Cassandra eyelids fluttered slowly, as she regained consciousness, she recalled all that had transpired in the past few hours and really hoped that it had all been a dream. But that hope was totally crushed as the first person whom she laid her eyes on was none other than the "sir Leonard "
'Oh no' she thought, 'this wasn't just a nightmare it was really happening!' She could feel water dripping down her face and into her neck.
Leonard was bent down over her and in his right hand was an opened can of bottled water. She guessed he had been the one to sprinkle the water on her in an attempt to revive her.
Not trusting him, she struggled to get up. The frown on his face slowly turned into a beautiful smile, with his eyes twinkling , there seemed to be a little mischief in them. Dazed, she wondered what he had in mind for her. But she wasn't left to wonder for long as he soon emptied the whole can of water on her!
"Oh my God!" She screamed .
"Look who is finally awake " he announces with a smile in his rich baritone voice sounding genuinely happy and relieved .
"You little…" she started to say but shut up as soon as she saw the smile on his drop and turn into a frown. He arched as right eyebrow as if daring her to complete his sentence.
'You little Imp' she dared to complete her sentence but of course that what in her head. Although she was intimidated by his presence and felt scared of him he couldn't read her mind and she was glad about that.
Outwardly she just pursed her lips and didn't say anything more.
"Dumb dimwit " he muttered under his breath.
"Stand up now we need to get back to the study room " he said extending his hands to her.
It was at that moment that she realized that she was once again in the room which she had woken up in, the only difference was that this time around she was not on the bed but rather she was placed on the floor beside the bed.
Wondering why she was on the floor and not on the bed she stretched out her hand grabbing his extended hands, she was at least grateful that he was offering her his hands for support .
He frowned upon seeing that but still made to lift her up but just when she was almost fully on her feet he released his hold on her hands, making her land on the floor with her butt. Wincing in pain she rubbed her hands on her butt as if trying to massage it and lessen the intense pain that she was feeling there.
"I extended my hands to you for a handshake dummy, not to help lift you from the floor, what was your dumb brain thinking?, ah! you probably don't even have a brain " he said mercilessly and without remorse.
Cursing her luck silently, Cassandra tried to ignore the pain and stand on her own.
"Ah, just just incase you are wondering why you're on the floor that's because I placed you there fatty, because you don't deserve to lie on the bed now do you?"Leonard said answering her earlier question to herself of why she was on the floor.
'Wait! did that mean that he was the one who had carried her?' She asked herself not daring to ask him.
"And the next time you so conveniently decide to faint, know this- I won't be lifting your fat ass of the floor I would instead drag you all the way up the stairs " he said to her with venom dripping from his voice and sounding so disgusted by her presence.
After saying that he matched out of the room banging the door loudly behind him.
Cassandra was left behind in the room ,she stared blankly at the door which had just been banged, feeling worse than she had ever felt about her self. She could feel the tears forming at the ends of her eyes but she tried to blink them back which was useless as they still fell any way.
She wondered why someone so beautiful could say things so cruel and heartbreaking to another person.
Perhaps she was just unlovable she thought to herself. 'Tch, who would love someone as fat and undesirable as yourself Cassandra?' She asked herself self depreciatingly. 'That's not true Benjamin and Dad love me ' she said smiling at that 'I'm literally the light of their eyes' she said cheering herself up.
But her reminiscing was cut short when one of the 'ninja maids' entered the room and said to her " you are needed downstairs in the study room, hurry up please we don't have all day" she added rolling her eyes and muttering something under her breath which couldn't be heard by Cassandra.
Cassandra got up , clenching her fists and decided she wasn't going to be a pushover and that wouldn't be signings a contract to get married to any fool! This was her life and not a goddamned novel she thought.
Dusting her dress she followed her maid down the stairs and back to the study room.