Cold sweat starts to form on my face. We are now sitting all together, me, Lianno, and Mary together with the rest of Lianno's family.
I swallowed hard when Lianno's Mom averted her gaze at me. The nervousness that I'm feeling right now is nothing compared to what I felt earlier.
Lianno's parents have this strong aura that will make you shake with nervousness. They seem to know their real authority here and that's what makes this moment more terrifying.
"Who is she, Lianno" An elegant voice of a woman is the first one to cut off the eerie silence that is currently forming.
"Mom, we talked about this already" Annoyance can be heard in Lianno's voice as she talked to his Mom.
Her mom smirked, I don't know If it's a good thing or a bad one. But without an emotionless look on her face, my nervousness is decreasing little by little.
"Is she the one?" His Mom asked for more.
Lianno just glared at his mom as an answer that made Queen Carolina smirk grew wider.
"Call me Queen" Lianno's mom suddenly talked to me that made me astound.
"Me?" I asked them confusingly while pointing my index finger at myself.
"Yes," Queen Carolina elegantly answer. My jaw instantly dropped because of it.
I nodded like a robot when I saw them waiting for my answer. Queen Carolina seems to be satisfied with my answer, we started eating after. Servers start to attend their needs. Lianno's sister is quietly eating.
She's wearing a black off-shoulder mini dress. She has soft features, a pointed nose, and her brown silky straight hair is shining. She has the same eye color as Lianno. Having a bold red lipstick on her lips that doesn't seem to fade as she eats greasy food highlights her overall face.
I'm eating silently when Lianno's father without notice talked to me.
"Just call me Uncle" I chocked on my food. The maids hurriedly went in my direction and attended me. The queen also stands up from her seat and went in my place.
"Are you alright, Celestina?" Queen Carolina worriedly asked me.
I robotically nodded to answer even if my chest is aching a little bit. When I look around everyone is staring at me, I got embarrassed because of their awkward stare at me. I awkwardly laugh and bow at them.
"Did I shock you?" King Luciano abruptly asked me.
"N-No, Sir," I politely answered, giving him an awkward smile.
"Call me Uncle, I repeat" His voice now became more serious than earlier. I slightly get nervous because of the sudden change of the tone of his voice.
"Y-yes, Uncle" My voice quivered, Uncle smiled at my answer. Is he a psycho though? Is that where Lianno got his attitude? They are indeed a family.
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"Celestina, what is your plan for today?" I looked at Isabela. We are cleaning my room right now. Arranging some things and fixing the overall look of the room.
"Where should we place this?" I pointed out the wall on the right side of the door.
Jea nodded, she's holding a painting of mine. 3 red roses, I named it 'the hopes of forever' for no particular reason. It just came into my mind right after I finished painting it.
"Jea! Isabela!" I called the two of them. I'm planning to move the bed closer to the windows and I can't possibly do it without them because the bed frame is heavy.
We pushed the bed in the right direction. Exhausted, that is what we are feeling right now after moving the huge bed. We didn't expect that it will be too heavy. Moving the bed nearly eats around 1 hour of our time.
It's almost lunchtime when we finish moving. Isabela needs to go down to get our food downstairs.
"I'll be heading down now, you too should rest for a while" I just raised my hand, forming my fingers in A-Qkay sign for her to understand what I'm trying to say.
I heard the closing of the door. I look in Jea's direction to see her taking a nap. I didn't bother her anymore and let her rest for a while. She must be tired from all the happenings recently,
I look around, we are just halfway done. We still have many things to do. I sighed, then closed my eyes, I'm starting to feel sleepy too. And I think it's ok for me to take a nap, even in just a short period of time.
I woke up hearing voices. I opened my eyes and look at the direction where the voices are coming from. I saw Isabela and Jea, they are sitting on the couch, talking and laughing with each other. Isabela is the first one to notice me standing near them.
"You awake now, Celestina?" Isabela asked me.
I nodded yawning, I seated with them, sitting in one corner at the right side of Jea.
"Did you eat already?" I ask them, leaning my head against the couch.
The both of them nodded in unison, I look around, I got surprised by the changes in my room is clearly evident. I felt in awe, they have finished cleaning the room now. The flowers in the vase are now different from the last time.
"Thank you!" I hug them, they seem to be confused, but minutes later I felt them hugging me back too.
"You should eat now, Celestina, The food is on the table" Jea smiled at me while pointing the direction of the table where I saw foods that are kept in a transparent circular glass lid. I can see 2 plates in there, both are filled with foods.
"You kept some food for me?" I happily said to them, jumping out of joy.
"Of course" Jea answered while laughing because of my reaction.
I happily went to the table and open the Lid. Taking out the 2 plates that are inside. One is filled with Buttered rice while the other one has shrimps, tempura and stir-fried string beans,
My mouth instantly watered, without looking at them, I seated in one of the chairs, preparing myself to dig in.
"You should've to wake me up earlier" I talked to them finally after I finished feasting on my food.
"Celestina, we forgot to tell you something" Isabela in a low voice abruptly talk.
"What is it?" I asked them with furrowed brows.
"The Queen asks for your attendance at the dinner later..."