past tribulation.

It She brought out a pink dress from inside and she wore it quickly. She didn't expect it, but the dress was her perfect size. She wondered if Arnold naturally had a measuring machine in his eyes. How did he know what would fit her? she thought. Natalie knocked on the car and Arnold heard immediately and he entered.

When he got close to her, she flinched backward a bit. He wasn't wearing any shirt and his buckles were undone. Natalie swallowed in her dried throat. Watched the sweat move from his hair to his chest. "What are you doing?" She asked, seeing that he was getting closer to her. Suddenly he jerked up with the shirt In his hands. It turns out he was only trying to pick up his shirt. Natalie became embarrassed for misunderstanding him.

Arnold wore his shirt and Natalie moved to the front seat before Arnold started the car. Shortly after they entered the road, he noticed he had many missed calls on his phone. He touched the screen and checked it out. The caller was Monica. What did she call him for? He thought. He saw a text message pop but then Natalie was watching him, he didn't want to her see whatever text message Monica had sent.

Arnold turned the phone off and focused on the road.

In the room, when they got to the mansion, It was almost midnight. Natalie went to her room to fix herself. Immediately she entered the bathtub and soaked herself in it.

The thoughts of the time she spent with Arnold, were ere ill caught up in her mind.

She felt a bit uncomfortable with it. She wondered if things would continue that way, or if it was just a one-night stand. Of course, they lived together, but it doesn't guarantee anything. She still remembered Arnold has a girlfriend, although the relationship is in a big mess. They might still come back together.

She didn't know when she slept off in the bathtub.

Natalie unexpectedly entered another world in her dreams. In a big bedroom with a beautiful interior design for royalty, a princess stood facing the mirror in a white crystal dress. Itt was a special occasion. "Your highness, If we don't get through with this, you might be late for the wedding ." A maid said nervously from behind her. Natalie watched the blonde-haired princess turn slowly at the maiden. She saw the princess was her. Natalie was shocked by it. She was dressed beautifully in wedding attire. It didn't look like the modern world at all. She suddenly heard herself speak.

"Tell his majesty, I'm not marrying prince Arlington." She said coldly to the maiden.

"Your highness, you know that's not possible. everyone's waiting for you downstairs.

"Who is waiting?"

"Your family, everyone's waiting for you. the prince's family too."

"Is the prince present?." She asked. the maid frowned and lowered her head a bit.

"No, he isn't."

"I'm not forcing him to marry me, we're both forced into this. if the wedding can go on without his presence, then it should continue without mine too."

"But your highness."

"Get out of my room." She yelled out angrily. suddenly, the door pushed open, and an elegantly dressed woman entered.

"Melissa dear, why aren't you out yet? we've been waiting for so long? what's the matter?"

"Mother where is the prince?" She suddenly asked and her mother approached her slowly.

"It shouldn't matter if the prince is here or not, the wedding must take place ."

Natalie watched herself being forced to marry a prince who isn't present on their wedding day. She was escorted slowly to the wedding hall.

The atmosphere was a bit awkward when she entered. She could tell no one liked her.

Walked straight toward the king. Without a husband beside her.

"How pathetic, it's obvious the prince didn't want her."

"It's bad luck for her husband not to be present on the wedding day."

"It's a pity the princess is marrying herself."

Natalie stood and watched everyone criticize her. There was one thing she didn't understand. If this was a memory or divination. Why did she bare a different name and it looked like the ancient times just like in the movies?

She heard the people gasp suddenly and she jolted out of her thoughts to see what was happening.

Melissa suddenly brought out a dagger which made everyone anxious. Maybe she was going to kill herself to save her face from such humiliation. Melissa felt the prince didn't deserve her.

"Today is supposed to be the happiest day of my life."

"Melissa, put that knife away. you might hurt yourself with it." Her mother scolded.

"Stay out of this. it's between the prince and me." She said, swinging the dagger sideways. Everyone flinched backward in fear.

"I'm not going to marry a man who humiliated me on our wedding day, never." She yelled and they watched the knife Pierce into her stomach.

"No!."

"My princess." Everyone exclaimed as she falls to the ground. Melissa wasn't dead yet, she was still conscious, but very weak. Soon, the queen took her in her hands and cried out loudly. From a distance, Melissa saw prince Arlington watching her die. Melissa committed suicide.

Natalie saw herself die in the dream and the prince Arlington was Arnold.

Confused and scared, she panicked and woke up.

She saw Arnold sitting at the edge of the bathtub immediately she opened her eyes and gasped. He held her. "Calm down, it's only a nightmare."

Natalie didn't know if she should push him away or allow him to comfort her. He was the same prince Arlington who gifted her a dagger a few hours before their wedding. With a message saying "You know what to do." How could she face him even if he wasn't aware of what he's done? She assumed it was an ordinary dream. She is no royalty and had never been. How come she had such a silly dream? Only Ariana could give her an answer to this question.

Natalie shivered coldly, she had been in the water for so many hours. Arnold attempts to take her out of it.

"No, I'm naked." She found herself saying, rejecting his help.

"Does it matter? you're shivering." Arnold was concerned about Natalie, he felt a strong hatred for her rejection.