Chapter 1

A/N: This is my first ever English story so I'm sorry in advance for typographical grammatical errors.

Happy Reading!

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  HEDY is a charming little lady. full of hope and so jolly but behind that is an overwhelming misery.

she hides on those wide bright smiles and jolly sides. but the truth is, she's already going to die.

What a pitiful life she has.

She chuckled bitterly when she remembers how her both parents treated her.

She's an adopted child that's why, but still it's not acceptable. She thinks that's the reason why they are acting that way towards her because their legitimate child died in an accident. Then, they blame me for that.

Funny isn't it?

They starved me to death. They forbid me to go outside. They even hit me! They even plan to kill me.

She can't help but smile when she remembers those shocked faces of their maids. Those maids who put poison on her drink.

Maybe her mother is the one who commands those maids to put poison on her drink.

How pathetic.

They can't wait for me to die at peace.

They are a piece of shit.

I'm thankful actually because they adopt me and gave me some food and shelter but the way they treated me is not right. Do I look like an animal to be treated as one?

No, I'm not.

And all of the maids in butlers in this house are afraid of me. They didn't communicate with me not stay beside me, they treat me as if I am a kind of virus that once you touched me your gonna die.

A hot droplet of tears rolled down her cheeks because of what she remembers.

She smiled bitterly.

All she wants is to be treated nicely, she thought that she'll live like a princess with a loving mother and father on her side but she's wrong.

They treated me like a piece of trash.

All she can do is to dream and dream and dream that one day they're going to love me as their daughter.

She stood up and head to the secret garden that she found when she got accidentally lost.

Their house is big you can compare it to an amusement park full of butlers and maids.

She found it when she's twelve and now she's already nineteen alive and kicking. Fighting to live in this disastrous world.

This secret garden that she'd found is full of beautiful flowers and butterflies that gave her comfort. She often cries in this place, every time she's down she goes there and lays on the carpet grass. No one knows this place, even the owner of the house itself. So she's very happy about it this is the only thing that she can call hers.

As soon as she lay down she closed her eyes and began to dream and think...

What if the legitimate daughter of her parents didn't die would I experience this?

What if I'm the one who does will they cry? Or they'll be happy?

My head is full of what if's and I can't help but clench my fist because of anger.

I fastly get up as soon as I heard a footstep nearby my place. I walked slowly in that direction and hid in a big tree.

I slowly take a peek in that direction and then I see a masculine back of a man I can't help but to gasped as soon as that man faces my direction.

Nervousness and excitement fill my entire body.

I'm nervous because this man might harm me and excited because the man looks like a knight in shining armor.

I slowly take a step backward because it looks like he didn't notice my existence after all.

But to my shock, the tip of his sword is pointing at my neck. It felt so cold that's why I swallowed hard and hold unto the nearest branch at my side.

Nervousness invades my whole body.

"Who are you?" The man asks while gritting his teeth.

I swallowed hard and bit my lower lip to surpass my sobs.

I'm crying.

I'm afraid to die.

"Answer me, woman!" The man shouted in anger.

I slowly lift my face and stare directly into the man's eyes.

I can see shock written all over his face.

"I-i means no harm," I said while stuttering.

The man slowly put his sword down then mess his already messy hair.

"Then answer my first question, what are you doing here?" He said while crossing his arms.

She stops herself from chuckling. how can be a masculine man be feminine at the same time? He looks like my mother when she's mad.

She bites her lower lip then takes a deep breath before answering the man's question.

"I-i came here first!" She said while shouting.

She can't help it, she's so nervous.

The man's right eyebrows rise. As if he didn't believe what I say.

"That's true!" She continued. She doesn't have an intention to explain to this man whom she just met and she has a right to be here because this secret garden is still a part of their house.

"Leave," the man said then turn his back that makes her sigh in relief.

Thank God, I live.

She would have walked already she heard the man groan so she instantly ran in the man's direction.

"Are you okay?" She asked while checking the man's situation.

"What are you doing?" The man asks in surprise.

Why wouldn't be? This man threatens her earlier but here she is asking if the man is alright.

"I'm asking you if you are okay" I answered with concern in my eyes.

He facepalms and looks at me with disbelief.

"How can you ask a man who threatens you earlier? With that disgusting concern all over your face?"

"Why not? Even tho you threaten me doesn't mean that you are a bad person, maybe you just did that because you are protecting yourself from any harm but don't worry I don't bite I'm a gentle person" I said while chuckling.

The stiff body of a man slowly goes at ease that makes her happy.

"Now let me help you," I said then hold the man's arm.

The man obliges and lets me see his wound. And then I saw freshly made wounds by a sword. I can say that because I often see a wound created by a sword.

Where can I see that? Well, in my own body of course.

She often gets a wound that came from the sword because of her mother's hobby.

Whenever her mom is angry or bored, she will lash and stab him with a sword.

She didn't think twice and ripped her dress hem and put it on the wonder arm of the man.

"Done!" She said happily then stares at the man.

The man stares back and gives her a little smile that puts her heart at ease. Her cheeks felt so hot as if she's blushing.

She didn't think twice before she runs, she's so embarrassed I know that the man saw the adoration in her eyes.

"WHAT'S YOUR NAME?!" the man shouted so she slows her pace then looks in the man's direction.

"HEDY!"

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A/N: Chapter one done!