Arc 1- Chapter 6
*Starfire's Pov*
I decided to wear a white gown with lemon print decoration. It looked nice and was good for a casual dinner with the Castilian family.
Oh right! I never mentioned their surname. Well, it is Castilian. They are very influential here in City A but my family is still well known here even though we left for 3 years ago.
Mike drove to the Castilian estate easily because Tina Castilian, Prince's mom, had already informed the security guards about our arrival.
The time is 5:00pm and and I have one hour before dinner starts. I got down from the car elegantly and Aunty Tina was at the door waiting for me.
Immediately she caught sight of me, she hugged me happily.
"Oh darling, it has been far too long! I miss my little girl" She said as she hugged me
"Aunty, if mom hears you calling me your little girl, she will get jealous~" I said, playfully winking my eyes.
"Let her get jealous, as long as I have you, I don't care" She said while laughing cheerfully.
"You and mom are best friends yet you fight all the time over me" I remarked shaking my head.
It is cute though, two bunnies fighting over a girl almost like they are fighting over carrots.
"Don't mind that. Come in, you should greet Richard" She said as she led me inside.
Richard Castilian, Prince's dad, is a very strict man with his children, but with Starling... not very much.
"Richard, I have a surprise for you~" Aunty Tina cooed as she opened the door to Uncle Richard's office.
"What is it? Don't tell me you bought-" His eyes widened as he saw me.
"Starling, is that you? Wow! It's been a long time" He said clearly surprised, good job Aunty.
"Uncle Richard, nice seeing you again" I said sweetly
"Come to Uncle" He said as he opened his arms.
I hugged him and he was very happy. Uncle was so happy, he wanted to give me a million dollars but I managed to convince him not to.
I rejected it because if he gives me a million dollars, I know he will boast about it to dad. Then dad will give me 2 million dollars and boast about it to Uncle. Uncle will give me 3 million dollars and boast about it to dad, and the cycle will continue on and on until I convince them to stop (which is really hard to do). It has happened to Starling before but that time it was a hundred dollars since she was still a little girl, I do not want it to repeat with me.
After 20 minutes of talking, 30minutes of trying to convince me to collect the one million dollars, and 10 minutes of walking to the dinning, it was finally time for dinner.
It was 6:05pm when Prince and King arrived. Let the fun begin~
When Prince entered the dinning room, he looked surprised and happy to see me here, and sat down beside me.
"Star, you didn't tell me you are coming for dinner" He said softly.
I whistled internally in amazement.
This guy likes Starling even after all this time. I would match you with her, if not for the fact that I am in her body~
"I didn't know until Aunty invited me" I said smiling.
When King entered, he looked surprised to see me before he changed his expression back to a cold face.
Oh right! King was only sweet to Prince and Starling but after that incident... well, he wasn't nice to anyone again since Prince hated him, Starling left, and he didn't want anyone to get the wrong idea like Starling. After that, he was fully known as the cold King. If Prince is the sweet and charming school prince, he is the cold and aloof King.
He sat down beside his dad and just ignored me.
"Ok, now that everyone is here, let's have dinner"
The maids came in and brought the food. On the table were rice, roasted chicken, chili, salad, pie, beef, lasagne and so on. So many food they won't be able to finish during this dinner. Rich people sure love wasting food.
We observed our proper table manners and didn't talk while eating.
I chuckled internally at the silence.
After dinner, the table was cleared and we sat in the living room.
"I am sorry but it seems I would have to leave and can't join you" King said not even 5 minutes after we sat down
"Come on, you still usually spend 30 minutes with us before you leave" Aunty said indignantly
"I know, but I am terribly busy at my company"
After King finished school 2 years ago, he started his own company which is already earning hundreds of thousands monthly. By the time Prince took over his parents company, King's company was already earning billions of dollars yearly, so Prince couldn't do anything to King and only kept his hatred for him.
"Star finally came back, aren't you supposed to keep her company?" Uncle said
"I will keep her company at another time when I am less busy" He said without missing a beat
Yeah, his parents don't know about the incident. That's why they are ignorant about King's motive to leave.
"It is ok, let big brother King leave for work if it is important, after all I am not that important to him" I said making my eyes teary
Haha, I will make you stay. You can't just leave this show. It will be boring without you~
Uncle and Aunty immediately started cheering me up, while berating King for almost making me cry. After all that, King was forced to stay.
[Host, you can really act *sweatdrops* That time I asked you to pick a skill that had acting in it, I was really ignorant. With this level of acting, who needs a useless skill]
'I know I am amazing, thanks. It is all in the day's work'
{ I really need to recheck my host data. I thought she was only an hacker and assassin. Where did the acting skill come from? This is a big bug if I, the top system, didn't even know about it except if Head hid it from me...}
I enjoyed seeing King have to stay even with how uncomfortable he seemed when I talked with him, how jealous Prince was when I talked to King, how happy their parents was that we were 'getting along' well. In short, it was a lovely dinner~