"FIRST THING IN THE MORNING"

The sound of my cell phone woke me up the next morning. I quickly reached for it to see who had texted. I sighed in annoyance when I saw that it was Marius. "So early," I muttered, taking a deep breath and getting out of bed.

It was already five o'clock in the morning, to be honest. But Marius had beaten my alarm clock, so I was slightly irritated. And because I was annoyed, I didn't reply to his "good morning" greeting. Although deep in my heart, I knew he had managed to make me smile somehow. But my irritation overshadowed everything at that moment. First and foremost, I was still exhausted and wanted to sleep. I still had thirty minutes, if you think about it. But since Marius had become my alarm clock, there was no point in going back to sleep.

I proceeded to the bathroom to take a shower. I knew the household staff was already busy in the kitchen preparing breakfast. Well, perhaps it was good that I woke up thirty minutes earlier today. I had a lot of work left unfinished at the