“Don’t worry, I asked the doctor to come right away,” Bertha said and sat down next to me. Her arrival reassured me. “Thank you,” I said. ”Asher re-aligned my joint.” “What?” Bertha looked at me in surprise and then looked at Asher. “Asher, you should let the doctor do it.” Asher shrugged, “I can do it professionally. Why do I need to wait for a doctor?” I heard Bertha’s sigh, and she said, “Selena is just a lady, she needs to be treated gently.” “Oh,” Asher gave me an ironic look and a smirk. “My mistake, I’m sorry.” When the doctors arrived, Bertha immediately asked them to check my ankles. She watched my entire inspection. My gaze could not leave her. Of course, Bertha recognized my gaze, too, and she answered me with a gentle smile. For the first time in my life, there was a woman who treated me like that. I suddenly remembered my mother, wondering where she was all this time. Would she remember me and Gael? And my father- “Oh my God, our talented doctors told me your situ
The sound of the door opening woke me up. The softness of the bed made me unwilling to sit up.“It’s time to go home,” Asher’s cold voice sounded, and I immediately sat up, saw Asher standing and leaning back against the door. His bright brown hair was a little messy, his vest was gone, two buttons of his shirt were undone. He was looking at me.“What about the ball?” That was what I thought of first when I saw him.“It’s over,” Asher announced.“No way,” I looked at Asher with amazement, soon after, anger invaded me. “Why didn’t you wake me up?”I stood up but immediately shouted because of the pain in my ankle. I fell to my bed, bit my lips and closed my eyes tightly, enduring the pain.“You can’t dance with me anyway when you can’t stand up,” Asher said sarcastically.I frowned, “What about you? What did you do?”Asher shrugged, “Dance with another girl.”I said, “So, your mother, did she see you dancing with another girl?” It was my only worry; I didn’t want to displease Bertha; sh
Calantha got out of the car. She felt overwhelmed when she saw the luxurious mansion in front of her eyes. “Miss Ellis, please follow me. Lady Selena is waiting for you.” The butler saw Calantha still standing and looking at the mansion. He warned her. “Ah, yes, yes...” Calantha was embarrassed. She chased the butler into the mansion. To this day, Calantha still cannot believe that one day she will step into such a majestic mansion. The butler led her to the garden in the mansion. From a distance, Calantha could see the beautiful lady Selena enjoying tea. Clear blue sky, cool air, gentle sunshine. When she was only an inch away from Lady Selena, the butler stopped Calantha, alone, approached Lady Selena, and informed her of Calantha’s arrival. “I would like to speak to Miss Ellis,” Lady Selena said. At this time, Calantha could approach Miss Selena. The servant in the mansion quickly arranged more seats for Calantha. Calantha was very confused. She comes from a poor family, an
“Tell the driver to take Miss Ellis to where she wants to go,” Selena told the butler.He nodded respectfully and immediately fulfilled Selena’s request.“My assistant, Layla, will contact you to discuss the preparation of my plan. I hope that in a one-month period, Miss Ellis will be ready to help us prepare for the plan at any time.” Selena told Calantha.Calantha understood. Selena wanted her to quit her job at the café and spend all her time preparing for the wedding.“I understand,” Calantha replied.After Calantha left, Selena immediately went to the reading room, where her lover, John, was.Selena embraced John, giving him loving kisses.“Is everything going well?” John asked.“Above all great, Calantha is more convincing than I thought. Because she really needs the money,” Selena replied, inhaling the scent of his body. “You know, my John, Calantha is very interesting and wise. Asher will hardly take advantage of her.”“I don’t want to hear about Calantha, Selena, I want to hea
At Layla’s request, Calantha moved into Selena’s mansion the following afternoon after she had said goodbye to Gael. This was Calantha’s second visit to Selena’s mansion, however, for the first time, she did not enter the mansion and did not see its full lavishness. This is a two-story mansion, designed in European royal style. Layla arranged for Calantha to have a room at the end of the corridor of the second floor. It was a large room with large windows. From the window of the room, she could see the garden. “This room will be the only one that gets the first sunshine of the day.” Calantha thought. After Calantha finished her dinner, no one told her what to do. Calantha tried not to think too much and focused on enjoying life in a new place. The mansion’s reading room attracted her. Two days later, Calantha spent all her time reading, and she still didn’t take any requests. Lady Selena did not seem to be here very often. Because except for Calantha’s room, the butler’s room,
Asher heard the butler speak with an impatient expression. Not waiting for the butler to finish speaking, Asher hurriedly walked up to the second floor. “Selena, is that you?” “Holy shit!” Calantha thought. The wedding dress was too bulky. Calantha couldn’t run fast, Asher was behind her, as long as he ran, he could catch up with her. But no... Asher followed her and maintained a certain distance. “Selena, you’re trying on the wedding dress.” “I thought I was the only one who was excited to look forward to the wedding. You’re making me happy, Selena.” “Damn, damn... I need to find a room to hide in.” Calantha thought. “Damn, every room is locked. The training room is too far away.” Calantha didn’t dare turn around to check the distance between her and Asher, as she was worried that Asher would find out something out of the ordinary. If Asher found out about Selena’s escape plans, everything would get worse. Calantha recalled the afternoon two days before when she and Selena
“What? A dance party? With Asher?” Calantha couldn’t believe what she had just heard. “That’s right, but don’t worry, it’s a Masquerade Ballroom Dancing party. You will use a mask, and you just have to dance with Asher without having to communicate with him.” Selena said. “But I’ve never gone to a dance party. Excuse me, Lady Selena. I can’t join this party.” Calantha refused. “Don’t worry, I’ll teach you.” Selena said. “Why won’t you join?” Calantha asked. She didn’t think Selena would let her meet Asher before the wedding. This is really too risky. “I’m busy.” Selena said. In fact, on the day that the Masquerade Ballroom Dancing Party takes place, Selena and John would date and danced together in a luxurious and discreet restaurant. But she won’t tell Calantha the truth. And, of course, compared to Asher, John was much more important to Selena. “How could Asher Pittman find out who was going to dance with him that night? Only this afternoon, he was mistaken.” Selena thought.
Layla tirelessly entered the car, whispering, “Damn.” Layla’s mission was to monitor and support Calantha to join the party and meet Asher. But a noble woman stopped her from fulfilling her duties. Layla met her at the WC. The fat middle-aged woman was so tormented by her abdominal pain that she confused Layla for her daughter, and held on to her hands, screaming relentlessly even though she had tried everything to calm her down. It was all over when another girl walked into the WC and helped Layla and that miserable woman. When the girl rescued Layla, the party was still underway, but Asher had left to catch his flight to Los Angeles. Layla did not wait for Calantha too long, she came out of the mansion right after. “Is everything okay?” Layla asked as the car had rolled. “It’s fine,” Calantha stopped saying, “Asher doesn’t doubt me.” Layla felt that since she had been in the car, Calantha was very strange, she didn’t seem happy. “Really? He did nothing to upset you?” Layla as