NOT THE USUAL CINDERELLA (Season 2)

TRYING TO GET TO KNOW ALAYA

"Dutch... Deandas.... Your deanda!" Deanda who was daydreaming, slightly gasped in shock as soon as Abella called her name over and over again, and ended up with a call with a slightly loud tone, a call that only Abella dares to make if there is no Alvero near them, and in a relaxed atmosphere like this afternoon.

"Ah, yes... Why Abella?" Deanda immediately answered Abella's call, making Abella laugh at once, thinking that Deanda was just daydreaming about Alvero.

"Waaaa.so sweet, so romantic. Your Majesty and you are truly a phenomenal Gracetian couple who always look sweet and friendly, as reported by the media some time. It's been almost two months since your wedding, and the news about you hasn't faded." Abella said as she poked Deanda's hand in front of her and her hands were on the table.

Deanda could only smile at Abella's temptation, coupled with Clare's amused gaze.

"You are just there." Deanda answered briefly Abella's temptation and her eyes immediately turned towards Alaya who was observing their jokes with a serious face.

"Emmmmm. Alaya, sit next to Abella. We've met a few times, but it looks like we've never had a private, casual chat like today." Hearing the request from Deanda for her to sit next to Abella, Alaya slightly gasped in shock and her face looked a little awkward.

"Let's Alaya, the empress calls you..." Clare who was sitting next to Alaya immediately pulled the upper arm of Alaya, so that Alaya immediately got up and moved the seat as requested by Deanda.

"Ba.. good empress." With an awkward attitude, and a slightly hesitant gesture, Alaya finally got up from her seat and took a sitting position next to Abella, which means sitting right in front of Deanda.

Seeing Alaya's awkward attitude, Deanda tried to give her a friendly smile, so that the girl would not feel intimidated, and could have a comfortable conversation with her.

"Abella and the others are now quite close to you. It's good to see you back with the others as friends. Abella's friend means my friend too, so I hope we both can be good friends." Deanda's smile and friendly greeting made Alaya smile immediately

"It is an honor for me to be able to meet and talk and even have lunch with you, Empress Deanda." Alaya said as her eyes looked straight at Deanda.

From the look of Alaya's clear and beautiful eyes, it showed that the girl was looking at Deanda with a look of admiration. Whether it's just Deanda's feelings or it's true. To be sure, Deanda hopes, Alaya is not an enemy in the blanket for the Gracetian kingdom, given the info known by Deanda, that Alaya spent most of her life abroad, not in the Gracetian.

What do you think for some time that you worked for this company? Do you feel like working here?" Deanda immediately greeted Alaya with a friendly attitude, trying to show that she was quite receptive to Alaya's presence in the middle of their lunch even though Deanda was actually not too familiar with who Alaya was.

"I love the Queen. The people I work with are all good seniors and always lightly helped me. In addition, the existence of the noble Alvero and the empress who always cared about what happened in this company as a leader, also made me feel at home. You are both an inspiration to me." Alaya's reply that was spoken with a shy blush when mentioning Alvero's name and she herself was enough to make Deanda smile.

Looks like Alaya's a good girl, I hope my judgment isn't wrong.

In the middle of the pendant is engraved with the letter A with a beautiful classic type of writing, where the writing is the letter A if observed attached small-sized diamonds that cause bursts of reflection of light with various colors once exposed to light.

Very beautiful pendant, like the wearer who is also a beautiful girl. The initials of A? Shows the name Alaya or has another meaning huh? Why is it that his majesty is also curious about the existence of the pendant? Does that pendant have any significance to your noble?

Looking at the pendant, Deanda began to wonder in her heart with her brain already thinking about it, trying to find an explanation about the pendant. Trying to guess the significance of the pendant for Alvero.

"His Majesty the Empress? Is there something wrong with my clothes?" Inevitably, Deanda's eyes were too focused on the pendant hanging on Alaya's neck to let Alaya know immediately that Deanda was watching him.

Deanda's friendly-looking, yet fleeting look was so probing, making Alaya feel awkward and uncomfortable.

"Ah, sorry. I'm admiring the beauty of the pendant you're wearing right now." Deanda tried to answer Alaya's question calmly as she pointed towards the pendant worn by Alaya, making Abella and Clare immediately turned to look at Alaya's neck to observe the pendant worn by Alaya.

"Oh." Alaya immediately smiled at Deanda's praise of her pendant, her hand slowly moving and holding the pendant.

"Eh, Alaya, right said Deanda, your pendant looks very beautiful, especially when exposed to light. Where did you get that locket? From your lover? Tell us about a romantic moment when the locket was handed over by your lover to you." Abella, who was looking at the locket, immediately commented.

"Since childhood, I've worn this locket. So, of course, this locket is not from my lover." Alaya answers Abella's question while smiling with an amused face because Abella already thinks that the locket is from a man who became her lover.

"Does that mean you already have a boyfriend? And your lover has given you anything other than a locket? Moreover, what has been given by your lover" With a face that looks so curious, Abella again railed Abella with various questions from her.

"Ah, no... I don't have a boyfriend yet." Alaya immediately answered Abella's question nervously, and glanced at Deanda who was just smiling seeing how Abella teased Alaya just now.

"Well, really? How's Deanda? Do you have an acquaintance or a friend who is single? After entering the palace, you should have an acquaintance of a single man who might be a distant noble brother. Looks like we can introduce him to Alaya." Abella again seduces Alaya until Cleosa's new figure returns from the bathroom, causing Abella to stop her teasing of Alaya.