Chapter 4: A new life?

"Trust me. I'm your devoted servant. I want to help you!"

"No. I'll go alone. Thank you!"

"Eric, Sophia, glad to meet you here! Sophia, where you were going?"

"Eric, you traitor! You kept me here with you until Eduard comes?"

"No, Sophia. I didn't know about him! I promise."

...

"Sophia, my princess, you must understand that you can't leave this place. Your home is here now, I am here and you have what you want. I will bring you to your parents. They are worried since they found out what you did."

"I don't want to stay here, can't you understand? I don't love you and this will never be my home."

"Sophia, I will be your husband and you are going to be the happiest girl. You hurt me acting like this, Sophia! If it's necessary, I'll keep you closed in the house."

"Don't you understand, stupid? I don't want it and I am not happy like this!"

...

"Sophia, what happened?"

"Sorry, mom and dad, because I wanted to become happy."

"No more talking! Didn't we give you what you want? Didn't we take care of you? Other girls can't even wish to be like this."

"You don't care about my feelings!"

"Look here. You won't be able to leave the castle for a month."

"But..."

"Two months?"

"Okay...a month."

...

I'm in my room, "thinking about what I just did". Eduard's gift is so stupid! Eric betrayed me.

I'm here thinking and I'm asking myself a question that I didn't think I was going to ask: why do I want to go home?

It's true. I live in a castle. I'm a princess. I'm going to marry a very rich man and, sincerely, he is nice and sometimes I think that maybe he loves me in his way. Of course, not in the normal way, but in the "keep you my prisoner" way. I don't even know what I feel about him. Sometimes I feel him like a good friend, and sometimes I really don't want to hurt him. Only if I loved him...but no, Cupid must throw his arrows with his eyes closed!

I must stand here longing for my home, my friends and especially for Ben. Talking of him...I remembered why I want to go home. I feel like...I miss him so much and the smallest thought about him and Marissa makes me so sad and angry! I think of him all day, so it's hard not to remember about her. Even if Ben was here, I would miss my friends and simply that place named "home".

I don't know what to do. If I try to escape again, this won't be fine. But my heart is asking me for Ben and I wonder why is Cupid so sadistic, why he makes us fall in love with people we can't ever have?

Even hearing Ben's name makes me smile. Even a small question from him, asked two years ago, like "what time is it?" still makes me laugh. I remember when I was waiting for him at school and when he was coming through the door it was like someone turned the light on. His simplest gesture was so adorable! Sometimes he was so cute and I was like: "Seriously? Do you want to kill me right now?" How I want to hold him in my arms and feel like the world is mine...From here I can't even see the Moon. This was like my consolation. I was thinking that the Moon can see him from up there, and it was like I can do it too.

I'm reading again the same message from that ticket he gave me on my birthday. How happy I was! I talked to him and hugged him, not knowing about what was going to happen.

"Eric, come here right now!"

"Miss, if it's about what happened, I..."

"Shut up! Bring me a chocolate ice cream and some salt chips! How do you dare to talk to me?"

"I'll help you to escape, if you want. I promise, it wasn't my fault. But my suggestion is to remain here!"

...

"Sophia!"

"What is it, dad?"

"Someone wants to see you. Come here! There are some important guests."

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