The Second Life Liliana
Chapters 30. Party invitations
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Max had prepared to wear his mask and he couldn't wait to deliver the invitation to Liliana.
"Your majesty, where are you going with that look?" Pierre wonder.
"Finding my fierce cat," Max replied with his goofy face.
"PFut...rearly cat?" Pierre stifles laughter hearing Max's nickname for Liliana.
"Pierre, don't make me emotional" Max stared intently at Pierre.
"I'm sorry, my majesty, but you can't leave now" Pierre recalled.
"Why not?!" ask Max jerking.
"Because His Majesty is calling you now" replied Pierre.
"Danish.." Max showed his disappointed face. The king's order made him unable to meet Liliana immediately.
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All the noble girls as well as the common people in the Istvan kingdom were made excited by the coming of the invitation from the palace to all the women in the kingdom. They could not wait to come to the open-air feast held in the royal palace of Istvan. The girls in droves wanted to meet and see firsthand the figure of the crown prince of Istvan kingdom.
An open party invitation to celebrate Maximilian's success in quelling human trafficking and his war to conquer other lands, also came in the Geraldine mansion.
Anya was the first to receive the invitation letter, she directly handed it to Adara. All day Adara was in his room with a state of lack of spirit and lack of sleep, it was because of the actions of Liliana who always scared him.
"Miss, I brought an invitation from the palace for miss!" Anya smiled broadly as she handed over the invitation letter with the royal stamp of Istvan inside the envelope.
Adara took the letter, she opened the letter carefully. Then he read it. "An open party?" Adara was stifled and confused to see it because it was not usual for the palace to hold an open party. Usually the ones who invite to the palace are only certain people, namely high-level nobles.
"Party open? Ms... why is the palace holding an open-air party?" ask Anya curious.
"Well, why are you asking me?" Adara is charming with a cynical voice. The mood is not good since Adaire's ghost always appears almost every night. He became more angry and sensitive.
"I'm sorry, miss" Anya said.
Miss is still like this. Anya stroked the chest patiently in the face of Adara's rude attitude.
To fix the feeling of my heart, how about I come to the party. All right, I'll just come.
"Him!" call Adara to her servant.
"Yes, miss?" ask Anya.
"Prepare the most luxurious dress that I have, I want to be the center of attention of everyone who is there, then.I want to wear my red diamond," said Adara with a smile.
"You mean the red diamond necklace?" Anya was a little stunned to hear it. Somehow his face became anxious when Adara brought up the red diamond.
The necklace is a relic of Miss Adaire, does it matter if Miss Adara wears it to the palace?
"Yes, I want to wear that, why? Are you going to forbid me to wear it?" Adara was already angry first, even before Anya explained.
"Miss.before I apologize for my presumptuous attitude. That necklace belongs to Miss Adaire, you better not wear it. Because the necklace is ad-"
PRAK!
Adara looks angry, she throws a vase of flowers at Anya. It looks like Anya's cheeks are scratched because of her actions. "No.miss.." Anya jerks at seeing Adara who is getting emotional.
Fractions of flower vases are on the floor.
His finger pointed at Anya's face while glaring, "Don't you ever mention the name of the dead man before me again! And that necklace is mine, not hers! Understood?"
The reason I killed him was for this. To have all of hers, then I must make use of her without anyone missing. No one can take my place in this house as the only miss of the Geraldine family. There can only be me, there can be no one else.
But Adara's thoughts may be wrong, because Adaire's death did not make Duke Geraldine pour out all her affection on Adara. In his heart there was always Adaire, his eldest son from the woman he loved so much. That morning the duke Geraldine looked sad as he recalled Adaire and his dead wife.
Guilt filled her heart when Adaire disappeared on a cruise ship while on her honeymoon. Duke Geraldine had already deployed people to search for Adaire, but there had been no results after 2 months of searching. Not a single bit did he put his suspicions on Adara or Arsen, as the Duke had great trust in those who could not possibly betray Adaire. Sometimes love can blind the eyes, maybe that's what's happening right now to Duke Geraldine who doesn't know the truth.
"Your majesty, are you sure you won't eat first?" jackson asked, the butler in the house worriedly.
