Chapter 5

Luli's POV...

I was shocked at how he was staring at me, thank God he left,

Let's enquire about the details of this girl, Luli,

That novel had only the story but I need a character description to understand her better, to act along.

" Aali...! come here" I called out for her, but she was talking to him,

I went near the fence to hear what they were talking about,

To know if they were talking about me?

When I went there, they stopped talking and he left and she bowed to him.

I heaved a sigh,

"I am good at being late"

She came in with her head down and bumped into me,

"aahh... " I screamed with pain,

"My lady... please forgive me for my rudeness... did I hit you? Please forgive me"

she started pleading again,

I wondered who would have taken the role of Aali, in the series they have to train their knees for sure,

I grabbed her shoulder and lifted her,

"Stop it, don't you know anything else to do instead of pleading," I asked her annoyingly,

she gave me a bunny look with tears in her eyes,

" we maids have to plead to our masters if we do anything wrong ... we are trained to do so, my lady, sorry if I offended you"

"ok...fine... I won't say anything"

I dragged her to my bed to make her sit beside me to ask her about Luli,

When I make her sit, she stood up again,

l made her sit again and she stood up instantly,

"What...?" I yelled at her,

She looked at me weirdly,

"sit down, it's my order"

I declared and she didn't dare to refuse me this time,

"I don't know about how I used to treat you before, but let me make it clear to you, I want a friend, not a maid,"

she was shocked,

"no your highness, I can't do that, a maid is a maid and a lady is a respected lady, how could we be friends "

exclaimed Aali,

" ok fine, if you don't want to be a friend, I don't want a maid either"

She kneeled before me again,

" forgive me for my rudeness my lady, I will do whatever you say "

" hmm, that's more like it" I was satisfied,

" ok tell me more about myself," she was surprised,

"What...did you ask, my lady?"

"See, I don't remember many things in my life, how I lived? my hobbies? nothing, so if you help me remember, you will help me."

She was twinkling her eyes in amazement then hesitatingly sat beside me and started a list of habits and personalities that I don't possess, not even one character was similar to us,

I thought it will be hard for me to be like her, anyway, why should I?

This is my life, my second chance, I can be how I used to be,

I decided to be myself instead of troubling others.

I was hungry, it was afternoon now, and I don't remember eating anything from the morning,

" Aali bring something to eat, I am hungry"

I expressed, she happily got up, wiped her tears out, and emotionally said,

" my lady, you are hungry? you don't know how happy I am, just wait for me, I'll bring you everything in the kitchen,"

Her reaction was weird,

"What was that for? didn't I eat every day?" I exclaimed,

" You don't remember, you used to have only a bowl of porridge every day,"

What a weirdo! how could someone live on just porridge, I was in a daze and Aali went to get something to eat,

but before she could step out I screamed

" hey wait...!! don't bring porridge, bring something better to eat"

" hmm..." she nodded happily and ran out,

I started roaming around that arena, it made me dance, like a ballerina, I loved the aroma coming from the flowers.

It was so refreshing, I was enjoying my second chance, I don't know if she was really dead, or if she is also on her second chance.

I wish her luck...

Aali came with several servants and asked them to put the food on the table,

I went near the table, and the table was filled, with nearly twenty delicious-looking dishes.

my mouth watered, but Aali sighed,

" They always treat you bad"

she said while sending off the servants,

"Treat me bad....! who? " I asked as I didn't find anything that made me feel that way,

" There are hundreds of dishes cooked every time in the imperial kitchen, but only a few of them are sent to us and you prefer to eat only porridge, those concubines have more than fifty dishes served to them but we can't even get enough comparing to them"

Is this unfair, I am happy to be in this unfairness, these dishes looked very greasy, and I had to work my butt out to manage my calories,

"that's fine for me, I am not a good eater anyway, this is more than enough for two of us"

I pulled her down she hesitated but I glared at her and she gave in,

We had a hearty meal, I have been on a diet for more than three years,

to achieve my goal, but now the dream is gone, I am awakened from my dream,

Now I want to live my life freely and happily...

After having a meal, I wanted to explore the palace so I asked Aali to show me around,

We scrutinized every corner of the palace, she took me to the mansions of the other consorts, there were seven consorts other than the Queen,

"This bastard is sure a womanizer, " I mumbled not to make her hear,

we were roaming, but she stopped suddenly

"What...? what happened? " I exclaimed,

" That area is not a place where we can go casually, my lady, let's go back"

"But why? is there any monster living there?" I inquired about,

" My lady, keep it low, the king lives here", she murmured in a low voice,

" oh... ok fine leave it, let's go back," I said and turned around to go back but felt getting dragged by someone holding my wrist.

Aali kneeled,

" your highness"

I shockingly turned to see, it was him,

it was him again.

He held my hand and pulled me close,

"what are you doing here?" he asked in a bold voice,

Aali tried to explain,

" Your highness we were just....."

he signed her to leave, and she stood up looked up at me, and left,

I was staring at her,

" Aali....!! wait...!! where are you going?" I screamed but before his raor mine was just a meow...

I tried freeing my wrists,

" Leave me..."

I screamed but he suddenly kissed me out of blue,

I pushed him back with all my strength but I was not strong enough to move him an inch,

he was immense in that passionate kiss, but my focus was only on, how to push him apart, he held me tightly with one hand around my waist and the other holding my hands,

He was so intense that I was unable to breathe, I felt dizzy, my hands and legs became numb and due to suffocation, I fainted in his grip, I felt him leave my lips when I fell on him, but I don't know what happened after that.

I could feel swinging somewhere before I blacked out completely.