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.”

into. I don’t even know who put me in these clothes. Perhaps I can borrow something from you if I

said, as she

that. Your room is already filled with dresses, shoes, sandals and everything as per your

size.”

and

you

sleeping in and added, “Well, if you did not guess it already…” She took a pause when we reached the

room and everything in here is

me with such favors if I was a rogue and he wanted

this cannot be

refused, and she added, “Don’t believe me? Go ahead. Pick anything and see

squinted my eyes at her, but she only folded her hands on her chest and urged me to go

the soft fabrics of various colors hung neatly by the hangers.

possible varieties, textures and materials. Some were long, some scandalously short, and some I did not even know how to wear.

and my fingers brushed

all dolled up, so I simply opened another door and this one had a complete section of just

as Drusilla chuckled. “There is another

with a slightly open mouth, and she smiled. “Believe me now? Come on, get ready now.”

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Chapter 17

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

shower

a sniff of my hair. There was possibly dried drool under my chin and I felt that I had not showered in an eternity.

come on, now you are just stalling

grumbled, but I only stuck my tongue out teasingly before rushing towards the

mirror, a big bathtub, shower and two

got out of my clothes and hung them by

the shower, all having

bottles was on my right, consisting

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

wind with water droplets that felt as if ice was prickling my skin and hurriedly dry myself off to

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