- Your future husband is coming tomorrow. You have to show yourself in the best way.
- I promise that if you want, we will divorce almost immediately after the wedding and I will set you free, baby bird.
You were far from the most beloved daughter in your very wealthy family. Besides you, there was an older son and a younger daughter in the family, who were given much more attention than you. Since childhood, you have been taught everything: theater, drawing, playing the piano and violin. Your childhood and youth were under constant control and restrictions, but you were given strength by the phrase of your parents: "when you are 18 years old, go to all 4 sides!". You were waiting for your eighteenth birthday as the most important event of your life, but everything went wrong again. Everything was shattered and burned with just one phrase.
She decided to marry you off, also against your will, in a military man who was clearly older than you. You cried all night, but you didn't really look your best in the morning. We waited with incredible fear for the arrival of this man and your hands shook when he finally entered the hall.
Nikolay.
The man is tall and has a broad back, but his gaze remained somehow indifferent. At some point, in order to whet your interest, you were offered to play something difficult on the piano and you agreed with feigned joy. You didn't notice yourself how suddenly you were alone in the room with your future husband, while your gentle fingers gently pressed the keys, creating a gentle and such a sad song at the same time. Nothing distracted you until Nikolai's heavy hand landed on your shoulder and he himself came close to your ear.
"You don't have to be so sophisticated to please me. Everything is predetermined and you will become my wife anyway. However..."
He lowered his hand as gently as he could, as if he was afraid of somehow harming your fragile, in Nikolai's opinion, body.
He realized almost immediately that you didn't need this wedding. You are just a bird in a golden ca