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A Kiss and Feelings
Esmeralda sighed as she cleaned, lost in thought.
She didn't know if she should tell Celeste what she was feeling towards their blue-grey haired master or not. She wanted to tell her, but also knew that it would probably be best if she didn't.
'No good will come out of her knowing her feelings. That boy's already engaged and he's also contracted to that demon. But I hate seeing her so distraught…what to do what to do…' Esmeralda let out another long sigh.
"You seem to be sighing a lot today." Esmeralda turned around and faced Sebastian.
"What are you…stalking me now?" Esmeralda grumbled, resuming her cleaning.
Sebastian just smirked, coming closer.
"I can't be worried for my mate?"
"At this point I could care less. However, I don't need you to worry about me; I can take care of myself." Esmeralda muttered off handedly, engrossed in her cleaning.
Sebastian's smirk grew wider as he came up right behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist.
"What the—?!"
"Such an independent mate I have…makes me want to break you," Sebastian said, a semi-sadistic smile on his face.
"You stupid demons and your need to dominate your mates and each other." Esmeralda hissed out, thrashing in his arms.
Sebastian only tightened his arms around her and chuckled, burying his face in her neck.
"It'd be much easier if you would just submit to me." He murmured, lifting his head a bit to whisper in her ear.
Esmeralda blushed, turning bright red.
"N-never!" she finally pulled out of his grip and backed away from him.
Sebastian chuckled again, but didn't follow her.
"We shall see about that…" he murmured, turning on his heel and walking away.
Esmeralda bristled at that. "Is that a threat?"
Sebastian stopped walking and looked over his shoulder, a smirk playing on his lips.
"No…it's a promise." Sebastian gave a satisfied grin at seeing the angel turn bright red again and then continued on his way.
Esmeralda glared at him, not that he could see it, hating how she reacted to him.
"Stupid demon…" she grumbled, going back to cleaning.
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Celeste absentmindedly cleaned the windows, lost in thought.
Her emotions were all in a mess as she tried to figure them all out.
'I really hate feeling so confused…not even Esmeralda can help me…' she was snapped out of her thoughts by someone calling her name.
"CELESTEEEEEEEEEEE~" Finny yelled as he ran towards her.
"Yes, what is it?"
"Can you help me trim the roses in the garden?"
"Sure, I've just finished the last of the windows." Celeste climbed down the ladder she had been using to reach the windows. "Just let me put all this stuff away,"
Finny quickly grabbed the ladder and hefted it up onto his shoulder.
"I'll put the ladder away while you put away all the cleaning supplies. Once you're done I'll meet you outside by the roses!" Finny said, beginning to walk away.
"Ok, I'll see you in a bit." Celeste replied, grabbing the cleaning supplies and walking away.
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Celeste walked outside towards the rose bushes and saw Finny already there with two sets of gloves and two loppers.
"Thanks for helping me Celes!" Finny said, handing her the gloves.
"No problem Finny," she replied, putting on the gloves and grabbing one of the loppers.
The two began pruning the flowers, talking about anything and everything that came to mind.
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Ciel had been having a peaceful day, empathies on the 'had '.
There was no letter from the queen and his mountain of paperwork didn't seem as high. Deciding to take a short break, he turned his chair around and looked out the window which gave him the convenience to look out over the rose bushes. What he saw when he looked outside ruined his relatively peaceful day.
Outside he saw Finny and Celeste, pruning the roses.
That didn't bother him. Not in the slightest.
What bothered him was the smile on Celeste's face. Granted, he couldn't hear what they were saying but whatever it was was causing Celeste to smile so happily. Ciel growled, his eye narrowing into a glare.
"Jealousy is very unbecoming of you, young master." Ciel, startled, whirled around to face Sebastian who had a mocking smile on his face.
"I-I'm not jealous!" Ciel turned red while Sebastian's smile grew wider.
"Of course not sir…now then, would you like to know what I brought you for your snack?"
Ciel only grumbled in response.
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After Celeste finished pruning the flowers with Finny, she went back inside and started on her other chores.
As she was cleaning the dining room, the dining room doors opened to reveal Sebastian who was pushing a cart with a tea set on it.
"Celeste, can you please bring this tea to the young master. I would do it myself but it seems that Mey-Rin has created a mess that needs to be tended to." Sebastian said irritation in his voice.
Celeste warily looked at him and the cart. She didn't really want to go and see the reason of all her confused emotions, but when she saw the impatient look on Sebastian's face, she sighed and nodded.
