(trigger warning)

'Once upon a time, A young boy who lived and grew up in a Noble Family suddenly ran away from his home because he was forbidden to go out, why you ask? That is because the young boy has the ability to create life, not exactly life but more like he can create a human sized realistic porcelain doll that becomes human..he-'

Suddenly a young girl's voice can be heard 'but daddy what do you mean by the dolls becomes human? You mean are they alive like us?' She tilted her head giving her father a curious look.

The father giggled and pats her head 'yes my little princess, the things he can make are living people like us!'

the little girl is still confused as to how he can do that. The father looked at her and smiled 'i can't really tell you how he can do it...but the story here is filled with fantasy, where magic and gifted people like the young boy here exist'

the girl looked at the book and saw the portrait of the young boy, silver hair color, eyes has the shade of a ruby and his skin looks flawless and pale as snow white

'hes quite a handsome young man right?' the father abruptly said as he smiles.

His daughter smiled happily and looked back to his father and replied 'he looks like a prince!',

the father laughed and just agreed on what his daughter has said,

'of course..well then shall I continue the story?' the father said as the daughter nodded her head.

'now where was I, ah yes, he sneaks out at night and ran away from home to play but...all of a sudden bandits saw him walk out of the mansion, he noticed it and panicked decided to run away because he couldn't think straight he ran towards the forest, he ran and ran until he-' Suddenly

A figure suddenly barged in the room, The two was startled and looked who it is, it was the mom of the young girl, Looking hagard, looking drunk and she looked like a mess, The girl looked afraid from her mother as she tried to hide behind her father.

'sorry my little princess but I think I'll tell you the story in another time' his tone sounded Abit serious yet still has the gentleness from his voice as he closes the book, pats her head

'now you should go to sleep okay?' he tucked her in with her blanket and kisses her forehead

she looked disappointed but replied with 'okay good night daddy I love you'

he smiled and replied 'i love you too my little princess'

as soon as the father leaves and closed the door the young girl waited for 5 minutes and sits up, she slowly goes in front of her door and sits down, she can hear voices from the other side, her parents keeps arguing and slightly opened the door, her parents was yelling even more, throwing stuff to the ground or to each other it's been going on for 10 minutes, when suddenly she saw a suitcase, her father grabbed the suitcase and goes by the front door and leaves. With confusion the young girl decided to go out of her room 'mommy where is daddy going?' she asked confusingly

Her mother saw her, she has bruises and scratches 'Lilliane, why are you still awake? Didn't your father told you to sleep?' giving her an annoyed look

'b-but where is he going?, mommy? What-' Suddenly her mother placed her hand on her Lilliane was startled, confused and started to tremble

'honey, your father will not come back, we don't need him, you only need me, you understand?' she desperately told her

Lilliane started to look much more sad than before 'b-but, he said he's going to continue the story later, mommy, why is he leaving?, did I do something wrong?, what's going on' her mother didn't say anymore and hugs her

'Lilliane I know it's hard for you to understand because you're still a child sweetie but things has been hard between your father and I, that's why he decided to leave' her mother squeezed her tightly

Lilliane started to sob 'No! I don't want him to leave! I want Daddy to stay, I wanna stay with Daddy' She said, as her tears and snot keeps on falling through her face

Suddenly her mother yelled out 'Lilliane!, your father isn't coming back! You're staying here with me!, what can't you understand?!' she realizes that she yelled to her daughter, making her cry even more

'i-im sorry, I didn't mean to, lilliane I'm so sorry please, don't cry' comforting her own daughter she also started to cry

Moments has passed lilliane and her mom has calmed down, lilliane slept besides her mom hugging her tightly, sobbing on her sleep 'daddy,..mommy...don't fight anymore..', her mom pats her head comforting her

Days has been passed, lilliane still looks outside the window checking if her father comes back, but alas,..no one is there..only bystander walking the side walks..

'lilliane!, can you come here and clean up your toys here?' her mother yelled out

Lilliane goes where the voice comes from, playfully looks at the ground and picked up some toys, she didn't clean up rather she plays and ran around, she accidentally bumped to the table and the vase fell, shattering to the ground. Her mother heard that and went to see what is going on, there she was furious on what Lilliane did

'Lilliane! What did you do!?, didn't I tell you to clean up?!, what did you do now!?' she frowned and crosses her arms

'Lilianne flinches and was surprised, she looked down the floor 'Im sorry' she said quietly

'and? What are you waiting for Clean up your toys gosh is that hard to ask?' She rolls her eyes and cleaned up the vase 'seriously I asked you to clean up not Play around lilliane'

Lilliane looks her toy and just toss it around, she was annoyed because her mom yelled at her 'i don't want to clean up! Im still playing!'

