Arranged Marriage: Dangerous Heiress

        Kale started playing Beethoven\'s Moonlight sonata. He closed his eyes and kept playing with all of his heart and he knew that his best friend is filming him and snickering from his dramatic piano play. It\'s Seven-thirty and almost everyone had gathered the mansion.

        He kept playing the piano even though the little kids, Elizabeth and Zavannah are discussing with Timothy on how to make a beautiful braid and whatsoever. He doesn\'t care about that but he\'s enjoying the sound of the grand piano although it was old.

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        He stopped when the twins whistled, and he peeked at the upcoming Laurence with a little girl with him. Probably at the age of eleven to thirteen. She is wearing glasses and a red dress. Then, Aunt Ash is carrying a baby in a tuxedo. He stood.

"Laurence!" Zendaya called out and greet him. Laurence kissed her cheeks and then Percy put a hand over Esme\'s shoulder.

"This will be very confusing to you. So, I\'ll introduce you one by one." He said. "This is Zendaya and the triplets, Luke, Logan and Cyra, and then Wynter. They are your cousin from our Uncle Zachary. Then, the twins, Aria and Asher, Carter and baby Elizabeth,"

"I\'m not a baby, Uncle," Lizzi told and crossed her arms. Esme chuckled seeing an adorable six-year-old girl.

"I\'m sorry, Lady Elizabeth. Okay, so they are your cousins from your Aunt Ellen."

"Hi." Ellen greet her and hugged her with a kiss on the cheek.

"Hello." She mumbled.

"Then, Reina, Alice, and Lauren from you Uncle Andrew."

        There are lots of introductions. And her cousins from Agatha. Demi, Thunder, Flash, and Dean. Then, cousins from Sarah, Dash, and Sasha. Then, there\'s Uncle Owen with his fiancée and son Odin. So, the rest are family friends from another Empire. Although she wasn\'t a real Pattinson, they all welcome her like she\'s already part of the family.

        Then, there\'s Christian and Timothy who were also adopted by their family. Well, Timothy is said to be Zendaya\'s fiancée, but she thought that Zendaya is too young to have a fiancée. Demi and Christian are together and although they aren\'t engaged, surely, they will be together until they grow old.

"So, why are you wearing glasses?" The twins asked at the same time. Rhys and Raiden, known to be the playboy of the Phoenix Empire slash Dragon Empire since they are half Phoenix and half Dragon.

"I—uh have astigmatism and it corrected my eye-sight."

"You still can see without those glasses?" They asked again and she don\'t how they managed to talk in unison.

"I can still see but it was blurred." She mumbled.

"Oh, but you look beautiful without those glasses," Rhys said and she flushed in embarrassment. They are at least the third people that tell her that she\'s beautiful. First was Ashaya and then Laurence, well, Percy agreed to it.

"Th-Thank you." She said sounding more like it was a question.

"Don\'t be shy," Raiden told and they were smacked by Kale.

"Hey, stop flattering the girl and playing on her." Kale threw their arms away and he put his arm over her shoulder. "I\'m Kale and those are my stupid cousins."

"Hi." She said almost a whisper.

"Welcome to the noisy, yet amazing family in the world. Our Empire is the very best." He winked. "I\'ll show you around."

"You were the one that is playing Beethoven\'s Moonlight Sonata."

        Kale stopped and smile slowly.

"I am." He winked. "Do you know how to play?"

"Yes, a little."

"Let\'s go to the piano. Uncle Percy taught me a lot of musical things and we will surely enjoy each other\'s company when it comes to music."

        They approach the grand piano in the great room and then, he gestured to the piano seat. She sat down and give him space to her left. He sat down and started playing the Moonlight Sonata. She followed him using the high keys and followed him.

        Kale is smiling as he watched her slender long fingers play on the keys softly.

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        Laurence watched his baby sister playing the grand piano and seemed to be enjoying Kale\'s company. She chose a good guy since Kale is closed to his father and the three of them used to play in the music room to rock and his mother would bring them snacks and take a video of them.

        Esme is a talented girl. She\'s just shy and doesn\'t have confidence. According to his mother. She used to sing in a restaurant and play the piano whenever someone would request a song. Then, she\'s helping in the kitchen by washing dishes and that\'s how she worked after school. Poor girl, she shouldn\'t wash her hands after she played piano.

