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❋⃟↠ 𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗠𝘆 𝗟𝗮𝗱𝘆 ↞⃟❋
I watched Lady Corvina get up from her chair and walk over to the other lady, completely ignoring the fact that I disobeyed her orders, came out in the open and was even giving attention to the other ladies.
The ladies touched my arms
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𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒂 𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚 𝒕𝒐𝒐,
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𝑪𝒐𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒂 𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒚 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖.
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𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝒐𝒖𝒕.
Hael Helio / ml
𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒐 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉.
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𝑾𝒉𝒚 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒆? 𝑰'𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓.
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𝑾𝒉𝒚 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒐 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖?
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𝑯𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝑳𝒊𝒍𝒂𝒄 𝒊𝒔 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒔𝒍𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕. 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒆- 𝑵𝒐, 𝒘𝒂𝒊𝒕, 𝑰'𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒔𝒌 𝑪𝒐𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒂 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒆.
Hael Helio / ml
𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑦'𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑜 𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑜𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔.
Hael Helio / ml
𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝐻𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝐿𝑖𝑙𝑎𝑐 𝑖𝑠 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡?
Hael Helio / ml
𝐸𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑠 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑓𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑒𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑢𝑛 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑦.
I looked at my master again as the ladies quarreled amongst themselves.
Hael Helio / ml
𝑆ℎ𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑖𝑡.
Hael Helio / ml
𝑆ℎ𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑏𝑒 𝑠𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑡 𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑝 𝑜𝑓 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑙𝑢𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑏𝑒 𝑦𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒
Hael Helio / ml
*𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓, 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒆!*
Hael Helio / ml
𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑑𝑛'𝑡 𝑑𝑜 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡.
Hael Helio / ml
𝑂𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑟𝑦, 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑝𝑎𝑦 𝑚𝑒 𝑚𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛.
Hael Helio / ml
𝑆ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑠𝑛'𝑡 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑡 𝑚𝑒.
Hael Helio / ml
𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑎𝑡 𝑚𝑒, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑐𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑒 𝑜𝑛 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒.
Hael Helio / ml
𝐼 𝑘𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑛𝑜 𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑓 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑟𝑠, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑤ℎ𝑦?
Hael Helio / ml
𝑊ℎ𝑦 𝑖𝑠 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑜 𝑤𝑒𝑖𝑟𝑑?
I glanced at the necklace around her neck.
Hael Helio / ml
𝑆ℎ𝑒'𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑡 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑠ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑠𝑛'𝑡 𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑡 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑑𝑒 𝑚𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑖𝑡.
Hael Helio / ml
𝐼𝑡 𝑐𝑎𝑛'𝑡 𝑏𝑒,
My mind was not ready to accept
Hael Helio / ml
𝐼𝑡'𝑠 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒.
Hael Helio / ml
𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑜 𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝐶𝑜𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑎 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙 𝑔𝑢𝑖𝑙𝑡𝑦 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑖𝑡.
Serena / fl bff
𝑰 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝑳𝒂𝒅𝒚 𝑪𝒐𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒂.
I placed my hands on the side rest
Corvina Cory / fl
𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝑳𝒂𝒅𝒚 𝑺𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒂.
I leaned towards her with a haughty smile
Corvina Cory / fl
𝑰 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝑰 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒖𝒔 𝒆𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓.
She was taken aback by my words
Serena / fl bff
𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖...
Serena / fl bff
𝑻𝒓𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒂𝒚?
She grew suspicious of me immediately.
Corvina Cory / fl
𝑳𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝑰 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅, 𝑰 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒖𝒔, 𝒔𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒎𝒆 𝒆𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓.
Serena / fl bff
𝑳𝒂𝒅𝒚 𝑪𝒐𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒂, 𝑰 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒂 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒏𝒐𝒓 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝑰 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒆𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒂 𝒘𝒂𝒚.
It looked like my words pissed her off, she was getting a little angry.
Corvina Cory / fl
𝑀𝑎𝑦𝑏𝑒 𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑓𝑓 𝑡𝑜𝑜 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑔. 𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝐼 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑚𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒, 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑤𝑎𝑦.
