The skies were gloomy. Julia was holding an umbrella while looked at her grandparent's casket being buried. Julia was crying silently as it dawned on her that this is not a dream. She can no longer see and hug her grandparents who raised her with a lot of love and care.

"Now that Theodore and Cordelia Cassidy have passed away, what happens to his granddaughter, Julia?"

"Poor girl. She lost her parents due to a car accident when she was still an infant and now her grandparents have passed away due to old age."

"She no longer had any living relatives. Will she end up in an orphanage? What a pity! The Cassidy's were such a powerful and rich family in the past. If not for Arthur Cassidy's passing and Theodore Cassidy's retirement, the company would have thrived."

"I heard about how when Theodore Cassidy retired a few years ago, an employee embezzled more than a hundred million from the company. That's why it closed down."

"Then, you mean, Julia Cassidy has no relatives nor anything from her family left for her?"

"What a shame. She just turned 16 a few months ago."

"She would have been the heir to the Cassidy Corporation but now, I don't think she'll have a bright future."

Apollo looked at the miserable girl who was watching the last of her family members to get buried, crying silently. Holding the handle of her black umbrella tightly, her back was straight and she was pursing her lips to keep herself from crying.

"Even when she was crying, she was still pretty and elegant." Apollo muttered to himself. There was something else that she noticed from her but he couldn't quite place it.

After the close friends and associates of Julia's grandparents said goodbye to her as they hand out their condolence money, Julia kept bowing at everyone and thanking them for coming to the funeral and trying to force a smile at the guests.

As the guests all left, Julia who he saw had trembling lips. The umbrella that she was holding, fell on the ground. Her back crouched and her shoulders shook as she cried. She bowed to the four tombs in front of her and was crying. She was getting wet in the rain.

This idiot must be blaming herself. Apollo thought to himself.

"It's not your fault." I said in annoyance. I held an umbrella over her.

Julia straightened her body and looked up at me, she was surprised. "Apollo, you came." she said in between breaths.

"What husband would I be if I didn't attend my wife's grandparent's funeral?" I said as I rolled my eyes.

She smiled at me as she was having a hard time breathing, tears were falling on her pale cheeks, "Thank you."

Her smile was genuine. Her hair was wet from the rain, her black puff—sleeved dress was soaked with rain. I clenched my jaw, "Hold this!" I said as I handed my umbrella.

She held the umbrella with a confused look on her face. I took off my coat and put it over her shoulder. I glared at her after I took her umbrella that was on the ground, "Let's go home. You can visit when the weather's better."

Julia looked at Apollo. Her ears were flushed, she was thankful for Apollo's nice gestures. She nodded and followed him to the car.

Sally saw that Julia was soaked and she put a small towel on Julia's back and gave Julia a small towel to put on her chest.

I just knew that this was going to happen. Apollo thought to himself and handed Julia a bottled water.

"It would be a burden if you get an asthma attack if you don't calm down." Apollo said.

"Apollo, that was rude!" Sally, the head housemaid of the Maxwell Residence said.

Julia held Sally's hand, "No, Apollo's right. I wasn't thinking clearly. I'm sorry." She said apologetically.

The ride back home was quiet. Apollo would secretly glance at Julia who was staring out the window, quietly. He had always seen Julia whenever he would visit her family with his grandparents. She was always a bright and bubbly person.

She was always someone who was cheerful and always talked a lot. When I found out that I was going to be married to her, I thought that she was someone who was completely opposite me and that my engagement and marriage would be full of chaos and headache but to my surprise, except for a few times, it wasn't totally bad. I could manage to at least live under the same roof as her.