A RED-LETTER DAY

Prologue

Note:

Please bear with me, guys. It's been awhile since I stopped making novels. However, I'm trying my best to make this novel good enough to live from your expectations. I'm trying my best not to sound cliché. So please don't leave bad comments about my work. If you don't like it, you can just stop reading. I'll work harder. Thank you!

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Emerald's POV

I'm in the cafeteria right now, drinking my favorite milktea. My 2 best friends are running towards me. It looks like they have some good news to tell. I raised an eyebrow as I depart my lips from the straw.

"Bryan and Rica are no longer dating!" Blaire yelled

"That means you have a chance to date Bryan!" Hadley yelled

I rolled my eyes and took another sip "What does it have to do with me?" I asked

"Duh, Bryan is your ultimate cru-" Blaire said but I covered her mouth

"No, he's not. I'm kinda over it" I said

After school, I planned to go to the countryside. I took the train for the first time. When I reached my destination, I started asking random people about the directions. I keep on walking and walking until someone snatched my bag and ran away. I don't have money inside my pocket and my phone is inside that bag. Nice catch! All I've got is this train ticket to get back home. I sat on the sand as I watch the sea. I saw a guy who's 3 meters away from me. He's eating and I realized that I'm really hungry.

"Uh, hi, can I have some?" I asked as I stood up

He just smiled and he stood up too. He came closer as he gave me a bag full of sandwich.

"You can have it all"

Not only he has the manners, but he also had the looks. He's drop dead gorgeous, you see. I can tell he came from a decent family.

"Are you lost, miss?" he asked

"Uhm, you see, I lost all my money including my phone. Someone snatched it while I was walking towards here." I said and my head is hanging low because of embarrassment

"Do you want to borrow my phone? I can lend it to you" he smiled

"Really? Thank you, mister" I happily grabbed his phone and made a call

I called my secretary to fetch me. It's a 4 hour drive because of the traffic, but I know it would only take 3 hours, because Sasha used to be a race car driver. I gave him back his phone. While waiting, we started talking about our lives. I found out that he ran away from home a year ago and he's using his savings to feed himself. He said he used to be a part timer and now he's jobless.

"Since this will be the first and the last, I'm going to tell you something crazy. It's a secret, but I know you can keep a secret" I said

"What is it?" He asked

"I'm the princess of Belgium." I smiled

"Why are you in UK?" he asked

"My cousin is the prince of UK. And I'm staying in the palace since I was 5 years old. I know you won't believe me-"

"I believe you" he smiled

It's been 2 hours and a half since I called my secretary, but now she's here. I'm about to go, but I realize that I didn't even know his name. I turned back to him.

"I wanna know the name of the man whom I watched the beautiful sunset with." I said

"It's Vincent." He smiled