Royal Princess: Doted On By The Mafia King

"Rose have you eaten dinner?" Mara asked when Rose went down stairs.

"Yes I did. I checked Anna's room but she isn't there," Rose replied walking to the refrigerator to get herself a bottle of cold water.

"She went to Miss Debby's house. She will go to school from there tomorrow," Mara replied.

"Mum is busy, right?" She asked.

"Yes, she won't be back anytime soon," Mara replied.

"Thank you. I saw you replaced a few things in my room. I wonder how I will survive when I go to university without you," Rose appreciated sincerely..

"You are welcome but Joyce did most of it. I guess she will be willing to go with you when you leave for school," Mara said seriously.

"Really?" Rose asked her eyes brightened. "But I think I should try being independent for a while in school. Don't you think so?"

"Oh come on. You are from a noble family, you deserve to be well taken care of and besides the pay is good. Joyce and I won't mind doing our work well to deserve our pay," Mara said frankly.

"You don't have to say it in such a manner," she told Mara and smiled.

"Miss Anna did not seem to be in a good mood when she left with Miss Debby. Did you two have a misunderstanding among yourselves?" Mara asked concerned.

"Yes," Rose nodded truthfully. It was a misunderstanding she had no idea about.

"I have never seen her unhappy like that, you should try talking to her. I spoke to her too but she did not seem to be in the mood at all so I let her leave."

"I want to talk to her but she is not at home yet so, I will talk to her either tomorrow in school or I will go to Debby's house."

She found Anna's behavior very weird. Her sister did not carry out her usual childish vengeance and end the fight but she left home and insisted on avoiding her.

"That is best. You girls should not fight. Sisterhood should be respected and protected. If you want some late night snack, I will have Joyce bring them to your room," Mara advised her.

"Yeah, I will need some later in my workroom. I have somethings to do into the night."

"I will call Joyce over."

With a smile, Rose turned and left the kitchen. The house felt too quiet and empty since Anna was not around to piss her off and shower her with attention and love. She missed Anna and she wanted her sister back.

She opened Anna's room and peeped into the living area where Anna usually sat watching TV by this time of the evening to convince her subconscious mind that Anna was angry and left. She shook her head and closed the door.

She went to her workroom afterwards to work on the design she wanted to give her teacher. She wanted to ask her mum if it was alright for her help one of her mother's biggest competitors but since her mother was also busy trying to get things ready before the deadline, she decided not to disturb her mum but try to send the design mother asked her for as a freelancer in her company.

She closed the door behind her and it was after two hours of being immersed in her work that Joyce came upstairs with her late night snack.

"Thank you," she appreciated before taking a bite of the warm cookies Joyce made for her.

"You are welcome. You should rest early, Miss Rose,"Joyce advised her worriedly before leaving.

"I can't rest early with all these on my table," she complained when Joyce left and sighed. At this rate, she was way busier than a professional fashion designer.

Her pay was good and their was no greater joy than knowing she was making enough money from doing what she loved no matter how stressful it got.

She took a sip of the warm cup tea Joyce brought along with the cookies. She looked at the dressed up mannequin before her and hummed but she was not satisfied enough.

Just like every other time, she was done making an outfit, she decided to rate it and she could rate it sincerely as a seven out of ten and that was not good enough. She pushed the mannequin to the end of the room and picked fresh new fabric to start all over again. The sketch was rated ten earlier but the work was not as good as she wanted it to be.

TING!!!

She walked to her phone and picked it up. It was a message from Liam. She opened the message. "You should go to sleep don't get yourself over worked," she murmured.

Firstly, how did he know she was overworking? Secondly, why did he tell her what to do? She frowned when she discovered that his concern actually got her face hot, she was blushing.

She hated to admit it but it felt good. She pressed on a 'thumbs up' sticker and sent it to him. Looking around her workroom after receiving the message from him, she felt a strong urge to leave and rest.

She tried fighting the urge but when she picked up her pair of scissors to cut a fabric but she could not come up with the right way, she seemed to have lost her focus completely because of the strange but beautiful magical effect his words had on her.

She groaned rubbing her eyes after yawning. She really felt tired and sleepy.

She was far away in a Dreamland before her head even touched her pillow after dragging herself with great effort to her room to avoid sleeping in the workroom.

***

"Thanks Joyce," Rose appreciated with a smile as she took the parcel she got from someone who sent it to her house.

"What is that?" Anna asked brusquely in front of her door preventing her from closing the door.

"I don't know," Rose replied truthfully although she had an idea of who the person was. She chose to ignore the coldness she noticed in her sister's voice and tried to close the door but Anna stopped her from closing the door.

"Hi, Rose," Debby said waving from behind Anna. She smiled pleadingly at Rose hoping she tries to overlook the sudden change in Anna's behavior.

"Hi, Debby" Rose replied taking the hint but deciding to remain as though she did not see the pleading look Debby gave her.

"Should we open the gift together?" Anna asked walking into Rose room.

"Why will you do that?" Rose asked holding the parcel tighter subconsciously.

"Because we are sisters. I should know my sister," Anna said as she made herself comfortable on a sofa in the living area.

Normally, Rose wouldn't have bothered to open the gift with her sister but Anna's demand sounded so out of place and weird. Anna have never been this way to her for any reason.

"No, it's my gift," Rose replied getting annoyed with her sister's sudden stubbornness.

"Can you see it, I told you she was keeping secrets from me. I tell her everything but she tells me nothing," Anna complained standing up. "You never tell me anything."

Rose stood fixed in her room in front of the glass door as she watched her sister act strangely. "We have been together for two years but I have never seen you act this way."

"What!?" Anna asked angrily.

"Nothing," Rose replied shaking her head as she went to into her closet with the parcel. "People don't change overnight," Rose said when she returned to the living area maintaining a calm façade despite how much she wanted to crush the person destroying her little sister.

"What do you mean?" Anna asked angrily. "You went away that night after the party. You did not . . ."

"Who has she been hanging out with that is corrupting her?" Rose simply asked ignoring the ranting Anna.

"Uh?" Debby asked confused her mouth left agape afterwards.