"Our factory!" he said. And with such ease as if he owns it. She wanted to mock him. She would have mocked anyone else. But she could not mock him when his eyes gleamed with such confidence. She had to look away to make sure she did not get blinded by that brightness.
But it was a mistake she regretted. As his hands reached for her shoulders and held her at ease as he started walking. She looked at the burial of her mother for one last time.
"Abigail, your new life starts from here. So.. do not look back. From today, you are Abigail Vyokmen Burke Alancaster, the duchess of Weildmer land. The Alancasters! So never fear anyone." he raised his head as if he wanted her to mimic the action.
Abi hesitated. She had seen herself as a diligent employee, as a filial daughter and even as a theft. But the duchess of the empire.
But as he kept looking at her, she felt she could do anything, achieve anything in that moment. She had the world in her hands.