Sebastian left and Celeste grabbed the cart and made her way towards Ciel.
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Ciel grumbled irritably.
How dare Sebastian insinuate that he was jealous of Finny, of all people, just because it seemed like he could make Celeste smile.
He wasn't jealous. He couldn't be jealous. He shouldn't be jealous…was he? No, he wasn't, because if he was, that would mean that he actually liked the girl as more than a friend. It was bad enough that he actually cared for her. If he had any kind of romantic feelings for her at all then…
Ciel shook his head, cutting off his thoughts.
No, he was not jealous.
And yet…as he remembered all the times Celeste was with Finny, smiling and happy, he felt his blood boil and the paper in his hands crumpled due to his grip.
He was pulled out of his thoughts by a knock on his door.
"Come in," he said, figuring it was Sebastian, only to be shocked when he saw Celeste.
"I-I brought you your tea master…" Celeste murmured, pushing the cart into the room and closing the door behind her.
Ciel felt his mood sour even more at the expression on her face.
'Of course she can smile for Finny but not for me.' He thought bitterly.
Celeste quickly poured the tea and placed it in front of him. Bowing, she grabbed the cart and tried to quickly leave the room, only to be stopped by Ciel.
"Does being around me bother you that much?"
"Huh?"
"Don't play dumb! If you hate being around me just say so!"
"I-I don't hate being around you…"
"Oh really? Then why do you smile so easily around Finny and not me?" Ciel didn't know why he was so irritated but he was, and the fact that Celeste was oblivious to the reason of his irritation was what made him even more irritated.
"I don't understand—" Celeste started, only to be interrupted.
"Of course you don't." Ciel grumbled.
"But what does Finny have to do with this?" Celeste finished.
"He has everything to do with this!" Ciel yelled, slamming his hands on the desk as he stood up, causing the tea cup to clatter and his stack of papers to wobble.
Celeste flinched at the noise and stepped back a bit.
"C-Ciel…"
"See! You're never comfortable around me!" Ciel growled out, his glare pinning the white haired girl in place as he advanced on her.
"Wh-why are you so upset?"
"If you'd open your eyes you'd see why."
"See what?"
"See that I like you, you idiot!"
Silence filled the room at Ciel's sudden confession. After he had realized what he said, Ciel turned dark red.
'He likes me…Ciel said that he likes me!' Celeste turned the same color of red as Ciel, her heart leaping for joy.
"Y-you l-like me?" Celeste stuttered out, pointing at herself.
"I…I…I…" Ciel tried to speak, but found himself at a loss for words.
"You like…me?" Celeste staggered back a bit, only to have her foot step on her untied shoelace, which caused her to go tumbling down towards the floor.
Ciel reached out to grab her, but only succeeded in falling towards the floor with her.
What happened when they both fell on the floor would start off a chain reaction in which they'd learn more about each other in regards to both the past and future.
Ciel felt something soft and moist connect with his lips as he landed on the floor. Opening his eye, he stared into Celeste's own wide eyes, both their blushes worsening. When the two teens had fallen, their lips had connected and now, they were kissing. Ciel quickly pulled away from her and scrambled up off of her. Celeste lay motionless on the floor, still wide-eyed and blushing.
"I…I…" Ciel, once again, was at a loss for words.
Celeste blinked and slowly began to get up, legs shaking a bit. Head lowered so that her face was cast in shadows, she began to speak.
"Y-y-you s-said th-that you…that you like me…did you…did you really mean it…?" she glanced up at him, blush worsening with a fearful yet hopeful expression on her face.
Ciel opened and closed his mouth, his own blush worsening.
He had said that at the spur of the moment, so he wasn't really sure. Yet as he stared at her red face and hopeful yet scared expression, he couldn't deny it. As memories flooded his mind of his time spent with the white-haired girl, he knew the answer to her question. Even though he refused to have acknowledged the feeling before, somehow, the girl had become such an important part of his life.
Seeing as how he was staring blankly at her and was taking a while to respond, Celeste felt herself begin to panic and lose hope.
"I-I, ne-never mind you don't have to answ—" Celeste rushed out, flustered as she began to back away from him, feeling tears well in her eyes at the thought of rejection.
"Yes."
"Huh?"
Ciel shuffled awkwardly.
"Yes…I meant it when I said I liked you…" he answered her, looking straight at her.
Celeste blinked and had to let his answer sink in for a second. When it did, if possible, she turned an even deeper shade of red.
"That's…I…I…okay…" she finished lamely.
