CHAPTER 5: FLOWER GARDEN

After a talk with Mr. Nolan, Senior Jones gave all the business dealings to his son Anes who left immediately after Mr. Nolan left. Kate and Julia sat in the living room looking angry.

"Dad, how could Lian get such a chance even after being that hostile towards him? Why not us? Are we not beautiful enough?" Kate asked. Julia grinded her teeth.

"Who said you're not beautiful. I also don't understand anything but for the sake of the company, j can tolerate that. But can try persuade him i take any of you as a second wife. After all we know Lian is no better. He will get tired of her someday." Senior Jones said.

Julia stood up and walked to her room. She was too angry to talk. After putting on a sexy clothes and heavy make up to looking this charming she didn't win the heart of Fidel. The world is not fair, she thought. Lian didn't attend yesterday's family meeting, she didn't make any efforts to look good and she even argued with their father right in front of the guests but won it without any efforts. Huh!

Kate went into her room and tried coming up with a plan. If she can't destroy Lian's marriage, at least Fidel should take her in as a second wife. She swore on her own breathe.

"Why would he choose her over us?" Kate thought. Though of no doubt Lian was more beautiful, she had denied him and snorted right in his face. Why did he hold on? She would readily have accepted to marry him with all her heart. That was a dream she had for long. After all everyone wanted to get married to the richest and handsome man.

AMBER CASTLE

It was already late in the evening when Lian woke up. The door was already fixed and a familiar figure sat beside her bed. She stood up and looked around, only then did she realize this wasn't the room she was in previously. What's not happening? Looking around, she saw the closet she had seen earlier. So she was in Fidel's room?

Lian jumped out of bed and glared at Fidel. She then looked at the bed, then closely looked at herself. She sighed. She was ok nothing had happened to her.

Focused on his laptop, Fidel didn't look at her. He calmly typed as if she wasn't there.

"Why am I here?" She asked.

"The door was being repaired." Fidel replied without looking up. "Is this a joke? This castle has only two rooms?" it actually had more than enough rooms but… it was Fidel's choice to bring her here after all.

Lian walked out of the door barefoot but a maid stopped her on the stairs.

"Madam, the floor is so cold." She dropped a pair of sandals and Lian slid her feet in. This was the same maid who brought her the clothes earlier.

"Thank you. What's your name?" She asked the maid.

"Am Bella." She said.

"Bella... What a nice name." Lian smiled politely. "Bella, is there any secret way out of this castle?"

"Huh!" Bella was surprised, "madam, do you want to escape?"

"Yes... Can you help me?" Lian looked at her with pleading eyes.

"Mmh... But it's dangerous. Only boss has the key to the secret tunnel. Besides, it will be difficult because the guards are always alert all the twenty four hours of the day." Bella said. "Madam you're beautiful."

"Thank you." Lian smiled at her. Bella was young and innocent.

"Are you boss' wife?" Bella asked.

"No... How could I be? Am just... I don't even know why am here." Lian said, walking downstairs. Bella looked at her for a while, then sighs and walked upstairs.

Lian walked out of the castle and into the flower garden. The guards, who were prepared thinking she would try to leave were astonished. Lian knew she wouldn't win even if she fought with the guards, so she decided to find her own way to leave rather than struggling.

Walking in the garden full of different types of flowers and inhaling the sweet scent, Lian felt relaxed. After a ruined day she at last relaxed, plucking different flowers and sniffing them. Her well curved legs were covered with the flowers and only her knees upwards was visible.

In the room, Fidel had been waiting for a report to hear Lian was downstairs struggling to leave but surprising, he got a simple message from Eden.

"She's in the flower garden."

Moving to the window, Fidel saw how and relaxed she looked. The butterflies surrounded her and she raised her hand, trying to catch them. She held different flowers in her left arm and now and then she sniffed them. She was too beautiful to be real.

"Boss, are you sure you don't want to go and be with her?" Eden who had entered asked.

"She is happy alone. Maybe I'll spoil her mood when I go there." Fidel said lightly.

He would be happy to be with her, but she would be angry when she sees him. He was happy seeing her happy and relaxed and that was more than enough for him. He was surprised that in less than a day, he was already attached to her this much.

"Boss, I investigated her, she works at Dawn hotel as an assistant manager." Eden said.

"Ooh!" Fidel just curved his mouth and continued looking out.