Chapter II

I never liked over emotional movies, there was just something irritating about why they reacted to the situation they are in. But being pulled into a loving embrace felt different, they way she held me close and I could almost smell the morning breeze. It felt like home.

I held my mother tighter as she cried, she kept whispering my name as she pulled back to look at me. The love in her eyes was something I dreamed about seeing in they eyes of my loved ones in my previous life, I never hated my family but I did wish that they would have had the same affection.

I took a step back and wiped away my mothers tears, she held my hands against her cheeks as she shook her head. Her red locks were pulled up gracefully with a few jewels to decorate it, her emerald eyes kept staring deep into mine as she tried to calm herself down.

"I'm truly alright now mother." I smiled, stepping closer to give her a kiss on the head.

"I was so afraid..." she sobbed, pulling me back into a hug.

"There is nothing to be afraid off, I promised that I would never leave you." I whispered, waiting for her to calm down.

I looked up when movement caught my attention, the butler stood at the door with an unreadable expression.

"Madam it is almost time for breakfast and the young miss is not ready yet." he spoke up, bringing an end to the warm atmosphere.

"Yes, yes...you are quite right..." She stepped back, holding my face in her hands "...I'll see you downstairs for breakfast."

"I wouldn't miss it for the world." I agreed with a smile.

The maid that stayed behind helped me get dressed once everyone left my room, I decided to wear a plain green dress with my hair braided back. The little girl urged me to also put on a jacket to which I agreed reluctantly before following her down towards the dining room, the house was beautifully decorated with paintings and plants. The servants worked hard to keep the large windows clean from the tiniest speck of dust, a part of me felt really happy not to be part of the people that's cleaning this place.

Everyone bowed as we passed by them, some leaning towards one another as they whispered. The girl in front of me kept walking with her head held high, almost as if she's proud of the position she is in.

I was greeted with a very suffocating atmosphere when she opened the dining room door, at the head of the table sat my father with my brother on his right side and my mother on his left side. She patted the seat next to her and smiled at me, ignoring both my father and brother I went towards the seat with the maid following me closely behind.

The butler left my father's side to pull the chair out, I stared at it for a short second before sitting down. Looking up I stared straight into my brothers eyes, not showing any emotion as he sneered at me.

If I remember correct, my sister actually really liked this guy. She wouldn't stop complaining about how he wasn't chosen at the end and I can somewhat understand why she went on like that. What I remember correctly from the memories from the story is that he is surprisingly very tall and well-built, he has the same red hair as me with the exception of just golden eyes. For some reason he really despised me and I can't recall why, even the last memory I have before this owner left is about him laughing at her pain.

On that memory alone I have decided that I should stay away from him, I wouldn't even laugh if my siblings were being tortured...they were still my family through thick and thin.

Now that I think about it, he should be engaged to the youngest daughter of Marques De Louze. My sister never mentioned more than her existence to me, now that makes me really curious about who would even agree to be engaged to him. I turned my head back to study him, the scowl on his face growing deeper as he gripped the knife tighter.

"What is it?" he sneered at me

"It's just a pity." I shrugged before I started eating.

"What's a pity?" he hissed

I shrugged again and continued to eat, my mother tensed and moved closer to me. I can guess that my father would be looking at me but I couldn't care to look up at him, the thought of him caused this heart to scream in agony. She really did love her father and idolized him, she really went as far as to try to walk in his footsteps. It's a shame that she was born in this era, she would have done great in the modern era.

"The Prince will be visiting this afternoon."

I froze for a split second before I continued, having a full coarse meal was a blessing in disguise. I really don't need to know this prince's every move, I don't even care about how he might even spend his nights. I stopped eating as I couldn't even stop thinking of the possibility of him having all those sexual diseases that they didn't even know about in this era, I'm pretty sure that he played around with different woman even while he was engaged to me and only changed when he fell in love.

"That's a shame." I snorted softly

Imagine me waking up extra early just to get ready for him, that is not going to happen while I'm here.

"Thank you for breakfast, it was great to see you mom. If you'll excuse me, I do have to leave now. I'll see you for tea again." I smiled sweetly, giving my mother a kiss on the cheek.

"See you later my darling." she smiled up at me.

I left without another glance at my father and brother, the maid that brought me to the dining hall ran to catch up with me. Now that I think about it, I'm pretty sure that she is one of my brothers trusted maids. I stopped and took a closer look at her, we're about the same height so I didn't need to struggle to look either up or down at her. She has golden hair and blue eyes, light freckles covered her tiny nose. She looked like the girl next door, a beauty that you wouldn't notice unless you really look at it.

"How long have you been taking care of me?" I smiled, leaning my head to the side as I studied her.

"Excuse me miss?" she squeaked in surprise

"How long have you been taking care of me?" I repeated, making sure to keep my smile in place

"For about a month miss."

So she came just when I decided to start learning, quite a coincidence if you think about it.

"My brother must like you a lot." I whispered

"Excuse me miss?"

I just gave her a smile before I started walking again, I hate having to repeat myself and I just have a feeling that I will be doing that a lot with her. I will definitely need to find someone else who can stand next to me, someone who will not easily be persuaded by money. I sighed as I strolled around th garden, loving the fast scenery of the nature and enjoying the sound this little maid was making at her attempt of keeping up with me.

I hummed a tune as I strolled through the garden, taking my time to take note of every area that will be able to aid me with an escape if the second try for a study approval failed. Now that I think about it, I'm sure that if I ask permission from my grandfather I'll be able to go without trouble.

The downside of running to my grandfather is that this already non existing relationship with my father and brother might just completely disappear, not that it will matter really. The thing is that if I want to move to a different country I will need to get into this college, I need to meet someone who will create a global shipping contract. The same way the female lead did when she needed to escape her brothers clutches. I think that the rest of the male leads found her just as the guy was about to set sail on his first trial, the plus side for me is that he's not a capture target. The down side is that I have no idea how he looks like and that is going to make it harder for me, at least I think he was the one that spilled a drink on the female lead just as she entered the hall.

So the plan is as follows: meet father and get his permission to attend that élite college; find the guy that spilled the drink on the female lead; make friend with him and make him create the global trading quicker; make sure the female lead doesn't board the ship that will send me to a safe haven.

All this will be easier to do if I had someone I could trust completely, so I placed on a bright smile as I stopped and turned to my brothers little dog.

"Miss?"

"You have the day off." I stated, indicating for her to leave.

"Excuse me miss?"

O not again! Heaven help me!

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