"Okay?!" Ciel questioned, startled. "Is that really all you have to say?!"
"I…what do you want me to say?!"
"I don't know! I just confessed to you! You're supposed to say that you feel the same way or that you…that you don't." Ciel felt fear run through him at the thought of rejection.
"I feel the same way…" Celeste whispered, ringing her hands together.
"What?" clearing her throat, she spoke louder.
"I said that I…that I feel the same way."
It was quiet between the two of them, neither knowing what to do now. After a few moments of awkward silence, Ciel took a step towards her and quickly pulled the shocked girl into a hug. Celeste stiffened for a split second before relaxing into the hug and hugging him back.
Ciel knew this was wrong. He should've told her that he had not meant what he had said. He was a damned man, he couldn't give her the life she wanted or deserved.
And yet…as he held her in his arms, he couldn't find a reason to care.
They stayed in that position for a while, just enjoying being near each other, when a knock on the door interrupted their moment. Both teens jumped away from each other and avoided looking at each other due to embarrassment. Slightly irritated that their moment was ruined, he told whoever it was at the door to come in. The door opened to reveal Sebastian and Esmeralda.
"There you are Celeste! I've been looking all over for you! Come on we have to go clean the library." Esmeralda huffed, staring at the girl.
"O-oh, yes…s-sorry," Celeste kept her head down as she ran out of the room.
Esmeralda blinked in shock and then turned to look at Ciel who was looking anywhere but at the two of them. Eyes narrowing at him, she huffed and ran after the girl. Once both women had left, Sebastian faced his master and smiled.
"I sent her up here a while ago to give you the tea…I wonder what you two have been doing all this time…" Ciel blushed and turned away from him.
"J-just clean up!"
Sebastian smirked as he quickly grabbed the now cold tea from Ciel's desk, placed it on the cart, and pushed the cart out of the room.
Once Sebastian was gone, Ciel groaned and sat back in his chair, placing his head on his desk. He began to recap all that had just gone down.
He had taken in a girl that he had at first thought was a boy
He had unknowingly fallen in love with said girl
He had confessed to her
She accepted his confession and had told him that she felt the same as he did
The only problem…? He was already engaged.
Ciel felt a headache come on once he remembered that he was already betrothed to Elizabeth.
He cared about the blonde haired girl, he really did. However he only cared about her as a family member. What he felt for Celeste was profoundly different and was nowhere near familial love, not even close.
Ciel sighed as he massaged his temples.
He didn't want to hurt Elizabeth, he really didn't, however…he was allowed to be a little selfish…wasn't he? After losing everything, he was allowed to have one thing that he actually wanted, right?
Another sigh and another groan.
It would pain him to hurt Elizabeth but it wouldn't be fair to her, him, or Celeste to pretend that this day didn't happen. Ciel grumbled as he began to write a letter addressed to the Middleford family to request an audience with them in order to discuss his engagement with Elizabeth.
Once he finished, he called Sebastian and told him to deliver the letter as quickly as possible. Sebastian smirked as if he knew what the letter was for, bowed and left to go deliver the message.
Ciel could only sigh as he knew the amount of grief this would cause him.
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"Celeste, wait! Why are you running!?" Esmeralda yelled as she chased after the younger girl.
Celeste stopped running and panted, trying to catch her breath.
"Good heavens child! Why are you running?" Esmeralda asked her once she caught up to her.
Celeste looked up at Esmeralda and blushed as she began to tell Esmeralda what happened.
"Imadecielmadforsomereasonandintheheatofthemomentheconfessedtomeandthenitrippedandfellandhetriedtocatchmebuthedidntbutwhenwefellwekissedandthenitoldhimilikedhimaswell." She rushed out, all in the span of one breath.
Esmeralda blinked, trying to make sense of what was just said.
"Okay…now can you repeat that, but coherently please. Slow down and remember to breathe," Celeste blushed and nodded, mumbling out a quick apology.
"I made Ciel mad for some reason and in the heat of the moment he confessed to me and then I tripped and fell and he tried to catch me but he didn't but when we fell we kissed and then I told him I liked him as well."
Esmeralda's jaw fell open as she stared in shock at the girl. She didn't know whether to be happy for her or to be upset. However, as she saw how happy the younger girl was, she gave her a small smile.
"I'm happy for you Celeste but…doesn't he already have a fiancée?" and just like that, Celeste's happy face fell.
"Oh…oh yeah…"
"What is he going to do?"
"I…I don't know…" Celeste whispered, fearing that Ciel would still go through with the engagement and would just try to forget about their shared feelings.