Her mother started to get impatient 'lilliane I will not ask this again, clean up your toys it's enough playing'

Lilliane being a kid, throws tantrums still doesn't want to clean up and just making a mess even more

Her mother saw this and got pissed, she grabbed lilliane's arm and slap her hand really hard 'Lilliane what do you think you're doing!? Why are you not cleaning up?! You're just making more mess!' she yelled

Lilliane started to weep and cry her hand started to turn red because of her mom's slap when her mom suddenly raised her hand and slapped lilliane's mouth

'stop crying will you?!, crying won't do anything!, just do what I tell you and you won't experience this!'

Lilliane trembles in fear, confused but most definitely she's trying to stop her cries and started to clean up. This isn't the first time that had happened to Lilliane, whenever Lilliane does something 'bad' Her mom punishes her, there are times when her mom's punishment is really harsh she locks her in a bathroom, or even her own room because she was being a bad child.

When her aunt decided to visit them there are occasionally that her aunt let Lilliane meet her dad secretly, she was happy, finally seeing her dad whenever her aunt visits them. She and her aunt frequently meets him in secret while her mom wasn't aware of it.

6 years has been passed Lilliane is now 13 years old, Everytime Lilliane does something wrong she still gets punished, sometimes even if it's not her fault she gets punished, but after the punishment she gets, her mom covers it with sweet words like 'i only do this because I love you' 'im doing this so you won't do it in the future'. This is what she always hears, Lilliane gotten used to it by now old bruises fades but new ones doesn't. Like from her old memory fades new memories stays.

Her mom doesn't stay at home frequently she's always out, leaving Lilliane alone whenever she doesn't have school, she banned her aunt to visit their home because she discovered that they have been meeting with her father, she doesn't know how to cook she doesn't have money. Her mom got her a phone since she's now 13, she tried to call her mom but she's not answering 'mom must be busy' Lilliane mumbled, the only thing she can do now is to drink some water..but..tap water is dirty and the water gallon is now empty so she was starving and thirsty. Lilliane decided to lay down on her room and tries to sleep in and left her phone on her table.

She dreams about the story of what her father had told her when she was younger, about a young boy running away from home. She thought of running away from home but..where can she go?, she doesn't have money to go to her dad, she doesn't know how to get where her aunt is even if her mom was like that to her, she still raised her, gave her shelter, clothes ,food she even gave her a phone to use.

Hours passed and Lilliane woke up, her mom is now back she has some takeaway with her 'Lilliane sorry that I came back late, you shouldve messaged me' her mother removed her shoes and looked around 'im really sorry Lilliane I should've left you some money too, I didn't know we ran out of water' but her tone doesn't seems to be feeling bad about it

Lilliane just smiled 'its okay mommy, I'll just eat and drink whatever you got me' Lilliane looked at the food and there are stuff that she doesn't like Lilliane knew that if she eats now while her mom is awake she will have to forcefully eat the things she doesn't like so she waited.

'well I'm going to sleep, just eat and get to bed once you're done okay?, love you my child' as her mom smiled and goes to her room.

Luckily since her mom is going to bed, she threw out the things she doesn't want to eat and eats peacefully.

This happens occasionally, Lilliane always been left behind, sometimes her mom takes her out but she rarely takes her out.

Lillian is now 15 she's still not allowed to go out and have fun with her friends, because she's scared that her mom doesn't let her go out with her friend if she told her where she's going. Her mom is now much more calmer with her, she doesn't hit her anymore but, she still gets verbal to Lilliane

When she's eating her mom will say

'Lilliane, don't you think you're getting fat?, you should stop eating like a pig,in the near future you'll be fatter than me if you keep eating like that', And when she wants to do something 'Lilliane you don't need that, violin, that's so expensive were to poor to buy it' 'piano?, you don't need training and besides we don't have money' 'you keep making art but can't you just make realistic, make it realistic maybe you'll make a Fortune' , whatever she wants to try something new there's always been a 'reason' for it.

Until one day, When Lilliane and her mom was going out, Lilliane tripped over and didn't see the red light and got hit by a car. The mom didn't even noticed it until a person went to where Lilliane got hit.

The mom looked at her daughter fearing that she will lose her and rushed her to the hospital. Doctors rushed in making the mom wait outside for hours, the doctor discovered that Lilliane suffered a lot from her mother the bruises that she got, burn marks all over her body, scars on her leg, the punishment was severe that the scar remained.

Hours passed and Lilliane is now stable, the father of Lilliane and her aunt decided to visit where Lilliane is

'How can you do that to our daughter you bitch!' The father yelled and slapped her

The people around them were also surprised and security came in making the father calm down

'The doctors just had told me that not only that she has scars on her legs But she has burn marks!? She's also underweight! Your sister even told me that the money that she's supposed to have is not with her but you used it all!?' the father was so angry that he tries to control himself since bystander are recording them

'brother in law! Calm down, stop causing some scene!' the aunt calmly told him as she hold on to his arms

Security was also holding on to the father and asked them to leave if they won't stop causing a scene. The father clicks his tongue 'alright I'll leave' He said it coldly and leaves, the aunt stayed with her sister