"You got an adorable sister and then a handsome brother," Zendaya said as she sipped on her wine.

"Thank you." Laurence smiled.

"I am sure that you start spoiling Esme."

"Yup. I just can\'t help myself. And there\'s a new blessing, mom is pregnant, finally." He told.

"Oh, wow." Her eyes widen.

"Yup. They won\'t get lonely in the house because it will be very noisy."

"You are right. Dad is extremely bored when the triplets started going to the Empire Academy. Now, there\'s Wynter that he gave attention to."

"I\'m afraid that once that Esme entered an Elite school, she will be bullied more."

"Don\'t worry about that. You can always install a camera on her bag and glasses."

"That\'s very unnecessary. I mean, it\'s not good since she\'s a girl. But I\'ll install one or two."

"That\'s a good brother." Zendaya winked. He chuckled and shook his head.

        When Dmitri and Christian announced that Dinner is ready, they went to the table that their parents set up, and of course, they cook it and make the dessert from their house. Laurence pulled a chair for Esme and she sat down and thanked him. Then, at Esme\'s other side is Kale. Then, the dinner started with a prayer and their appetizers.

"I think we should install cameras to your body and you\'ll only activate it when you are in danger or witnessed something," Zachary said. "And if ever you forget, we\'ll connect it to your smartwatch and when your heartbeat increased, and it\'s an emergency, you\'ll just tap it. For short, always wear your smartwatch."

"Yes, sir!" They said at the same time.

"So, the triplets made a new version that you need to update. You\'ll all received the file and just in usual, you\'ll only have to install it. So, for our Princesses, Zavannah, and Elizabeth, you\'ll always stick with your bodyguards or your parents. Although the two of you have a tracker, a bullet can easily kill." Zachary said further.

"Yes, sir!" The two little girls said at the same time.

"The ambush from two days ago wouldn\'t happen just once but there will be more. So, I want all of the boys and girls to be ready whenever you leave the house." Andromeda said.

        Esme is new with everything and she listened attentively.

"Yes, ma\'am." They said again.

"Sabrina, you have additional?" Andromeda asked.

"Yes. I do. Thank you, Andro. So, we are currently working with medical research, form Cyra\'s idea. So, if ever who is interested to be in medical research, just call me so, I could assist you in our secret facility. I can\'t discuss the research, but it\'s recommended to those who are interested to be doctors." Sabrina told.

"I think I am interested in this research," Kale said.

"People who are only curious are not allowed," Cyra announced and the twins Rhys and Raiden looked at each other and shrugged.

"Why?" Raiden asked.

"My answer is none of your f—business," Cyra answered as she pointed her knife.

"Why are you so grumpy?" Rhys asked and he looked away when Cyra is glaring at them.

"I think I am into this," Natalia said.

"Are you sure, darling?" James, Natalia\'s father asked.

"Yes, daddy."

"I should enter this as well. I am good at calculations and Natalia needed a mathematician." Nathaniel told.

"Thanks, Bro. Yes, I need your help. I am only good at research and calculation isn\'t my thing."

        Cyra nodded. Those twins are good at teamwork. Rhys and Raiden are so out of it.

"Just call us if you need some techs," Asher said.

"And programmer." Aria looked at Laurence.

"Don\'t worry. I am fine and too busy to be a big brother." Laurence grinned with a winked.

        They laughed.

"It\'s fine, Rence," Percy told.

"Wow, you are ditching me now that you have new babies, huh?" He sneered at Percy. Percy only laughed.

"Yeah, you can join but you are a big brother, you need to have that drill to your siblings." Percy winked.

"Yeah—yeah, I got it." Laurence nodded.

"What\'s the drill?" Esme whispered at him.

"It\'s a secret. Eat more. You are to thin." He said and took meat over her plate.

"Yes, you need to eat more." Kale agreed with Laurence.

"Okay, now that medical team will be soon united. How about Uncle Dmitri?" Andromeda said with a smile.

"Tsk. Andy, I told you. I don\'t want to be called, Uncle."

        They laughed.

"Gramps, it\'s okay. You don\'t look like an Uncle to Mom." Zendaya teased and Dmitri frowned at her and they all laughed.