Seeing the scared and heartbroken look on Celeste's face, Esmeralda sighed and pulled the girl into a hug.
"It's okay, don't worry about it. Whatever happens will happen for a reason."
Celeste nodded as she felt herself relax as Esmeralda rubbed her back.
"Yes…you're right. I want to have hope that he'll do the right thing, for all of us."
Esmeralda didn't reply as she just continued to hug the girl.
'Ciel you'd better figure out something! If you hurt Celeste in any way possible you'll have me to deal with.'
The Next Day-
Celeste had barely slept with what had happened yesterday, but she didn't feel tired at all. In fact she'd never felt more awake or alive in her life. Nothing could ruin her mood! Except for when she heard Elizabeth's voice.
"Oh mother you said Ciel wanted to talk about our engagement right? What for?" Celeste quickly hid herself behind a statue.
She did feel bad, kissing Ciel when he was already engaged to Elizabeth, and hearing the girl's voice only brought those feelings out even more.
"I do not know, he didn't say…I guess we'll find out when we see him." Celeste recognized the speaker to be Francis Middleford.
"Whatever the reason, I'm sure it must be important…" she heard the voice of an unfamiliar man.
"You're right father…oh do you think maybe he wants to speed up the engagement year!" before they could respond to Elizabeth, Sebastian finally appeared.
"Ah, hello Marquis Middleford, Marchioness Middleford, and Lady Elizabeth. I'm sorry for making you wait, I will take you to the young master now." Sebastian said bowing.
"Hmm…your appearance is as unkempt and indecent as always butler." Francis stated.
Sebastian just gave her an awkward laugh as he led them to his master. Once they were gone, Celeste left her hiding place and went back to work, worry and curiosity gnawing at her stomach.
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Ciel tried to prepare himself for whatever reaction his fiancé and her parents would have once they heard what he wanted to discuss with them.
Once he saw their carriage pull up, he began to lose some of his nerve. He, Ciel Phantomhive was losing his nerve. He tried to steal his nerves as he waited with baited breath for them to show. He was just thankful that Edward wasn't going to be there or else then he really would've been in trouble. Sighing, he glanced down at the paper in his hands, glaring at it slightly. On it, in bold, were the words: 'Phantomhive and Middleford Marriage Contract'
Ciel knew he had to be the only noble who would not marry his first cousin. Sure, among the lower class the concept of marrying your first cousin was not as popular anymore but among the nobility it was, only because you could keep the family assets in the family. He knew breaking the marriage would only cause a stir within the nobility, especially if they knew who it was he wanted to marry. Ciel almost chuckled when he pictured the stir it would cause when everyone found out that he wanted to break the tradition (or rule) of 'nobles marry other nobles'. He wanted to marry a girl of lower status, a morganatic marriage.
He was brought out of his thoughts by a knocking on his door.
'It's time…' steeling his nerves, he said "come in" and watched as the door opened to reveal Sebastian, his current fiancé and her parents.
"Marquis Middleford and his family have arrived sir." Sebastian said, bowing.
Ciel nodded and shooed him away. Taking in the Marquis family, he beckoned them to sit.
"Hello my cute son-in-law! It's so good to see you~! Marquis Middleford said as he grabbed Ciel and hugged him.
"Dear!" Francis yelled.
"No fair dad I want to hug him too~" Elizabeth whined.
Once everyone had finally settled down, Francis was the first one to broach the topic of why they were there.
"Ciel…you wanted to discuss your engagement to Elizabeth right? Why?"
Ciel stared at them seriously, deciding it was best not to beat around the bush and to say what he wanted to say.
"Yes, about that—" he began, but was cut off.
"Oh about that! I already know what you're going to say!" Elizabeth said happily.
"Y-you do?!" Ciel asked astonished.
"Yes! And I feel the same way!" she continued.
"Really?" he asked, feeling relief flood through him.
"Yes, of course I do silly! You want to speed up our engagement year from when you're twenty-two and I'm twenty-three to when you're eighteen and I'm nineteen!" she finished, smiling brightly.
And just like that, the relief Ciel had felt was quickly gone, replaced with a sense of dread.
"Elizabeth that's not what I was going to say—"
"It's not?" she furrowed her brows in thought before her eyes widened in fear. "You're not trying to move the engagement year up are you?"
"No—"
"Because if you are, there surely has to be something I can do to change your mind!"
"Elizabeth—"
"I promise I'll do anything you want!"
"Elizabeth listen—"
"I'll stop showing up unannounced!"
