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Author's Notes: I finally finish the chapter! Yay~ I know this chapter will get a little sloppy in the beginning but it will gets a little bit more shocking at the end. Sort of...? Please let me know if there's anything wrong with this chapter so I can tries to fix it. I gets happy whenever I read your great reviews and they are my motivation to actually get the chapter done. So thank you very much c: Have a roses day!

Ash and Lillian arrived back to Cam's place. Nori was in the entrance like she was waiting for somebody until she turned to their direction.

"Lillian!" Nori shouted.

"What's wrong, Nori? You look horrible…" Lillian replied.

"G-good evening young master, Ash. Please excuse us!" Nori grabbed her friend's hand and rushed her to the kitchen. She walked back and forth and back and forth as she mumbled something.

"Please, calm down. Tell me what's wrong."

Nori took a deep breath and began to speak, "The party in the other room. It's getting bad."

"How so?"

"Young master Cam and his parents. The atmosphere in there isn't good."

"Why?"

"Go change in your uniform! I'll explain later!"

Lillian quickly dressed up in her maid outfit and followed Nori to the party room.

"This place is so pretty!" Lillian said in amazement. Her eyes carefully scanned the wall and the ceilings.

"It's not the time to get distract. There's Cam."

Lillian followed Nori's gaze to find out that Cam was already staring at them. He wasn't smiling. However, Laney was hugging his arm as a smile printed on her face.

"Oh there you are , Lillian!" Grandpa said. He gestured her to come over.

"G-good evening, Master," Lillian greeted.

"Call me Grandpa! I prefer you saying that than 'Master'."

"Yes."

Lillian made eye-contact with Cam again but his gaze was sadder. She forced a smile to cheer up the mood.

"Since you're new, I'll introduce you to these new guests!" Grandpa said. "This is Howard." He pointed to a blonde hair man with a gigantic body. He wore red lipstick and had light blue eyes like Laney's.

"Nice to meet you, sir."

"This little girl is so cuuuuuuteee! " Howard said. He pulled Laney closed to him and hugged her. "Have you met my daughter? She is cute as you!"

Lillian stretched her lip into a smile. "Yes, I did."

"Oh? Then are you two friends?"

"Dad! How can you think that I am friend with a maid like her? It makes my status low," Laney interrupted.

"Sweetie, don't be so mean. She's very nice to everybody."

"I don't care." The blonde girl turned on her fake smile. "Just kidding. She's a friend I adore the most."

Grandpa laughed and pointed to another man with red hair, similar to Georgia. "This is Grady."

"It's a pleasure to meet you. My name is Lillian."

Grady patted Lillian's head and replied, "It's a pleasure to meet you, too. Since you're good friend with Laney, you must have met Georgia, right? They always do everything together."

"Yes. Georgia and Laney are wonderful."

"This is Jessica," the old man continued. He introduced Lillian to a woman with short and light brown hair. She had light blue eyes that glowed with her kindness. Lillian caught her eyes on the little girl with two long pony tails beside Jessica.

"Her name is Cheryl. She's my little sister." Ash smiled as he ruffled Cheryl's hair.

The little girl pouted her cheeks and tucked on Ash's sleeve. She replied, "I don't like her!"

"Why not? She's pretty!"

"Exactly! Ash probably loves her more than he love Cheryl! Cheryl doesn't like that!"

Lillian giggled and said, "Don't worry, I know Ash loves you more than anything."

Cheryl brought back her happy face and hugged her brother.

The grownups had smiled and the mood began to light up. Grandpa looked to Cam and said, "I'll let you introduce them to Lillian."

Next to Cam stood a very beautiful woman in her fancy pink dress. She had dark brown eyes and curly brown hair. Though, a forceful smile showed on her lip as she waited for Cam to speak up. Yet, he only averted his eyes from the woman.

"Cam had always been such a shy boy. I'll introduce myself for you, instead." A man spoke. He had blonde hair and his eyes were the color of an emerald, just like Cam's. "I am his father. You can call me Mister Kamiru." The man gave off a smile and pulled the woman closed to him. "And this is my wife."

"It's very nice to meet you, Mister and Misses Kamiru." Lillian bowed down to show her respect. She took a glance of Cam who had not smiled even one bit.

Misses Kamiru hugged Lillian's arm and giggled. "Don't Cam and Laney make the perfect couple? We were just talking about them getting married! Since you are Father's favorite, tell me what you think!"

Laney was blushing as her hand moved awkwardly to Cam's but only to get it shaken off afterward. On the other side, Cam was desperately searching for Lillian's answer behind her mysterious smile. Their gazes met and they stood silent.

"I think they are wonderful together. Beside, Laney is such a kind and beautiful young lady while Cam is a handsome and generous young man. They both are very smart, too. I don't see why they are not suit for each other." Lillian said.

"I'm glad to hear that because we're planning an arrange marriage for both of them." Mrs. Kamiru said.

"I did not agree with it," Cam interrupted.

"We will talk about this later, dear. Please do not embarrass us in front of our guests."

"Sorry grandpa. May I go back to my room?" Cam asked.

Grandpa nodded as if he knew why Cam was acting that way. He smiled and replied, "Feel better, Cam."

"Thank you. Excuse me," Cam walked out of the party room without looking at anyone.

"I'm sorry about that. I promise I'll convince him to marry Laney."

"Please do. Laney is sooooooo in loooovvveee with Cam! She'll probably be the happiest wife on earth!" Howard said.

"S-stop it, Dad! You're making me blush!"

"It will be a wedding full of happiness!" Mrs. Kamiru added.

"They will make a cute couple but that's only our opinions. The way I see it, happiness is spending time with something you cherish. A wedding full of happiness is being able to marry someone you love so deeply. A life full of happiness is growing old together with the love ones." Grandpa said with a kind smile. "You know what my happiness is? My happiness is watching Cam getting marry and imagine myself playing with his children."

"But, Father—"

"Now, now, just let him decide who he wants to be with."

Lillian bowed politely to the group. "Please, excuse me. I must go back to work."

"Okay," Grandpa said. He leaned close to Lillian's ear and whispered, "Can you go check on Cam for me? Thank you."

"Yes."

Her knuckles gentle tapped on the wooden door for a reply.

"Young master, are you awake?" Lillian asked. She waited silently for a voice to echoes behind that thin barrier. No sound. The maid began to turn her feet when the door creaked slightly.

"What is it?" Cam said.

"I brought you water."

"Is that all?"

"No, I also wanted to check on you."

They didn't leave each other's eyes for a moment.

"I'm fine…" Cam murmured.

"May I come in?"

"Do what you want."

Lillian followed her young master inside his room that was nearly pitched black. The only source of light was the light from hall way which peaked through the crack of the door.

"Why didn't you turn on the light?" The maid asked.

"I like to think in the dark."

"Stop acting emo and cheer up!"

Lillian could feel Cam's presence coming closer. She heard a click and the door shut tight, finally leaving the room pitch black.

"You shouldn't tell me that when you are the reason why," Cam said.

"I apologize if I said anything to upset you, young master."

"No. I wouldn't be as depress if you've replaced your name with Laney's."

"Is there any reasons why you would say that?"

"Because I like you. Maybe something more than a 'like' but I'm afraid to say it," Cam muttered.

Author's Notes: The name 'Kamiru' is Cam's original Japanese name. I didn't want to give Cam a last name so I used his Japanese name.