'Sister I'm really disappointed In you, how can you do that to her!?, I know that it was my bad that i-' Lilliane's mom suddenly interrupted 'shut up!, just...' She suddenly stayed quiet, trembling in fear of loosing her daughter forever

On the next day at the hospital, the father gave papers to Lilliane's mom 'i should've done this years ago, I thought you changed but you didn't' the father gave her a cold shoulder

The mom looked at it and it's the divorce paper and some other files about her child neglection 'what is this what is the meaning of these!?' the mom furiously grabbed his shirt

'i now own our child's custody, I couldn't do it before because I didn't have money,..but now ..she's now my responsibility' he firmly said to her, she got even more furious and tried to give him the piece of his mind but...people are watching them so she decided to leave

Days turned into weeks

Lilliane finally opened her eyes and saw her father, crying, and confused her father carefully yet gently hugged her 'im so sorry my little princess' he keeps telling her that over and over again, until finally Lilliane started to sob as well making the people around the tear up because her father gotten close with the nurses and talked to them about how things went wrong about the situation. lilliane wanted to ask where her mom is but decided not to because she heard about everything when she was in a coma

Once she was released from the hospital, ever since then she didn't see her mom, Lilliane packed all her stuff at her mom's place but there's no sign of her. Even when she was like that to her, she is still her mom, she couldn't hate her she still loves her mom. Once she finished packing her stuff, she's right in front of the front door and looked back to her home one last time..hesitating whether to actually leave that house forever or not. She slightly opened her mouth wanting to say something, but nothing is coming out, she looks away and opens the door and leaves.

5 years have passed, Lilliane is now doing great with her father they are not living in peace, Lilliane owns a small business of hers too but it's just online selling, 'father!, I'm going to the city for a bit I'll be back for dinner hehe' she smiles and hugs her father on his back, her father laughed 'alright my little princess, be sure to come back soon tho' he chuckled

Lilliane pouted 'im not a kid anymore' she thought and smiled 'but, seems like Dad is much happier to call me that so I'm alright with it'

Lilliane let's go of her father 'okay I'm off, love you dad!' she said with a determined look

'alright see you Lilliane' he replied with a smile

When Lilliane left and arrived to the city, she was shy around strangers hence to why she's always looking down or looking at wherever she can to avoid looking at the people

Until when all of a sudden

4 Tall men towers over her 'Miss Lilliane De La Wistaria, you have to come with us'

Lilliane was confused and scared she was thinking of running away but then 'okay' she replied since they looked like officers

What will happen next

Lilliane was stopped by 4 men, dressed in black who seems to be a bodyguard or an officer 'Miss Lilliane De Las Wistaria, We need you to come with us' one of the men said

Lilliane was confused and gotten frightened because of the intimidating appearance of the men 'am I in trouble?, what should I do, am I going to jail?, should I run away?, what if something bad happens to me' negative thoughts have been circling around her head

'okay' She said as her body started to panic a little, she started to fidget her fingers.

Bystander watched on what is going on, some may murmur some tried to take photos, the others just watches

The two men started to walk in front of Lilliane while the other two were at her back following her so she doesn't run away. As they walk, Some people took a video On them 'Is she a criminal?' 'she probably done something bad' 'Maybe they're filming a video' 'is she a celebrity', gossip has been circulating about the scene.

The 2 men guided her to a car, and make her go in 'Im scared' That is the only thing that Lilliane have thought ever since they appeared.

Moments later, everything seems to be silent the air was awkward.

'uhm ..i-.if it's okay to ask,.where are we going?' Lilliane asked with a shaky voice and broke the silent

'we cannot tell you in details, but as soon as we arrive our destination you will have your answers' one of the man replied with a cold yet monotoned voice

lilliane got even more frightened about what he meant, her body started to shake a bit, she couldnt stop moving because of how anxious she is.

A few hours later, they have arrived their destination. lilliane and the men in black got out of the car, Lilliane looked at the tall building, 'it looks like one of those business building'....

Lilliane took a step forward and enters the building, the company's employees looked at her and to the men in black, they stopped on what they were doing and just stared at them

'Follow me' The tallest man among them said and leads Lilliane to the last floor of the building. As they get off the elevator Lilliane looked around, there were some photographs all over the walls, the interior furniture seems to be extravagant, it feels like she's in a different world.

The man in black stopped walking and a door right in front of them seems to be giving a dark aura vibe, of course Lilliane couldn't really read the air, Lilliane just keeps on looking around fascinated with the furnitures and paintings

*Knock knock*

'President, may I come in' the man said

lilliane was startled of the sudden sound, the man and Lilliane are waiting for the respond, when all of a sudden, the door opened

Another man, who seems to be in his early 20's hair color looks like the ray of sun, eyes that looked like the ocean, he seems to be as tall as the person in black, he looks quite handsome too. 'good work' He said and looked at Lilliane 'you may now go and leave this up to me' he added

The man in black lowered his head and soon after, he leaves them

lilliane looked at the handsome man, she wanted to ask him some questions but decided not to 'sorry for the short notice, you probably got very confused why those men suddenly approached you' the man said 'oh by the way, my name is Akira Williams, I am the secretary of The president of this company'

