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Chapter 1

Liliana's pov :
"What's wrong with the electricity in Watson Mansion?!" I screamed at the top of my lungs and ended up coughing. I gasped for air, suddenly breathing became the most hazardous task to do.
All I could see was the darkness only, and here was my only weak point, my only frailty-DARKNESS.
The memories of my childhood flashed through my mind and my legs started trembling. The son of my mom's best friend lied to my mom that I punched him in the face on his birthday so my mom felt embarrassed in front of her friend for my violent behaviour and as a punishment, she locked me in the darkroom.
That little brat came to that room and threw paper balls at me, he ran away after locking the door again. I was sobbing so hard, six years old I couldn't face that darkness, I begged my mom to take me out from that hell but she wasn't even there. She was busy gossiping with her friends and then, a boy appeared when I was losing hope.
I was sobbing and shivering with fear, laying on the floor. He came near to me and wiped my face, when I saw the light coming through the door, I felt better. But suddenly he ran away and I felt sad because he left me alone.
As I again started sobbing, he came back with a glass of water and chocolate. When I felt better after sipping the water, he helped me to get out of that place, saving me from everyone else's gaze. That day I realized that I hated parties and fake rich people.
Before leaving the party, he patted my back and smiled. I held his hand to stop him from going. "I didn't punch him." Uttering it, I lowered my head as I felt a little uneasy.
He took my hand in his and told me, "I really wish I could exchange our mothers with sweet mothers but unfortunately, I can't so we have to be strong and learn to fight."
As soon as he was done saying, he clasped my hand and took me to the place where that little brat was playing. "If he lied, then you should make it true."
Quickly I punched his face and ran away from there with that boy who looked a little older than me.
Sometimes God creates problems and solutions together. He decided to give me anxiety that day, but then he showed some mercy by sending that boy who saved me and made me realize that loneliness wasn't a weakness, I just needed to be strong.
I still indeed remembered his words and those words have always helped me to overcome anxiety since then. Slowly, I started taking deep breaths with closed eyes and I could feel lively again.
Standing up from my desk, I started searching for my phone because I knew no one could hear me from my room. Especially when the door was closed. Being an introvert was not an easy task for me but I had had no relationship with ease since my childhood,
"You know what, sometimes I feel like I shouldn't be afraid of you. After all, we both are alone and strong enough to not let anyone enter our comfort zone. I don't let anyone be my friend and you don't let the light come. Wow!" I clapped when I realized that I was overcoming my anxiety and we were similar. I could breathe normally and a small smile twitched my lips.
"Ouch!" The word came out from my mouth as it's the universal reaction after getting injured or hurt.
Sometimes you need to control your joy, otherwise, the joy will leave pain for you and run out from your window or gate whichever is close for 'joy'.
I thanked God for making me fall on the bed instead of the floor, otherwise, my mother would give me instructions on how I should behave, my little brother would laugh as if I cracked a joke, and my father would scold me for not taking care of the floor. Such a fucking clumsy person I was!
I started searching for my phone again on the bed as it was the first place nearer to me, my brain couldn't remember where I had put it!
The door of my room opened slowly, and it caught my attention. I wiped my face with my hands as no one knew about my anxiety and my body was draining in sweat. There was maybe a torch at the door which was coming closer to me, making me put my hand to my eyes as it was directly coming to my eyes, making me blind.
I knew that it would be Richard, after all, he was the only person in the house who loved to play pranks on everyone.
"Richard, you should not forget that I'm your elder sister. You are just too much! How could you even imagine that you can play your poor prank on me? Now, please, give me the torch and fucking leave my room. Stop playing the role of a ghost, you're a real ghost in my life!"
