“I don’t want to eat green tea tarts, Grandma.”Grandma was taken aback by my statement.“What’s wrong, Katie? I ordered a green tea tart for you last night. The green tea tart is still worth eating since it came a few minutes ago.” Grandma muttered in a pathetic tone.“I don’t feel like eating any meals today,” I dodged quickly.“Is that true? You rarely turn down your favorite food, Kate. Why did you reject it all of a sudden?” Grandma asked me.Mom took the box of tarts and said, “Kate is going through hormonal changes. Kate is pregnant for the first time, Mom. Let me take this to Kate’s house and keep it in the fridge so she can eat it any time.”Grandma smiled and nodded. “That’s right, Kate is pregnant for the first time. Kate must have had no appetite and all. There are many struggles to go through when you are pregnant for the first time.”I rolled my eyes in disgust. Grandma’s conversation with a mysterious person a few hours ago pissed me off. Grandma pretended nothing had
Terrence went outside the house at eight o’clock in the evening, before leaving he went to get something from the servants’ bedroom. I don't know what he planned for that night. I didn't know at all until a knock on the main door surprised me. In my mind, it was Terrence who had gone home or some of his stuff was missed. But my thoughts were wrong. It was not Terrence but Thod who visited.“Grandma told me to deliver plums candied.” Thod thrust a transparent mica box filled with candies.I accepted it despite my doubts. Thod had taken the trouble to bring the plums candied to the house–even though it was only a few meters away. I felt like I was a burden for Thod. After all, the road between the wooden bridges had its lights off because it was struck by lightning a few days ago.“You're alone?” Thod asked me.I nodded and invited him inside. Thod stepped in doubt, from the look in his eyes I could read that he was awkward because he was not used to visiting my house. With a courteous
With the advice given by Terrence, slowly I descended the stairs. Anxiety and losing control of myself still ran through my body neatly. The gurgling water in the kitchen makes me curious about who came to visit us during the rest time.“Kate hadn't been seen since just now, had she fallen asleep?”I cleared my throat after realizing it was Mom, I quickened my pace and saw Mom was sitting on the living room sofa. In front of her was a shiny cardboard box.“Have you been sleeping since then?” mom asked me a question.I shook my head.“So, why don't you open the door for me immediately? Did you purposely let me die from the cold?”“You're too melancholy, Mom. You often get cold but all this time you haven't died of hypothermia,” I said.Mom rolled her eyeballs, then glanced at the shiny box in front of her. Mom said that it was the sausage she made. She wanted to give that to me and Terrence when it was warm. I responded with a weird smile.“You know since Tamara and me worked to pay fo
The creak of the iron being cut gave me goosebumps. Judith sharpened the iron with sandpaper until it was clean and shiny. There were three keys that we faked for a few minutes—the key to the graveyard gate, the key to the garden hut, and the key to the medicine room.“Soon this will be over, sir.”“That's good news. I have to return it as soon as possible.”The young man nodded and smiled. He was so deft in duplicating the keys as if he had over a hundred years of experience. A few minutes later the duplicate key was finished printing. Terrence hastily ran into the palace area to return the original keys to Grandma's room.“Excuse me, Lady may I ask a question? Where has Your Royal Highness Queen Isabell gone, Lady?” Judith asked me.“To the orphanage. They had been planning it since yesterday. They invited me to join but I don't have time because we are going to make sure of something,” I answered immediately.Judith nodded politely then signaled that Terrence was running over. I ru
At first, I couldn’t know the tall man but after he ran over to us. I realized it was Jake. Nina's Mate. He panicked when he saw Terrence passed out with a pretty bad wound on his shoulder. Jake asked me what happened that Terrence was so gravely injured. I can't explain because I'm so worried about Terrence's condition.Jake understood this, he struggled to help Terrence to his feet—I helped him open the car door. Made Terrence sit safely beside the driver's seat. Jake provided a soft pillow to cover the wound.“Can you drive a car?” Jake asked me.“I can. But this car, I've never driven a car with a manual transition,” I said.“That's easier said than done. I'm going to visit my grandmother in Winter Ashes, I can't possibly leave you here and just give you the address of the nearest hospital.”“I don't mind if you leave the two of us here. Terrence is already in the car. I can drive this car slowly.”Jake sighed and folded his arms across his chest. “The hospital is thirteen kilomet
I walked into a room with snow-white walls. Inside the room was a female doctor who was checking something on her computer. I greeted her softly, she turned her head and confirmed the location of the round glasses she was wearing.“What are you looking for in my room, Young Lady?” asked the middle-aged female doctor.I lowered my head and introduced myself as part of the Kingdom. The woman nodded and apparently, she was acquainted with Mom. She asked me about my life over the past eighteen years. She knows my age for sure. “I’m fine, Doctor. But there is one thing I want to ask you.” She cleared her throat and then told me to sit down. “Relate to the Duchess, I will make sure the bullet does not damage the muscle tissue in his shoulder. He is still very young. It would be so miserable if he lost his great ability. The backbone of him is so beautiful, indicating that the Alpha who married you is the Alpha with an angel-like personality.” “Sorry, Doctor. But I don't want to talk abou
I stood up and immediately approached the doctor. “I am his wife, Doctor.” “Good, I would like to speak to you, Mrs. Gregory.”“There is anything fatal? There is a fatal wound on his shoulder?” I asked with teary eyes. The doctor sighed as if something I didn't want to be had really happened. Mom came over to me and rubbed my back gently. My mother-in-law also stood closer. The doctor said, “We managed to get the silver bullet out. But the bleeding experienced by Mr. Gregory sucked him out a lot of blood and needed a donor. I've contacted my doctor colleagues to look for blood from the same type as him. But if one of you has a match blood type you can help Mr. Gregory get better soon.”My knees went weak for a moment, Mom supported me. “I can't donate blood because my blood isn't pure,” I muttered. My mother-in-law said their blood was matched immediately and agreed to help Terrence make a speedy recovery. My mother-in-law, holding my hand, inserts enthusiasm so that I don't blam
“I'm just asking a very simple thing, Mom. I didn't incriminate her with silly questions.” I sighed, promptly ending my dinner.My appetite disappeared suddenly. I saw Grandma who was acting strangely in front of us. The behavior makes it clear that Grandma is hiding a big secret. We look at each other like an enemy who is inwardly entrenched.“It's not appropriate for you to say that to Grandma. I've never taught you that way, Kate. Don't embarrass me, I have given you a lot of space to express your identity. But not to act disrespectfully like that.” Mom nagged me like nagging a child.“I've never acted disrespectful before. Don't you want to ask me why I'm doing this, Mom? Every behavior has a reason, right?” I asked mom back.My mother-in-law mediated our commotion. My mother-in-law said that several people were watching us because of the commotion. She suggested not to argued here because it would invite question marks from some of the people in the hallway.“Forgive your daughte