Chapter 9.:

“Is everything as you wanted?” Daria faces Julia, asking her before she leaves the apartment. During the past few days, they had made arrangements together to furnish the apartment to Julia’s satisfaction. Of course, Daria let Julia pay extra for everything she wanted. Peter’s brothers keep bothering them regarding the house, but as long as the house is under Ariana’s name, neither of them can do anything about it.

“It’s good enough.” Julia replies to her. She would expect a better home for her and her family, but this is all they could get in the capital. They lack the footing in a city they have never visited before. Julia is painfully aware of it. That was also the reason she came nearly a year before the ball. She has a lot of things to prepare before she can present her daughters to the king.

Daria grabs the last of her belongings which were still in the adjacent apartment and leaves Julia alone in her new home. Having her around is not something Daria would wish for, but it’s n