"Aeins.h.i.+a Evan", she spoke out the words as she caressed the bench. Reading their names together made her feel blissful. She thought, as the whole plum garden got renovated, Evan might have got rid of everything and replaced with new items. But she was wrong, he still kept this bench.
She is the one who engraved Evan on the bench, however she didn"t know who wrote her name, Aeins.h.i.+a"s name on top of Evan"s name.
She forgot he already took his leave. As she turned around to find him realization hit her, she felt a tinge of disappointment, she really wanted to know who wrote her name with his. In heart, she wished it was him who carved it.
Spending time with Evan already raised her spirits high enough. Now after hearing his flirty dialogues and seeing their names inscribed together made her feel happy beyond any boundaries.
She sat there alone, however her heart didn"t felt lonely. That"s when she understood, "loneliness is also a bliss sometimes".
She hung her head on top of the bench, closed her eyes and took a deep breath as though trying to absorb the energy of her surroundings. She liked this new life alot. Eventhing felt blissful and everyone changed.
After what felt like hours, she realized it"s time to go home as her stomach started to grumble.
Grrrr~~grrr~~
She patted her stomach trying to console it, "I will feed you my little tummy. Let"s go back ASAP!! " she got up from her seat and made exit.
Soon she took her carriage back to her house, but didn"t forget to grab a fruit from the Royal kitchen on her way.
At Rutz Mansion:
As she entered the main gate, everyone stopped their works as they couldn"t stop s.h.i.+fting their eyes on her. Their young mistress looked so beautiful and dazzling. They couldn"t help but just look at her.
Under everyone"s gaze she entered her room, found s.h.i.+rley changing her bedsheets.
s.h.i.+rley turned her head to see who entered the chambers of her princess, "Princess, do you want to take a nap. Just wait for a minute. I will quickly change the sheets", she immediately rushed to complete her errands, thinking Aeins.h.i.+a might want to take a nap.
Aeins.h.i.+a went near s.h.i.+rley and held her hands, " There"s no rush s.h.i.+rley, lets have.... ", her voice stopped as her stomach gave response in her stead.
Grrr~~~
Following it Aeins.h.i.+a"s face stiffened in embarra.s.sment. It is s.h.i.+rley, even though she still felt it is quite embarra.s.sing for her stomach to rumble in front of others.
s.h.i.+rley tried to control her stifle when she saw pale face of Aeins.h.i.+a.
" I will go and prepare your lunch." She went to the kitchen and ordered the maids to serve lunch.
Instantly the whole dining table was filled with delicious food, Aeins.h.i.+a"s mouth started to water at the sight of her favorite menu. Most of the dishes on the table were her favorite dishes. She couldn"t stop but grin in triumph. s.h.i.+rley immediately added few dishes on her plate, Aeins.h.i.+a started to pig out her food.
As she took her first bite, she realized s.h.i.+rley might have not ate yet. From the corner of her eyes, she saw s.h.i.+rley still adding dishes on her plate.
"It"s ok s.h.i.+rley. Join me and eat. I can serve myself", she said as she chewed her food.
" That can"t do princess, how can a servant and master can sit on the same seat", she refused Aeins.h.i.+a"s offer almost right away, but felt happy to see her master to care for her.
"I must have done something good in my past life to be your maid servant in this life time", s.h.i.+rley muttered in her heart. She really like her master and she felt she was treated like a sister by Aeins.h.i.+a more than like a servant. Not only her, the whole Rutz family treated her good. Probably, it"s because she took nice care of Aeins.h.i.+a and never left Aeins.h.i.+a"s side anytime for them to treat her with much generosity.
"It"s already past noon. Just sit and eat. However, father and brother aren"t here," her voice came like an order, following it, " Don"t make me repeat thrice, "she glared back at s.h.i.+rley.
Unable to deny her masters orders, s.h.i.+rley finally ate together with Aeins.h.i.+a.
" I thought you will have lunch in the palace, " s.h.i.+rley spoke. Usually, whenever Aeins.h.i.+a left to palace she ate at the palace. But this time, she came back home and that too past lunch time.
"It will be too boring to eat all by myself", she curtly replied as her whole concentration was on the food in front of her eyes. She truly felt so hungry. Its like rats are having a running race in her stomach. If she know this happens earlier, she would have came back earlier to eat or atleast would have accompanied her uncle while eating.
But the lunch hour has pa.s.sed a long ago. If they knew she didn"t eat in time they might again start nagging and might reprimand again which might ruin her happy mood. That"s the reason why she didn"t have her fill in the Royal Palace.
s.h.i.+rley understood why she came back to the mansion to have lunch, "It"s not good for your health miss. You shouldn"t be harsh on your tummy and need to eat in time....", s.h.i.+rley went on and on trying to explain Aeins.h.i.+a, while Aeins.h.i.+a simply nodded in response.
" It"s feels so good", Aeins.h.i.+a said after satisfying her tummy to its fullest. She ate more than ever she had not realizing it, as she was in a very happy mood.
She then gladly turned into her room to change into simple robes. She called another maid to a.s.sist her to change the dress not wanting to disturb s.h.i.+rley"s meal time.
As she laid down on her bed, she saw s.h.i.+rley enter her room.
"Miss, where did you get that dress from", the statement came in a questioning manner. Following it, s.h.i.+rley raised her eye brows suspiciously.
Actually, s.h.i.+rley wanted to ask this question as she first saw Aeins.h.i.+a, however it is her duty to first take care of her master. So she first served Aeins.h.i.+a food and now began to question her.
"When I went to the Marquis mansion... It happened that he bought it as a gift for me and I changed into it as my dress was torn", Aeins.h.i.+a explained the whole story to s.h.i.+rley not missing any minute detail to her.
" Ho...the prince gave it. It was so beautiful on you my lady", she exclaimed as she took the dress, which was laid on the table and neatly, safely kept it inside the wardrobe as if it was a precious treasure. Of course it was a treasure as it got embedded with diamonds, stones and pearls.
"What?? Only the dress was pretty? ", Aeins.h.i.+a spoke showing she was sad for not praising her beauty and instead complimented only the dress.
"Of course my miss was the prettiest among all. Who can even compare to you in beauty my lady. Nothing can be compared", s.h.i.+rley told in an a.s.sertive tone as she confirmed no one can beat Aeins.h.i.+a in terms of beauty.
s.h.i.+rley was so happy when she heard the prince gifted it to Aeins.h.i.+a. A slight blush also crept on her cheeks. The whole thing was obvious, and Aeins.h.i.+a was aware what was going in s.h.i.+rley"s mind.
Aeins.h.i.+a hoped on to the ground from the bed, approached s.h.i.+rley, "what is it that making you so happy s.h.i.+rley", Aeins.h.i.+a asked in a playful manner.
s.h.i.+rley instantly answered," Obviously I was happy for my princess being treated well by her future husband and the second thing is... ", she took a pause before continuing, " Who will get the chance to serve as a main maid servant to the future empress of the Seazle empire", she smiled brightly as she spoke.
Aeins.h.i.+a too felt happy seeing her happy.
Bang~
Both Aeins.h.i.+a"s and s.h.i.+rley"s bodies jerked when they heard the loud bang out of nowhere.