Gabi hated the sumr.
She doesn't like to sweat; she hated the heat.
Growing up, she had avoided going out and staying under the sun for over thirty minutes.
But this ti is different.
Gabi inhaled the warm air. The cooling sensation from the ice-cold tea in front of her wasn't enough to mask the heat of the garden just a few ters away from the tree where she was currently having her tea ti.
She especially asked the servants to put so tables and chairs under the gigantic ash tree just so she could look at the view from this side of the mansion. The tree was older than her father. It has been standing tall at the back of the mansion ever since she could rember.
"Gabi how co you are here?"
The familiar voice that drifted towards her made her gut twist. She raised her head and stared at the man walking towards the tree. "Alfons" she murmured.
"You are recovering. Your health is bad. How could you have so tea outside at one in the afternoon?" His brows were furrowed, concern apparent in his tone. "How could you be this hard-headed? What would I tell uncle in heaven if you faint again?"
Gabrielle fought the urge to laugh at him. This face, this voice, this acting.
No wonder he was able to fool everyone, including her.
"I have been holed up in the house, grieving for the past week. I needed so sunlight." Gabrielle might have been born talented and beautiful, but her body was weak. However, this was only because she refused to make her body healthy. She doesn't exercise, doesn't go out and expose herself to the sun, doesn't eat enough protein, and doesn't have enough sleep.
She grew up spending all of her ti reading.
She was too addicted to reading, she would finish one book in a day.
This also explained the thick eyeglasses that she was currently wearing.
A loud sigh escaped her cousin's lips. "You really" He shook his head and reached out to hold her hand, that was placed on top of the circular iron table. "You are right. You need to take care of your health. You should do this more. I suggest you start exercising, too. If you want, I can hire a trainer to help you out. The mansion has an unused gym so you can use that anyti without exposing yourself to the sun."
"Thank you... Brother." Gabi felt like choking on her own words, so she grabbed the tea and finished it in one go.
"See? I told you it's too hot in here we should go inside and"
"I used the play under this tree with father," she interrupted his words. She lowered her gaze as she thought of her son running around this tree. Her son the three-year-old, Luca Sutton, especially loved the snow around the tree during winter.
But at that ti, her body was really weak she couldn't accompany him. She could only watch the child being surrounded by maids as he created those snown with crooked heads. Unknowingly, tears fell from her eyes.
"Gabi"
"I miss him" her lips trembled, her hands cold as mories of Luca's last monts flashed in her eyes. "I miss him so much." She quickly wiped her tears away and faked a smile. "Why did he have to die?"
Almost imdiately Alfons stood from his seat, but before he could approach her, she already stood up and walked towards the garden. "I'm sorry just now I lost my self-control. Let's go back," she said.
"By the way, brother." Though he was her 'cousin', her father insisted that she call him 'Elder brother'. At that ti, she thought it was only because her father pitied this man. After all, he grew up in the streets. She was wrong. "How co you are here? How was school? Did you have any problem?" She asked just as she walked towards the back entrance of the mansion.
"Ah? No No. Of course not. I just ca here to see how you are doing. Uncle Lu told you always stay inside your room. You even eat inside your room and refused to see anyone. I was concerned."
Liar, she thought.
She took a couple of days holed up in her room to think about the events that were about to happen. She knew why he was here and it had nothing to do with her. If she was right, this man was here to ask her to create his thesis. Of course, it wasn't really that he asked her. He just showed how stressed he was and when she asked him what was wrong, he imdiately said that he was trying to create a thesis about real estate and he was having trouble because of this lack of connection in the business world.
Of course, the foolish Gabrielle imdiately helped him by introducing him to her maternal grandfather, who also happened to own Ren Aesthetics and Co. a well-known real estate company.
This opened up a new path for the ambitious Alfons.
Gabrielle turned her head towards Alfons and stared at his light brown eyes that resembled hers. She already saw the similarities between them, but she ignored everything. After all, he was her 'cousin'. "Thank you brother, you have always been kind to . I don't know if I would be able to repay you in the future."
"What repaynt are you talking about? How could you talk about repaynt? We are family. I am your only living family mber. We should rely on each other."
"Brother what are you talking about?" She feigned surprise. "What do you an by my only living family mber? My maternal family, the Ren Family, is still" Almost imdiately, tears pooled in her eyes. "Brother, are you trying to curse my maternal grandfather?"
"Eh? That Gabi what are you talking about? How could I curse your grandfather? I was just I was talking about the Sutton Family. Right? We are the only Sutton's alive. So we should stick to each other."
"Oh "She used her handkerchief and wiped her non-existent tears. "Thank you, brother. I apologize for misinterpreting you. I just I have been alone in the past few days inside this mansion with thirty rooms. So, my head is a bit sluggish."
"Of course Of course well ehem since you are not feeling well, I should let you rest. I need to drive back to the university."
Hearing him stutter eased her mood. "You are not going to stay for the night?" she asked.
"Oh no. I still have so thesis that I need to finish. I just ca here because I was really concern about you."
"Oh" This ti, a sweet smile appeared on her face. Her eyes turned into two beautiful crescents as she added. "But my brother is really smart. I am confident that you can finish your thesis in a few days."
"That "
"Well then, I am going to sleep first. I won't delay you anymore. I wish you luck with your thesis, brother." She turned her back and imdiately went inside the mansion, leaving Alfons in a daze.
The mont she closed the door, her sweet gaze vanished. She snorted.
Just like what Alfons said before he killed her. She was the smart one. She graduated college at nineteen and is currently working on her master's in International Relations right now.
Compared to her, the twenty-two-year-old Alfons was still trying to graduate with his bachelor's degree. The man might be charismatic to many people, but he isn't that smart. He would struggle in calculus and even in politics.
Now that she thought about it, Alfons was never really good in school, but he managed to beco an excellent politician. Obviously, soone is helping him behind the scenes.
And that soone was the foolish Gabrielle Sutton.
As the woman behind the future Pri Minister of Du Empire, Gabriel was not only adept in politics, she was very good in calculations, internal affairs, and managent. Though her body had been weak, her brain was different.
She sat in front of her dresser, staring at her long blond hair that was very similar to Alfons and her father's hair. Alfons said he loved her hair and told her not to cut it.
She opened her phone and called her personal stylist. "Yes, I want you to co as soon as you can. I want to but my hair. Hmmm... And bring so hair color. I want to make it purple no pink. I want to change my hair color into pink."
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