"Lucy!!... Belle!!.... what are you girls still doing in there... come out at ONCE!!" The headmistress shouted at us across the door.
"Coming, Miss Polly!..... lets go before she tries to kill us!..." she said teasingly, grabbed my hand, and ran outside.
When we went outside, other students were already there. They were lined up. we also joined them slowly. Headmistress Polly came to us with a serious look on her face. For the past few years I've spent here, I have never seen her this serious about something. Maybe Last night, someone must not have been in bed.
"Okay, girls... I have something very important to tell you. It is more important than getting adopted by a family."
"What is more important than family....." I mumbled. how could she even say such a thing?
"I know right....." Belle agreed with me.
"Today, we are going to have a guest. a very special guest. So, I want all of you to behave well. He is not like us, he was raised in a good family background and he is a very good nobleman. He is the son of Duke Alexios....... Duke Eder.."
The girls were too shocked and stunned to speak. even Belle's jaw dropped when she said that. As I have heard, Duke Eder was soo popular among girls. people said that he looks like an angel. some say that he looks like a virtual image of ancient Greek fantasies, a herculean figure of immense strength. As I think, he must be very cold-hearted.
"Uhmm......excuse me miss Polly, can I ask you why is he coming." A girl asked.
"Good question claire, he said that he wanted to donate to our orphanage some suppliers. so, I hope you girls be kind and accept those suppliers....... okay now, go to the dining hall.... breakfast is ready." after she said that we went to the dining hall. most of the girls were excited to see the Duke, even Belle. to be honest, I also have a little desire to see him. Because I've never seen a Duke before.
"Hey, Lucy... what do you think about Duke Eder?" Belle asked me while eating a sandwich.
"What do you mean... I've never seen a Duke in my whole life."
"I mean, what kind of a person do you think the Duke is?"
"Umm...... maybe... he is a nice person, can't say exactly, but maybe he can be a cold-hearted person too... that's what I think."
"Why do you say that he can be cold-hearted?" Belle asked with a pouting face.
"Dukes can be cold-hearted sometimes because they have everything... they have money, lives in a luxurious place... what do they not have. In my opinion, they can be selfish too." I said with a serious look on my face.
"Maybe you are right...... but let's see what will happen today." Belle agreed with me. after we ate our breakfast, we went back to our rooms. As always, we don't have anything special to do, we just sit and talk about things we usually talk about. we never get tired of talking about the same thing. Talking with Belle, makes me feel like I'm home. She makes me feel better.
"Oh my god! I'm so excited to see Duke Eder. I can't wait to see him..." she jumped for joy. " Oh, I just remembered, I heard that your aunt came yesterday. did you go to see her?"
"Um... yeah, I went to see her," I said without caring.
"So...what did she say? was she good?"
"I don't know Belle....." I said with an emotionless face.
"What do mean you don't know?"
"It's just that, after all these years she came to me as if nothing happened. She doesn't feel like my aunt."
"Maybe, it's because you never had anyone, and now your aunt suddenly came and you don't know how to react. Maybe that's the reason why you are holding back."
"Yeah...... maybe....." I said while laying on the bed. Maybe Belle's right. It's probably because I've never had anyone.
"What's that sound........?" Belle said while looking at me. I looked out from the window, and I saw a cart in front of the main gate. The next thing I saw was a man getting down from that cart. I looked closely enough to see his face and it was none other than Duke Eder himself.
"Is that the Duke!!" I said while pointing at him to Belle.
"WHAT!!!....." Belle jumped out of the bed and hurried to the window.
"Oh, my GOD!!... I can't believe it... it's him." She hugged me out of happiness.
The next thing we heard was, our headmistress Polly and the other servants running down the hallway to greet the glorious Duke Eder.
"Let's go!." Belle dragged me by the hand.
"Go where?." I said while stopping her.
"To see the Duke of course"
"Are you crazy or something? miss Polly didn't ask us to come." I was confused. but that didn't mean I didn't want to go see the duke. I was just scared.
"Oh come on Lucy! please... I want to see the Duke. You know how much I waited for this moment."
"What if we get caught? are you willing to take responsibility?"
"We won't get caught, I promise not to get caught."
"Arhgg..... Okay," Finally I decided to go with her. we came out of the room and ran through the hallway to the main hall where our headmistress Polly and the Duke were. we hide behind the large door in the main hall. we saw miss Polly talking with the duke but we didn't see his face clearly. there were so many guards outside the orphanage. I was trembling because if miss Polly find out we would be dead meat.
"Belle let's go back to the room, I don't think this is a good idea," I said while grabbing her hand. but she wasn't listening to what I was saying. Unexpectedly, I felt my hand hit something and it was the flower pot next to me and it fell down and broke into pieces. I grabbed Belle's hand and ran out of there before miss Polly sees us. we hurried back to the room and closed the door.
"Oh, my god!! we almost got caught by her, it really is a close call". I said while sitting on the bed.
"Oh MY!!..... did you see him!, he was gorgeous.!" I can surely tell that she was hypnotized by him because of the way she behaves.
"What do you mean? we even barely saw him."
"It doesn't matter... after all, I could see him even from behind."
"Do you think miss Polly saw us?" I asked with a frightened face.
"I don't think so, She was so busy chatting with the Duke," Belle said with a sarcastic face.
I really wanted to see the Duke even though I was scared. I was so curious about his appearance. we sat there without talking for a while. after a while, I decided to take a quick walk because I was feeling bored.
"I'm going to go for a walk, are you coming?" I asked Belle.
"No, I'm good, I'll take a quick nap," she said while laying her head on the pillow. I came out of the room and walked towards the library which I always come to when I feel bored. It was so peaceful than any other day. I came towards the library door and went inside. I was the only one in the library, and it did make me happy because I liked to be alone most of the time. I came towards a bookshelf and chooses my favorite book of them all. suddenly, I heard a loud thumping noise on the ground. I was startled and scared at the same time. I walked slowly to the place where the sound came from.
"Who's there!?" I asked with a trembling voice.
"I said who's there!!' I turned towards that bookshelf, and then I saw a man who was sitting on the ground picking up the books that fell to the ground. He then stands up and turned toward me. I could not believe my eyes at what I saw. The man standing in front of me was none other than Duke Eder himself.
"Oh, I'm sorry If I startled you!" He said with an innocent smile.
I was struck by that beautiful smile.
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