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" How about we help each other?" He says and I look up at him, eyes still wet from the tears streaming down my cheeks, heart freshly broken from the public humiliation and betrayal that was Lucas's breakup. I can faintly make out the first droppings of snow floating magically under the light of the street lamps. It's that time of the year, a time for wool coats, a time for relaxing, none of which I'll be doing. "I'm an orphan with a wicked aunt and a boyfriend who left her because she has nothing to her name, how could I possibly help you?" I say another sob escaping my lips. "Marry me" he replies and my eyes widen in anger. Is he mocking me?. I look into the eyes of this stranger and see he's dead serious. "I need a wife, you need a home, marry me and you'll have all you want". I nod.

A Snowy Marriage (A Christmas agreement)

The food is pleasant enough and Adrian seems to keep piling my plates with various dishes. I can't seem to eat anymore as his mother taps his arm "Can't you see the girl is filled up, do you want her to burst?" she asks he gives his mum a shy smile. I find it none the less cute there is a lot of things that we do not know about each other yet and I still can't seem to believe that I went into such a scandalous affair with someone that I barely knew.

Memories from that night come flooding back as I remember the way we comforted each other, the way we spoke to each other, and told one another of our worries. It seems Adrian is good enough as a friend as things are standing right now, and I'm not ready to take anything any step further.

I can see that almost everyone is leaving the little garden and I also want to get back to the huge room that is Adrian's and begin planning how I am to achieve these little conditions that his father has given me.

I know that if I fail in this mission I get to walk away from here empty-handed, and act like nothing happened. But if I succeed, the rewards if I succeed is just too much, and I can't help but hold my head and almost scream. I'd be able to get everything back, everything that I had lost to life, everything that I had lost to the ungrateful people I stayed with.

I will be able to get everything, each and every dime, penny and copper back. The rewards are just too enticing for me to take it with levity, and I can feel my brain already working its way into success as I scan the see of faces, and look to see if anyone looks particularly kind or inclined to help young girls achieve their goals of taking over this place, because his father explains to me that we are not hell-bent on taking over the place, we just want to see some more improvements.

I nod my head and I laugh at this. I can only imagine how improvements to a three thousand year old place would look like.

I'm guessing if it wasn't improvable then there wouldn't be  technology gadgets in every corner of the hallways. It's almost like wherever you turn, boom there's some sort of technology that we haven't heard of before and yet it is completely visible and usable at the moment.

I return all the equipment I will use for our job and make sure that the place is clean and sound.

By equipment I mean the cutlery that I have used to finish eating and which I now think might come in handy if I ever want to threaten someone. I don't think threats would work in this place though, because everyone seems like they have their own trump cards up their sleeves, if I was to threaten anyone I'd simply get myself killed, and then Adrian into even more trouble. The way I think about the implications my actions will have on him in almost everything I do now scares me. I'm not planning to fall for anybody just yet.

Chapter 27