CHAPTER 2
Lucian took her hand and it was warm, she smiled at him politely and said, “I have heard so much about you Mr. Ladra, it's nice to finally meet you.”
“It's a pleasure to meet you too,” he said with a faint smile on his smile.
“Since you have both met, how about I show Aurora around dad? I will see you around,” Jewel said and stole her friend.
He watched his daughter showing Aurora around and he called his P.A over.
“What can I do for you sir?”
“I need you to find everything you can on that girl walking with my daughter as soon as possible. Dig out every tiny thing you can!” he ordered sternly.
“I will start right away.”
Getting bored with seeing the kids playing he went back inside and went to his office. On his desk there were pictures of his parents and daughter. Those were the people that mattered a lot.
Jewel couldn't help it but show off her new friend. Aurora was beautiful and older than her. She didn't know much about her but she liked her.
“It's a beautiful party,” Aurora said as soon as they sat down having some cocktails.
“My dad put a lot effort in it,” she said.
“I can tell, he is a nice man,” Aurora complimented.
“Do you mind if I call you, Rora?” Jewel anxiously asked.
“No, I don't mind. I like it,” she replied plainly as if she isnt called that, what else should she be called?
“That's good then. You promised me that you will sleep here tonight, right?” Jewel asked to make sure.
“But your father, will he agree to it?” she asked in a worried tone.
“Of course, he will. Don't worry about anything,” Jewel assured Aurora.
“If you say so then I'm relieved. I almost forgot, here is your present,” Rora said and took out a small wrapped gift box from her purse.
Jewel took it happily. She had never received such a small present before. Everyone was always trying to please her and yet this girl was just different. She took the wrapped box and tore it immediately, she didn't want to wait and open it with the other present. Inside the box was a hairpin. She looked at it closely and still didn't get it.
“I'm sorry if you don't like it. I didn't have much time to prepare for a present but took something my mother left for me,” Rora explained and she felt bad for reacting that way.
“Where is she?” Jewel asked in a sad tone.
“She passed away a couple of years ago,” Aurora emotionlessly replied but to Jewel who couldn’t read this situation, mistook it for something else.
“I'm sorry to hear that but you didn't have to give me an heirloom.”
“It's okay, I want you to have it,” Rora said.
“Thank you. You can take a look around; I will go and check up on my friends. Have some fun and don't disappear,” Jewel said and left Rora sitting there.
To be honest she didn't know what to do after the way she reacted. She just wanted to leave and come back when the air had settled. She began to mingle with her other friends and had a time of her life. When she turned around to look for Rora, she was gone. She wondered where she was.
“Who are you looking for?”
“The girl I was with. Did you see her or where she went?” Jewel asked worriedly.
“She went towards the restroom, don't worry. She is a big girl after all,” her friend Anna said.
“That's true, let her have some fun too,” Wendy said.
“Okay, I will let her be. Let's have some fun,” she said.
Jewel was raised by her dad and grandparents. Her mother visited once in a while but she divorced her dad when she was barely two years old. Why they divorced she never really understood?
Her father didn't like to talk about it and she just let it be. Some other things were better left unknown; that's what her grandma told her the other day.
She just knew how much her dad loves her and that was a lot for her. She just wanted to make him proud and see him happy but he was just so busy with work. He was well known for being the top bachelor; many women were after him and yet he took none of them.
She always wondered if her dad gave up on having a family again. What would it be like if her dad took another wife? Will that woman mistreat her just like how Cinderella's mom did to her?
All the women her dad dated in the past, they all pretended to like her on the surface while deep down they will be trying to make themselves appear to be good to her dad. Her dad must be suffering big time because of them and she just didn't know what to do.
Her dad had left earlier and it was only the kids having as much fun as they could. While she was dancing, she spotted him; the guy she had been crushing on ever since she turned fourteen.
He was hot, handsome and awesome. Every girl loved him, he was popular and came from a rich family like hers and yet he never tried to pursue her even for once.
She couldn't go to him and confess her feelings. What if she gets rejected? What if he does the same thing he did to this other girl and humiliated her?
She didn't want to see herself in any situation like that, which is why she will just love him and never say a word at all. She would shield her heart from any harm and just be happy with what she had at that moment.
Lucian finished going through his emails and decided to take a walk in the back garden and check up on the kids. He spotted Aurora making her way towards the back garden and wondered what the young girl was up to. He followed her quietly making sure she didn't notice him at all. He was surprised when he realized what she was doing.