Chapter Ten
“Miss, the chairman asked if you would honor dinner with your prescence. The maid stood just outside the door to the balcony, and said in a respectful voice
“He has a special guest he wishes to introduce to you.”
Lana stood outside on the balcony of her bedroom, looking down on the vast land of the Fernandez’s Estate.
It stretched for miles, and there were several other buildings in the Estate, both residential and non residential
At the sound of the maids voice, she turned away from the view to call out her reply
“Alright, tell him I’ll be down in a shom while She flashed a brilliant smile at the maid, who bowed respectfully at her then exited the room.
As the maid left, Lana tumed back to the view which she had been enjoying. She lifted her face up into the sky, and inhaled deeply.
The morning sun warmed her face and the gentle morning breeze, ruffled her hair, bringing with it the scents of the beautiful flowers, which were planted even where accoss the estate.
The flowers combined with the clear blue sky, and the dazzling sun made the landscape look like something straight out of a fairy tale.
A contented smile broke out on Lana’s face, as she closed her eyes, feeling relaxed and blessed.
It’s been two weeks since she returned home with her father. And Lana had never felt better.
After a week of princess treatment, she was finally feeling like her old self again.
A dazzling, powerful beauty that turned heads wherever she went, Lana had no regrets whatsoever coming back home.
She never should have left in the first place. The past three years would be forgotten on a whim, she was sure.
And everyone in that past three years would also be forgotten. Her hands clasped the railing on the balcony, as she thought about her past, and she shook it off.
Tuming to walk back into her mom, she decided to go down to meet her father and his guest.
She smiled as she thought of how affectionate he had been this past weeks, and was always checking up on her to see if she was okay and had all she needed.
Her brows furrowed slightly as she thought of how he had not asked her about what happened in the past three years that she was away.
But knowing her father, he had probably already made research on it, and was only waiting for the time to bring it to her.
she sighed as she undressed, carefully stepping out of the yellow sundress which she had donned for lunch, and threw a wine coloured silk robe over her shoulders, and wrapped her hair turbanlike in a towel of the same color.
Since she was going down for dinner, she had to be dressed for the occasion, and so she needed to get ready.
She walked across the spacious bedroom, the heels of her four inches shoes, clicking on the tiled floor, towards the bathroom and ran a scented bath, strewing the surface of the warm water with rose petals
Slipping out of the bathrobe, she stepped into the still warm water and enjoyed a long luxurious bath, sipping red wine and listening to slow, classical music
Twenty minutes later, she stepped out of the bath tub, and wrapped herself in a towel before proceeding out of the bathroom.
She walked towards the walk in closet, and her eyes roved undecidedly over the outfits, that were in the closet
These were lons and tons of dresses in the closet–cocktail dresses, dimmer dresses, party dresses.
There were tons of other oustics in other section of her walk–in douri but this section was for dresses only.
Finally, she settled on a white satin dress, that stopped above her knees, with thin straps and a neckline that plunged down showing a lule cleavage. The dress had
highstir that showed off a silly tigh
Her slim neck was adorned with a single pearl necklace and earnings she packed her long red hair lado a bun, and some tendrils of red hair escaped the mas to frame
She turned in front if the full length minor, and add the reflection that stared back at her.
she walked back into the walk–in closet to get her shoes, when a small box, concealed by lndards of slice boxes, caught her eye.
Staring at the Lawmillat black box, tied with a purple rilibon, Lana brought it out and opened the box.
The first thing she saw brought back memotes that neatly crippled her. Her eyes watered as she stared, breathless at the contents of the box
They were designs
Designs for outfits which she had diawuchessell about six years ago
Lana had always wanted to be a fashion designer, like her mom, and she had showed incredible talent for it when she won contests and prizes for her designs
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She was happy then, her mother was still alive and they had spent hours drawing designs and making them.
She was preparing to attend the best design school in Emerald city, back then and her Mom supported her every step.
But then. Mei Femandez died. And with her, everything that Lana stood for.
Shebluntly refused to look at any design back then, and just wanted to leave, which was why she had gone to Oakcrest city.
Lana left the walk–in closet slowly, and went to sit at her vanity table, poring through the designs as nostalgia washed over her, making her eyes water and bringing sad smiles to her face.
The light knocking on her door startled her, and her father came in.
Lana quickly wiped at her cheeks which were glistening with tears, and smiled slightly as the big man strode across the room towards her.
Princess, are you okay?” Samuel crouched down on one knee, as he looked into his daughter’s wet face.
“I’m fine” Lana muttered, her voice breaking as she placed the designs she was holding in her hands back into the box on the table.
Samuel’s gaze went to the box, and his eyes immediately became sad.
“Oh, I see you found those” he muttered softly as he gazed at the beautiful drawings “I never could bring myself to throw them out, even when you lisisted you did not want it.”
Lana laughed awkwardly, a catch to her throat due to the tears and she hugged her dad.
Samuel’s huge hands parted the small of her back, and they stayed in that position for a while.
“There, there, everything’s time. You’re fine now, princess” he said, softly as he comforted her “You are fine.”
“Of course, I’m fine Dad” Lana replied, composing herself as she straightened up.
She snutted and looked at her Dad’s weathered face, flashing him a brilliant smile, and he did the same.
Lana looked at the box, on the table one last time, and her smile widened as something occured to her.
“And I think I just got better.” she laughed softly, as a surge of inspiration seized her
yes, she was back home. She can do anything she want,
She had the money.
She was not shackled by a loveless marnage.
She would live up to her mother’s linage
Sice had the love of her family was better now
She tuned swiftly to her father who was watching her curiously,
“Dad, I’ve decided” Lana uttered, her eyes lit up with determination as she caressed the smooth surface of the black box.
“I’m going back to fashion designing!”
