Chapter 8 Annoying people (1)

After breakfast, Alice stopped by the library again to say hello to her mother for an hour, but the butler said that she had business and left a few minutes away.

Unable to meet her mother, but Alice met her fake father. She lifted her skirt, knelt down, and bowed politely:

"Good morning, Earl Sirent Weaver."

The Earl Sirent Weaver was a little surprised to hear his daughter greet him in an overly distant manner, but he didn't mind at all, patting Alice's head, gently smiled and said:

"I heard that this morning you ran barefoot to see your mother, and cried a lot. I worry about what happened to you. Alice, do you need my help?"

Alice carefully avoided the touch, asking questions of the man in front of her. The one who mercilessly deceived her mother's feelings, who mercilessly kicked his wife and children out of the house, and who indirectly caused her mother's tragic death. She abhorred all questioning and touching from him.

"Father, I just had a very scary dream. I dreamed of you..."

Alice hesitated as she spoke. When the Earl heard about himself, he asked curiously:

"Did you dream of me? How scary was that dream?"

Alice raised her head to look the Earl Sirent straight in the eye, her golden pupils shining as if she was pointing out the criminal's name.

"I dreamed that you were standing next to two strangers who wanted you to kick me and my mother out of the house, and let people beat us up. No matter how much I cried, you still didn't pay attention, and left with the other two strangers... Because I was too scared, I ran to find my mother..."

"Alice, you... What the... What did you dream about? Didn't you tell your mother about this dream?"

Alice looked at his tense face with an itch inside. With a tall and majestic figure, this face, although more than fifty years old, was still extremely handsome and made others feel confident. The attractive blue eyes were also her mother's favorite feature. Fortunately, Alice bore no resemblance to him, or else she would hate her own face.

"How dare I do that, father? Everyone in this city knows and praises the beauties love of you two. There's no way you would do such a horrible thing to my mother, right, father?"

The Earl Sirent smiled gently:

"Exactly. Irene is the woman I love the most. She is also the only person I dare to sacrifice and protect with my life. You too, Alice. You are the gift of love between me and your mother. There will never be a time when I turn my back on my only two loved ones. So, don't think about that absurd dream, okay? Trust me."

Listening to his oaths, if it was before, perhaps Alice would look at him with eyes full of pride and admiration, sometimes embraced him thinking that she was the happiest person in the world life.

But now not. They angered her even more. But she had to be patient, endure the drama still waited in line in the back. She really wanted to see for herself, how these demons in human disguise would play juggling.

"I'm sorry, father. I also feel that dream was extremely crazy. I believe in your promise and your love for this family."

Earl Sirent let out a sigh of relief when he heard that. He continued:

"That's right, don't you have a date with Prince Nelson at the racecourse? I already have something I want to give him, but I have a job and can't deliver it directly. Bring it to him on my behalf. This is a good opportunity for you to get closer to your fiancé."

Alice remembered that item. As a set of custom made bows and arrows, the design was very sophisticated and unique. The weapon that prince used to beat her.

"Because this gift is a bit heavy. So I will send more people to go with you, both to help you with your things, and to be able to stay by your side to serve and take care of you. Your health hasn't been good these days, if I just bring a maid beside you, I don't feel secure."

Alice smiled, a smile so beautiful but full of meaning:

"Thank you for your concern. I will definitely convey to the prince your good intentions."

Without lingering to talk for too long, Alice asked permission to go to the rendezvous point.

Alice was about to step into the luxurious carriage when someone behind her called:

"Miss! Alice! Wait for me!"

When Lily heard that, she angrily turned around and shouted:

"Who's that insolent, calling my lady Alice's name like that?!"

A girl with a lovely light blue dress ran over, behind her was a bodyguard holding a large box, which seemed to be a gift to be given to Prince Nelson. The girl gasped and said:

"Sorry, the box was a bit heavy so I was late, almost got left behind. Ha ha."

Alice glanced at the familiar face. whisper in low voice:

"Katherine Weaver..."

Hearing Alice faintly call her name, Katherine jumped:

"How did you... know my name?"

Sooner or later, they had to meet each other. Alice remembered that in her previous life, it seemed like she had left Katherine and went to the rendezvous point alone. That's why she was not impressed with this scene.

Alice did not answer, she turned and got into the carriage. Katherine saw this and went forward, about to get on the carriage, but was stopped by Lily.

"Excuse me, this is a carriage reserved for my lady Alice. You can ride on horseback with the bodyguard."

When Katherine heard that, she was surprised:

"What? Are your serious? The Earl Sirent Weaver asked me to ride the carriage with your lady Alice. Because I don't know how to ride horses, so I'm afraid to sit on them directly. Besides, I was also told to take good care of that box, so it would be inconvenient to hold it in my hand. If you don't believe it, you can ask the Earl directly."

She put on a determined expression that even Lily didn't know what to say. Lily looked confusedly towards Alice who was resting her eyes closed.

"But up until now, Miss Alice really disliked being with strangers. The Earl knew that too. Why would he allow you to go with my lady?"

Katherine said loudly towards Alice:

"This is a very precious gift, if I hadn't dropped it carefully while on the horse, it would be really difficult to tell the Earl and the Prince Nelson. Miss Alice, you don't want the Prince to be disappointed either, do you?"

Alice felt a headache.

"Give you three seconds to bring that box up here. If there are more words, then walk by yourself."

Katherine heard that and looked proudly at Lily. She climbed quickly into the carriage, carefully took the box from the guard, leaned it on her hip, and sat across from Alice.

Lily, feeling displeased, took her seat next to the rider. The carriage and a few bodyguards departed for the royal racecourse located in the suburbs not too far from the city, only taking about half an hour to move.