Lilliane doesn't know how to respond she seems to be awkward and just trying to compose herself trying not to get nervous

Akira noticed that Lilliane was nervous 'oh sorry you seems to be overwhelmed about this, oh wait please do come in, sorry for keeping you out here for to long, the president is waiting for you'

'it's alright' Lilliane responded and she started to walk, trying to avoid contact with Akira, The moment she steps foot inside that room, There she saw A man Sitting on an expensive chair, wearing a nice suit but..the only thing that seems off about him is

'he's wearing some bandages around his eyes..and..he's bald?, but why is there a face on his forehead, did he perhaps tattooed it' Lilliane thought, trying not to laugh because he seems to be ridiculous.

'so You're Lilliane De Las Wistaria' the man has a nice deep yet gentle voice it seems to be good for ASMR if he can

Lilliane flinches as soon as she heard her name, confused on to why they know her

'please do take a sit and I'll explain everything to you' The man said as he leans closer to his table, resting his head on his hand, looking like he's about to interrogate Lilliane

She didn't even hesitate to sit and just looking down, scared of what this man will say

'before I'll tell you everything I would like to formally introduce myself, my name is Calyx Rainerius president and the CEO of Essesco' While Calyx Continues to talk ,Lilliane seems to be unfocused she's to nervous to listen.

Aki Noticed Lilliane and taps her shoulder Making Lilliane flinch and looked at Aki

Aki seems to be displeased on how Lilliane is acting 'Miss Wistaria' Calyx said with a serious tone making Lilliane to look where Calyx is 'ill be straight to the point, I would like you to remind your father to pay up the debt that You've borrowed 5 years ago' Calyx added

'debt?' confusingly said by Lilliane

Calyx sigh in disbelief 'Yes Debt, seems like your father didn't told you anything, your father borrowed five hundred thousand from us, we reminded him to pay up, messaging him, emailing him but there's no respond' Calyx stopped talking and stood up, he went to get closer to where Lilliane is, looking at her she seems to be unfocused, her eyes keeps on looking away or around, she didn't even try to hide the fact that she's uncomfortable

'Miss Wistaria Look at me' Calyx said

Lilliane immediately looked at Calyx She doesn't know where to look until the tattoo on Calyx's forehead caught her eyes 'I'm sorry' Lilliane said with a sad tone as she keeps staring at the smiling tattoo.

Akira noticed it and he snorted, almost burst laughing, but of course he remained his composure.

Calyx sighed because of what Akira did and clicked his tongue, Lilliane thought that Calyx is mad to her and started to apologize 'Im sorry' those words made calyx dumbfounded and things seems to be awkward

'What ,why are you saying sorry?' calyx said with a confused tone

Lilliane's eyes widened and looks down, she went quiet, she felt embarrassed 'i should've shut my mouth, or I shouldn't have said anything!, this is so embarrassing' she keeps thinking these thoughts.

Calyx seems to be frustrated and annoyed on Lilliane's action , he's getting impatient, he doesn't want people to ignore him, he sigh to calm himself. 'Miss Wistaria are you even listening to me?' Calyx said with an annoyed tone

Lilliane started to shake her leg, biting the skin of her finger, Akira noticed and goes to calyx and whispers

'Hey cal, I think she's to nervous to speak up, you should tone it down will you' Calyx didn't think about her being nervous at all, all he ever thought was her listening, he wanted her to answer him with no problem.

'am I that intimidating?' Calyx said, Akira blinked 'Duh' His face says it all, even if Calyx looks ridiculous he is still the CEO.

'Miss Wistaria, I'll be direct to the point if your father doesn't pay up by the next 6 months, I will have to take actions'

The moment She heard about what Calyx has said, she became worried about what he'll do, what will happen tonher dad, 'can you please give us some more time?, my father can't possibly be able to pay up t-that huge a-amount!, even if I-i help him it won't be enough!' Lilliane finally mattered up her courage to speak up and look at them directly but,

'Sorry miss Lilliane we cannot give you more time, it has been 5 years after all and that was already long enough' Calyx responded

A moment of silent Lilliane seems to be lost, scared, worried and confused all of these are news to her

suddenly, Calyx cleared his throat 'unless, there is two options you can choose' Calyx said as he went back to his sit and leaned back

Lilliane was intrigued of what those options are her eyes seems to be having hope at the same time she's not confident if it's a good one

'first option, I can give you more time..but there will be interest of 5%'

'5% is still a lot, but it can be doable...but it won't be enough' Lilliane mumbled, trying to think the possibilities

'the second option is for your father to work for me for free until he is debt free, those are your two options'

Lilliane seems to be in deep thoughts 'first option seems to be doable but the 5% interest can be a hindrance even if it's me and dad working for it' Lilliane carefully thinks this through, she breaths in and breaths out 'Sir Calyx if it's okay, give me more time to think about this, I have to speak to my father about this' she said nervously 'oh and, if you don-dont trust me...e-enough uhm' she added as she reaches out a card from her pocket and wrote down her personal info and handed it to Akira and to calyx 'This is my personal in-info' she added without knowing that they already had a background check on her,

