Countess' lover

Eliza has a falling out with her beloved adoptive father.This was the most unlikely thing to happen, but it did happen.

Eliza was seven years old, and Brandon's flat in London already had servants and visitors.When his friends and their wives came to visit, Eliza's presence was always a hot topic among the ladies and ladies.

"What a kind gentleman, you are such a lucky girl." Many people have wiped their tears and were moved by the colonel's kindness, and the colonel's explanation to the outside world was that Elisa was his adopted daughter—her mother and father. He is related.

Eliza disliked these women in particular, but had to accept them with a smile.How could she forget, when she fell, they mocked the cold words?Although she deserved it, Eliza knew that their so-called kindness and tolerance were just lip service.Compared with these people, her adoptive father can really be called a saint.

Colonel Brandon has no wife, and it is obviously not realistic for a single man to raise a girl who is not related by blood.So, one morning when Eliza was seven years old, the colonel spoke to Eliza anyway.

"School? I'm not going." Eliza raised her mouth high, turning her head away from the man who just asked her to go to school.

"Be obedient, Elisa. You are already seven years old, and you are not suitable to live with...with a bachelor." The colonel was also reluctant to part with Elisa. For nearly two years, Eliza lived with him together.

bachelor?A woman's words suddenly appeared in Eliza's mind, "It's time for a seven-year-old girl to start paying attention to her reputation. It's not good to live with a bachelor all the time. Oh poor Eliza, I would very much like to have such a beautiful daughter."

Eliza felt that she had lost all appetite for breakfast.She looked at Brandon, her pure black eyes flashed with anger, "Is it because of Miss White?"

"Who?" The colonel frowned. He seemed to be trying to search for the one called Miss White in his mind, but to no avail.He had been busy lately with a Barton estate, and Sir John had urged him many times.So apart from his daily concern for Elisa, he didn't care about anything else at all.

The Colonel's attitude made Elisa feel better, but she still couldn't help being angry when she thought of the plump Miss King who always looked at Colonel Brandon at the last banquet. "It's the one who pulled you to talk about India last time..."

The little girl snorted softly, as if she could still think of that malicious woman.Brandon couldn't help laughing, as if he suddenly remembered who Eliza was talking about, and said in a low voice, "Oh, is that one? She is really a beautiful lady with a good manner."

"Pa" Eliza's hand trembled, and she slammed the plate. "You see? That would be wonderful," she said. "Looks like I'm going to have a foster mother."

How could she have thought of this?The colonel was a little dumbfounded, his Eliza was still a seven-year-old child.

"Okay Elisa. Let's get down to business." Colonel Brandon thought that Miss White should not be a topic of wasting his time. After thinking about it, he changed to a serious tone and said something serious to his adopted daughter, "Don't Angry Eliza, you are already seven years old, for your reputation and future, there is nothing wrong with going to school. Your mother entrusted you to me, and I must be responsible to you."

He was changing the subject... Eliza cared too much, even her thoughts were pessimistic and extremely wrong, she clamored in her heart, does he really want to marry Miss White?Eliza's heart was very sour, and she said to herself that it should be, and there would be Marianne without Miss White.But on the other side, she still couldn't help feeling uncomfortable...

"But I don't want to go to school." Eliza also avoided talking about that topic. She had gone to school enough in her previous life, and this time she just wanted to spend more time with her adoptive father in the limited time. "I'm full... eat slowly."

She put down the tableware in her hand sullenly, and ran upstairs like a child without saying a word to the colonel.

Are all girls so strange... The colonel looked at his pocket watch, resisting the desire to catch up and take a look ~ hoped to comfort himself, "It's just the little girl's tantrum, it will be fine in the evening", and then he went to the appointment with his friends in peace .Brandon, who has always treated Elisa as a little adult, obviously did not expect that no matter how mature Elisa is usually, as long as she is a woman, she will be difficult and difficult to deal with.

Eliza and Colonel Brandon had a cold war, and although she didn't make it obvious, the Colonel found out.His Eliza no longer ran to his door in the middle of the night, nor did she hold him for a while at good night. She even refused to give him a good night kiss because of her age.Does this have much to do with age?

Eliza mentions Miss White at least two or three times a day, which makes Brandon very helpless. He just thinks that Eliza is always too mature and wants to tease her. In fact, he has no impression of Miss White at all.But at the same time, the colonel couldn't help but wonder if he had spoiled Elisa, and this thought made the colonel press the desire to explain several times.