Corvina Cory / fl
𝑰 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌.
I glanced at the group who was surrounding Hael and Serena immediately caught on. She glanced back at the group, then look back at me
Serena / fl bff
𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒓𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒚? 🤨
Corvina Cory / fl
𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒆.
I told her, causing her eyes to go wide once again.
She looked at me with a 'weirded out' look, "
Corvina Cory / fl
𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝑰 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒖𝒕. 𝑶𝒓 𝑰 𝒘𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒃𝒆 𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒐 𝒊𝒕.
Serena / fl bff
𝑰 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅, 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒓𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒂𝒚?
Serena / fl bff
𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏 '𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒆'?
Serena / fl bff
𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒆?
Corvina Cory / fl
𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆.
I said and then stood up as I noticed the group disperasing and backing away. They were going to turn around and notice this,
Corvina Cory / fl
𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑 𝑳𝒂𝒅𝒚 𝑺𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒂.
Corvina Cory / fl
𝑷𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒚 𝒓𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕.
One of the other ladies noticed
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𝑳𝒂𝒅𝒚 𝑪𝒐𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒂, 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝑰 𝒃𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒘 𝑯𝒂𝒆𝒍 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒚𝒐𝒖?
Corvina Cory / fl
𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒘 𝒉𝒊𝒎?🤨
I glanced at Serena as I brought my fan up to my mouth to cover it and then I whispered the words,
Corvina Cory / fl
𝑷𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆.
Then I walked ahead and removed the fan from my face,
Corvina Cory / fl
𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕'𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆, 𝑯𝒂𝒆𝒍 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒐 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒔𝒐 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒂 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆.
I could see the jealousy in their eyes.
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𝑵𝒐𝒕 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒇 𝒘𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒚 𝒅𝒐𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒆?
Corvina Cory / fl
𝑯𝒆'𝒔 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒗𝒆 !
I replied and noticed the expression on Hael's face. He was staring at me with a suspicious gaze.
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𝑵𝒐 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔, 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒑𝒂𝒚 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒊𝒏 𝒈𝒆𝒎𝒔, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎, 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖?
Corvina Cory / fl
𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑓 𝐼 𝑔𝑎𝑣𝑒 ℎ𝑖𝑚 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑦?
Corvina Cory / fl
𝑊𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑𝑛'𝑡 ℎ𝑒 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑟𝑢𝑛 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒?
Corvina Cory / fl
He didn't take the chance at freedom, I doubt he'll sit quietly at another house.
Corvina Cory / fl
This might cause trouble for me in the end.
Corvina Cory / fl
And to top it off, Father already refused to give Hael away.
I called out to him but he already had his eyes on me,
Corvina Cory / fl
𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒂𝒚 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒆.
And the intensity he held in those eyes was obvious.
Corvina Cory / fl
𝐻𝑒 𝑐𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑦 𝑑𝑖𝑑𝑛'𝑡 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑛.
Corvina Cory / fl
𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑚𝑦 𝑏𝑒ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑜𝑟, 𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑙𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑠.
Corvina Cory / fl
𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛, 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑠𝑛'𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑑 ℎ𝑖𝑚 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒.
Corvina Cory / fl
𝐼𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑖𝑐𝑒.
Hael Helio / ml
𝒀𝒆𝒔, 𝑴𝒚 𝑳𝒂𝒅𝒚.
Hael gave me a slight bow, and then turned to leave which caused the other ladies to whine but they knew they couldn't protest for a mere slave, so they all took their seats and we continued our gossip session. And obviously, the session's topic was Hael.
It was done on purpose, to ignite my jealousy. All of them knew how I would react to them talking about coveting him and they might be looking for a reason to keep him. I didn't give them what they wanted, and played along.
Corvina Cory / fl
𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑛'𝑡 𝑎𝑓𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝐻𝑎𝑒𝑙.
Amidst it, I only once glanced at Serena and it was when she already had a ferocious gaze with which she was looking at me.
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