Beautiful Stillness ✔️

Chapter 22: Isolated Island

Chapter 22: Isolated Island

The morning is still new to Ulysses. He is so not used to waking up and going to a farm first thing in the morning. He still has the habit of grabbing a pail to clean the house and water the plants. He is still used to his everyday routine in the mansion and it is making his chest heavy. How can he move on when he is still so in love with Lord Damond? And every day, it is him he always longs for. At the end of the day, it is him he thinks of. It is always Lord Damond.

Ulysses still secretly cries every night. Is Lord Damond eating properly? Is he doing well? Does he think of him sometimes as well? Because Ulysses always does; every hour, every minute, Ulysses always thinks of Lord Damond. It will always be hard to forget your first love especially when you grew up loving them every day. It is hard; Ulysses can never move on from this love.

Lord Damond is probably free and happy now. It has already been a week and there is no sign of Lord Damond. Deep inside, Ulysses hopes that his master will look for him. But it has been a week and Ulysses never heard of the Theodores again. It will be only three more weeks before the official engagement. Lord Damond will finally tie the knot and Ulysses will be forgotten forever.

It hurts. Ulysses thought he would finally be free once he fled from the mansion. But it seems like it is even more painful, because his longing for Lord Damond is getting stronger every day. It is so hard to reach him; Lord Damond is a star he will always look up to, he can never reach him.

Ulysses is now residing on an isolated island far away from the Theodore estate. Lord Damond would not even bother knowing the place; it is very far. In the morning, Ulysses travels to a farm to work with his aunt. Then they go back to the small island to work at a shop in the afternoon until the evening. Ulysses is slowly getting used to it, but habits die hard.

"Are you doing fine there, Uly?"

The sun is shining brightly, tainting Ulysses's pure skin. He never went out of the mansion before so his skin is whiter among the residents. The people there even call him beautiful despite being a man.

[Yes sis!] Ulysses ran to his aunt whom he calls sis since they are very close.

His aunt smiled brightly. "All right, let's pack this up and go back to the island."

During his stay, Ulysses noticed a lot at the farm. It looks prosperous, but the farmers do not look good. They look anxious as if the land will be stolen anytime.

[Sis, what's happening in this farm?]

His aunt looked at him with a confused look. "Why? You noticed something?"

Ulysses nodded. [You all look depressed.]

She chuckled. "That's right. We're anxious, Ulysses. We're struggling; the farmers are really struggling right now. A noble family is trying to take the entire land. If that happens, we'll lose our livelihood." She furrowed her brow. "If we lose this land, a lot of families will suffer and that includes us."

Ulysses's eyes widened. [Seriously? Nobles have wider estates than this, why are they taking the farmer's land?]

His aunt, Teresa, shrugged. "I've heard that the family is really famous; they're actually known. They have a hefty property. But I think they're planning to buy this land because they're going to build something. Maybe an establishment for business?"

[Why here?]

"This land is healthy and huge. Maybe, they could get richer if they build a business here?"

Ulysses frowned while looking at the field. [It's suspicious. Are they up to something? Of all places, why here?] He sighed. [There are lots of healthy and large places; this is an almost isolated area. Why build a business here?]