Calyx looked at the card and looked back to Lilliane 'very well' he reaches out a business card and have it to Lilliane 'if you ever decided on what to do, do not hesitate to call' he said

Lilliane grabbed it and looked at it 'thank you Sir Rainarous' she realizes that she misspoken his name making Calyx dumfounded and Akira burst out laughing

Lilliane stood up immediately 'Im sorry Sir Rainerius I- im really sorry'

Calyx Pinches his imaginary nose bridge in disbelief 'Its alright' Miss Wistaria and Akira Williams, stop laughing, anyways you may leave' He said with a disadisfaction tone

As soon as Lilliane heard that she can leave she immediately grabbed her stuff and leaves

Moments later after Lilliane left Akira Seems to be laughing even more

'I can't believe this, when she was trying to talk to you earlier I can't help to notice she keeps staring on that forehead of yours' he said as he keeps laughing, he nearly even chocked on his own spit

'Shut up Aki, at least she looked at me while talking, she seems to be really frightened' He replied as he crosses his arms thinking

Akira wipes away his tears from laughing to hard 'well obviously have you seen yourself??? We can't even see your face and you're bald! Besides, the way you use your tone to her was very serious as if she actually done something bad' Akira said

Calyx Sigh and looked at the card that Lilliane gave, He grabbed it once again 'whatever, that's just how I speak okay?, can't blame me for having this kind of tone'

Akira scoff at his statement, he titls his head and leaned against the wall 'by the way I'm actually curious, why did you wait for so long to like I don't know look for the Wistaria family to pay up their debt?, usually you'll threatened the people who borrowed some money if they didn't pay in time, I mean like you've given enough time for the other people to pay off their debt but what did they do?, they also didn't respond, you gave them a lot of time to pay up but they didn't!, so why don't you do the same for this family?' he asked

Calyx puts the card to the table and leaned back on his chair, looking at the ceiling 'well remember that video from like 5 years ago?, in the hospital?' He responded

Akira frowns thinking what he meant and he somewhat remembered about that video on UTube before, he snapped his finger and points 'oh that video where that crazy guy was physically abusing that woman and calling her a bitch , what about it?'

'well, I actually met that Crazy Guy' Calyx said as he quoted the word 'Crazy'

Akira seems to be surprised and this is news to him 'wait you met him? Since when?' akira said with a shocking tone

'probably around 5 years ago, when that video got posted, I was on break on the other building and went to look around to check on my workers if everything was okay, and there I saw That 'Crazy' Man' Calyx replied he seems to be serious when he was talking about the man

'oh now I'm intrigued, so what was he actually crazy? Did he hit the female staff?' Akira seemed to be genuinely curious

Calyx Shook his head 'No quite opposite actually, he was desperate trying to ask for help, he probably saw the ads about my other business in borrowing money, at first I thought he was actually a crazy man but the more I looked at him he reminded me of well'

Calyx paused for a moment but soon afterwards He told the story about the man who was actually the Wistaria Family, Lilliane's father was only desperate because he wanted to file a lawsuit against his ex wife because of how she treated his daughter,he wanted to win against his ex wife and also to pay up the hospital fee of his beloved daughter, and to make his daughter live. Comfortable life in a comfortable home.

The more Akira heard the story the more he felt bad for Lilliane's father, since he was seen as a cruel man in the social media life hence to why the staff thought he was a dangerous man 'so that's why you gave them time to pay up but it's been 5 years since then, why did you start looking for them now?'

Calyx seems to not answer on Akira's question and he seems to be silence

Akira sigh and said 'dont tell me 'you forgo-'

Calyx suddenly stood up and unties his necktie 'yes I did forgot about it but that is o nly because I misplaced the contract we made 5 years ago and I just found it a couple of weeks ago'

This is when Akira and Calyx realizes that the possible reason of why Lilliane's father didn't answer the emails and messages was because of the sudden reminders about his debt been flooding his emails that he thinks it was a scam.

'Anyways I'll be going somewhere, message or call me when something happens' Calyx said and left his office

Afterwards It was turning night time Lilliane arrived at home having dinner with her father, talking about what had happened earlier

'dad! Who does he think he is! Especially those 4 men! Towering over me! They could've approached me normally!' Lilliane said as she rants on her dad

Her dad tried to calm her down 'Calm down Lilliane, it's my fault for not responding to their emails, if I knew it was them I could've'

Lilliane interrupted her father 'Dad! It wasn't your fault! It's them!, why just now?!, it's just so unfair!' Lilliane struggle to think straight but she tries to calm down 'anyways dad, you don't have to worry about this, since I'm not really working and..I'm barely making money to my small business, I will be the one who's going to take that job' Lilliane said confidentially

