CHAPTER 4: PROMISE

Elodie’s POV

“Elodie, is it true that Mia is going to marry Henry Vonstein? That super wealthy mafia boss?” Ella asked me as soon as I entered our classroom.

I looked at her. “H-How did you know about that?”

“Oh come on, Elodie. Everything that happens in everyone’s life here in the university is known by everyone. You know how our schoolmates love gossiping.”

I heaved a deep sigh as I put my backpack down. “You know, I feel sorry for Mia. She is still too young to get married and she doesn’t even know that man. Given that the man is mafia boss. I’ve heard a lot of bad things about those kind of people.”

“Oh come on, Elodie. Why do you care so much about that bitch when she always treats you like her servant?”

“Because I really am her servant.”

“Whatever. She deserves that for being so rude towards you. But on the other hand, she is quite lucky because she’s going to marry a wealthy man. I wonder if Henry Vonstein is hand some too since he doesn’t usually shows his face. If he is ugly, then Mia deserves him since she has such an ugly personality, too.”

“Ella…”

“By the way, can you come with me later? I want to go shopping.”

“Huh? Well…”

“Hey! You promised me you’re going to come with me!” she pouted like a kid.

I smiled as I pinched both of her cheeks. “Fine. I’ll come with you. But I also have to go home early, okay?”

“Okay!”

When our class dismissed, Ella drove us to the nearby mall where she bought so many clothes for her.

“Elodie, I think this dress suits you!” she suddenly said to me while holding up an off-shoulder red dress in front of me.

“I-I think that’s too uncomfortable…”

She laughed. “You are so innocent! Come on, if you ever find yourself a boyfriend, make sure to wear this on your first date.”

“Huh? I don’t have a boyfriend and I am not planning to have one. All I want is to live with Aunt Sally until the day I die.”

“Oh, come on. You don’t even want to have kids? A beautiful woman like you should make a lot of beautiful babies for this world! Also, don’t you even want to experience sex? Do you want to die a virgin?”

My eyes widened when Ella said that. I looked around us and heaved a sigh of relief when I found out that no one seem to heard what she just said. “E-Ella…”

“Whatever. I’ll buy it for you as a gift but you have to promise me one thing. You’re going to wear on your first date with the man that you truly love and the man that you want to be with for the rest of your life.”

“You don’t have to buy that for me, Ella… For sure that’s so expensive too.”

“Stop it, Elodie. This is my gift for you, okay?”

In the end, I had no choice but to accept her gift.

It was already eight in the evening when I got to the Denmarks’ home.

“I’m sorry for getting home late, Aunt Sally. Ella asked to go shopping with her. Look, she even bought me some clothes and a dress. Also, she bought some food for you,” I said as I put the paper bags down.

Aunt Sally then smiled at me. “It’s alright. Ask Ella to come here, so I can cook for her some other time.”

“She’ll love that.”

“I’ll put these in the laundry,” Aunt Sally said as she started checking the paper bags. I went to the bath room for a while to take a bath and change my clothes. As I stepped out of the bathroom, I saw Aunt Sally looking at the dress that Ella bought for me.

“E-Ella bought that for me. I already told her I can’t wear such dress. I-I won’t wear it, Aunt Sally.”

Aunt Sally turned around and looked at me. “This actually suits you. You can wear it if you want to.”

“H-Huh? B-But isn’t that too vulgar?”

“This is what girls in your age usually wears nowadays, so I see no wrong about wearing it in a suitable occasion.”

“I don’t think I can wear that though. Ella also told me I would only wear that on my first date with the man I truly love and I want to spend the rest of my life with. I told her I will never have a boyfriend because I’m going to live with you forever.”

Aunt Sally suddenly burst into laughter after hearing what I just said. “You really are a silly child. Of course you can’t be with me forever. I’m getting old and soon enough I will leave you. But before that happens, I want to see you have a good life with someone who will love you truly.”

I shook my head as I hugged Aunt Sally. “Don’t say that… I don’t want to leave you, Aunt Sally.  I will never leave you.”

“I know, I know… I just want you to always be happy, Elodie.”

Just when we were about to go to sleep, someone knocked on the door. I stood up and opened the door and saw Daisy.

“Elodie, the Denmarks want to talk to you. They said they’re going to wait for you at the drawing room.”

 “H-Huh? But why? It’s already late…”

Daisy shrugged, “I don’t know either. Maybe they have something important to tell you.”

I looked at Aunt Sally then I changed my clothes before proceeding to the drawing room where the Denmarks are waiting for me.

I wonder what they want to tell me at this hour. It's already late in the evening, so I'm kind of nervous.