
"I see you start the morning well" Devan commented as I entered the kitchen.
He was sitting at the breakfast table, sipping a cup of coffee. The steam from his cup swirled on top in a beautiful pattern before it finally disappeared. It makes me want to enjoy a cup of chocolate or hot coffee.
"I must admit, it was a stupid thing you did to repay me." I replied as I poured a glass of water.
Devan shrugged his shoulders. "That's all I thought when I went into your room and you were fast asleep. You interrupted my sleep, so I interrupted your sleep."
I shake my head at him. "How did you get into my room?"
"door's open. I can't just shut up. You're the one who lured me in."
"I don't know what to tell you" I sighed, drinking water. The water slid down my painfully dry throat.
I didn't eat or drink anything after those two beers. And after a bad start in my morning, my head was throbbing.
We just sat there in silence, staring at each other before I broke eye contact to drink my water again.
Devan was checking his cell phone
vibrate every two minutes. He was wearing a simple red T-shirt with dark blue jeans. Her hair was a little wet, so I assumed she had just taken a shower.
Anna was upstairs in her room, she was taking a bath and trying not to look like a drunk teenager with raccoon eyes.
After about five minutes, Devan wordlessly got up and walked out of the kitchen after putting his empty coffee cup in the sink. A waiter who was cleaning the kitchen calmly washed the cup before letting it dry.
"Do you want something, Miss. Daria?" He asked me. "Breakfast, maybe?"
"Oh, no. I'll have breakfast after getting ready." I replied. "And by the way, do you know when the cook came? Like around noon or something?"
"They can come whenever you want. When Ms. Daria needs them?"
"I'll tell you when. Tomorrow maybe. I only need them for an hour or two. I hope they don't mind, do they?" I asked, an idea came to my mind.
I'm free all day and rather than wasting time enjoying the luxuries of an underserved billionaire's lifestyle, I will try to do something productive that will hopefully come in handy in the future once I leave this place.
"No, I guarantee they'll be fine," the waiter replied and I just nodded at him.
"Thank you."
...
Around noon that day, I got an unexpected call from Mrs. Daralyn sounded overjoyed when she told me that Samantha and Liam, who I assumed were my siblings would visit me
Then, my situation will be chaotic
"What?!" I screamed, spinning with my heels to face the big mirror in the dressing room.
"I know you'll be happy and happy with their arrival!" Daralyn shouted at the other end, while I was just trying to calm myself down who was ten seconds away from having a panic attack. "they would be there around noon. They are eager to see their little baby, '' I mean their little sister's mother"
"Why did they come?" I asked, that sounds rude, I didn't mean to say it. It was just panic and frustration that made me nervous.
"What's? Well, their reason for wanting to see their little sister who ran away a year ago was simply because she couldn't buy a boy in her class". Mrs. Daralyn yelled at me
I was horrified to hear his words. When he said it like that, it was as if I was the one doing it
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean it that way. I mean, aren't they busy with their work? I don't want them to cancel their other plans just to see me."
"Don't be silly Daria, they take time off from work and it doesn't matter to them. Family is the main thing, baby.
"Oh"
"All right, that's all. How's it going? You don't miss me that much, do you?"
"Umm, no, I mean yeah I miss. But it's okay, really."
"really? Or I can book a flight home right now if you miss us too much. We can celebrate the anniversary at home only," she tried to reason, but I knew she wanted to stay there to celebrate their anniversary. And I don't want them to come this early either.
"No, mom, please, don't worry about me and just enjoy."
"Thank you, honey, but call me if you need anything, I'll arrange it, or your dad will.
"Okay, thank you, I'll see you."
"OK, see you and take care. Don't you dare run away again" he joked
"I don't dare to do it." I couldn't help but laugh as I hung up the phone.
..
What if they see me and instantly know that I am a fraud????!!
I tried to think positively about it, convincing myself that if Daria's own parents could not recognize her, then her brother and sister would also definitely not recognize the fake Daria.