The light came near my face and I saw a girl standing there with a torch in her hand. "I'm sorry, ma'am! I'm not Richard, I'm Fiona and I started working here today. The electrician has arrived, he has started doing his work. Everyone else called the staff to get candles in their rooms but you didn't, I was quite afraid that maybe you wouldn't like me coming to your room without asking for permission but I wanted to-"
I interrupted her, "hey! Can you please stop being a waitress at a five-star hotel? I know, you are a worker but you don't need to explain to me that much, and I'm not your ma'am. You can call me Liliana or Miss Watson, choice is yours." My dear mom didn't like my friendly behavior with the workers so I had to give her the second option of Miss Watson.
"Okay, Miss Watson! Do you need anything?" She asked in a frightened tone.
"Dear Fiona! You don't need to be afraid of me, I never fire anybody. I guess, in a week, you would know me better. I was about to call but I couldn't find my phone. Can you please give this candle to me for a sec?" I was scared of terrifying her by my blunt attitude. The truth was that I didn't know how I should talk to her so she wouldn't feel afraid of me. My communication skills were perhaps bad.
"Sure, Miss Watson!" She handed over the candle and I rolled my eyes at my name.
The phone was just beside the laptop. I took my phone and turned on the flashlight. "Now, hold this candle." I gave it back to her.
"Let's go to the kitchen! I'm hungry, and thirsty as hell. Unfortunately, my jug is also empty," I stated and took the jug in my hands.
She suggested, "you may wait here, I'll be back with your food, and give me this jug, I'll fill it."
I waved her off, "Oh, my dear! You seem like a teenager like me, I can't be cruel to you just because you don't have enough money and you need to work here. Moreover, something bad has already happened to you that you are working in this Watson Mansion, trust me, I'm the worst person ever but not to those who are helping me. And I don't have much time to talk, can we please walk to the kitchen now? I'll have to spend the entire night probably writing my assignment," I shrugged.
"Oh, okay! Thank you! Sure! You are so kind Miss Watson," she started waddling towards the door, and I started following her with the flashlight of my phone.
My mom and dad were already standing in the hallway, they watched us descending the stairs. I had had a very bad day in school, that son of a bitch stole my assignment and I had to write it again tonight.
"Be careful, Liliana!" My dad asserted as soon as he saw my face in the dim emergency lights of the hall.
"Why do you need to come downstairs when you can just wait in your room, Lily? Can you be mature just for once?" My mom scolded me and sighed.
I showed the jug to her. "I need some water, mom. And I was hungry, too. So I thought going to the kitchen would be the best idea." I knew my mom would say that there are plenty of workers in Watson Mansion so I didn't need to do the work of the workers.
"Don't you know honey that there are fifty workers in Watson Mansion? Do you think that you need a personal helper?" She smirked.
"Not at all, mom! It's just that I-"
My dad interrupted me, "t's fine, Kristen! No big deal! Lia, you do whatever you want but please, remember you are the only daughter of our family so you should not do the work of the workers." He roared in a superior manner and took a seat on the sofa.
Fiona and I both started walking towards the kitchen and the lights were fine now though I could hear my mom complaining to my dad.
"You are spoiling her, honey. She is soon going to be eighteen and she still behaves like a five-year-old kid. She is Watson but doesn't care about our reputation, the way she dresses up and talks, she seems like a middle-class daughter, sometimes I feel like-"
As always, he yawned and rubbed his eyes before cutting her off, "Look, the electricity is back and I'm going to sleep! You may deal with the electrician and know the issue why it happened, I know you are good at that. Good night, Kristen!"
I chuckled when I saw my dad going upstairs, that was a great move. Otherwise, he would have got stuck in arguments with my mom.
Quickly I grabbed a sandwich from the fridge and put it on a tray. Fiona filled the jug and insisted on grilling the sandwich, "you shouldn't eat the cold sandwich, let me just grill it!"
"Nope! It's midnight and I have an assignment to complete so it'll waste my time. I don't have enough time to talk so bye! See you tomorrow! And yeah, welcome to the weird family!" I smiled and bowed a little, and she giggled in response.
Taking the tray in my hands, I was about to leave the kitchen but a face that I hated the most appeared and the tray slipped from my hands.

