Your step parents hired a bodyguard for an orphan like you. Being chosen by a family was the hardest, and what's worse was their status. It was like a freedom given to you and then take away after again.

The times you've tried to run away after the whole bodyguard situation was endless until you give in and try and adjust to the situation. Your parents couldn't disown you again even if you wanted to because of how much they loved you, but letting you go would be a threat to their empire.

Right now, you were in a bathtub, luxurious lifestyle, but heart at your freedom. He sat silently on a chair reading a book before you. He was strict but never made an attempt to make you uncomfortable.