"Lizzy please just listen—"
"I'll stop asking you to dance also!"
"Lizzy please—!"
"I'll do whatever it takes, I promise so! So please don't move up the engagement ye—"
"I want to break our engagement!" Ciel yelled out.
Silence befell them as the three Middleford's stared wide-eyed at the lone Phantomhive. Finally, it was Elizabeth who broke the silence.
"Ha…ha…Ciel tha-that's not funny…now what was the real reason you wanted to talk about our engagement?" Elizabeth's voice trembled a bit and tears welled up in her eyes.
Ciel gave her a sad stare.
"I'm not kidding, Elizabeth." Said girl stared at him in shock, tears beginning to trail down her face.
"What…?" she squeaked out.
"Yes Ciel. Just what do you mean by saying you want to break your engagement." Marquis Middleford demanded, losing his normally cheerful demeanor to a more serious one.
Ciel sighed. "I mean no disrespect to you or your family Marquis Middlford, and my reasons for wanting to break the engagement have nothing to do with your family. My reasons are personal."
"I don't care whatever personal reason you have, Ciel. You must explain yourself properly if you wish for us to even consider breaking off the engagement." Francis said, staring hard at him.
Ciel only sighed and glanced at the engagement paper before sliding it towards them.
"Like I said before, my reasons are personal, so would you please just—"
"And like my wife said, you must tell us the reason." Alexis interrupted.
Ciel glanced at them, wondering if he should. But when he saw their expressions, he decided the best course of action would be to tell the truth.
"I fell in love with another and I didn't think it was fair to continue this engagement when my heart belongs to another."
The three Middleford's all stared in shock at Ciel, not truly believing what he was saying.
"You…you fell in love with…with someone else?" Elizabeth choked out.
Ciel only nodded in reply.
Suddenly, Francis's eyes softened a bit as she gave Ciel a sad, knowing smile.
"You fell in love with Celeste, didn't you." It wasn't a question, it was a statement.
Ciel didn't reply, but the way he tensed up was all the conformation she needed.
"I see…" Francis murmured, taking the engagement paper in her hands.
With a sigh, she glanced at her husband and then at Ciel.
"We'll break it." Alexis gasped in shock, Elizabeth in outrage, and Ciel just gave her an appreciative stare.
"Dear!"
"Mother!"
"Now stop it you two. Don't you see how serious he is? This is the first time I've seen him like this. He is being a man about it, and instead of leading Elizabeth on, he has decided to bring this to our attention immediately. He has obviously given this decision some thought."
Alexis, finally catching on to what his wife was saying, nodded in understanding.
"I guess you're right…Ciel has always been someone who thinks things through before doing anything. The fact that he wants to break the engagement shows that he is completely serious and has thought about it."
Elizabeth stared wide-eyed at her parents, body trembling in both anger and shock. She watched as her father picked up a pen and began to sign his name along the line were it stated that: 'if either party wants to break the engagement, the only way the annulment of the marriage will be acknowledged is if both parties sign below'
Just as Alexis passed the pen to his wife, Elizabeth stood up quickly, knocking the chair back in the process.
"No!" she yelled, tears falling from her eyes as she glared at her parents and Ciel.
"Lizzy please—" Ciel said, trying to calm her down.
"No! Don't 'Lizzy please' me! It's not fair Ciel, it's not! I-I love you! I love you! Doesn't that mean anything to you?!"
"Lizzy I care about you as well—"
"Then why—"
"But only as a family member, not as someone who I wish to marry." Elizabeth bit her lip as a sharp pain pierced her heart at those words.
"Why…?" she mumbled, looking down.
Ciel only stared at her, waiting for her to finish.
"Why is it her and not me? Why do you love Celeste and not me?! She can't offer you anything! So why do you want her?"
Ciel sighed, leaning back in his chair.
"Why I like her? I don't honestly know. But I do know that whenever she's happy, I'm happy. Whenever she's sad, I'm sad. Whenever she's mad I'm mad. It doesn't matter the reason, I just do. I enjoy seeing her smile and I know that I'd do anything to keep her smiling and happy. I don't know how I came to like her as much as I do but I have and no one can change that." Elizabeth staggered back a bit, shock flittering across her features.
"Here Ciel, now all you need to do is sign it." Francis said as she passed the paper over to Ciel.
Ciel took his own pen and stared at the line. If he wanted to back out, now would be the time. But he was not going to; he was going to see this through to the very end. Signing the paper, he showed it to his aunt and uncle, who nodded in consent.