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Chapter 2

Liliana's pov :
Everything was lying on the floor except me, my pride was also somewhat on the floor, too. I stared at him in disgust, my face had just one expression-'shock'. After what happened today, he still dared to visit me.
"Hey, Lily! I met your mom in the hallway, she told me that you were in the kitchen so here I'm," he uttered and shrugged as if it was so casual to be here in my house, at that time.
I sighed and opened my mouth, "so what?! Who gave you the fucking right to disturb me at night? Did you even think for once before coming here at midnight?" Fury mixed with my blood and circulated in my veins. He was the last person on the earth I ever wanted to see.
"Take it easy, Lily. Chill! I came here to help you with the assignment, I stole someone else's assignment for you, here!" He handed it to me and ran one hand through his brown hair and shoved the other hand in the pocket of jeans, trying to be a cool asshole.
How could he think that I could be as cruel as him? He had been giving me more and more reasons since childhood to hate him more.
Throwing it to his face, I crossed my arms across my chest. "You little brat! You should give that assignment to the person who worked hard to write that but you won't understand what hard work is?! Because you never did so just move your ass out of my house. And never call me Lily, I hate that name as much as I hate you, Goodbye!"
"Is that how you treat your best friend, Lily? You disappointed me, girl. I could never believe if somebody else would have told me this but now, I have seen everything and I'm not gonna let you go. Apologize to Justin right now!" My mom appeared from nowhere like a ghost and without even asking me the reason as always, she ordered like a queen. Well, that's why I gave a suitable nickname to her, QUEEN!
I was as innocent as a baby whose candy was stolen by her friend, and when the baby starts crying, everyone is looking down upon the baby who is crying just for candy.
When I was six years old and he lied to my mom for the first time, that time my mom didn't ask me for once if I really hit him or not! Nothing changed in the past eleven years, she still believed her best friend's son more than her daughter. She never cared to ask for once about whose mistake it was! Perhaps it was my fault to expect her caring heart for me.
I still tried to protest as always, knowing that it won't make any difference. "But mom, he copied my assignment. I worked days and nights for that assignment, I spent my whole month on my work, and he just stole my book and copied it. You won't believe what happened to me today, our teacher accused me of stealing the assignment from Justin. Can you believe it? I was accused of cheating just because of him."
Deep down, I knew it wasn't necessary to explain anything to her because my mom was never going to listen to me. But I was too stubborn to give up, she might listen to me and believe me one day.
"Look, Lily! Whatever happened it was just between both of you, I'm no one to point my finger at either of you. I know just one thing that I have taught you manners, you can't talk like that with anyone. Honey, it's your best friend, your childhood friend, how can you speak like that to him?"
I was not dismayed, I already knew that my queen mom was not gonna interfere with my study affairs, she would take interest in the matter when it's about manners and her BFF's son.
Justin smirked and showed his middle finger to me. My mom was standing in front of Justin so there was no chance that she could see him.
"This stupid boy is not even my friend, let alone be my best friend." Why did my mother always call him my best friend? Just because he was her best friend's son and we were of the same age and in the same class, we were not going to initiate a tradition of friendship between Blakes and Watsons.
"It's fine, Mrs. Watson! I know, she is never gonna apologize to me," he muttered and made his puppy face."But I hope you won't be mad at her, I don't want you guys to fight because of me."
Damn that innocent puppy look! Fucking bastard!
"Why is he in ordinary school? He should be in acting school, he is not good at anything but acting." I mumbled to myself and sighed in disgust.
It was nothing new for me, I have been tolerating his melodrama since his sixth birthday. I knew very well what to do next because I was told to be strong and fight that day.
"Oh, my boy! You are so sweet, I've told you a million times you can call me Kristen." She broke into a smile. "I'm your mom's BFF. We are thinking of your marriage and you guys are still behaving like kids. I'm disheartened with your behavior."
"What the f...heck!" I cried out as I was stunned. "Mom, please! I'm not gonna marry anyone this early, and this monkey, haha..! Don't have high hopes, mom!"
"Can you please behave like a lady, Lily? You're seventeen years old. Apologize to him, right now, it's an order."
"Mom, please! Give me one accurate reason why should I say sorry to him?" I knew how to handle this melodrama very well, I've become an expert in the past eleven years.
