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"Is it good?" Kimberly asked Valarie, which she nodded to.

"It's good. But quite dry" Valarie criticized. Alex's eyes widened at that, hearing the criticism.

"Did we even asked for her opinion?" Alex whispered towards Kimberly who just entered the kitchen.

"I don't mind a little review for my food" Kimberly replied, placing the dirty dishes in the sink.

"Here. Do you mind?" Valarie passed her dirty plate towards Kimberly.

"Not at all" Kimberly grabbed the plate out of her hand.

"Does she think we're her maids, or something?" Alex asked.

"She's rich. Give her a break. I think I would have a heart attack if I see her washing her own plate" Kimberly whispered, glancing at Valarie that was heading upstairs.

"Mr. Chae" She said, seeing Hyungwon stepping out of his room, she managed to get a glimpse of his slave sleeping, with no clothes on, before he shut the door close. He looks like he just bathed, with his slightly damp hair and his fresh scent of cologne, which when the smell fades, smells like Vanilla.

"Ms. De'Casper" He replied, as she just stood there, awkwardly just staring at him.

"Enjoying this place?" He asked her.

"Kinda boring" Valarie said.

"Why don't you continue with your writing? I have to say that you have a way with your words"

"What do you mean?" She asked, not understanding him. He just shrugged and walk past her, slightly grazing their shoulders together. She look back towards him that was jogging down the stairs.

"A way with my words?" She muttered to herself, her eyebrows scrunching in confusion.

"Oh, Hyungwon. Where's Hera?" Valarie could hear someone asking Hyungwon.

"I think I might've drained her" Hyungwon stated.

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The way his tongue slipped past her soft lips and into her hot cavern. Valarie wrote it all down, before she stopped, not knowing what exactly is she doing, or thinking. But that kiss she saw, kept bothering her. Wondering how does it all feel? She started to lick her own lips, before her tongue rolled back in and she started to trace the lines of her own teeth and the upper palate of her mouth using the tip of her tongue. It was weird, how is it pleasurable to someone? She blushed slightly, noticing how she was acting like such a virgin. Even though she is, the way she's acting is embarrassing. That further proofs how curious she feels when it comes to experiencing the sexual pleasures of life. One, where she would and should enjoy with a special one.

But truthfully, she was sure that many young ladies, no, not just ladies, young adults, who hasn't experienced any sexual activities acted like this while undergoing a sexual awakening. Isn't that right? It's just one of the many steps before they experienced these things. But the thought of Hyungwon, a man she just met, knows everything about her. Now, she wonders, how exactly does Hyungwon feel about her? Why exactly did he bring her here? Along with his slave? Kinda odd. She was his friend, but why must he bring a slave? She felt uncomfortable with the thought of that. What exactly is she doing here? What did he said about her? Interestingly dark? Dark? How is someones writing their sexual desires, be a dark thing? She sighed at that.

"I need to confront him" She thought to herself. She slowly got to her feet, before she slowly walk out of the room she was in. Hyungwon, that man is way older than her. Centuries of existence, how does he manage to stay so... pretty? Even her father, who is also a vampire, already had slight wrinkles on his face, even though his features stays young. He doesn't even seem to have one wrinkle that's visible, I guess that's the difference with royal vampires and normal vampires, royals live forever and the normals don't. Only vampires, or humans who are bitten by the royal vampires stay young forever. She look at the disappearing sun outside and she head downstairs.

"Excuse me" She went towards one of the twins, not knowing which one is Alex, or Kimberly. Though from what she knows, Alex looks tougher and rougher than Kimberly, by the way they talk and walk.

"Have you seen Hyungwon?" She asked them.

"He's outside. Last, I saw him resting on the hammock" Kimberly replied.

"Thank you, Kimberly" Valarie managed to identify that she was Kimberly. Valarie walk out of the house, before she glanced around for Hyungwon. She instantly saw a slim figure, on the hammock, under a shade of a tree, quite further away from the house. Great. No one could listen to their conversation now. She instantly used her speed and appeared next to him. Hyungwon who was barely sleeping, open his eyes and saw Valarie. He instantly smirked at seeing her.

"Can I help you?" He asked.

"Mr. Chae. What exactly are your thoughts of me?"

"Well, I haven't given any thought" He replied, uninterested.

"If you could, do you mind giving me more attention, instead of always brushing me off, which is very rude of a man to do towards a lady"

"I do mind, actually. Your father doesn't care about the way I treat you, does he?" Hyungwon look up at her, raising his eyebrows at her.

