Free Web NovelChapter 58: Home (3)
"When do you think she’s going to wake up?"
"I want to see who everyone has been talking about."
Aurora couldn’t sleep with the voices nearby most likely talking about her. She wanted at least one more hour of rest but the voices had done their job and woke her up fully. They stopped when something loud hit the floor and they screamed apologizing to someone. She didn’t have the slightest clue what just happened and she wasn’t sure if she wanted to find out.
Aurora sighed looking up at the roof of the room she had woken up in, noticing there were hanging pots with dried-up flowers right above her. "Isn’t that dangerous?" She thought out loud, sliding away to the other side of the bed so that if any of them dropped they wouldn’t hurt her. "So this was my room here?"
She sat up to get a better look at it as she had been asleep when they arrived last night. There were dried-up plants everywhere which meant no one had entered here to take care of them. Maybe they weren’t allowed. There was a large bookshelf and next to it seemed to be a station to make plant pots. This was probably how her room at the Hamiltons would’ve looked if she had more control.
"I need to take a bath," she said when she noticed she was wearing the dress from yesterday. With all the running she had been doing yesterday, a bath was the first thing she needed before going out to meet anyone. "My bag!" she exclaimed remembering the clothes she had brought along.
Aurora paused when her eyes went to the closest door and wondered if she had any dresses in there. What type of clothes did she have saved here? She hurried over to the closet, pulled open the doors, and was welcomed by the sight of many dresses in different colors and styles. They weren’t the type the girls wore in the towns and villages today as the styles changed every year but she still loved them.
She couldn’t imagine dressing up in all of them. As she was shifting through the dresses and reached the middle, she came upon a door. "Why is there a door here?" She questioned and cautiously turned the knob.
The door led to another room where there were shoes and more dried-up plants. Aurora found it to be intriguing that there was a hidden room in her closet. She had only heard of this type of room being in the palace and many nobles would try to mimic it. The room beside Regina’s bedroom was rearranged to be like this. freeweɓnovel.cѳm
She went to a table and picked up a book which had to belong to her. It was a journal of things she had learned to do with plants and trees in the garden. Aurora was eager to see what the garden here looked like but first, she had to go back to take a bath first. There would be more time for her to explore her new home for the time being.
When she exited the door, there was a knock at the bedroom door. Thinking it was Vincent wanting to check up on her, she quickly opened the door but was greeted by the sight of a young girl.
"Good morning! My name is Mari and I am your assigned servant to help you with anything you need. Would you like me to start warming up the water for you or do you need breakfast? I can bring it up here or set up the table for you downstairs. Would you like to eat with Vincent?"
The only thing Aurora could do was smile with all the questions being thrown her way. She had never met someone speaking as fast as Mari did. The young girl with blonde hair and blue eyes stared at her waiting for her first task. "I’m going to take a bath first if you don’t mind."
"Great! I will start running the warm water for you and get a brush for your hair. I can brush your hair during the bath if you want me to. Would you prefer lavender or roses in the water?" Mari spoke quickly, stepping inside the room so that she might start the bath for Aurora.
"I’m perfectly capable of doing it myself." Aurora had always taken care of her baths herself and didn’t see the point of having anyone do that for her.
"Nonsense-"
"Mari," Vincent warned, entering the room with his hands behind his back. He wore black pants and a white half unbuttoned shirt that revealed his chest. Aurora looked away as it was not proper for her to stare at the man. "Excuse Mari. This is her first day of work and as you can see, she is more than excited. Just run the water for her, Mari. You’ll find that Aurora likes to be independent and it will take some time for you."
"What’s wrong with being independent? I don’t need someone to bathe me when I have a capable body to do it myself," Aurora said in defense of herself. She didn’t want to depend on anyone for such trivial things.
Vincent looked away to hide his growing grin as he felt the growing need to tease her. "Do you cook your own food? Wash your own clothes? Did you not have servants carrying your heavy items for you?"
"That’s..." Aurora trailed off knowing where he was going with this but she wasn’t going to be defeated. "Still, you shouldn’t look to rely on others for everything. Bathing myself and walking on my own are things I am perfectly capable of mister."
"I think you’re just shy and don’t want Mari to see you naked."
Aurora blushed because of his blunt words. Didn’t he feel any shame at all when he said things like this? Who raised him? "I am not shy!" freeweɓnøvel.com
"Well then, would you like to put that to a test?" And it was now when he turned around to face her that she saw the grin he was hiding.