Elizabeth remained silent, head bowed.
"It's such a shame…and I was really looking forward to having you as a son in law." Alexis murmured as he stood up.
"Yes but…if he's fallen for someone else, there's nothing else we can do." Francis said, also rising.
Elizabeth picked up her chair silently, refusing to make eye contact with any of them. Ciel, noticing this, sighed and stood as well.
"Lizzy I'm sorr—"
"Don't. Don't apologize." She whimpered, turning on her heel and bolting out the door.
"Elizabeth!" Ciel shouted, as he and his aunt and uncle chased after her.
Elizabeth didn't stop, she just continued to run blindly until she crashed into something, no, someone.
The sheets she had been carrying laid haphazardly strewn across the floor, though Celeste wasn't focused on that, she was focused on the crying girl in front of her.
"L-lady Elizabeth?! Are you alrig—?" the glare the older girl sent her made her stop speaking and flinch.
"Why?!"
"Huh?"
"Why is it you and not me?"
"I-I'm sorry…I'm afraid I don't know what you're talking about…"
"Why does Ciel like you instead of me?! You have absolutely nothing to offer him! So why…? Why you?! You don't even have as much memories together! I've known him for far longer! So why?!"
"Elizabeth!" both girls turned and watched as Ciel and Elizabeth's parents ran up to them.
Glancing down at her lap, Elizabeth fisted her hands on her dress, before standing up.
"I've decided." She said, looking up at them with a determined expression on her face. "I'm not going to hand Ciel over to you. I've loved him all my life and I won't just roll over and allow you to take him from me, Celeste. You may have his heart now but I promise I'll get it back." She lifted her head high and walked off.
"I'm sorry about this, Ciel." Alexis said as he walked off after his daughter.
Celeste quickly got up and picked up the sheets. Bowing, she ran back the way she came to go re-clean the sheets, deciding that it would be better to make herself sparse for a bit.
Francis sighed, turning towards Ciel with a sad yet gentle smile on her face. Taking her hand, she placed it on top of his head and ruffled his hair.
"I swear…you are turning out to be just like your father even more. He as well broke his engagement so that he could marry a woman of lower status."
Ciel looked at her, confused.
"But my predecessors were of the same status, weren't they?" Francis shook her head.
"Ah no…it'd figure you wouldn't know. Before you're father met your mother, who was indeed the same status, he was madly in love with a women of lower status so much so that he broke his own engagement to another woman just like you have done." Curiosity peaked, Ciel continued to ask questions.
"Then why didn't he marry her?"
Francis shrugged.
"She ran away. Probably because of the pressure of society but we were close and she never mentioned anything to me that even gave me a clue as to why she'd leave…I just know that when she did, Vincent was completely distraught over it."
"Whatever happened to her?"
"I don't know…after she left, I never heard from her again."
"What was her name?"
"Cecilia Westbrook."
"Cecilia Westbrook, eh…" he mumbled, wanting more information.
Noticing how curious Ciel was becoming, she smirked a bit.
"Come to think of it…your father had a trunk and in it he kept his journal's…I'm sure there are entries on her as well in those journals…I can give it to you if you want. I only kept it because I did not think that you would be interested in it."
Ciel contemplated this. If he got the trunk he could learn more about this woman and also…in those trunks might be a clue of who shamed his family.
"Yes, I'd like to have it."
Francis nodded. "Very well. I'll send it to you once I find it." With that she walked off.
Ciel sighed as he watched her walk away before heading back to his office.
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Ciel glanced up at the door when he heard a knock.
"Come in," he called, returning his eyes to his work.
Opening the door, Celeste stepped in shyly, closing the door behind her.
"I suppose you'd want an explanation as to Elizabeth's words earlier, correct?"
"Y-yes please."
"I broke my engagement off."
"W-What?" she spluttered wide-eyed.
"I broke my engagement off to Elizabeth. I didn't think it was fair to continue it when I like someone else."
"Oh…" Celeste felt bad for Elizabeth, however she also felt happy because that meant that she could be with Ciel.
Smirking, Ciel stood up and made his way over to her. Holding out his hand, his expression softened.
"So in light of this…is it okay if I court you now?"
Celeste blushed, nodding, as she took his hand.
"Yes you may."
Ciel felt himself grin.
Wooo! Done! I hope you all enjoyed this chapter and sorry if it seemed rush and the kiss wasn't much but no worries, there'll be a lot more sweet romantic moments and kisses in the future! Anyways, don't forget to Review!
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