The little girl took a long breath as the memories began to become entangled in her head. It was the memory from her previous life. Because the world she's living in is inside of a novel she once read when she was 16 years old recommended by her classmate.
Her real name is Cassandra Lee. 26 years old working in a Big Company. Her mother leave them and left with her rich boyfriend when she was five. It was then that her life started to be like hell. After her mother leave them, her father started to go crazy and was always in a bad mood when he come home after work.
She used to asked herself why did this thing happens to her, why did her mother leave them behind just to be with her man. And why did her mother leave her to her dad instead of taking her. There were times she thinks that if her mother just taked her, then she wouldn't experienced those abuses from her father.
She clearly remembered the first time her father raise his hand at her. She got sick because of that that makes her father more angry and starts to beat her sickly little body. After that, her father bought a small cage for dog. At first, she was confused as to why her father bought that knowing they don't have any pet at home but then the cage her father bought was not actually meant for that, rather it was for her. So after her father leave for work, he'll put her inside of that small cage and locked it. She received all kinds of abuse from her father to the point that she got used to it.
That's why she didn't expect that she will reincarnate as a villainess that also suffered from violence in a novel she once read 10 years ago after her father hit her head when she come home after work.
Arabella Ellaine Ridden is a villainess she possessed from a novel, 'The Dukes Lady.' At first, she didn't realized that she was in a novel upon her arrival a week ago. She was shock to found herself in a strange place and with unfamiliar people when she opened her eyes. But when those people wearing some strange clothes called her by the name Arabella and she saw herself in the mirror with a strange yet familiar appearance, she confirmed that she was inside of a novel. The problem is, she forgot the main characters from the story and how the story ended. All that she remembers is Arabella, the body of the woman she possessed will die by the hands of the main character, even how the story ends.
Cassandra can't accept the fact that she's not in her original world anymore so she tried every means she can do to return. However, she's still stuck there with a lot of abusive people around her.
She remembered that when she opened her eyes there were people hitting her using a stick. She was confused as to why they were doing that to her and why does everyone didn't stop those people and just watching them hit her. After hitting her, no one step aside to help or attend her wounds. They all left with a disgusting look on their face. And so, the bullying and abuse she experienced get intense as day's go by. She's used to being beaten from her father so whenever the Marquis or the maids beat her, she didn't let a single moan and tears escape from her eyes.
*Growl
Arabella was back to herself when she heard her stomach growled because of hunger. She has not eaten since yesterday because the maids didn't give her anything to eat. Arabella was hoping that a maid would come to her room to bring her some food to eat as she touched her flat stomach while looking at the door.
A few minutes has passed when the door suddenly opened and a woman in a maid outfit barged into her room. Her lips smiled a little when she saw a familiar face of that person. It was the maid Heather holding a tray of food while frowning.
She pushed the tray with forced towards her direction that caused some of the food to spilled.
"Ugly Bitch!" The maid whispered but still reached through her ears. Arabella smiled brightly to the maid Heather and said her thanks that made Heather stunned for a minute. She was taken a back when she felt her cheeks get hot while looking at the smiling face of the Little Lady and hurriedly turned her back to leave the room.
As soon as the maid left, the bright smile from Arabella's face soon disappeared. She looked at the dirty tray that has a soup and two pieces of moldy bread. The soup has a strange color and smell and has a strange ingredients and toppings that makes it more unpleasant to eat. While the moldy breads were hard enough to make it impossible to eat by a little girl like her.
Arabella took a deep breath as her stomach growled again. She took the spoon and decided to eat the strange and smelly soup. As soon as she tasted the soup, she almost vomited because of it's bad taste. But Arabella still forced herself to eat it.
'I'm still lucky because I have something to eat even though it's not that delicious and pleasant to eat.' Arabella grab the hard bread and dipped it into the soup before taking a bite.
Meanwhile, the maid who's name is Heather still couldn't forget the smiling face of the Little Lady. She put her hands on her flushed face and tried to calm herself. But everytime she remember those unique eyes paired with thin lips smiling at her she can't get herself to be calm.
In the end, she get back to the maid's quarter with her face still flushed.