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He stands like he's the master of the universe, with a perfectly straight posture, and has an intimidating quality about him, especially when dressed in a black tux. If Jyeon ends up like him as a full-grown man, then OLO Corporation needn't worry about having a commanding CEO at the helm to continue our family's joint legacy. Intelligent, with killer instincts, and despite the classy and smooth appearance, Mr. Park is known as a demon in business and should never be crossed. Jyeon is his mini-me.

We all nod and smile, and I immediately fade to that nervous girl who starts fixing her appearance whenever he appears. Mr. Park is not someone who seems warm and loving when you know him well, and despite being my father's best friend, I have never really built any kind of bond with him.

"Sohla? Sohla, darling?" My mother beckons to me from across the room, and I exhale with relief, seeing my beautiful savior looking for me to introduce to whatever women and girl are standing by her and curtsy quickly. An escape route so I can dodge Mr. Park and his suffocating energy.

"My mother wants me." I make my parting nod of respect his way and walk off at speed, loosening my limbs while escaping from whatever Mr. Park was wanting and sliding into my mother's awaiting outstretched arm. The one soft and welcoming human in my life. My mother is the only reason I'm still sane. She married into wealthy and never started that way, so she has retained the kindness and adorable personality of the preschool teacher she used to be. I love my mother beyond words.

"Darling, this is Lily masters and her daughter Olivia. They're from England and over here on family business. You two are the same age, and Olivia could use a little companionship for the next two weeks. I thought it would be nice to introduce you."

I smile brightly at the sweet, freckled, red head, who's beaming at me with a wide toothy gap in her teeth. She's a little round in figure and much shorter than me but seems genuinely lovely and bubbly. It's rare in this society to find girls I get along with, so I am always looking for that girlfriend, envious of Jyeon's' friendship with Bryant. Most are afraid of my family name and power, and some just want to use me to get close to Jyeon. Every girl under sixteen in this city all like Jyeon because he's good-looking, wealthy, and has a powerful future ahead of him.

"How do you do? I'm Sohla Kim. It's nice to meet you." I mind my manners and reach out my hand for her to take, smiling brightly, and am met with her own mother's beaming smile, so like her daughters. People tell me I am a mirror image of mine. We are so alike that one day we will be twins.

"Ahhh, Sohla, you're the little one who is set to marry Jyeon Park, right? Olivia was so upset to learn that the handsome boy she met at golf practice last week was already taken. I can see why though; you look very much like your beautiful mother."

Her words freeze the blood in my veins, and my face stiffens even though I keep my smile in place. Hating how it's all I am never known as, wherever I go. I'm not Sohla Kim, the pretty brunette with bright eyes, a warm, good smile, and a decent IQ. I'm Jyeon Park's bride-to-be, overshadowed even as a child, and it's all anyone ever cares about. I am worthless because I'm a girl, and Jyeon is the Prince of this city because his family is ranked as the fifth richest in this country…. I mean, ours is too, but he's a boy.

"Yes, that's right. They have grown up together, and we already see Jyeon as our son. Our families are very close. It's only natural we chose him to keep Sohla happy as an adult." My mother pats my back and squeezes me, and I am aware of the other girl's bright and happy face now turning sour as she eyes me up and down. I have seen this look on girls many times before. The nasty turn. Once they know who I am and my relation to Jyeon, all friendliness dies.

In our world, girls are raised to seek out the most affluent and influential son to marry and make their families proud while benefitting their wealth and status. It's almost an obsession for some, and Jyeon would happen to be in the platinum variety of future sons-in-law. No one marries for love anymore; it's all about money. And it's a massive personal failure and blow to a girl's self-esteem to not bag the Jyeon's of our world.

"Must be nice to have your future set all ready and laid out. You can put your feet up and just focus on staying pretty and healthy." Her words bite, her tone fake and high pitch cheerful. The other woman is still acting kind, but her words don't fool me even if they pass under my mother's naive radar.

"I'm not going to be a stay-at-home wife. I have shares in OLO Enterprises as the only child of my family. I intend to pick up my position at my father's right hand when I finish with school and my studies." That inner anger that has always lived within me shows face, my tone a little condescending, and my mother clears her throat awkwardly. She is too soft, but I am my father's child under this sweet face.