Lady Melissa didn't care that much about her parents though, ever since she had made that vow to herself, her expectations for love and praise from them would just disappear slowly day by day.
She had finally come to the realization that no matter how hard she tried- no matter how much effort she put into something to try and make her parents proud, they wouldn't ever be genuinely sincerely proud of her.
Lady Melissa knew that they would act like they were proud of her, but she could see it in their eyes- that the both of them could care less, she had started to get used to it- not even expecting any sort of praise from either of them anymore nowadays.
Lady Melissa couldn't blame herself forever wanting praise from her parents- and genuine sincere love from the both of them, she wanted them to brag about her- for once in their lives, to just brag about her to their other nobles since they had never even done so in the past.