Anglica Vonberat

Anglica POV

I turned towards the door to enter as the young man who brought me here was out of my sight. I turned the doorknob and entered, the musky scent of Lord's Karl's engulfed me in it. The whole study was filled his scent. I sniffed once again and smiled sadly.

Even through it hurt to be with Lord Karl, I was still so in love with him, with my light, I sighted. The more I try to remind myself that it was all fake, the more I fall in  love.

With that I closed the door behind me, and walked inside. I reached towards the chair behind the desk  to sit. The chair was very comfy, with the extra added pillow. I looked over the desk while sitting on the chair.

While I was happily checking out the desk, I decided to organize the unorganized papers and books on the desk, as it was very untidy. I picked them up and organised them, when I was done with it I saw, a picture coming out of a  red heavy book, my curiosity took over me, and I opened the book to take a look over the photo.

It made me surpised with what I found, it was a photo of a young women who was wearing purple dress. The thing that amazed me was that the face was covered with a marker in heart shape where below it was written Cordelia. I was in  shock, Lord Karl had done this himself...

He who didn't loved anyone or cared had his wife Cordelia, in his heart, which surprised me. I never knew that Lord Karl would have someone too he loved, he seemed so uninterested that I thought that he loved no one, that's why I wanted to get together with the other wife's, who are also unloved but this-

I recovered from the internal  shock and got up off from the chair and sat on the sofa, and closed my eyes. Before any tear could come out of my eyes, I kept them tightly shut yet the tears were still pouring out like a fountain. I didn't know why I was really crying for, instead of being happy for them. My heart felt like it being torn to several pieces each.

I decided to wipe of my tears, as I didn't wanted Lord Karl to see my ugly crying face And solwly lied down on the sofa, And before I knew it, I was asleep on the sofa. Sleep was the only thing helping Me to forget.

After 3 hours

when I again opened my eyes was when I heard the clicking of the door, meant that someone came. I slowly opened my eyes and raised from the sofa to find Lord Karl standing in front of me near the door. He had a confused and jealous   expression. It seemed that he didn't noticed my presence or forgot about me, because he seemed to be in his own world. It came as a surpise to me seeing that expression on his face. I was able to tell easily the expression of jealousy, as I, myself have felt it just before, I decided to break the silence by calling out to him.

"Lord Karl!"

It seemed he didn't heard me, I again called.

"Lord Karl!!!"

That when he heard me and came out of his daze and gazed at me. It first seemed to be surprised of seeing me here then he quickly recovered and spoke, "What are you doing in my office?"

My bright smiling expression to changed to that of sadness, " You were the one who said, to wait in your office for you Lord Karl". My heart felt like it was tearing to thousand pieces, it was burning from pain.

Karl's POV

My blood was boiling hot seeing Richter and Cordelia together talking to each other with laughter and cheer. Just after I had returned to find Cordelia, I found that spot to be empty and then I saw him, my brother Richter with Cordelia sitting in a corner together. I didn't knew why I felt like this, because in this past also Cordelia was together with Richter many times and really I didn't really cared if they were together or not but now.....

This heaviness in my chest, was making me want to grab Richter and throw him far away from Cordelia. Take her away and hide her. While my heart was burning with this furious feeling, the butler came to my side minding his movement towards me to not arouse suspiciousness.

He came closer and spoke in my ear with his hand covering his mouth, " Lord, the papers have arrived for the shipment of the next batch of red blood rubies". I nodded my head and decided to head to my office to do the paperwork for this shipment and to also to forget and leave behind this heart burning feeling. I gave a last look to Cordelia who was still with Richter before heading towards my office.

As I was heading towards office, I recalled the feeling I had felt before. What was it? That burn heart feeling seeing Cordelia and Richter together. Was...this Jealousy? The thing which I had never ever felt before! No, that can't be it or...maybe. my continuous thinking came to a stop when I spotted my office.

As I opened the door to my office, I heard movement from inside, I didn't knew who was in my study, but I knew that it maybe a spy. I on my guard, stepped inside to find a women sitting on the sofa, it took me sometime to see who it was. I was astounded when I saw Cordelia, I closed my eyes for a second and opened them again to find Anglica not Cordelia.

Maybe I was losing my mind to see Cordelia in some other women, to see her here was what had surpised me but in truth I also wanted it to happen somewhere in my heart. Maybe she had put a spell on me, to make me feel this.

While I was still lost in my thoughts, Anglica was calling my name, I heard it after sometime, coming out of my thoughts.

I didn't knew what she was doing in my office, so I asked, "What are you doing in my office?"

She responded with a sad expression, which I didn't noticed, spoke," you were the one who said to wait for you in your office Lord Karl".

