Pleasure To Be The Menace! [2.Suffocated by expectations]

[Chapter 2]

Celeste Nyx Delacroix[Mother]

Go upstairs. Change. We have a dinner tonight. And try to act like an Delacroix once

~Solis's POV~

"In the name of love"

A novel from my previous life which was a flop

Where the female lead

Irene

fells in love with the male lead Loire

and they get married

The story ends

But that wasn't all

The novel was flop because of the cringe name and the novel trailer lines

It was actually a very dark novel

The female lead was raised to be a $ex slave by her uncle

The night when she was being sold in an auction

The male lead Loire and the second male lead Jase

Rescued her

Well after that it was pretty chilling romantic healing

But then something happened that made the fandom mad

When the female lead turn out to be two faced

Choosing the cold aloof male lead Loire

Instead of the gentle and I'm always here for u Jase

She broke Jase's heart brutally calling him someone not worthy of her just because he wasn't the head of his house

But all hell break loose

when Jase reached out to his older sister

For comfort

The villainess of the novel

Celeste

She wasn't the villainess because of some cliché sh*t like 'she like the ml but the FL and ML got together, I'll remove FL from his life'

She was the oldest child, with a calm, cold, unapproachable and no nonsense demeanor

Seeing tears in the eyes of her younger brother was something she can't tolerate

So she tried to kill Irene

TRIED.

Cause if she really wanted to kill her Irene wouldn't survive

But the male lead twisted the scheme into something more

Celeste's Father disowned her

and yet she showed no emotion as she walked out

She feel nothing towards the man who have loathed and neglected her, her whole life

She abandoned the name Ortiz

She choose her own surname

A last name and decided to make her own legacy

DELACROIX

Raevyn Iblis Delacroix/Rhinedottir[FL]

/And I'm her child/

Raevyn Iblis Delacroix/Rhinedottir[FL]

/Raevyn Delacroix/

There's no mention of her having a daughter. This must be timeline after the story ends

~END OF HER POV~

The long dining table is set with perfection — polished silverware, crystal glasses, pristine plates. Rae takes her seat at the far end, Celeste at the other. Elias stands silently by the side, pouring wine for Celeste and water for Rae.

Raevyn was lost in her thoughts

Raevyn Iblis Delacroix/Rhinedottir[FL]

/This table could fit twenty people. But it’s just us. Figures./

A maid brings in the first course. Rae picks up her fork slowly, aware of Celeste’s gaze even from all the way down the table.

Celeste Nyx Delacroix[Mother]

You didn’t change out of your clothes before dinner.

Raevyn Iblis Delacroix/Rhinedottir[FL]

Didn't feel like it...

Celeste Nyx Delacroix[Mother]

*cold* You ‘don’t feel like’ doing a lot of things. Schoolwork. Proper etiquette. Respecting this household.

Raevyn Iblis Delacroix/Rhinedottir[FL]

*Forces a smirk*

Raevyn Iblis Delacroix/Rhinedottir[FL]

Guess I’m consistent then.

Celeste’s eyes narrow slightly.

Celeste Nyx Delacroix[Mother]

<Note- She have red eyes>

Celeste Nyx Delacroix[Mother]

That isn’t something to be proud of. You’re not a child anymore, Rae. You’re fifteen. Old enough to understand responsibility

Raevyn Iblis Delacroix/Rhinedottir[FL]

Funny. In this house, I’m treated like a child when it’s convenient, and an adult when it’s time to blame me.

A tense silence. Celeste sets down her wine glass.

Celeste Nyx Delacroix[Mother]

Perhaps if you acted like you had worth, people wouldn’t see you as a disappointment.

The fork freezes midway as Rae lowers it down on plate. She freezes. The sting from her words cuts straight through — not loud, but deep.

Raevyn Iblis Delacroix/Rhinedottir[FL]

...

Raevyn Iblis Delacroix/Rhinedottir[FL]

...Got it

She forces a bite into her mouth, but the food tastes like ash. Her eyes stay fixed on the plate, her back straight, masking the weight in her chest.

Elias Lin[Celeste's Assistant]

/She didn’t even argue. Usually she would snap back. Why… does it feel off tonight?/

After the main course, Rae pushes her plate away. She stands, giving a stiff little bow to Celeste

Raevyn Iblis Delacroix/Rhinedottir[FL]

Thank you for the meal, Mother.

Celeste Nyx Delacroix[Mother]

You barely ate *Doesn't look at her*

Raevyn Iblis Delacroix/Rhinedottir[FL]

*a thin smile*

Raevyn Iblis Delacroix/Rhinedottir[FL]

Guess I wasn’t hungry for what was being served.

She walks out, her footsteps steady, head high. Only when she turns the corner out of sight does she exhale sharply, swallowing against the lump in her throat.

Raevyn Iblis Delacroix/Rhinedottir[FL]

/Phew that was suffocating/

[LATER THAT NIGHT]

In her room, Rae sits cross-legged on her bed, staring at her hands. They’re steady — always steady — but her chest feels heavy.

She grabs a pillow and hugs it tight, pressing her face into the fabric to stop the tears from falling.

Raevyn Iblis Delacroix/Rhinedottir[FL]

/She doesn’t have to love me. But does she have to remind me every time that she doesn’t?/

Raevyn Iblis Delacroix/Rhinedottir[FL]

/And I was a fool for being excited that I've a mother in this life/

Raevyn Iblis Delacroix/Rhinedottir[FL]

/Lucifer scammed me/

She lies down, eyes wide open in the dark. Not broken — she doesn’t break. But there’s a hollow ache she can’t shake off.

[To. Be. Continued]

This is the beginning

A story of a teenager and a woman

A teenager who is trying to be a daughter that she never was

A woman who is trying to be the mother she never had