"No, I'll set off right away" Duke Geraldine replied with a pale face and a feeble voice.
The king asked me to come to the main palace, what is it? Is this a problem with the crown prince? Did he make another move?
Duke Geraldine walked to the front of his house to the chariot leading to the palace to immediately fulfill the call of the King.
"Dad! I mean, your Highness the Duke.." call Liliana to Duke Geraldine who will ride the carriage.
The middle-aged man turned his head towards Liliana and stopped his steps. Liliana walked quickly up to him, while carrying a box of supplies for Duke Geraldine. "You can call me father, don't bother son," the man smiled a friendly smile at his lips.
Dad, actually I want to act like your daughter and call you dad. But I can't do it with this body, because this body is not my body.
"I'm sorry, your majesty, but I must be courteous to your majesty. Your Majesty, you must not miss breakfast. I make this for your majesty, as busy as any noble one, your majesty. If your majesty doesn't eat on time, your stomach ache will recur."
Duke Geraldine took the box, so she remembered the bitter thing for him.
#FLASHBACKS
"Dad! Wait for me dad!" Adaire ran into trouble with her fat body approaching her father.
Duke Geraldine stopped where she was, waiting for Adaire to run towards her. Adaire brought a box of supplies for her father who skipped breakfast in a hurry. "What's Adaire? I'm late and in a hurry,"
Adaire handed the box to her father. "Yet again I missed breakfast! Dad, as busy as you are. Dad should not miss a meal, if you do not eat on time, then your stomach ache can recur," Adaire explained to his father. Duke Geraldine smiled and patted Adaire's head affectionately.
#ENDFLASHBACKS
"How do you know that I like stomach pain when I eat late?" duke Geraldine asked in surprise.
"That's-I.that's actually from the late Adaire's letter, she once told me that-" Liliana suddenly fell silent.
I know everything about you, there's nothing I don't know about you.
"That's enough, thank you." said Duke Geraldine hurriedly into his carriage and left from there. Liliana was confused by duke Geraldine's attitude towards her. But he was happy because his father had brought the box and he would have eaten it.
Liliana went back inside the mansion, she saw Adara pacing around the living room by showing the invitation of the palace party.
"Girl, it's lucky to get a party invitation from the palace. Moreover, the chancellor himself who gave it directly," said Anya deliberately proud of the invitation letter of the party. Anya glanced at Liliana who happened to be passing by there. The girl only frowned, not understanding what Anya was talking about.
"Of course, I'm the daughter of an honorable Duke family and have pure noble blood. Unlike someone who only relied on my sister's name to stay here and obtain the title of nobility, "Adara said to Liliana with her cynical face.
It seems that he is still not satisfied with Adaire's ghost. All right, Adara, so you want to play with Liliana?
Liliana followed Daisy, walking over to Adara and Anya who were sitting on a chair. "Did I hear wrong?"
"Oh, what's wrong?"asked Adara with a grin.
"Yes something is wrong, I heard there is a word pure nobility there. As far as I know, you are not a pure noble," Liliana raised her eyebrows, looking at the smile that invited the woman to make a fuss.
Liliana's words, immediately made Adara stand up from the sofa she was sitting on. He stared hard at the woman. "W-What did you say?"
"Why? Am I wrong? Aren't you the noble son of the Duke and a servant? Do you still consider yourself pure? Hmh!" Liliana insulted the origin of Adara who was born an illegitimate child, the son of a servant.
Adara gripped her skirt in annoyance, she stared intently at Liliana and did not dwell on the scathing words of the woman. "You. how can-" Adara looked at the expression of Anya and Daisy who just knew that Adara was an illegitimate child.
Is Miss Adara a bastard? That means Miss Adara and Miss Adaire are not siblings?. Daisy.
"I told you I was a good friend and a close friend of Ms. Adaire, I know everything about this family, including you Miss Adara," Liliana pushed Adara's body slowly with her index finger. He smiled with satisfaction at the face of Adara who was pale because of his words.
"If you don't want me to expose this in front of everyone, you just shut up and be nice to me" Liliana whispered to Adara.
Adara trembled in fear and was upset made by Liliana.
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