My mom started taking deep breaths. According to her, it was the best thing to do to blow off the steam.
"It's your mistake, Liliana Waston! You are supposed to say sorry to Justin without any excuse." She gritted her teeth and plastered a smile on her lips.
I was pro at saying sorry. "Fiona, I need some energy, please, give me orange juice!"
Fiona quickly took a glass and filled it with orange juice and gave it to me. I headed towards Justin, he was taking his steps backward as if he read my mind and I started strolling faster.
"Hey, hey, Lily! Sorry, Lia! Listen to me, I...I…," and I fumbled with the broken pieces of the tray, and the orange juice was all over his face, neck, and clothes.
It was just an accident, not a plan. I didn't deliberately step on the broken tray.
"Oh, oops! I'm extremely sorry Mr. Justin Blake, I'm feeling so sorry for you," I smirked. "Fiona, help Justin with this. I'm going to my room." I patted his shoulder and whispered, "you fucking little brat, you can never make me do what I don't wanna do."
My mom understood everything very clearly and left quickly as she had nothing to say now.
Fiona quickly asked as I made a move to leave, "I'll make you another plate, Miss Watson. Please, eat!" That girl was so kind and caring, for the very first time, I realized how it felt when someone cared for you.
"I guess, there is someone who cares for me. Thank you so much, Fiona! From today, we are friends. And I don't need any food now. I'm full of this drama."
"How could you do this to me, Lily? You are ready to be friends with this maid but not with me…? Are you trying to compare me with your servant? It's ridiculous, Lily."
I pointed my index finger towards Justin. "You know what, this isn't the first time when you manipulated my mom and humiliated me. I've been bearing your torture since childhood, and you expect me to be friends with you?" I frowned and rolled my eyes. "Well, not possible! And always remember one thing that just because you were born with a silver spoon in your mouth, it doesn't mean that you are allowed to humiliate or make fun of others who don't have money." I wasn't finished yet.
"Wait, I guess, even if someone is poor, they are working hard to achieve success, not using their parent's money for granted just like you. Do you wanna hear more? If not, then simply leave! You don't have work to do but I have. I have to redo my assignment just because of you."
He swiped his face with his hands. "Stop! I'm not interested in your gibberish either. Goodbye!"
"Goodbye, asshole!" I shouted gleefully and headed to my room.
I reclined myself on the bed, both palms were lying on the sheet of the bed, and my legs were straightened in a relaxed position. Open hair gave me a messier look but I loved my hair waving freely because freedom is the best feeling in this world, and at least some part of me could feel free.
Seizing some long breaths, I sat on my bed. Lazily, I stood up from my bed and walked over to my desk and again started the assignment. My attention diverted towards the door when I heard a knock.
"Miss Watson, it's Fiona! May I come in?"
"Yeah, sure!" I shouted hurriedly.
Fiona came in with a tray in her hand, the same fruits, mango juice, and milk.
"Thanks for your concern, I was hungry but I have to finish this and submit it tomorrow. I don't have time for eating." I spoke bluntly and swirled my head towards my laptop again.
Fiona took the glass of milk and put it on the desk. "It'll take only ten seconds to drink milk. I suppose it's healthy to drink milk while studying, it'll help you to focus."
"Well, milk can't help me to focus because I'm so pissed off. But it'll only take ten seconds so I'm taking this." My eyes were still on the laptop, I took the glass and finished it within ten seconds. "Thank you, Fiona! I'll talk to you tomorrow, bye, good night!"
"Okay, good night! Have a good sleep!" She took the glass and placed it on the tray and started moving out of the room.
"It's not a good night for me, I can't sleep tonight because that dickhead stole my assignment," I screamed with sarcasm and we both chuckled.

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Liliana is a friendless, socially awkward, and tomboy who is constantly being ridiculed for her appearance and lack of social connections. However, she is destined to meet a charming prince, and a rollercoaster ride awaits her, which will completely transform her life.

Jason is a charming, arrogant jock who has never believed in steadfast love, and who has finally decided to be with the tomboy girl, Liliana. At first, his goal was to keep the girls out of his way.

"Can you tell me why you're dressing like a boy? "Do you have any idea that you're a girl?" He chuckled, inspecting her from her shoes to her bizarre bun in a mocking manner.

"Then kiss me," she said, a competitive tone in her voice as she raised her eyebrows in irritation.
She caught him off guard with her words, but she managed to pull him into a powerful kiss that broke his heart. They had no intention of falling in love with each other. But it was their destiny.

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