To her reasoning, if her father came to fetch her then he had time to protect her from Ambrosia. And because Liliana craved attention from her father. Being treated like the golden child and whatnot. That didn't happen when father was busy. And she didn't fancy being in a house full of other, judgy, people.

The lie was painfully obvious, but Liliana was too caught up in herself to care. "I'm not entirely sure. But whatever work he was doing sounded awfully dull. Perhaps he'll come get me just to take his mind off of it." The idea of her father making her a higher priority over business did please her.

As she thought of such an ideal scenario, she decided to take a seat if she was going to have to plead her case any further, rather than busy herself at another part of the house. She didn't even think on it until she pulled the chair out and caught a glimps of... was that a man?! She let out a rather startled shriek.