Chapter 4 - A cursed fate...!!!

Alexander opened his mouth and gave brief details; both Butler and Daniel looked like they had fallen from the sky. 

“She is Rose Hart, the Hart family’s daughter?” Daniel felt the world was spinning what he had just heard.

The child was from Hart's family; now it makes sense why she was in such a state.

Alexander didn’t explain further. Instead, he gave a light nod.

“So you’re telling the entire Hart family had been murdered, and she is the only survivor, and she witnessed everything?” 

Daniel felt it was the biggest joke fate could play on any human. Can you imagine if your family got brutally murdered before your eyes, and you witnessed everything and almost died, also?

“Hmm.” Even Alexander fell silent before this sentence because this was the harsh truth about her, and he could not turn it off anymore.

Daniel falls silent, and instead of pity, Butler Harold feels sympathy for the girl; this girl is just broken by the world for life, and no medicine might ever revive her heart again.

Looking at her, anyone’s heart would melt; such an angel child, yet such a cruel fate.

After examining her carefully, Daniel sighed regretfully. “What kind of cursed fate did you both have?” He meant these words toward Alexander, but Alexander didn’t answer him.

“The girl might be suffering from trauma; it’s normal for her since she had seen something no one should face. I’m not sure about it until she wakes up, so we will see when she wakes up .” 

Daniel looked at Alexander when he said this; he could only sigh in his heart, what kind of worst fate these two people before him had, one suffered something even a devil would pity, and the other just lost her world before her eyes.

These two people share a cursed fate.

“I’ll send some medicine to calm her mind for now.” Daniel just guessed from her symptoms. He could not tell if she was even in a more severe state or not.

Daniel stood up. He wanted to go to bring the medicine for the girl, but Alexander stopped him before he could even take a step. “Where are you going?”

“Hmm, bring the medicine,” Daniel answered.

“No need, let Harold bring it; you sit here.” Alexander pointed at the chair behind Daniel.

“Huh, she is not going to wake up soon; I’ll come back once she wakes up,” Daniel said when he thought Alexander would let him go.

“You will stay here until she wakes up.” Alexander’s words again put Daniel and Butler Harold in a dark cave.

“I can just….”

“I said you will stay here.” Alexander raised his voice, which scared Butler Harold and Daniel.

Daniel looked at the grumpy man and sat back in his chair.

Daniel called his assistant to bring the medicine and waited. He thought he would wait alone, but Alexander Ariston shocked him like it was the world's end.

He didn’t even move away from the child and waited with Daniel for Rose to wake up.

No one knows how many hours have passed, but Butler Harold came to call Alexander for dinner, but the man rejected and waited.

It was the next afternoon when the little Rose opened her unfocused eyes and looked around with a frightened expression.

“Where is my daddy? Where's mommy?” her small eyes kept looking for them, thinking she woke up from a bad dream, but she still didn’t realize this was her reality now.

She looked so scared she resembled a lost kitten searching for her parents, like a little bird waiting to return to her nest with her parents.

She started crying when she saw the unfamiliar surroundings around her instead of her home. She didn’t slow down until a voice caught her attention. “Little Rose.”

Even if Rose forgot her breathing, she would never forget this voice. She turned her little head to the other side and saw the man who called her little Rose and promised no one could hurt her, yet the scary scene where he killed the man without a blink.

She looked at him with tearful eyes. She didn’t know if she should fear him or believe him. Seeing the man didn’t kill her means he was not a bad man.

Seeing her panicked demeanor toward Alexander, Daniel sighed. How could a 10-year-old child not be afraid of this damn monster since he was looking at the girl with such a cold gaze?

Daniel coughed; Alexander looked at him with a questionable gaze. “she is afraid, not scared her,” he murmured gently.

“When did I scare her?” Alexander said with a confused gaze, as if he was not the one who did this to her; Daniel looked at Alexander with a disbelief expression; damn, even I am scared of you. Do you think she won't, who just almost lost her life in such a traumatized experience?

“Hello, Princess Rose.” Daniel tried to ease the situation, but the moment Rose heard the princess ' words, she screamed, holding her ears like one word was enough to trigger her.

Alexander looked at the girl in worry and then looked at Daniel. “Can’t you keep your mouth shut?”

Daniel looked at little Rose with a confused expression. He didn’t say anything, but she looked like she lost her soul; he looked worriedly at the girl; it seemed everything wouldn’t be easy from now on for this girl,

“Little Rose.” Rose kept screaming when she heard the voice once again. She shut immediately because this voice both scared her and calmed her; she lifted her small head and looked at him with her terrified gaze.

Alexander saw how much pain and terror she held in her little eyes.