Chapter 2

"So, you are called here because they asked permission for them to get you to go to the mansion that they were talking about earlier."

I looked in the dean's direction. I went silent for a moment. If I refuse to come with them, who knows what will happen to me? However, I also don't want to come with people that I don't even know.

I bite my own lower lips. Maybe this is what they call the situation where, whatever I choose, I am still going to be hurt in the end.

I took a deep breath, silently. There are no relatives who are willing to get me anymore. There's no use if I'm going to think right now and choose what I want in the end.

I looked at the two men again and nodded in response to their statement.

"Okay, fine. I will go with you."

A smile formed on their lips when they heard my statement.

"Thank you. Come here and leave with us."

One of them looked in the dean's direction and bowed down to her.

"Thank you so much."

After they are done saying goodbye to the dean's office, we immediately leave her office. We immediately got out of the university when I suddenly remembered that I hadn't even bid farewell to my friend.

Maybe I am still going to study here, so I'm sure that I am still going to see Raelynn.

We get inside the black car in front of the university's gate. It looks expensive, but I could notice the brand of the car right away because I am not in the mood to look at its brand name or my surroundings. I am just sitting silently in the car for the whole ride. One of the men is driving the car, and the other one is sitting beside him.

I didn't even bother to look out the window of the car because I feel like if I did, the people with me right now would look like bad people trying to kidnap me.

I suddenly remembered my parents. Is it true that, from the start, they already want me to marry a person that I haven't met in my whole life?

I don't understand.

However, I am finding it difficult to understand why they let me marry a person who is as old as my dad.

My own family, but it feels like I don't know them a lot.

"Mom, Dad, you did this for my own good, right?" Tears fell into my cheeks when I stated those words that kept lurking in my mind.

My mind just went to reality when the car suddenly stopped moving.

The person sitting in the passenger seat should get out of the car first. After that, he opened the door for me.

After I finally got out of the car as well, I saw a gigantic gate in front of me. I could even see that a trespasser would not be able to get in this house because of its huge and tall gate. The gate automatically opened when we walked in front of it.

"This is your first time arriving here at our master's mansion, so we will walk here first until we reach the main mansion in order for you to see the whole place and its surroundings."

I nodded in response to the two men that I had been with earlier. We started to walk with one of them while the other one was left behind because he would be the one who would drive the car inside this paradise.

We just walked for a few minutes, but I am already in awe of our surroundings right now. A space-catcher garden was viewed from both sides. From afar, I could also see a small pond. I already guess that the owner of this house is awesomely rich.

"May I know where the owner of this mansion is right now? Maybe he is already inside the mansion and waiting for me since he let me come with you today, right?

I pouted my lips when I heard a not-so-loud laugh from my companion in response to my question. I looked at him with a blank expression, but I am not going to be surprised if he is really laughing right now.

Who's woman is going to marry a man who is the same age as her dad? I just think that mom and dad just wanted to think about my life. They're just maybe thinking that there's no normal person who is going to marry a nerd like me and doesn't even know how to look pretty. That's probably why they want me to marry an old man instead, so even if I could experience the hardness of my love life, at least I would not experience a worse life.

I just shrugged my head at my own thoughts.

"Ma'am, I'm sorry. However, our master is not around right now. He will arrive later in the afternoon."

I stopped walking when I heard his words.

"Huh? Are you kidding me or your master is playing prank on me? Did you know that this is the first time that I left the school early in my entire life? Then, you are going to say something like that? Maybe you called me after class after all?" I deeply sighed.

I don't want to get mad at this time until I can talk to the man who is stated in the paper that I read earlier. I shrugged my head and continued to walk.

After a few minutes, we finally reached the door of the mansion that they had been talking about earlier. We are welcomed by a lot of maids. They are bowing their heads while standing in order.

"Welcome here to this mansion, ma'am Penelope."

I was stunned when they all stated my name. I suddenly feel like I am the lost daughter of this mansion.

We went inside the mansion, and my eyes got wider because of what I saw. All of the things inside the mansion, even the floor or the ceiling, are shining and shimmering. Chairs, stairs, and even the rellings. Is this the right place? Is this not the mansion of some kind of king of some country?

I shrugged my head and took a deep breath. I should not base my happiness on what I can see here.

"Madam, come, and we will show you your room."

An old lady walked first, and I just followed her. I think she is the same age as the man I am going to marry. We walked until we reached the second floor of the mansion and stopped at the last room on the floor.

The maid that was with me was the one who opened the door of the room for me. I went inside, and I could already smell the good smell of flowers that were used in my room. It is also screamingly elegant.

"Please stay here while Master is gone." She bowed to me before she finally left me alone.

I still want to ask her a question, but I choose to ask when the person I am waiting for finally arrives.

I sat on the gigantic and soft bed. I held my own hands and stayed quiet for a moment.

Could I really stay here in this kind of mansion?

I didn't even stay here for too long yet, but I couldn't breathe properly now. I feel like I do not belong in this kind of mansion.