Chapter 8

Mark, who was tired from the day's journey, slept immediately when he got on the bed. He slept off and did not bother himself much with the fact that he is to get married to someone else. 

That would be something to be worried about some other time. And he even tried not to think about it because he knows how impossible it is to change his master's opinion. Except if Mr. Dandelion will one day wake up and revoke his statement, but as of now, he has to accept reality. 

In the morning of the next day, he woke up later than usual. He heard someone's voice in the room. And after a few moments, he realised it was Anna's voice. It's not something he is used to yet. 

"Yes sir. I am almost done preparing for school… I should wake him? Father, are you serious about this?... I am sorry," he heard her talk over the phone. He knew it was Mr. Dandelion. Mark wished they would allow him to sleep more. He stayed in bed and listened more to Anna talking with her father. She was being less rebellious than yesterday.

"It seems she has accepted this is how things will be,"  he convinced himself. She dropped the phone loudly. It's not her mobile phone. She did not move for a while, and after a few minutes, she walked close to him. He felt her sink into the bed beside him, and she tapped him almost immediately. 

He felt how cold her palm was. She must have just left the bathroom. It felt good knowing she was touching him. Even if he is not cool with the marriage aspect, a lady touching him is something that will always excite him. He stretched so it would seem he is just waking up. He turned towards her, and he saw a metallic ruler with her. She woke him up with that. 

"Eh?" He was surprised and annoyed. But he hid both of them. 

"Good morning?" He greeted. 

"Father said you should get ready. Be fast, we are already kate for school!" She barked the orders at him. She pulled away from the bed immediately. He felt embarrassed at how she treated him. Both of them are victims of their fathers's decision. She has as much to lose as him. He would not allow her to treat him as trash. But he could not talk to her. He could not raise his voice against her. He knew he would give her enough time to grieve. 

Mark entered the bathroom. It was way bigger than the one he was in, in the guest room, but he did not have enough time to admire it. He hurriedly took his bath. It was after that, that he realized he didn't have any clothes to wear. He came out of the bathroom with the towel tied around his waist. 

"Please, could you help me call Henry? I don't have any clothes to wear," he begged her. 

"It's in the drawer…" she replied without looking up. 

*Which?" 

"That one over…" she looked up in frustration but could not finish what he was saying. She realised she had not seen him well yesterday. 

His muscles are well defined and he does not have a hairy chest. He has the perfect jawline she had always seen in movies. And his wet hair was drawn back. It was nicely shaped. Even though it's not pitch perfect black, it was still an admirable colour. And the quantity too. 

She did not smile. She felt it would be cheating on her boyfriend if she admires his body. Even though he is the exact opposite of her boyfriend. The big boy whose muscles are not as well toned as Mark's own. She looked at Mark again, and she could swear that in a battle of strength, he would be on equal par with her boyfriend. 

"Where is the drawer?" He asked again. 

"It's that one," she pointed to a drawer right under her make up kit. 

"Thank you," he appreciated her, picked up the clothes and rushed back to the bathroom. He dressed up quick and came out. He saw that she was already done. 

"Father asked us to join him in the mansion," she said without waiting for him. She walked towards the door. Opened it and left almost immediately. Mark shrugged. He picked up a perfume that he saw on the table, and used it. He realised it had a feminine scent but he did not care. It would be better than not having a good scent at all. 

He went outside too. He saw Henry waiting for him. Anna already entered the car that is supposed to take them to school. 

"Sorry, Master Dandelion had some emergency. He already left. He told me to take you guys to school," Henry bowed before Mark. 

"Oh thank you. You shouldn't be doing that too," Mark corrected him. 

"Doing what?" 

"Bowing before me. I should be doing that," he smiled. 

"But you are my master," Henry argued. 

"But you are my elder. And I am merely in this position by chance, but you are there by right," Mark said. He walked towards the car. He went directly to the front seat. 

"Master, you are to sit beside her," Henry told him. 

"It doesn't matter where I sit. Let's just move," Mark replied. 

Henry entered the car and started the car. They drove off. Mark saw the two gatemen that were disturbing him yesterday, he smiled at them. They felt embarrassed. 

"Can you teach me how to drive?" Mark asked Henry immediately they got out of the compound. 

"That's not a decision I can make. I would have to ask Master Dandelion. Whatever he says would determine," Henry replied. 

"Does he have to know?" Mark said. Henry turned at him. Theirs met for a brief moment. 

"He will know eventually. We can't hide anything from him," Henry cautioned him. Anna hissed at the same time. Mark turned to look at her, he thought she hissed at him. But he realised it must be at what she is doing on her phone. 

"It's not you she is hissing at. She can't hear us. Her ears are plugged," Mark defended her. 

"Hmmm… I see."