laura said, "If this continues, we will all be unable to live without her."

Abel smiled:

"You can learn from her. You will be the hostess in the future. Although the butler will help you, you should also have a basic understanding of the layout and process of this kind of reception."

"Oh, what you said seems to make sense." Little Laura nodded in agreement.

But not tonight.

She felt that tonight was the first cocktail party organized by Abel in London, and its importance was self-evident.
To be continued...