Chapter 3: How It All Started


    Lucien Rosenhall is world-famous as the current CEO of one of the world’srgest pharmaceutical


    announcing his engagement to his older co-worker, my mother. My mother has always raised me alone


    as a single mother so I was very happy when she found the love of her life. I first met Lucien when he


    came over to our house a few months before his marriage to my mother. I was only 12 at the time but I


    could tell that he was a kind and trustworthy person. He married my mother when he was only 28 years


    old. I learnt muchter when I grew up to be an adult that although their wedding was sparkly and


    filled with happiness, Lucien’s family was deeply dissatisfied with his choice of a partner.


    Our life together as a new family was amazing and just like a fairytale dreame true. We lived in a


    big mansion after we moved in to live with Lucien and his family at their family estate. We spent so


    much time as a family going out on vacations whenever Lucien was free from work at his family’s


    “Your mother is at the hospital, Natalia. I’ve sent the driver to pick you up. Pleasee as soon as


    possible,” Lucien said. Lucien, why is your voice shaking?


    Less than a year into their marriage. My mother passed away suddenly due to a road ident. Just


    like that, my only blood rtive was gone. Her small funeral was held quietly with only her close friends


    and Lucien’s family in attendance. As I stood in a ck dress beside Lucien to greet the guests, I felt


    so numb from the pain that I wished that the wind would just blow me away.


    “What will happen to the child? They were only married for around 10 months? Does she have other


    family members on her mother’s side that can take her in?” they were whispering so loud and acting as


    if I’m no longer here. Mother is gone…what will be of me now? Where will I go? How will I live? I


    miss my Mother… Tears that I had been holding back streamed down my face slowly as I began to sob


    softly.


    Then I felt a warm arm around my shoulders and in the next instant Lucien’s face was looking directly


    at me. Lucien has bent down to hug me tight to his chest. “We will be ok. I am here for you. Let’s


    continue to live together because we are a family. I love you, Natalia,” Lucien whispered and kissed my


    forehead softly. Those words and that kiss, saved me and my life.


    --- Ten Years Later ---


    I am now 22, and in my final year of university. The past ten years flew by and I have grown from a


    child to a young woman with a bright future ahead of me. I’ve continued living with my stepfather,


    Lucien, after my mother passed away. Lucien has been loving and supportive of me and the best father


    I could ever imagine for these past ten years. I am thankful to have him as my father and family but


    starting from my high school years, I started to yearn for more…


    “Natalia. Please be home for dinner on time today. I have something to discuss with you,” Lucien called


    to tell me. He seems unusually excited. Perhaps he wants to discuss about my internship at the


    “Sure. I’ll be back on time. See you then!” I replied to him in a cheerful voice. After all, I really do like to


    spend time with him and everything he does feels special to me. I hang up with a small smile on my lips


    as I look forward to having dinner with him, hearing his stories,ughing with him while watching him


    smile. All of those moments make my heart beat faster.


    …


    “Lucien, I’m home!” I excitedly announce as I walk in the door. Two maids immediately walked in to


    assist me with my bag and coat. After entering high school, I came to dislike calling my stepfather as


    ‘father’ so we have been calling each other by our names and that makes me feel so happy. I walked


    towards the dining room where I believe Lucien must be waiting for me.


    “Hi there! I’m Ang! Nice to finally meet you, Natalia.”


    A blond woman with sparkling blue eyes, gigantic tits and a curvy ass in a tight dress stood up from the


    table to greet me with an overly friendly hug.


    “Hi. I’m Natalia, nice to meet you too,” I replied politely stering on my face one of my most sweet


    smile that I have been trained to present during social gathering asions. My eyes darted around to


    try to locate Lucien. He was nowhere in sight. Where is he? ... and who is she?


    We both sat down at the dinner table where three courses of meal have been prepared andid out by


    our maids. Thankfully Lucien walked into the room as I was fishing into my head to find some topic to


    start a conversation to fill in this awkward silence.


    “Natalia, You’re back. Wee home sweetie. Let me introduce you to our beautiful guest of the


    evening! This is Ang…she is my fiancé. Ang, this is Natalia, my daughter,” Lucien turned to me


    with the most ecstatic smile on his face. It took all the energy and soul in my body to ster a sweet


    and joyful smile onto my face. If the world is going toe to an end, may it be now.


    The three of us shared polite and seemingly pleasant conversations about random things as we ate our


    dinner. I had my body turned on autopilot with my training to act as ady to deal with these events


    while my real-self retreated inside my mind as a way to handle the shock. Lucien looked straight at me


    multiple times over the course of dinner, showing me that he probably knew that I was not taking this as


    well as he would have hoped. I made randomments here and there as appropriate throughout


    dinner.


    --To be continued...