I soon made it to the dinning room, where the duke and Alina's brothers were waiting. I couldn't help but feel stuffy in my chest as I walked to sit across from them, my whole life I ate alone it was strange to have people to eat with. It strangely made me feel grateful, but at the same time I felt as if I was a thief who stole someones precious belongings.

Guilt struck me, I am not their daughter nor sister, but a stranger. This whole time I've been focusing on survival and planning for the future, but what happened to the original Alina. She was a horrible person, I cannot excuse that, but she is a person with feelings.

I cannot push her away with the simple thought that she is just a fictional character, the 'characters' surrounding me have now become my reality.

'I wonder what made her hate her family and those around her so much, and love the man who had no interest in her.' I couldn't push away the thought that her situation was weird, but I excused the thought with the excuse that the author made her that way to highlight the main characters.

"Why were you so late?" Ethan held a displeased look while purposefully provoking me, if I was Alina I wouldn't even be here right now, so it was obvious he was displeased with my presence.

"I visited Dr. Richard before coming here, I'm sorry for making you all wait one me. I won't be late again." I politely responded with a gentle tone, I was set on at least not causing useless arguments, as they could lead to bothersome things.

"Enough. Let's eat." The duke interrupted before it could be dragged out further.

As I began to eat I felt a stinging stare and it was obvious who it was, Seth. I continued to ignore it, pretending to be focused on my plate in front of me. I began to eat the food in front of me, it was the fanciest food I had ever seen, so it made me hesitant to eat it.

'Its so good!' But as soon as I took a bite I was surprised at how good it was, and before I knew it I really did forget those around me due to the delicious food. I had always been a foodie, but I never had much diversity in my food due to a tight schedule and budget.

I continued to eat until I was full, but sadly all I could fit in this tiny body was about half of the plate. I felt disappointed from not being able to eat more, but as I was being sucked into my emotions, I was snapped out by Chrysta bringing my pills to me noticing I was done.

"Miss, it is time." She had lost her stutter and meek appearance within the two days I had been here.

"Thank you Chrysta." I smiled warmly to cover my suspicion, I had worked hard to control my expression during my years working with customers and it looked like all the years of hard work payed off well.

My customer service smile was ingrained in my face at this point, there was no getting rid of it.

I took the medicine while feeling the prickly gaze of those around me. As I was setting down the cup, I turned to the duke to make small talk to get past the atmosphere in the room.

"How has work been going for you father?" I quickly came up with a topic, but he seemed shocked that I asked.

He kept a blank face but I could see the shock in his eyes, ever since I was a kid, I was sensitive to how those around me felt. It helped me in my years of working with customers, and getting by in life.

"It has been fine. There has been an increase of paperwork because of your debut." He shortly and coldly stated his response.

If I was Alina, she would think he was calling her a nuisance. But I knew the man in front of me thought nothing of it and was just honestly answering my question. He was a man to not waste time so all of his responses were curt and short.

"Ah, I see. Well if you need any help father let me know, maybe I can help lessen your burden." I wanted to help make decisions on the debut, as I knew the debut was held in the imperial palace since I was going to legally be announced as the crowned princes fiance then. But since I found a way to annul the engagement, I could just hold it simply in this mansion, to avoid the main characters.

"Nonsense, what could you do anyway?" Seth retorted to my response, but I just looked at him and smiled. It did hurt to be insulted by one of my favorite characters, but I knew he was acting this way believing I was the original Alina.

"I'm more capable than I look. I know I have acted a mess until now, but I don't plan to do so in the future. I am sorry for how it as been until now" I calmly responded and clearly stated my plans for the future behaviors.

"I sorry to cut this conversation short, but I don't feel quite well. I will return to my room, I wish you all a pleasant evening." I rushed out after finishing my statement, I no longer wished to drag this meeting on knowing they don't feel pleasant with me.

I also felt unbelievably tired from having a full stomach, I had never felt this tired. I did not know why I felt this way but I chalked it up to being full with a weak body.