Because every time Brandon tried to bring up the matter of going to school at the dinner table, Elisa always left the table early. After a week, the colonel felt that his little Eliza had lost a lot of weight.

"It must not go on like this!" Brandon thought distressedly of his adoptive daughter biting her lips stubbornly, "If you don't want to go to school, you can stop going! Anyway...Eliza is only seven years old." He thought so , and finally stayed in Eliza's room one night.

"Christoph? What do you want to say to me?" Elisa pretended to be puzzled and looked at her adoptive father who was sitting beside her bed and hesitated for a while.In fact, she had stopped being angry a long time ago, and even she could see that the colonel didn't care about Miss White.She just thought that her adoptive father would marry a wife one day and she would be sent to school early, which made her feel very uncomfortable.Of course, it would be better to be able to solve the matter that I don't want to go to school for the time being.

"You are as stubborn as your mother." The colonel sat beside Elisa, stroking her hair gently with his fingers, with nostalgia in his eyes. "I think I will never forget her in my life, let alone marry another woman."

His tone was low and lonely, and hearing it in Eliza's ears made her feel like crying.This is definitely not the result she wanted!She grabbed the Colonel's hand at once, with an anxious and frustrated expression, "No, Christopher. That's not what I meant." She was so aware of her adoptive father's love for her mother, but she loved her adoptive father even more.No matter what, she hoped that Brandon could forget his mother and regain happiness...even if she could only bless her from afar.

"There are many good ladies. They are beautiful, affectionate and docile, dignified but not lacking in talent. I just think you deserve better, and there will definitely be better..." She was suddenly discouraged as she spoke. I can stare at my adoptive father with those black eyes, "I hope you will be happy, even if... forget my mother." Forget Eliza...

Brandon was surprised and sad. Such words were not something a girl of Eliza's age could say. He even felt that he was talking to an adult woman.What kind of life had caused his Eliza to mature so precociously?The colonel was full of pity and guilt, and he became more determined in his mind.At least until Eliza was sixteen and grown up, he wouldn't take a wife.

"You are still a child Elisa." Colonel Brandon kissed her forehead softly, "Don't worry about me, you know, rather than looking for a beautiful noble lady, I hope that my Eliza can Grow into the best girl ever."

The colonel paused for a moment, showing a helpless and compromising look, "Of course, if Elisa doesn't want to go to school, we won't go. As long as you are well, don't lose your temper, okay?"

"Christoph!" Eliza was ashamed and a little bit annoyed.She buried her face under the quilt and said sullenly, "I'm not a child anymore!"

Colonel Brandon chuckled, "Yes, Eliza just treats me like a child."

What I said... Eliza's face burned, but fortunately she couldn't see it under the quilt.Well, she had to admit, Colonel Brandon was absolutely right.Even if she was reborn once, as long as she encountered something about her adoptive father, wouldn't she be as willful, domineering and jealous like a child?

The colonel patted his little head under the quilt, "Sleep well, tomorrow is not allowed to be like this again."

"Wait, Christopher." Eliza got out of the quilt, pulled the colonel back, and begged, "Come with me, I can't sleep."

Brandon looked at her helplessly, as if he had expected this situation a long time ago, and compromised easily. "That's really too bad, go inside a little bit, I'm very tired today, I guess I can't chat with you too late."

Eliza obediently rolled inside, and rolled back when her adoptive father was in bed, curled up against him. "Then stop talking, I suddenly feel a little sleepy too," she added, "that's weird."

"It's really strange..." There was a smile in the Colonel's voice, his Eliza was really lovely.

A turmoil passed without any risk, and Elisa knew that she could not use this willful method to escape from her adoptive father every time, so she obediently went to school when she was nine years old.Unlike her previous life, this time the school was chosen by Eliza herself, and it was less than a hundred miles away from the center of London.The colonel would often visit her at school, and even though he knew that Elisa was staying at school, he still left her a lot of pocket money every time.

Eliza didn't spend all her money on hats and skirts, the Colonel never left her without them.Instead, this time she saved all her money and patiently waited for an opportunity to make money.

When Eliza was thirteen years old, Colonel Brandon's brother, her mother's first husband, died.Colonel Brandon inherited the Delaford Manor, and was very busy with property transfer and taking over, so he didn't have time to go to school to see Elisa for a long time.

It was also the day when Eliza was about to take the initiative to go to Delaford to visit her adoptive father. She waited for the opportunity she had always wanted.