159 Tasting Revenge (I)
Holding a small glass bowl in her grip, Anna skipped through the hallway while humming sothing in a sweet lodious tone. Her pretty face glowed against the light of the hung chandeliers and her ponytail swayed left and right as she skipped like a happy child, only to exit the hallway.
Her change of mood unfailingly left the busy servants baffled as they watched her go, obviously dazed to see her unexpectedly happy when most of the ti, she was rather disturbed or always carrying a look that expressed the burden on her head.
“Why is she so happy?” Asked a maid who was busy adorning the stairs with lovely bouquets. After the embarrassnt Lady Roseline caused earlier, she didn’t expect Anna to recover so quickly from it and to find her this jovial was startling.
“Who wouldn’t be after ending up in the arms of his highness.” Becca dreamily comnted while batting her lashes and twirling around, but the maiden she was speaking with just rolled her eyes in jealousy and continued her work.
“The head maid inford us about the little party happening at the courtyard tonight, basically for the females only so we better hurry up and start the arrangents.” She added the last pieces of flowers before walking out on Becca who giggled at the maid’s failing attempt to hide her jealousy.
She was tempted to rub salt into her wound, based on the fact she was among the maidens who laughed at Anna’s earlier predicant, but didn’t find it necessary since the table just turned.
At least his highness also cared about the human maid, else things would have gotten really ugly if lady Roseline succeeded in her plans.
“Becca, hurry up, we need to set the chairs in the courtyard!” Ca the yell of another maiden who walked by with a set of trays in her hand and Becca quickly got back to work.
Arriving at the courtyard, the broken pieces of pots had been cleared away and to Anna’s relief, everyone had peacefully returned to their usual duties, minding their business and barely looking in her direction.
.....
At least she wanted to think that way.
Staring at the path ahead, Anna thinned her lips while squinting her eyes to see the beautiful colored garden that ca after the bridge. Lady lrose had sent her to pick so berries from the garden, saying she was craving for so since she was a lover of berries and Anna believed it, knowing how many tis she’s seen lady lrose eat berries in the palace.
But this ti, she wanted them freshly picked from the garden which is also a good thing, they’re actually sweeter when picked and even if she didn’t want to pick them, the kitchen was already out of berries.
Fortunately for Anna, the Lady lrose doesn’t seem to hold any grudges against her despite witnessing what happened to her sister downstairs, and her attitude towards her has remained neutral, just like before.
The way that made them feel comfortable with one another.
It was difficult to explain how relieved she felt because she already assud Lady Roseline would use her sister to get back at her in the worst of ways, but maybe Lady lrose isn’t as horrible as the rest of them.
A pretty smile enchanted her lips to her face and she continued on her skip as she made her way into the neat courtyard.
A huge glass fountain was beautifully placed in the middle of the courtyard, it was incredibly beautiful that Anna had to stop in her steps in order to steal a look at it.
Its centerpiece was a glacier, involuntarily reminding Anna of a certain glacier himself. The look in his eyes most tis tends to remind her of this glacier, most especially with the way he looks at her, it never fails to leave ice running through her veins.
Even his aura was no different but heart-warmingly, he doesn’t seem to look at her with those glacier eyes anymore, as though she had sohow created an inferno that was hot enough to lt those icy glassy stares of his.
She asked him a question earlier, and the fact he didn’t even wait to respond to her important question only made her see him as heartless. He seed in a hurry but then, he promised to give her her response tonight.
She playfully glared at the fountain instead and pointed a finger at the glacier, “you promised tonight, so you have no other choice but to give your answers tonight.”
She made it clear to the glacier and only when she was t with an awkward silence from the background did she realize she was talking to a fountain and she blinked.
She was seriously scolding a fountain??
Looking around to make sure no one spotted her silly act, she cleared her throat and turned away from the fountain. It’s obvious she’s been thinking a little too much about that man and the fact he knew without even being there sohow annoyed her.
‘stupid brain, focus on getting those berries!’ she silently scolded herself and continued her journey to the garden with a sweet humming sound.
When she was finally starting to approach the garden ahead of her, she could hear flowing streams that broke the path in two, with an oaken bridge giving easy access to the garden, but before she got a chance to step on the bridge, soone stopped her with a quick yell.
“No, don’t!” Ca the alard voice from a gardener who was busy cutting a grass into shape, but had stopped after seeing Anna approach the unsteady bridge with the intention of stepping on it.
Hearing the voice, Anna instinctively paused in her steps and raised her head up to look at the middle-aged-man who had stopped her.
“Huh?”
“You can’t walk past the bridge,” he inford her, “the bridge is cracked and can collapse if you step on it. It’s yet to be anded and no one’s allowed to walk on it to avoid falling it apart.
“Oh.” Anna couldn’t hide how dumbstruck she was at the news and instantly took a safe step back.
She bowed in appreciation to the middle-aged-man who had warned her on ti, “thank you for stopping .”
“It’s not a problem, but you should be more careful and watch where you’re stepping on to avoid trouble in the future.” He advised and Anna politely nodded in understanding, knowing she actually has hasty legs.
Looking at the bridge, Anna could vividly see the cracks and she couldn’t possibly have imagined herself sinking to the water below. That’ll be another embarrassnt of the day and she can’t risk getting embarrassed twice.
Cautiously, she took another part that led to the garden, but then paused in her steps, as though sothing had hit her, leading her eyes to widen into contemplation.
The oaken bridge has a crack and it’s not stable. If anyone steps on it, then obviously they’d fall into the water beneath it so the effect of the fall won’t be critical.
“Right?” She outwardly questioned while rubbing her temples, imagining a funny, yet mischievous scene in her head. A funny one to be a lot more specific and it was just the best way to get her revenge on the lady Roseline.
A mischievous smile curved her lips at the recollection of the demoness having a little get-together in the courtyard tonight. It would be the right ti to make Lady Roseline pay back for the humiliation and since Roshan doesn’t seem to have a problem with it, why should she?
She hated the fact he was right about how tolerable she was based on everything and it shouldn’t be that way.
Ignorance is also not a bad thing but sotis, you need to stand up for yourself and prove to them that your silence doesn’t literally an you’re weak.
Since she was born, she had grown up with the ntality of tolerating everything that happens in her life, hoping that things will get better as ti moves on cause she had watched her mother tolerate a lot of mishaps and accusations.
But nothing changed, it only made her realize that if they had struck back all those years ago, things wouldn’t have been so hard for them.
Like they say, you learn everyday and she’s going to begin her practice starting with those demoness who tend to think they’re better than everyone. Who thinks humiliating soone because they’re of higher society adds to their na.
She’s going to stand up for herself and get her revenge on what Roseline did to her. Not just Roseline, but anyone who dares to embarrass her without any valid reason.
Folding her arms at the motivation she bestowed on herself, she felt more prepared than ever and was suddenly anticipating for tonight to finally arrive.
“This should be fun!”
She held back her giggle and headed into the garden.
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