Daddy, Please Marry Mommy! - Chapter 1 - Masked Halloween

Introduction:

Name: Liana Ashfield Age: 19 Identity: Heiress to the Ashfield Group and Walter Ashfield's only daughter Hobbies: reading, painting, extreme sports Motto: Everyone deserves a second chance

Name: Cassian King Age: 21 Identity: CEO of King Enterprises and head of the Dragon Gang Hobbies: working (and respectfully stalking-, I mean, looking out for his (future) wife)

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Keith Ashfield

Lia, you're spacing out.

My brother snapped me out of my daydream as I leaned off of the wall and looked right at him.

Liana Ashfield

Do you have to scare away every eligible bachelor at this party from asking me to dance?

He smiled.

Keith Ashfield

It's my job to look out for you, little sis.

Keith was my stepbrother, but he took being my brother very seriously.

Ever since my mother left me when I was 2 and my father remarried three years later, Keith and I have been inseparable.

We were raised together like real siblings, so I don't tend to correct anyone when they call him my brother, not my stepbrother.

But sometimes... he's a little protective.

Something that he gets from my father, somehow.

Keith Ashfield

If you see someone that you like, make sure to tell me or Dad, okay?

Oh, so that you can threaten him to go abroad indefinitely?

Liana Ashfield

Sure, I'll be sure to let you know.

Keith smiled, and even through his mask, I could see his serious gaze.

Tonight was a masquerade ball, hosted by my father's legacy, the Ashfield Group.

It was in honour of Keith's mother, who unfortunately died five years ago. Keith is still getting over it.

She was kind to me as well, not like those other stepmothers in novels and television series.

She considered me to be her daughter, and I called her Mom.

Liana Ashfield

Are you okay?

Keith Ashfield

...

Keith Ashfield

Yes, I'm fine. As long as I keep you safe, I'm happy.

My father and brother have both experienced loss in their life, and I seem to be the only thing that they still have.

And their grip around me is tight.

Keith Ashfield

Also, you don't need to worry.

Keith Ashfield

About the raffle dance, I bribed the raffler to call out my name when you come up.

It was tradition for all the ladies to dance with a partner drawn from the raffle.

Men spent money on tickets, which were put in the raffle.

Me, being single and very much eligible, this was the one chance every year where someone could approach me without my father or brother breathing down their necks.

And every year, my brother and father bribed the raffler to call out one of their names.

Liana Ashfield

Again?

Keith Ashfield

Yes. I couldn't have you dancing with someone we can't control.

Liana Ashfield

"We"? So Dad is in on this too?

Keith Ashfield

Liana...

Liana Ashfield

No, this isn't fair. You can't keep me from meeting other guys forever, you know.

Keith Ashfield

It's not that. We just worry about you dating someone... from this class.

That's BS. They wouldn't let me date anyone, period.

No, today is the day that I put my foot down.

Liana Ashfield

I'm going to the bathroom.

Keith Ashfield

I'll wait outside for you-

Liana Ashfield

No, you're going to weird out the other girls.

Liana Ashfield

It's just over there, I'll be back as soon as I can.

I picked up the skirts of my midnight blue gown and walked towards the bathroom corridor, only to continue straight down to the raffle room.

I walked in, and found the small box with my name on it.

I opened it up and sure enough, there were only ticket stamps with my father's and brother's name.

I walked to the bin and found the other participants who had been thrown out and picked them out one by one before replacing them back into the box.

I took all of my brother and father's tickets and threw them out instead.

I'm sorry, Keith. I'm sorry, Dad.

But your little Lia is being rebellious.

-End of Chapter 1-

Misty Plume

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