
"Miss, master Duke is asking you to come with him to the royal palace now" said a servant respectfully
Tia who just woke up from her sleep immediately frowned unhappily, because this is still very early in the morning maybe even the chefs just started preparing ingredients for cooking or they still think what menu will be served. But even so, Tia was still getting ready, because it was the order of the Duke who raised her.
After half an hour of preparing, Tia and the Duke immediately set out for the palace along the way the two did not speak at all and there was none until they finally arrived at the royal palace.
"Tia, you go play to the crown prince's palace,"
"Father still has business with the king's majesty and remember not to embarrass the name of Shavonne" said the Duke coldly only in reply to a nod and farewell greetings by Tia
"He turned out to bring me here just to get me close to the crown prince,"
"It's no wonder he asked me to come along this early in the morning, it's not so obvious," muttered Tia with an annoyed look at the figure of the back of the middle-aged man who had walked away leaving himself at the door
"Miss, what's so early in the morning you're angry?" asked a man from behind Tia in a soft tone
Listening to the familiar voice from behind, Tia immediately turned her head towards the back and saw the figure of the long brown-haired Monocle glasses man with a gentle smile towards him.
"You... Why are you here?" tia asked with a surprised look and immediately stepped back a few steps
"Of course it's because I work here, and shouldn't I be the one asking that question to the lady?" lucas said with a gentle smile to Tia who was in front of him
"Don't call me miss, call me Tia, because it sounds like I'm oppressing people lower than my family" Tia said with a sigh of fatigue
Tia was feeling unlucky in the morning, as she had to deal with exhausting things and had nothing to do with her.
"It's not good to sigh like that in the morning, you'll get hit by shit,"
"It's better to let me guide you around the palace, so that later you can meet me when you miss me," Lucas said with a gentle smile and without permission to hold Tia's hand
"That's not going to happen, because I've decided not to have a fiancee or a life partner,"
"Even if it has I think it is also without love, because everything is just a formality for political interests," said Tia with a cold gaze and did not look hopeful
This time Tia despite being held suddenly, this time she did not refuse or get angry at all, as he thought it might be better that way for now Whereas Lucas pretended not to listen to that pitiful remark and directly guided Tia from the palace corridor all the way to the garden and the greenhouse royal palace.
"Tia, how does it feel to be guided by me around the royal palace?" asked Lucas with a gentle smile
"It was quite pleasant I admit, at least it could fill my free time waiting," Tia replied with a faint smile
After the reply from Tia the atmosphere between the two became silent and awkward. Suddenly Lucas saw a flower petal in Tia's hair he decided to pick it up, Tia who did not know what the male figure was doing was just silent and closed her eyes, because the distance is getting closer.
"You're a bitch," Tia said resentfully and turned the other way with a flushed face
"Tia, you said you didn't want to get married or get engaged, because it was all without love, right?"
"What if I could make you fall in love with me? Do you want to accept me? Because I really, really love you so much and it's never gonna change me,"
"It's not just a sweet greeting that I can hold," Lucas said with a serious look and confidently clasped Tia's hand
"Everyone was so at first in the end they betrayed that person, and it's better that you never get in touch with me at all, because I'm a girl with a bad reputation,"
"Near me you can be affected," said Tia who still did not turn her head at all to the origin of the voice
After the words Tia said, the atmosphere between the two of them was so quiet that Tia was convinced that in the end the man might give up on her and would slowly disappear in front of her.
"What's wrong with having a bad reputation? The words of others also do not mean you are also really as said,"
"But, even if it's true that you're bad, even if it's Tia, I'll stay by your side," lucas said loudly and immediately hugged Tia without warning making Tia involuntarily shed her tears as if the speech was really sincere it was the answer she had been looking for all this time
Tia cried in Lucas' arms for half an hour and her eyes became swollen, she did not know why she could cry with relief in Lucas' arms.
"Easy relieved? I may indeed be just a royal court civil servant, but remember I will always be there for you,"
"As much as possible I will make you understand slowly sincere love and there is no need to rush to accept me," lucas said as he stroked Tia's head, which was now in Lucas' arms
Tia felt that the god might be laughing and playing tricks on her, because when she wished for none of the attention she got even she ended up living in suffering. But this time when he no longer wanted to hope something, but he was given a sincerity that he still could not accept directly. Tia's feelings became mixed after the glasses man Monocle's figure gently and patiently watched her slowly and precious.
"Tia, it's lunchtime, now,"
"Will you have lunch with me? Of course we ate at one of the city square restaurants,"
"Have you never eaten outside?"
"Yes, I've never eaten out before,"
"Then go on a date with me, I'll take you to see a lot of places that you've never seen,"
"Let's go,"
Rejects The Prince And Becomes The Aide's Fiance