Sting of betrayal
na's
It's too early for remorse. Optimism fuels my belief that everyt
is done, now, I must endeavour to extract the best from
ed my sleep, and I sluggis
servants in unison, their
rni
for your council meeting
erstand," I manage
I assumed you were informed," she added, a
second servant promptly entered
an't dress myself
dress you at your finest
rvants dress me seemed unnecessary, I r
ly styled my hair, and applied light makeup on
the conference room, where Ralph sat at the head of the t
eft, and I quietly observed as they delved into
you should properly introdu
d nonchalantly, gesturing towards me. All eyes f
me?" a lady amo
abruptly interr
he answered, avoidin
lpha an heir," a man instructed me. Before I could
was taken aback. Ralph slammed his h
fere in my personal life," he retor
rst kind gesture he'd shown me. The blatant disrespect ba
dress, I opted for a simple knee-length black go
reakfast," she p
I asked, disregard
t," she replied. I nod
ting over?"
N
hen," I said with a smile, and
out my purpose. Yifa returned with a tray of food, accompanied by an
s?" I marvelled at the feast before me. The tab
ere," Yifa replied, her departure leavi
to me and left the rest. After a while, Yifa retur
eased through the mind link, her words offerin
pened," I re
hould have asked me. Hav
mbarrassment colouring my resp
memorable, though," Tala's c
" I chuckled, trying to
e's anything, talk to me," she
venturing outside or encountering Ralph. As evening descended, Yifa, my
ested you join him in his room," she ann
managed
get you ready," she of
and dress," I stated. Sh
a sai
contradiction of his harshness and th
h a mixture of excitement and nervousness. The anticipation of him being my first on
l, the soft fabric a shield against the impending encounter. Adorning a beautiful
hesitant glance at the mirror. The weight of expectati
ourney fraught with second-guessing and doubt. Standi
nocked, the sound echoing in the corridor like a thunderous drumb
spare me the embarrassment of discovery. And as the moments stretched into eternity,
he breeze, shattered the silence like fragile gla
oom with effortless ease. The towel draped casually around his waist did littl
o me, I felt the weight of the encounter burning into my s
uldn't shake the feeling that this encounter was merely t
ce, a low growl, shattered th