, ▁but ▁Ther esa ▁was ▁fur ious ▁and ▁refused ▁to ▁let ▁her ▁go . ▁C ely n ▁thus ▁travel led ▁alone ▁to ▁Man ila , ▁and ▁upon ▁arriv ing ▁was ▁employed ▁by ▁the ▁owner ▁of ▁a ▁car inder ia , ▁who ▁allowed ▁her ▁to ▁sleep ▁in ▁the ▁eat ery . ▁On ▁the ▁first ▁day ▁of ▁school , ▁C ely n ▁met ▁Marg aux ▁Mar as igan ▁( M aja ▁Salvador ), ▁the ▁daughter ▁of ▁Jul io ▁( A riel ▁River a ) ▁and ▁Be atrice ▁Mar as igan ▁( Jan ice ▁de ▁Bel en ), ▁own ers ▁of ▁the ▁famous ▁Mem or ata ▁sh oe ▁company . ▁Marg aux ▁lived ▁the ▁lux ur ious ▁life ▁of ▁an ▁he ir ess , ▁and ▁C ely n ▁looked ▁up ▁to ▁her ▁in ▁adm iration . ▁C ely n ▁also ▁met ▁her ▁friends , ▁Eth an ▁Cast illo ▁( En ch ong ▁De e ) ▁and ▁Li am ▁Lag d ame o ▁( X ian ▁Lim ); ▁she ▁and ▁Li am ▁were ▁initially ▁ir rit ated ▁with ▁each ▁other ▁and ▁she ▁remembered ▁Eth an ▁from ▁a ▁child hood ▁incident ▁where ▁he ▁seem ingly ▁saved ▁her ▁life . ▁C ely n ▁and ▁Marg aux ▁eventually ▁became ▁best ▁friends . ▁C ely n ▁found ▁out ▁that ▁Eth an ▁and ▁Marg aux ▁were ▁lo vers . ▁Marg aux ▁may ▁have ▁led ▁a ▁life ▁like ▁a ▁prin cess , ▁but ▁she ▁was ▁often ▁concerned ▁about ▁her ▁mother ' s ▁strict ness . ▁Marg aux ▁follows ▁everything ▁Be atrice ▁says ,