Sorry I took too long time to update. actual I was not able to write this part I could not get the words properly. Thanks for your reviews. As per one of the review about the pregnancy thing I apology I stood have done some googling. well I appreciate all of your interest in my story. Hope you enjoy this chapter

CHAPTER 5

DPOV

"So do you want to tell me why you ran away from your own wedding?"

I took a seat opposite to her knowing that this is going to take a long while

"I don't wish to burden you with by problems. I am really grateful for your help. I will leave at ones when lord Grinard leaves the inn."

As she spoke I could feel the tears that were making their way to come outside but she was doing a good work of holding them. she was really courageous I could give her that. I could tell she had gone through a lot of difficult times and was still holding herself all tight. If it had been any other woman she could have fallen at the very start. It's really rare to find such a woman. I so wanted to help her. I know I play with their feelings most of them but this woman no I wanted to help her with no motive or gain. For that I needed to let her trust in me.

"So you think lord Grinard will stop following you after tomorrow? I don't think so" I think a bit of sarcasm was what she needed to open up.

She looked tensed and I had an urge to comfort her but couldn't it be inappropriate.

"I know very well but I don't have a choice. My father was my only family and he is dead. Lord Grinard happens to be my legal guardian he holds a right over my property until I am 21 or am married. That's why he wishes to marry me so that he could have access to my property forever. I have to either marry him

And live a forceful marriage with a ruthless man or run away where he could not fine me at least until I am 21 so that he does not hold any authority over me but that is 3 years from now. I now I want get far away from this but at least I could try so that I don't have any regret for not fighting for my life"

I just kept listening to her. I had a no of questions like why she even agreed to marry him. I knew even today people gave less thought about the age difference between the couple. Even if the man was twice the age of the women but surely someone could have asked her concern at least that was in case of high society and she looked to be coming from a large household. Her name Rose Mazur. Mazur were had I heard of it. I had heard of it for sure. But I knew if I opened my mouth to speak she could just shut me down. she was herself not aware that she was letting me know this things. she was just getting them out of her chest at least she could feel light after this.

She stopped abruptly and started composing herself back to a ladyly behavior

"I am so sorry I said I won't burden you with my problems and here I am just going on and on"

Oh god she is shutting me down I have to say something before she composes herself fully

"Lady rose, look I know I am a complete stranger to you and your upbringing does not allow you to let yourself trust me but I really want to help you and believe me I have only your best interest at heart but if I were to help you I need to know the root cause of your problem"

"I appreciate your help lord Dimitri but there is really nothing you could do. No one listens to the pleadings of a woman specially someone who does not have any family to support her"

"Well I could try, I have a lot of contacts in the court they could hear your part"

"It's not that simple my lord, you see when my father died I started living with my elder sister Lady Sybil she was my legal guardian. I was fifteen at that time. Lord Grinard was her husband. She never really liked me. she was my half-sister and she always thought that father loved me more than her and him leaving his big share in property for me just made it worst. Worst of all Lord Grinard always gave me displeasing looks. He had an eye for me from the beginning. Sybil knew that and she hated me even more but there was not much she could do. They were going through crisis and my money was the only way of survival, so she kept me with her much to her dislike. But a year ago she died during pregnancy leaving a girl child. There was no one to look for the little one even the nanny could not handle her so I took care of her. I became like a mother to her. Things were going on smoothly Lord Grinard was keeping his distance and I thought it was going to be ok but we was just wicked. He asked the council looking after my property that I was a mother to his child and he wants to marry me so that young Sybil could get proper care and a lot of people agreed with him seeing how much I cared for the child and convinced the council that it was the right thing for me. I knew his intentions were wrong I knew he only wanted my body and my property, but as stupid as I am agreed when the council asked me. Only for the sake of young Sybil I thought at least she could get a mothers love because if Grinard married someone else there was no guarantee that her step mother could give her that love. And I thought he could see me as his wife and respect me after marriage and I was so wrong" she stopped for some time and the silence surrounded her. It was uncomfortable I wanted to hear what went wrong with her I had a feeling of going to Lord Grinard and beat the crap out of him for causing her so much pain but I decided against it for time being. Than I asked in a whisper

"what happened than?"

"The night before the marriage he entered my room. he was totally drunk. I asked him to leave, but he started forcing himself on me when I protested he removed his belt and started beating me up he threw me like a rage around the room I did not even knew when the darkness took me, but when I woke up in the morning I knew I did not have it in me to marry him because if I did this could be my life forever getting beaten up because that's what used to happen with lady Sybil. He could come home drunk and force himself on her and she could not even refuse. I always heard her cries coming from the bedroom. I was not going to marry him. The only choice I had left was to kill myself because I had agreed to marry him and now I could not refuse on the day of marriage because it could give my father's name a bad impression I could not do that for my father. But I could not just kill myself. When I tried to cut my vein my father appeared before me with sadness in his eyes. I knew he never could want me to do that. He always taught me to face situations in life not to run away. Run away. That's right. That just clicked in my mine the only way out was to run away I know I won't get far away but I knew I had to try I could not let my father down so when they left me alone to get ready I took the back door through the kichen and left on a horse"

She had tears rolling down her eyes I thought it was time to stop her.

"A horse! You do know how to ride a horse?"

I said trying to lighten up the mood

"I know it's not very womanly but when I was small I insisted my father to teach me and he agreed. it came in handy now"

She said satisfied with herself for learning that

"Yes, most of the things you learn when you are small come in handy ones in a while"

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