Her father choked on his water and was surprised on her statement, he doesn't want her to do the work but at the same time, maybe it's for the best he can still work and earn money for the family while her daughter works for free while still running her small business, maybe this is a good opportunity to have experiences

'even if I say no, you will just going to do it anyways, alright, but please, if anything happens tell me alright?' he said with a worry

Lilliane smiled 'dont worry dad I got this!' Lilliane responded trying to reassure her dad

After dinner and when they finished cleaning up, at Lilliane's bedroom

' the moment Lilliane is alone on her bed she immediately overthink

'What was I thinking?! Can I actually do this!?, what if I make a mistake and they don't like me!?, what should I do!, I don't think I can do this after all' with this she couldn't sleep well

The next day

Lilliane finally decided but...one thing he needs to do, if she will either call or text the phone number.

What happens next, will Lilliane takes a phone call or text

Lilliane held on to her phone, looking at the screen, thinking on what to do

'Maybe I'll just message them, I'm more confident in texting than phone calls' Lilliane said to herself

Minutes has passed, she finally hit send and placed down her phone, she felt really nervous on what the respond may be. She jumped around, flapping her arms and hands. Her father saw what she was doing, he wasn't judging her rather he was concerned about her daughter

'Well, I'm going to work Lilliane message or call me when something happens or you're going out' her father said

'okay, take care love you dad!' Lilliane responded and smiled

Her father smiled back and nodded his head and soon afterwards he left the house

A moment of silent when Lilliane's phone lit up, it was a reply from the company

'Good day Miss Lilliane De Las Wistaria, we have read your Message and we would like to have an interview via phone call' Lilliane stopped reading the text message as soon as she read the phone call

She freezes up and couldn't comprehend anything, suddenly her phone begun to rang, she wasn't prepared for the interview but she answered it anyways

Moments later the interview finally finished, Lilliane surprisingly did well during the interview, there may be mistakes here and there but she got the job

'even if I'm just working for free, this is a good opportunity to write it in my resume' Lilliane said to herself, she messaged her father about the good news that she will start by next week from now on.

She also decided to video call her closest friend

*Ring ring* Her friend answered

'Lilly! It's been a while OMG how you been!?' Her friend said excited to finally talk to her again after 2 days

'Girl, This is bad! And you won't believe what just like happened yesterday!' Lilliane said with a nervous tone

'Lilly, calm down and tell!' her friend said with a curious yet smug look

Naya, Lilliane's friend basically her bestie was always there for her even back when they were highschool, she was the first person to approach Lilliane when they were students, She is called the social butterfly, she has a beautiful flawless dark skin, and a stunning cornrows hair that compliments her structure.

After a while they have talked a lot, Naya comforted Lilliane that she can do this, if she feels sad or agitated she can always call her Lilliane said the same thing to her, they got each other's back even if they live far to each other when all of a sudden

'Lilly, in 3 days wanna hang out?' Naya said

lilliane being confused 'what do you me- wait are you saying that you're going to come over here!?' realizes that Her friend Naya will visit her hometown

Naya nodded in excitement 'Mhm!'

The two ladies were finally excited to meet once again after a year of not seeing each other in person

'oh I'll tell you Lilly, when we meet there's still a lot of things we can talk!' Naya said with a smirk

Lilliane rolls her eyes playfully and smiled 'well I'm excited for that, it's actually better to talk in person anyways than calls or messages' as she laughs

Lilliane seems to be at ease when she talked to her friend, As if all of her worries vanished from thin air, all she can think now is what they will do once they meet

They've talked to each other for 2 hours, they mostly talk about how life were, how Lilliane's business been up to, they had fun talking to each other

'Alright Lilly I should probably go now, I should get ready for class' Naya said

'well alright, then I'll see you in 3 days Lilliane responded with a smile

Naya playfully clicks her tongue and winks 'Yes, see you in 3 days Lilly, who knows maybe I'll find you a boyfriend' Naya said with a laugh

Lilliane was dumbfounded of what Naya has said and felt shy 'Naya you Bi- screw you naya' she said with a pout

They joke around for Abit and finally the video call ended

Lilliane stood up and stretched her body 'well then that's over, better to pack some orders' Lilliane said to herself

Few moments later Lilliane realizes that she forgot to grab some tape and some boxes for her business 'damn it because of those thugs, I couldn't even buy the things I was supposed to buy' She sign and got herself ready to go out

When she arrived the city some people were looking at her, Lilliane didn't realize that the video that the people took yesterday has gone viral especially the city, Lilliane ignored them but she's still anxious because eyes are looking at her

She decided to sit down and browse through her phone and saw the viral video 'what is this, why would people do something like this' she thought feeling sad yet she's very mad that people do this for views. She sigh and just ignored it she knew that it will die down eventually and continued at what she is supposed to do.

When Lilliane started to mind her business she bumped into someone

The person stopped saying 'watch where you're going ' and continued to walk. Lilliane felt Abit of a pain on her shoulder, it was a hard bump 'people really just doesn't apologize when they bump into someone's Lilliane thought and realizes she looked at the person she bumped into because his voice was familiar but he already left.

