Chapter 7: The old story

Alice had just sat down in front of the mirror when a few other maids also brought out a shelf full of elegant dresses and a few beautiful low-heeled shoes and placed them in front of her, waiting for her to choose.

“Miss Alice, today is the day you have an appointment to visit Prince Nelson Spence's racecourse. How would you like to be dressed?”

Alice looked at the beautiful dresses in front of her eyes, gradually remembering the events that were about to happen and would happen in the future. She needed to quickly memorize all of that so that she could devise a perfect revenge plan.

Nelson Spence - the second prince of the royal family of Spence - was currently her fiancé. The two of them met at the ‘Rose’ party organized by the queen when Alice was 16 years old.

At that time, Alice - the daughter of the only Marquise of the Rothnor family - was compared to a living doll with a beautiful appearance that made others admire. But Alice's temperament at that time was very arrogant and childish. She even abused the power of the family many times to bully others. Other noble ladies were jealous, others despise, disparage, no one wanted to be a real friend with Alice. 

Having received an invitation to the party, Alice proudly put on a pure white evening gown. Alice looked like an angel radiating aura in the crowd. She was like a noble young goddess that no one was allowed to touch. Along with a beautiful face that always had a standard smile that attracted all eyes, with the special feeling, Second Prince Nelson was no exception.

As soon as he saw Alice, he was strongly attracted to that girl with a pure, innocent appearance. The young prince, who looked exactly like his powerful father, approached Alice. All of the ladies blushed and dared not to look directly at the handsome and masculine appearance. He very politely bowed low, extended his large hand, tilted his head and smiled.

“My angel, can I ask you to dance with me?”

Alice, at that time, was also a young girl who always dreamed of having a prince of her own. So after seeing that the noble prince took the initiative to invite her to dance, she showed a bright smile without hesitation.

“I’m very honored, my prince.”

She reached out and grabbed Nelson's hand and the two were immersed in melodious music, coordinated rhythmically with each dance step, four eyes looking at each other passionately. It seemed that both of them were immersed in their own world and forget everything around them. The handsome Prince Nelson took the beautiful Alice to the large flower garden of the mansion where the party was being held. Took a slow walk together in shyness and excitement.

Nelson took Alice's hand very gently, he pointed to the white lily flowers that were in full bloom, like small trumpets that could release fragrance.

“Today, when I saw you in this evening gown, I immediately thought of the beautiful white lily.”

Alice innocently asked back:

“Why white lily, my prince?”

“Do you know what white lily means?”

Alice wanted to speak, but shook her head innocently. She knew that, but in front of her being the most noble man in the kingdom, she thought it would be better to pretend to be stupid so that she would gain more love from him.

Nelson lifted Alice's hand and placed a gentle kiss down.

“Ah, I forgot. What a shame to me to do this too late. Tell me your name and how should I call you, angle?”

“I’m Alice Rothnor. You can call me Alice”

“Alice, what a beautiful name. White lily symbolizes innocence, purity, and at the same time shows the proud of a girl. Besides, it also represents the magnificence, luxurious beauty, nobility of women. Just like you, Alice…”

Speaking of which, Nelson lifted Alice's chin slightly, stroking her soft skin gently. His expression became more and more sincere, moving closer to his face that was both white and pink with embarrassment.

“…Your beauty makes me feel like I fell in love at first sight. What do I have to do? I have not been careful enough to fall in love with you, my angel.”

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Alice skipped all the fancy pink and white dresses, opened the closet door and chose herself. She didn't want to stay innocent, pure and useless like that day.

Alice chose a discreet pale yellow shirt, with a bow tie at the neck and an extra layer of pleated fabric on the chest. The sleeves curl and squeeze at the delicate wrist. Combined with a brown dress, with patterns designed as images of golden crowns connected together at the hem, the skirt was relatively simple and has a moderate length. The combination of brown and light colors made her somewhat mature and stylish with the leather high-heeled boots. Thin black gloves wrapped around Alice's slender fingers as if protecting a precious object. Alice chose for herself a pair of round earrings with rare Rutile Quartz stones combined with a necklace with a teardrop design, both elegant and luxurious.

Alice did not want to wear to much makeup, she just arbitrarily painted her pink lips with a little bright red lipstick. Her white hair was neatly pulled back and tied in a simple high ponytail, held in place by a large, delicate bow. The black mesh hat fitted well over Alice's shining golden eyes. 

Most of maids gaped in amazement at this all-too-mature image of Alice. They thought that their lady would choose some eye-catching dress to meet the Prince Nelson. She looked exactly like Marquess Irene when she was a young girl, strong, attractive, and has an extremely strong aura.

Alice sprayed a little perfume on her collar and wrists, pleased to see herself in the mirror.

"I've always wanted to be changed like this. It is very comfortable indeed."

Today was the first day she met Katherine, the greedy and stupid daughter of her father. They had purposely arranged this meeting, so that Katherine and the Prince Nelson Spence knew each other.

Very soon, after exactly two weeks, Alice's fiancé was taken by Katherine without even knowing what had happened. All right, if they tried so hard, Alice would lend a hand in speeding up the plot. She didn't want her 17th birthday to be ruined and made fun of by them.