Chapter 17

Drusilla got up from the table and grabbed my hand. Confused, I asked her. “Where are you taking me?”

She replied. “I just don’t want Cal to think I am making his precious girl slog, so you better tell that to him upfront.”

Precious girl?

I blinked and asked. “But did you not say he was in some meeting?”

She shook her head vigorously, her hair flying all around. “Nothing is more important than this. Did you look at this place? This mansion needs some major excitement and this event will infuse some energy in this dull, gloomy place.”

She kept dragging me and I looked down at myself. I was still wearing my pajamas.

“At least let me change.”

As much as I wanted to leave, the thought of walking in on a meeting where everybody was seated in nice formal attire and me just barging into the room wearing pajamas made me feel a bit weird.

Drusilla said that they had not had any event here in ages and if I walked in demanding to be in charge of the event while wearing the night pajamas, what impression would I leave on everybody?

I pictured them all laughing at me, and I resisted Drusilla. She turned back to look at me and gave me a quick once over.

She seemed to have forgotten what I was wearing as well.

“Uh, well, yeah. You do need to change.”

I felt relieved by the fact. I was also stalling for time, wondering what to tell Callahan, so he would listen to me and not doubt

  1. me.

And the fact that I was going to see him again made me nervous all over again.

For some reason, he both terrified me and made me feel drawn to him. I just did not know how to react in front of him.

So, I needed some time to think and prepare myself. Drusilla let go of my hand and pushed me to the room I had been sleeping in.

“Now come on, go get changed, quickly.”

have anything to change into. I don’t even know who put me in these clothes. Perhaps I

as she chuckled.

about that. Your room is already filled

size.”

room? Dresses and shoes my size?

are you talking about?”

if you did not guess it

your room and everything in here is yours, too.”

favors if I was a rogue and he wanted to punish me sooner or later?

this cannot

Go ahead. Pick anything and see

squinted my eyes at her, but she only folded her

wardrobe and saw the soft fabrics

possible varieties, textures and materials. Some were long, some scandalously

roamed my hands upon them, and my

want to go to him all dolled up, so I simply opened another door

began to spin as Drusilla chuckled. “There is another wardrobe for your accessories to pair up with the

looked at her with a slightly open mouth, and she smiled. “Believe me now? Come on, get

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Chapter 17

a sigh and simply picked blue jeans and a white bouse hastily. “You might have

shower

of my hair. There was possibly dried drool under my chin

you are

out teasingly before rushing towards the bathroom. And the first thing

was a fullsize mirror, a big bathtub, shower and

looked around warily as I slowly got out of

was a range of bottles placed near the shower,

my right, consisting of

the bathroom I was in and I used to go to the shared bathrooms for

shower in the cold, chilly wind with water droplets that felt as if ice was prickling my skin and hurriedly dry

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