Fast forward of the day, It's already been 3 days, finally Lilliane is able to meet her best friend!

Lilliane tried to doll herself up 'hmm..I feel like this is to much' she said to herself while looking in a mirror, it feels like she's there to have some fun 'i mean knowing Naya, I'm sure that we're going to a pub or a nightclub' She said as she sigh

'Dad! I'm off, I probably won't be able to have dinner, I'm sorry' Lilliane said being guilty of not being there for him

Her dad chuckled and pats her head reassuring her that he will be fine, and she should go and have fun with Naya 'Just be safe okay?, tell Naya I said hi' Her father said smiling

Lilliane hugged him 'thanks dad, you are the best! Love you!' she said with a smile

Her dad hugged her back and let's go 'just be careful alright?'

Lilliane nodded and walked away closing the door and left the house

A few minutes later, Lilliane finally arrived her destination, there Naya was waiting for her

'Naya!' Lilliane yelled grabbing Naya and some other bystanders attention as they look at Lilliane's way

Naya waves happily as Lilliane walked fast towards Naya

They finally hugged each other , squeezing in each other's arms 'Seriously Lilly how are you? God I miss you so much!' Naya said

Lilliane chuckled 'What? Didn't we just talked yesterday' Lilliane responded as she try to tease Naya

Naya flicked Lilliane's forehead softly 'u lil bitch, not that! I meant seeing you in person!' Naya said as she frowned

Lilliane gasp because Naya called her a bitch 'oh gosh, I can't believe you called me a bitch!'

Moment of silent and suddenly they burst into laughter

The two ladies keeps on mocking around, teasing each other but of course they knew that everything they said the 'insult' isn't even an insult rather they were just playful

As they walk Naya suddenly said 'By the way I saw this club around this corner wanna go there?'

Naya showed the image of the club making Lilliane feel interested 'that seems lovely!, I've never been into any clubs before' Lilliane confesses

Naya was surprised about the sudden confession 'are you for real?, even when you became an adult??' Naya asked

lilliane looked at Naya, as she is very dead serious for not going into one, she wasn't really interested, even in having a lover, she wasn't interested at all

Naya was taken a back and she held Lilliane's hand 'tonight, I'm so going to find you a man and let you go have fun'

Lilliane just keep blinking not knowing what she meant by that 'Okay' As she just agreed to what she said

The two ladies went in the club, the club seems to be crowded there are people who looked really pretty and it seems people are really having fun

Lilliane looks around anxious but thanks to Naya being there, she feels at safe

'do you wanna grab a drink? A shot? Tequila? gin? Vodka?' Nala keep asking alcohol

'uhh, I don't know?.I've never drink any alcohol before, I might not like it' Lilliane said with a frown

Nala sigh 'seriously Lilliane you're to pure for this world, I guess I'll just grab you a mocktail for now just sit wherever you want! Wait over there!' Nala pointed at one of the vacant seat near the toilet area

Lilliane nodded and walked towards it, she just sat down looking down playing with her fingers, she waited for Nala

Lilliane finally looked around checking at the other people on what they are doing until she saw a bunch of people circling around at one particular person , she squinted her eyes to see who is the person that's quite popular among the people here

She wanted to get closer because she's nervous but at the same time she's very curious, Lilliane stood up and walked closer trying to avoid the people that was dancing and talking, when she was closer she finally saw who the person that's attracting the attention, she was surprised.

The moment she saw the person, her eye widened 'it can't be...he looks like'

He was handsome, almost like a prince, his eyes looks like a ruby, and his skin is pale as snow white but 'his hair color...if his hair color is like a beautiful silver, he would've looked just like the prince from the book Dad was reading to me'....

The moment the music stopped playing the man suddenly burst out laughing, everyone near the man stopped talking and looked at him 'are you serious?' He said to a girl next to him, his nice gentle deep voice sounded familiar, it was the man who bumped to her 3 days ago, and not only that he sounded like.

Lilliane flinches 'he somewhat sounded like Sir Rainarius' she thought as she went to the man without thinking, trying to go near the man, she wanted to speak with him the other people seems to be annoyed on what she's doing.

Suddenly when Lilliane got really close to the man, their eyes met, the man smiled at her?, unsure

'Sir Rainerius?' she didn't even realized that she called out the name, the man was confused why she called him that 'Sorry?' he said as the other people laughed at Lilliane for calling him the name of the CEO , since the CEO is bald, and ugly

Lilliane covers her mouth feeling embarrassment she steps back 'i-im sorry I' She breath's heavily because of how people keep staring, laughing at her, the man noticed it and gets up from his seat 'Hey guys, give her some space will ya?' he said feeling annoyed he clicks his tongue, he carefully try to reach out to Lilliane and places his hand to her shoulder, making her flinch, Lilliane ran away making her drop her wallet, she ran back to her seat where she was supposed to be.

