Chapter 4: Meet under the moonlight

That face was so beautiful that I couldn't take my eyes off it for a moment. A beauty I've never seen before. 

Maybe that's the person the butler told me about this morning. It's Daniel, the son of Mr. James, who owns this mansion.

Daniel sat by the window sill looking at the moon without realizing that someone was peeking at him.

Tonight is another sleepless night like any other. Whenever he can't sleep, Daniel still looks at the sky like this. Just like when his mother was alive, she used to say if something went wrong. Just look at the night sky. The moonlight will gently shine, and take away all the troubles that we are hiding in our hearts.

Although Daniel knows that he will forever be unable to let go of the burden in his heart. But every time he looked at the shining moon, he felt like he was close to his mother. The good memories of the past when Daniel still had his mother kept coming back.

Daniel's family memories used to be beautiful. But now it's like shards of a mirror. Constantly cutting his hand made Daniel bleed. Even if Daniel tries to hold on, it will only make Daniel suffer. The more want to hold on, the more it hurts.

Perhaps even after taking it all away. But God still wants to torment Daniel more.

Daniel sighed and turned back inside, still feeling heavy inside. Perhaps since his mother died, Daniel hasn't had a good night's sleep. The feeling of loss still lingers in my heart. Daniel did not know when the darkness would stop tormenting him like this.

I watched Daniel turn inside, the previously gentle face now seemed to have a little more sadness. This is the first time I've seen a person's face that can bring so much sorrow. 

Though I'm not an empathetic person. But right now, I vaguely feel Daniel's sadness covering this space.

Thinking then, I also turned around and went to the bedroom, Daniel's lonely eyes haunted me forever.

“Wake up! Wake up, daughter. It's time for us to work."

I looked outside and saw that it was already dawn.

I sat up, rubbed my eyes, and yawned. Still sleepy, because I slept late last night, so now it seems that I still can't wake up.

Quickly getting ready, I put on a worker's uniform. Looking at myself in the mirror, I smiled and prepared for the first day of work. I told myself that I must do it very well, so as not to disappoint Mr. James who helped me.

My mother and I were assigned two different jobs. Mom was assigned to be in charge of the kitchen work. I was assigned the cleaning job.

I quickly adapted to my new job. Even so, this mansion is still too big. Although every day is cleaned, the work is still quite hard.

Nothing is indeed easy, I thought I was getting used to the hard work. But working here is not easy.

Time passed, and thanks to the effort, I got used to everything here. I have become much more proficient at the job. Everyone here is pleased with me, especially the butler Lucas.

It's been a week, and outside of work, I've been closer to everyone.

After getting closer to everyone, I also got more people to talk to. From work to personal matters to stories revolving around this family.

As far as I'm told, Mr. James is the chairman of the largest furniture corporation in the country.

After listening to it, I also understood partly that Mr. James was rich and this place was so big. I also heard that Mr. James is a successful, kind, and good-hearted man.

I stood looking at the picture of Mr. James hanging in the middle of the house. Although I have not met my benefactor since coming here. However, I can still see the extraordinary aura as well as the benevolence and kindness. The steadfast and tough gaze found only in family breadwinners was perfectly portrayed through Mr. James's eyes.

I thought to myself, although Mr. James is a rich, powerful man. A person living in such a high position shouldn't have to pay attention to those at his feet like me. He could have walked away coldly that day. But he still reached out and saved my already miserable life.

That makes me respect him so much.

But in addition to stories about Mr. James's family and career, I also heard other stories about his family.

I heard that Mr. James once had a wife and a son. After his previous wife died, he also took another step. It is the current wife. The son he had with his previous wife was also the only child, the grandson of the Brian family. His name is Daniel Brian, formerly Daniel was a very active and lovely child. However, after his wife died, Daniel's personality also became grumpy and uncomfortable. Violent and distant from others.

Outside there were rumors that, because Daniel's mother found out her husband was having an affair, she committed suicide. Leaving Daniel alone, not long after that, Mr. James also married another wife, Adela Bonita. Rumor has it that because of this, the father-son relationship between Mr. James and Daniel is. Relationships becoming more conflicted and tense than ever.

Even though rumors are like that, it's just unconfirmed news.

But the truth is that since I came here to work, I have not seen them once. The guy I saw before was probably Daniel Brian whom everyone was always talking about.

I thought to myself, it is true that not everyone rich is happy. Although living in velvet. Son of a large corporation president. But he cannot live with the mother he loves. Although it is clear that there are many people around, it still feels very lonely.

  Although I am not Daniel, nor am I the one who knows him well. However, I felt the loneliness and emptiness that he had to go through while in this house. Like me before, even though I am the daughter of a rich family, living in a big house. Being with my parents I love. But my life has never been completely happy.

All of a sudden, I felt a strange Sympathy for Daniel.