" Are you okay ?"asked Rogue sweeping his sweat dripping hair behind, he glanced around the gloomy street maybe trying to sense any intruder or enemy , all mischievousness and playfulness gone ." I'm fine " nursing the stitch going on her side , Chelswa stood up straight . She was feeling slightly uneasy with being alone with Rogue but there was no point on brooding over this matter anymore. Rogue had just helped her get away from whatever trap there was laid for her , it will be quite rude if she didn't appreciate him for that ." Where are we ?" straightening up Chelsea asked , she was a complete stranger to the down town streets , and had no idea about where exactly they were .Rogue stopped looking around and started tapping on his wrist watch like bracelet at Chelsea's question . And Chelsea got a better look at his bracelet when the clouds drifted away from the moon , letting moonlight shine upon the

" How about this , Mi'lady?"  " No too flashy " Chelsea rejected at once , the dress Cici was showing her didn't suit the occasion of her coming of age ceremony . That's right , Her coming of age ceremony was looming on her back like a grim reaper and yet here was she, sitting in Madam Rose boutique selecting dresses for a party that was going to be an absolute failure !   " But it's so pretty , Mi'lady!" whined Cici simply reluctant to let go of the white dress inlaid with jewels . " Choose something simple " said Chelsea as she watched Cici turn around to put the dress back on the slim velvet dress hanger .  " That won't do ! Milady its your coming of age ceremony ! How can we make do with a simple dress " Cici rejected Chelsea's suggestion at once , in her eyes it was her lady's once in a life time occasion, how can a simple dress be suitabl

Rogue watched as Madam Mary Qins took Chelsea to the changing room and he only turned his gaze away from them , when both of them turned into a corner right next to the entrance hall. He looked at Felix who was trying really hard to hide his heartache , he looked throughly mutinous at him but Rogue paid no mind to his anger and heartache . Yes, it was his fault , if only he didn't reject Chelsea before maybe Felix wouldn't have these undesirable feelings for her . If he was the good guy as he projected himself to be then he would have done the gentlemanly act and gave up on Chelsea because somewhere deep in his heart existed a forlorn thought , that he wasn't good enough for Chelsea , especially not after how he had treated her for so long . But he wasn't the good guy here , he was the exact opposite of it , his feelings for Chelsea had corrupted him to his core , led him astray from the path that he originally wan

Chelsea had no idea , how she managed to walk through the congregation to her father . Her movements were slow and dreaming , even though there weren't any expressions on her face , her heart was thumping excruciatingly beneath her ribs. She didn't know but her hands have started to tremble under the pressure of her anxiety and worry .   Everyone's gaze was upon her , even Rogue's she could feel his directed gaze pointed at the back of her head but she could hardly respond to it .  ' Get a grip on yourself!' she chided herself mentally , trying to ease the trembling of her hands. She took a deep breath , that felt burnt her lungs to the extreme , she felt her eyes sting yet she put on a smile as she reached her father ; shaking him out of his reverie .  " Father , shouldn't we go and see Sister Lilian " Chelsea was surprised that her voice came out so natural and even , she was

By the time Chelsea got back to the ball room where her coming of age ceremony was being held , quite a number of certain audacious rumours had started to flow around . The most decent one of it was , After Lilian's return , Chelsea would be kicked out of the Kaisen manor and will be made to live like a beggar and the most brazen was the one where the men were saying that , Chelsea will use her body to earn a living .  When Chelsea heard these rumours she wasn't surprised at all . Infact she had expected this afterall except from Rebecca she barely had any friendship with any other lady of her age . Chelsea would have loved to abandon all pursuits and go back to her room , enjoying a glass of iced tea perhaps if she felt like it , she would even read a book before going to sleep in her soft cozy bed .  But she couldn't . Now that Lilian was back, she cannot let people see what exactly was going on inside of her hear