People around her just started to have fun again music blasts music partying as if there's no tomorrow

Some people tried to approach Lilliane asking if she's alright, if she's alone 'im okay, just waiting' that's what she always respond to them

Naya finally went to Lilliane 'Jeez there's to many people It went way to long to finally get our-' Naya stopped as she saw Lilliane looking down feeling agitated, being confused Naya places the drink on the table and sat besides her

'whats wrong?' Naya asked, concerned to her friend she wrapped her with her arms as she pat her shoulder

Lilliane just shook her head 'oh I'm fine, don't worry about it' she said as she looks at Naya and smiled

Naya didn't ask any more knowing that Lilliane won't tell her about it, she's been like that ever since they were in highschool, Lilliane doesn't really open up what she's thinking

'well here, drink up! We're here to have fun remember? Come on!' Naya grabbed the mocktail and gave it to Lilliane

she looked at the Mocktail and grabbed it 'this looks interesting,what is it?' Lilliane asked smelling the mocktail

'oh well that's Piña colada, try it you like sweet drinks anyways!' Naya said excited to see how she will react

Lilliane tries the drink, surprisingly she actually liked it alot! 'this is actually good!' she said as she keeps drinking it

'hah! Now we're talking! Come on!' Naya said as she held Lilliane's hand and stood up

The two ladies went to the dancefloor while holding their drinks, Lilliane still seems to be awkward but she just sway her body

After a while Lilliane finally lets go of the tension and tried drinking alcohol, she really liked it and drank some more making her tipsy

30 minutes has passed Naya looked at Lilliane

'so anyone you interested in?, I'm so going to let you guys talk to each other' Naya said

Lilliane rolls her eyes 'come on, stop teasing me, I don't have anyone that's interesting, or interested' she said as she drink her cocktail

Naya chuckled 'so do you have a type? Or you have someone you like?' Naya said with a curious look

Lilliane thought for a moment but it seems she wasn't really interested at all, Naya facepalmed 'are you serious Lilliane? No one at all?? Even idols or actors????'

Lilliane shrugged and stood up, now that she's Abit drunk it seems that she doesn't care about the world anymore, she doesn't feel shy at all 'dont worry about that Naya and let's just dance!'

Naya widened her eyes seeing her best of friend acting this way, she laughed and messaged Lilliane's father about this 'Uncle Jun your daughter is acting a little bit weird, don't worry I'll take care of her'

At Wistaria's home

Lilliane's father saw the message he was a little worried but seeing her daughter having fun is what matters to him the most 'im not worried Naya, as long as you're there for her I won't worry' He replied as he continued in working

Back to the club

Lilliane heard one of the song called 'piece of me by Britney spears'

Lilliane started to dances even more and a little bit provocative, the people around them watches Lilliane because of it, cheering on her taking videos of her, Naya was also cheering for her, clapping her hands

However the man from earlier the person whom Lilliane thought it was the CEO checked on her as he watches her not realizing Lilliane saw him

Lilliane smirked as she walks slowly towards him grabbing his hand as she continues to dance he was taken a back from it, thankfully he didn't mind it at all, and danced with Lilliane

Naya looked at the man and smirked 'oh, I think I found a man for Lilliane, he's quite handsome actually he seems to be the most handsome here' she said to herself

Moments later the song ended but the guy didn't let Lilliane go

Lilliane seems to be out of it as she place her hand to the man's cheek 'you bumped to me and never even apologized, you bad handsome man.....what is your name?'

The man smirked as he got close to Lilliane 'Cedric, remember that and..im so sorry for bumping into you' Lilliane seems to be lost in thoughts

'your voice...seriously sound like sir Raineri..us' she squinted her eyes and she seems to be falling asleep because of how drunk she is

Naya noticed and went to where Cedric is 'oh so sorry about my friend I hope she didn't cause any discomfort' Naya keeps staring at Him

Cedric releases Lilliane from his arms and stepped back 'oh no it's alright to be honest, your friend was the star of this club if I would say so myself' Cedric said with a chuckle but he looked smug

'oh yeah haha, it actually surprised me too, well I hope you enjoy the rest of your evening err' Naya seemed stumped since she doesn't know his name

'Cedric' He said as grab a pack of smokes

'ah right, well enjoy the rest of your evening Cedric' Naya smiled as she try to carry Lilliane

Cedric smiled as she keeps looking at Lilliane 'alright take care of yourself and Lilliane' He went back to his table and seems to be he was having 'fun' with the people around him

After that, Naya let Lilliane go home and left her place afterwards

When Lilliane's father placed her to her bed, Lilliane seems to be dreaming about the story of what her father read. The boy who ran away from home and disappeared.

Meanwhile at a hotel

Cedric was sitting down on the edge of the bed while a woman was sleeping behind him

'Lilliane....' Cedric kept looking at Her Wallet, his heartbeat was beating fast, as the image of Lilliane inside his head keeps popping out, especially when Lilliane was dancing to him

Cedric puts on clothes as he left the hotel room

On the next day, what will happen next