
Tia flinched when she saw someone patting her on the shoulder slowly. His eyes twitched, looking at who the person before him was.
“Nona Tia, what are you doing here?”
“Ha --rith?”
That person was Harith, Tia quickly corrected her position. He just remembered that last night he read a novel in the library, and fell asleep there. “Gosh, it turns out I was here all night,”
“You didn't sleep in your room?” Harith smiled slightly.
Tia shook her head slowly, “No.. I did intend to read the novel that night, but I was sleepy and overslept.
Harith laughed a little at Tia's behavior, “I want to go into the library to read Willberia's document, but I was quite surprised when I saw you were sleeping soundly on the table,”
“Then forget you saw me,” Tia took the novel that was on the table, and put it back on the bookshelf. “You want to see the documents right? please, I want to go first,”
“Um, Miss?”
“Ya?” Tia shakes her head.
“Your nose bleeds,”
Tia was surprised, she nimbly raised her head up, when she touched her philtrum, “Ko-kok can nosebleed like this?” he said slowly, even though he did not work too hard, although lately he felt dizzy, and a little tired.
“You okay?” Harith took out a handkerchief from behind her pants pocket, she helped wipe Tia's bleeding nose. “Let me help,”
“No need, I can do it myself,” Tia took over Harith's handkerchief and wiped her own nose. “I have to go back now... His handkerchief will I return tomorrow, thank you.”
Harith nodded, she waved her hand at Tia after the woman returned. Surprisingly, she felt funny by Tia's sudden act of falling asleep, and frantically saw something coming out of her nose.
...***...
“Nona!”
“Oh, emmm... Aria?” Tia hurriedly hid Harith's handkerchief in the pocket of her dress. He did not want to make Aria worry about him, “What's wrong?”
“Where the hell are you?”
“I... from the library,”
“Why don't you come back? mr. Duke..”
Tia then stared fixedly at Aria, “What's wrong with master Duke?”
“Master duke told me, if you have to meet someone,”
“When does he give you information?” Tia folded her hands, even the man last night did not say anything, the two of them were arguing instead.
“Tadi mornings,” replied Aria, “Where have you been Miss? last night I was looking for your security, and another room,” when Aria said that, obviously Adeis might find Tia in the library, but Adeis did not tell Tia where she was to Aria, because Adeis thinks Tia is already licensed with Aria.
“Actually I went to the library that night, I couldn't sleep. But, when reading novels, I fell asleep,”
“I instead missed the library space, because I think you will not be interested there,” said Aria, “You should prepare now, and meet with Mr. Duke,”
“Good.”
Tia put her mouth a little, she was a little upset why Adeis didn't tell her last night, did she perhaps just remember and decide to tell Aria?
The woman went into her room, and began to get ready to take a shower. After Tia took a bath, and finished her makeup, she immediately rushed off to Adeis's study. Aria said, usually when it is this afternoon, he is there, and will always be busy with his work.
After arriving at Adeis' room, Tia heard some people talking, Tia was afraid that she would make Adeis' guests disturbed by her presence.
GECK!
GECK!
“...?”
Tia was fixated for a moment, both eyes glanced at Adeis who was staring at him. This is not a joke, in the novel there is no scene like this. “Ro... se?”
“How are you doing, Tia?” The woman is none other than Rose, villain and play the real character in the original novel. Tia recalled the plan she had written down on a paper a few days ago, the plan she had carefully prepared, had to change because of Rose.
Is it because it's a hunting party, so Rose's coming? but, Rose's second meeting wasn't like this with Adeis.
“Nona duchess, sit next to me,” The person next to Rose is Violet, she wrapped her hands around Rose's arms, as if they were already that familiar. “Adeis call you, because your sister wants to meet with Miss,”
“Iya..” Tia was sitting next to Violet, her heart was somehow suddenly pounding.
“You're okay, my sister?” Rose suddenly clasped Tia's hands together. He gently rubbed the back of Tia's hand. “Me and Dad are very worried when you do not send a letter at all,”
Tia stared intently at Rose, it felt like she was striking her eyes, “Sorry, sister,” he said.
“Tia?”
“Ya?” Tia got up from her seat when Adeis called her, the man placed a letter stamped with Willberia's residence on his desk. “Those Calia plants I'm handing you,”
“Oh, really?” tia's eyes twinkled when received the letter, “Yang Noble, thank you very much,”
Adeis looked at him calmly, the man let out a long sigh and stared at Rose and Violet, “I'll let you guys talk for a while, I want to see the knight Terrion first,” as Adeis passes Violet, suddenly Violet clasped her hand. Tia stared at the scene, for some reason her heart was a little claustrophobic looking at Adeis who had not rejected Violet's touch at all.
“I want to talk four eyes first for a while,” said Violet smiling sweetly.
Adeis did not pester him, he instead stared at Tia, “Don't forget to finish the document immediately.”
“Ba - fine..” Tia nodded her head.
A moment after the two of them came out of the study, Tia and Rose were now there. Rose looked at her ungodly, Tia knew that Rose was going to be angry with her, “Women are shameless!” said slowly.
“How can you be here?”
Rose stood up from her seat, she gently rubbed Tia's face, “I entered as a guest. You are so evil, when you did not invite your family to attend a big celebration like this?”
“You have no right to set foot here, not even your father,” Tia brushed Rose's hand off violently. “You have always tortured me, locked me up, even your brothers secretly abused me. People like you don't deserve to beg me,”
“Built you!”
THE PLAQUE!
Tia staggered, the hard slap landed right on her right cheek, she felt the heat, “Do you not even know? every time they come home to my father's house, they're always talking vulgar things in front of me, touching my breasts, and saying that it's not on purpose, you're just like them, you're like them, you even pretended not to see the incident,”
Although Keira, or Tia now has not felt the direct abuse of her stepbrother, she still feels the pain and how the former Tia can survive in the environment of those people. Granted, they didn't rape Tia or anything like that, but they just did verbal abuse and just touched Tia's breasts, nothing more. In any case, such a thing must have made the original Tia depressed and could only resign.
Both of Tia's eyes were heating up, she was holding back her tears that wanted to fall, “Say, what are you doing here?”
“Damn it, I hate to hear your nonsense saying that our family is so bad in your eyes, when my father took care of you from childhood, I let you into my family,” Rose still let the tone intonation not rise. So that people outside do not hear their debates.
“Do you come here just want to see Adeis?” Tia said.
“What?”
“Fuck your actions saying that you miss me, you don't even have the slightest conscience,”
“Basic ****** --”
“If Adeis knows your true nature like this, I wonder what the reaction is. Are you not even afraid at all? If people find out that the Duchess's sister is so mean, what do they think?” Tia looked at him sharply. “Do not disturb our life.”
Tia left Rose alone in the room, her emotions stifled, if she had not held back her anger, she could have slapped even harder than Rose's slap. Merely, he still saw the current situation, it was not yet time for Tia to dismantle the original evil from Rose. At least if he succeeds in dismantling his crimes, the chances of Adeis being happy with Eleonora are still there.
At least, Tia wanted an end like that.