I rushed over to Anna who was reading a book in the library.
Seeing my reddened face, he became worried and immediately put down the book after marking it with the book barrier.
"What's going on?" He asked while frowning.
I tried to catch my breath as I ran from room to library. "Liam and Samantha will come to visit." I announce, I didn't mean to drop a bomb on him like that.
"Who are they?" Anna asked and before I could answer, her eyes widened, her facial expression quickly changed. "Geez! You mean Samantha and Liam are your friends?" 'She was worried
"Bukaannn,,,, That's Daria's brother and sister!!!"
"What?!! Samantha Daralyn, like a graceful goddess and Liam Daralyn like the Greek God and heir to her father's multibillion-dollar business?! Did you panic when your mother said that they would come to visit you?!"
"Yes, Anna, mom just told me," she replied.
"OK," Anna took a breath, "okay, okay, okay, I know you're nervous, me too. Just take a deep breath, okay?" He said and stopped for a moment. We both took deep breaths to calm down
"Okay, what do we do now?" ask me after a bit of calm.
"First, you should dress like the girl from the De'Daralyn family. Second, we must hone your acting skills. And third, we must learn how to stay calm and survive today."
"Okay, we have a plan. They'll be here by noon, we have about an hour. We need to get to work."
"Yes, let's go to your room and decide what to wear."
Anna got up from the chair she was sitting in. He put the book in its place on one of the shelves.
We rushed out of the library and up the stairs to my room. I'm glad Devan is busy with his job and not in that big house. I'm afraid our nervousness will make him suspicious.
I changed into a dark blue jeans and a cream sweater. At least it's better than wearing a dress like Anna stupidly suggested.I don't know how Samantha and Liam really are. But from what Anna told me, I can conclude, Samantha is a diva in fashion and Liam is too.
Anna was confused as to what to wear. We don't know how to dress up like Daria, we don't want to overdo it or less. So we let it look casual but with a bit of style.
After I tidied up the tangled hair, I let it slide behind my back, I sat on the edge of the bed nervously as Anna checked me to see if I was well dressed and so on.
"Okay, I'm not a fashion diva but I think it's good enough. It's not like you're going to walk on a catwalk or anything like that, so it's normal and simple. Simple is beautiful" Anna commented,
My face was in thin makeup to make it look neater and fortunately, not overdone, as Anna wanted.
This is Daria that Samantha will meet after all this time.
"Alright, move on to the next one." Anna approached and bowed in line with me.
"Darla.., you are Daria," she said seriously, holding onto my shoulder and looking at me in a way that almost made me believe her.
"You're not a cafe waitress who was a commoner a few weeks ago, you're no ordinary student, you're Daria. And you are the daughter of one of the richest businessmen in the world. Today you will meet your brother, Samantha and Liam. You'll be calm during the meeting and act like Daria did."
"Wait, you are Daria". Said Anna again.
"Don't panic when you see them. I know your mouth will gap and you will drool all over your sister's body, but I don't want you to do that. Understood?" He asked and I nodded gently.
"Don't be a coward in front of them or act like crazy. Remember to be polite and graceful. Don't let anyone slip. At least we make a mistake, then finish our history," continued Anna, without giving a pause so that I can absorb everything.
"Anna, are you done with your talk now?" I asked, annoyed that he did nothing but dampen my nervousness.
He opened his mouth to speak, but then closed it and shrugged, "yes roughly so"
"Come on, we wait downstairs until they come," he said as he tugged at the tip of my hair.
We walked downstairs and turned on the TV to a random channel. not paying too much attention to what was there as it was busy trying to calm down and planning what I was going to do and say in front of Samantha and Liam. I don't want to say or do anything that would make me look like a fool.
We sat like that for about half an hour before a servant appeared in front of us
"Sorry to interrupt, but I want to tell you that Mrs. Samantha Daralyn and Mr. Liam Daralyn has arrived."
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Waduh Darla do not take keceplosan..