That's when I remembered that I did have told her to wait, it had surpised me to find her here, at the coronation of my children, when she had that child in her womb, being so careless, this stupid women. She was just like any other women, wanting love and clingying to me and she was just as dumb as anything, through it was easy for me to trick her with her being senseless little women but now this stupid women was making me angry and distressed.

With that, I spoke with venom lacing in my voice," Why did you even came here?"

She, who flinched by my voice, trembled slightly and spoke with a wavering voice, "I-I wanted to se-see you Lord Karl".

This irritated me more, her clingy ness annoyed me, specially when I had told her to be hidden from others, she comes to this party, where she could have being exposed, making my plan ruined. I sighed, I had to Send her back before anyone saw us together. I spoke again with anger laced in my voice," You didn't really had to risk the child to come see me here, the child is much more important than you seeing me!!!" As I screamed at her, she flinched.

The tears which she had been holding launched Like a pool of fountain. I sighed, the more she was in front of me the more I wanted to throw her out of my sight.

With that she spoke," I-I-I am so-sorr-sorry Lord-Lord Karl". She spoke in between her sobs. Before I could say more, she turned her back and said again," I'm-m sorr-sorry". With that she opened the door and ran away. I tried to go after her but then stopped and sighed.

I called for the butler and told him to go after he and safely send her home, the butler nodded his head and went away while I was still standing in contempt. Maybe I should have been a little soft, what would happened if something happenef to the child? My plan of Eve and Adam will be ruined because of the silly foolish women. I sat back in my chair in stress when I saw that my desk was touched, I gritted my teeth in irritation knowing that women touched my desk, that's when the picture poking out from the last book kept hidden caught my eye.

I opened the book and found the picture which calmed me as I starred at it, I felt my heart float, the picture of Cordelia made me feel different. It made me feel that she was mine, Mine Cordelia. Even through I didn't knew why I felt this way, but it felt good. As I starred at it, I forgot about that women.

Anglica POV

As I ran out the door, my lungs felt like they were being squished by someone, my breathe was ragged with all crying and running, my legs and feet hurted like anything and my-my heart hurt the most of all.

Lord-Lord Karl screamed at me, it hurt, he was angery at me, it hurt, he hated me, it hurt and yet I loved him with all my heart. I felt sick, my condition, I knew was wrong for my child, as I touched my stomach I felt all kinds of emotions, happiness, sadness, hurt, pain. I myself, knew that my coming here, won't be liked by Lord Karl, but I still wanted to have hope, little hope which was shattered the time Lord Karl spoke.

Right know, my stomach was hurting, aching but I didn't stop, No I ran-ran and ran before I could even feel my knees, as I found myself in the empty ball room filled with servants cleaning here and there, the room was a mess, the food table was half filled with food and half empty.

Champaign glasses here and there with a little trace of blood found at the bottom of them, some with wine or some with some unknown drink. Chairs pulled out of the tables, the dance floor as empty as it had never been used. While I was observing the area, the excit at the end of the ball room was where, I saw a women.

That women was wearing light blue dress as beautiful as the sky, with the same light blue Crystal shining heels. My eyes moved from her foot to her back when they stopped in shock at the purple hair.

Long lavish purple hair laying down on her back, which made the hair seem more unique. The shock was too much for me in this condition, knowing that none other than that the women standing in front of me was ....Lord Karl's wife, Cordelia. 

The one women whose photo I had seen in that book kept in Lord Karl's office, the one on whose's face a  big heart was made by my dear Lord Karl. I decided to rush out of the ball room before she could, because my mental state was already used up, if I met her, I might lose myself.

With that, with the left strength left in my legs, I rushed forward towards the excit, when my vision blurryed all of a sudden,in front of me darkness took over of a second, I noticed an onnce of purple hair had came into my vision before. Then when my vision appeared back, I was none other than standing in front of that purple haired women, Cordelia. My expression was of that of surprise before I feel to my knees, when I realised realised had lost all strength in them.

All those pools of tears, I had stopped and kept in rushed out with all the emotions going on inside me of sadness, pain hurt and also may be the pain in my knees made the pools of tears more heavy and apparent.

Before I knew it, I felt warmth touch me, it was a very warm and comforting hand, I flinched, feeling this feeling of family,love, someone caring for me the first time also made me realize that I was all alone.

Me without realizing it, I started crying openly in the hands of my love's wife, whose hands were so warm that it made me forget about such non sense trivial thing. With that I cried openly, taking out finally all the sour and pain kept hidden inside me on a stranger's shoulder. For the first time I felt this happiness which I had never ever experience and had not thought would by some stranger, and none other than Lord Karls wife, Cordelia. All my emotions were not out and open, keeping them hidden for so long had gave me so pain, but know I felt free!

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