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Regal Rendezvous - Kim Seokjin

"Roses are beautiful, one of my favourites. You just have to make sure you don't get pricked by a thorn."
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"Miss, you're being called into the drawing room by Madam. She wants you right away."
I nod at my maid's message and dismiss her, sighing afterwards.

I wanted to continue reading my favourite novella (I've read it enough to know everything by heart) but alas, 'duty' calls when it comes to my mother.

I smoothed down the creases in my lemon chiffon frock, before letting my feet take me down the path they were so accustomed to.
I wonder what it would be this time...

•••••••

I was adopted and I am very grateful towards my parents for taking me in but my mother can be most intolerable most times.
I don't even call her Mama sometimes because it doesn't feel like a mother-daughter relationship.

It certainly doesn't feel like one now, since she's called me down to badger my marriage proposals.
I don't think I get any, despite the many sideway glances I get from young men at luncheons.

"You're not getting any younger, it's best to get you married now, where your youth shines the most."
I almost scoff, before controlling myself, my father watching me with an amused glint in his warm eyes.

"My dear, I don't see why you have to rush. Y/N has many opportunities regardless."
His input makes my mother scowl, only causing him to laugh.

"Opportunities that will wither, there are plenty of other young ladies as there are young men. They'll be snatched up before you know it!"
Her dramatics made me slump, before I straightened my posture and address her.

"And what do you propose Ma'am?"
I fear that my sarcasm may have been too rude, but she only looks towards my father.

"The mouth on it- I propose you meet with Sir Kim's eldest son, Seokjin. He's a fine man if I do recall."
I almost jumped out of my seat with joy at the sound of his name.

Kim Seokjin, one of the most handsome bachelors in the city.
I kept my face as straight as possible, seeming uninterested with the prospect of mine and Seokjin's meeting.

If I showed excitement or delight, I'd most likely be stolen of this opportunity.
I and Seokjin have talked a few times, at functions and such.

"I believe that's a splendid idea darling, now why don't you stop nagging Y/N hmm? I'm sure she'd like to get some rest before she meets him," I look to my father with a raised eyebrow.

"I'm paying Mr. Kim a visit of course. We haven't had a chat in a while. I'll tell him that I'm bringing you. Now off to bed, we wouldn't want you falling to sleep over our boring talks now would we?" Father said as he walked over to me and pinched my cheek gently.

I smiled at him before leaving the grand room, giving a short goodbye to Mama.
A tiring talk, but with a fruitful outcome; I would've never thought that my mother would choose a man instantly.

Although now I feel as though she has a mental list of suitors for me, unsettling but true.
I went and got ready for bed, wondering how the next day will turn out.