"Stop talking about what my father does care, or doesn't care about. It's about the way you treat me now. You brought me here as a what exactly?"

"My mother told me to bring you along. Following my plans, you won't be here at this moment" Hyungwon replied, with no consideration of her feelings. Tears pricked at her eyes, at his words. She has never felt so hurt by mere words before.

"Can't handle a little reality?" Hyungwon asked her, before he then turned to look the other way, grabbing the beach hat he put aside, putting it over his face and ignoring her standing there, frozen.

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Valarie ate silently, watching the others eating peacefully and making small talk. She glanced at the other end of the table, seeing Hyungwon and Hera. They were talking amongst themselves. Valarie felt out of place. She felt alone. She shouldn't have come. It was a mistake taking her father's order. It's not like her father would care if she got hurt, or anything like that. She chewed on the food and slowly swallowed. Her eyes glanced up to look at Hyungwon and their eyes met. She quickly look away. She has never felt so insulted before. She chased him around like a fool and with one word, she felt crushed. Her lady pride has been trampled on by him. Even he was treating the slave better than her. Clearly, she's dirt in his eyes. She watch as Hyungwon and Hera left the table and head up the stairs.

"If only I had a friend to talk too" Valarie thought to herself, as she finish up the food she was eating. She got up and she passed her dirty plate to Kimberly.

"Don't you know how to wash your own plate?" Alex asked, raising a brow towards Valarie, making her stop in her tracks and look at Alex.

"E-excuse me?" Valarie asked, as everyone stopped and look at her. She felt a blush creeping up her neck.

"Wash your own plate, we're not your damn servants" Alex said, further embarrassing her.

"Alex!" Kimberly look at her sister warningly.

"Don't mind her. Go on ahead upstairs" Kimberly said, giving her a small smile.

"Uh... Thank you" She said towards them, but Alex just rolled her eyes while Kimberly nodded at her. Valarie went ahead to climb the stairs.

"She's just a pretty face and nothing else" Alex mumbled, but Valarie could clearly hear her. Valarie felt a pang in her chest.

"Alex!" She could hear Kimberly hissed. Valarie ignored and went ahead towards her room, not before passing Hyungwon's room, wondering what they were doing in there.

"I'm just a pretty face...?" She wondered to herself. Maybe that's the only quality she has as a person. She never fit in anywhere. Not with the rich kids. Not with the servants. Not with anyone. Everyone she ever met up to this day, either hates her, or doesn't like her, or just a passerby in her life. Why does it have to be like that? Upon entering her room, she saw Hyungwon in her room.

"What are you doing in here?" She asked. He then put down something on her bed, before leaving her room, walking pass her. She walked over towards her bed and she panicked, seeing her diary that was wide open, knowing that he had read more of it. She instantly blushed in embarrassment, locking the door.

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It was torture. She was glad that it was over. She couldn't even last a day there. She just stayed cooped up in her room and kept on writing in her diary. Whatever she felt. Whatever she wanted. Whatever she heard at night. She wrote it all down. She felt like a psychopath. She needs help. She's getting lost in her own thoughts. She was never a friendly person. She was always the loner in her elementary school. She was always the quiet one. Playing with building blocks all by herself in one corner. She never had a problem with being like that, being alone and playing by herself. But, after meeting Hyungwon and his friends, she was dragged back into the social life and she was pulled out of her comfort zone by her father.

It didn't feel nice. She didn't like to socialize. But she realized, it gets lonely sometimes. With no one around, just her and her thoughts. But now, seeing her father facing bankruptcy, she doesn't know what to do. Her comfort zone is being ripped out of her life, forcefully. If Hyungwon and his friends, the X clan, didn't banish the council, she will still be living happily by herself. Now, it's impossible. She glanced out the car window and she see her house in view. As the car stopped, she got out of the car and thanked the driver. She went inside, then she saw her father at the main living room.

"Papa" She greeted. He look up from the paperwork, before smiling at her.

"Val. How did it go?"

"Okay" She replied, before crashing on the couch.

"What are you doing?" She asked, seeing him so busy going through the papers.

"Selling my properties" Her father replied.

"Sell?" She asked.

"Yeah. At least we get to have some money,... for now" He said. She felt bad. Her father is doing everything he can, to provide, and here she is, taking advantage of it.

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