Amor Fati

Engagement day

Long black strands floated over the clear waters surface as the vision in Elena's eyes got blurrier by the second...disturbing thoughts passed through her mind and stirred her usually unfazed soul in a long lifeless minute before she came back to the surface gasping for air, grasping the edges of the white bathtub with shaky hands.

Today is her engagement to Charles Grey.

Charles Grey...any girl getting betrothed to the said man would be on cloud nine! he is a handsome, charming, capable and smart young man, and to top it all he comes from a distinguished noble family, his grand father, The 2nd Earl Grey, was England's prime minister in the 1830s, that even got a tea brand named after him and now, Charles is the new Earl when he is only in his early twenties, quite the achievement any one would say...

But Elena wasn't happy. To be correct, she felt none of the two, neither happiness or sadness, she was rather feeling...nervous.

Elena could hear the loud pounding of her heart as if it was going to burst, putting her hands on her chest she took a deep breath trying to calm it down but instead, her stomach decided to join the ball of this physiological and emotional disorder, getting irregular painful cramps.

The girl let herself slide down to the water again as she sighed and a succession of small bubbles came out to the surface as if to express her tiredness and desperation.

« Feeling this worn out early the morning ? »

The smooth voice of the red head butler reeking of dark mockery as he unfolded the big white towel, made the girl come out of the water with a large frown on her face « Am I supposed to be all happy and bubbly ? » she stepped out of the bathtub and the butler wrapped the towel around her slightly frail, but well endowed body.

« It's your engagement today, I thought every woman waited patiently for such a day » said the butler with a smirk as he was wiping her dry.

« Stop fooling around Kyle, you know very well how I feel about this engagement... I'm amazed you're in the mood to tease your master this early in the morning! »

« When one has a master as grumpy as you it's hard to refrain from teasing him » Kyle added with a chuckle. The girl glared at him as she slapped his hands away. the towel fell to the floor as she left the bathroom and the butler shook his head with a faint smirk as he followed her into her room.

« Because someone took a liking to the bathroom's ceiling and admired it for a whole hour we're falling behind schedule. The twit should be here any minute now to escort you to the Grey's mansion. You know you should be there before your guests arrive »

« I know, I know » Elena commented annoyingly as her eyes contemplated the lavish lavender satin gown.

Speaking of the devil...

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« Hnnn... Aaah... » the sound of loud feminine moans filled the ears of the young Earl as he strolled down the large corridors of the Lionton manor, trying to find his Fiancee's room. He first arched a brow not being able to understand how can people wake up early the morning, all energetic, up to do such stuff but the reason for his eyebrow twitching changed when he got closer and closer to the source of the sound.

« K...Kyle...enough...I can't take it any mo- Ah~ » Charles, who was standing at Elena's room door, felt blood freeze in his veins when he recognized the voice of his betrothed. He leaned his ear against the door, not being able to fathom the current situation. A manly voice this time fell on his ears « How many times have we been through this? You should be used to it by now! » the young Earl's head started spinning after hearing these words come from the butler's mouth.