NEMESIS

that everyone should obey and follow

Her hands were holding many books, she got much more free time and that was great. The Orphic allowed her to take one to two days off without any further information and yes, that was heavenly. Her feet dragged her to a large garden with a nice view. There were so many flowers in different colors — everything was so perfect there.

“Reading again, Miss Giuliana?”

Her head turned, and found Sebastian smiling with a tray of tea and refreshments. “ Yes, of course. What kind of activity should I do when I'm on a day off?”

Strolling around, buying nice clothes or eating a pretty cake? It sounds so. . but no, she can get everything in here.

If she wanted nice clothes, then she could get them all just with one call away then the manager would came all way around for her.

Eating pretty cakes? Well, if she must say she can get all of that — she can just order her chefs.

Life was that simple and way too. . easy.

“Why don't you go to an equestrian club just like you used to?”

She was stunned, “I didn't find anything interesting in there.”

Sebastian, who knew that perfectly, just smiled and put down the tray on her table without saying anything. Simply, it is because that matter was a personal matter and he must stay out of it.

Except he wanted his masters to chop off his neck.

“You know perfectly, that in this world we won't be with the one we wanted so much. Everything in this life was arranged and that included me.” The Orphic was strict, they had etiquette, rules that everyone should follow, and for orders they should obey — so she stopped for something she already knew perfectly that was impossible.

“No, Miss.” he refuted, “You are one of the elite ranks of The Orphic, you certainly have the opportunity to vote with whoever you want.”

No.

The board would not approve, especially because he was different from her — he was totally cute and so attractive, but they were different.

It was so stressful, so sometimes enjoying time like this is very valuable for him. “Stop it, I want to enjoy my free time by relaxing and reading this baby.” He pointed to the pile of books he had just bought a while ago.

He resigned himself, leaving her alone because of not wanting to disturb her lady and getting angry because she was interfering with breathing next to him — also giving him space to enjoy it all, knowing full well that later on he wouldn't have any leisure time like that.

But it turns out that now he can no longer enjoy his time, it's a pity. “Why?” she sighed desperately, disliking the sudden arrival of one of the councilors of The Orphic to Darcio's residence uninvited and what made her even more lazy, the one coming to her was Mason Lorelai — the uncle of the man she hated so much, Theodore Lorelai. “Why does he want to see me all the time, it will create new problems for me.”

Her whimpering was too loud, causing Sebastian to shake his head as he massaged his forehead slowly. “Miss Giuliana, it's not polite to refuse to see him — not after he is coming for you.”

Sebastian had to do his best to get his lady to meet with a council that came from the strongest ruling family, as much as she could not to offend Mason Lorelai or something bad might happen to her.

It wasn't going to be easy and he knew very well, because he remembered the last time Mason had complimented and gave a clue as if Giuliana was his favourite, Theodore threatened her without hesitation — he even strangled her and gave her a hard slap on the cheek to put her in her place.

“I'm not afraid of Theodore Lorelai, I feel sorry for him — he tried so hard to be liked by his uncle, only to end up seeing his uncle favor another person that turned out to be his nemesis. It was the worst feeling.”

“It's a reality that's hard to accept, like a pill to swallow, even if it's hard.” He replied quietly, looking like he didn't want to care “You could, careless and for now, please come with me — you should change your outfit first.”

After changing his casual clothes into formal clothes, he walked towards the back garden — where Mason was waiting for him with his accomplices. I don't know what brought him here because it was his day off, but he still had to wear formal clothes to meet him. “Afternoon, Giuliana.” Mason greeted her warmly, “care to have lunch with me?”

Oh my, just what he wanted from her?

Why didn't he make it easier for her and just kill her already?!

"Darcio's garden was absolutely stunning, just like rumors I had heard." Mason complimented her garden, and she didn't know how to respond. "It must be refreshing to have lunch in a beautiful garden like this every day."

It is.

"Indeed," she replied with a small smile, trying to remain formal. "I hope you enjoy your stay here."

"I enjoyed it, very much."

Of course, he would enjoy his stay here. All the maids, including Sebastian, prepared their best for him, even if everything was prepared suddenly — his arrival here was surprising, considering the distance between The Orphic and The West wasn't that close.

But he said that he came here on his family's private jet, to think that he flew in just to have lunch with her — that was shocking and a waste of time.

They had the lunch they wanted in front of them, all of which was served in a fairly short amount of time for an appetizing meal. It was served nicely, on a very white tablecloth with a lily blooming in the center of their table — Sebastian picked it up from her garden, so it still looked fresh and astonishing.

Everything served beautifully and flawlessly.

But still, "You're wasting your time — you've come all the way around here just to have lunch with me."

He smiled, much wider than usual and it made her a little stunned by it. "I can't help it, our last dinner always repeating in my minds and I want to make it real."