Although that’s what I thought, the truth was I was very anxious and a little scared of meeting her. It wasn’t like I was scared of her as a person. She seemed like a kind and cheerful person. What I was truly scared of was how Hayden was going to introduce us. I mean, she’s his girlfriend, right?
And...I don’t even know what I am to him...
Only eight days left.
I sighed loudly before I got up and showered. The plan was for Hayden to take me to Amelia’s house sometime before noon. That meant that we still had plenty of time. I showered and got dressed and applied some basic make up. Maybe, I’ll go with a slightly darker shade for my lipstick today.
After a whole lot of insistence from my side, Hayden was forced to give up on his idea of having a professional makeup artist and a hairstylist come in to help me dress up. I still didn’t understand what the whole big fuss was about. Sure, I didn’t want to look like a damsel in distress in front of Amelia but that didn’t mean that I thought that it was necessary for me to outshine her.
Not that that would be possible anyways...
"Ready?" Hayden asked when I stepped out of my bedroom.
I was dressed in the dress, the shoes, and the jewelries that he had chosen. He’s got to be satisfied, right?
"Yes..." I replied.
Hayden’s eyes were immediately on my face before he started scanning my whole body from my face down to my toes and then up away.
"Hmm...passable, I guess..." he muttered.
Passable? I wanted to roll my eyes at him.
To my surprise, Hayden was dressed quite politely as well. He wore a white suit with matching pants and a pale pink shirt. I guess he has to suit up and look good in front of his girlfriend. No, I’m not feeling depressed. Not at all.
If Madame Sophia was curious about who I was, she didn’t ask. She just smiled and told us to follow her. I knew without being told that she was taking us to meet with Amelia.
Finally, the moment that I had been both looking forward to and dreading had arrived.
"I’ll leave you two now. Master Hayden, thank you for coming to visit Miss Amelia. I’m sure that she will be very happy to see you as always," Madame Sophia said before taking her leave.
Amelia must be behind these large doors. No matter what I tried, I couldn’t stop my legs from shaking. Why the hell am I so nervous about this?! I found it so frustrating, and I was starting to feel angry at myself.
"Shall we?" Hayden said invitingly.
His hands were already on the door’s handle and without waiting for my reply, Hayden pushed the door wide open and entered the room. I gulped before walking forward, following him into the room.
The first thing that struck me was the coldness of the room. The room was large and decorated in light pastel tones of white and pink. A real princess’s bedroom.
"Malissa, this is Amelia..." Hayden said in introduction.
I wasn’t sure what I had imagined Amelia to be like exactly, but one thing was for sure. The Amelia that I saw right in front of me...wasn’t it...
"Amelia, we’re here to visit you..." Hayden said in a tender voice like I have never heard before.
This has to be some kind of sick joke. It must be. Why did he bother to dress me up as if I would be greeting royalty like this? Everything that he said didn’t make any sense at all.
I couldn’t understand anything that I was seeing yet at the same time some things started to make sense. Why did the boss enter me into a contract to live with his son for the sake of an heir if his son already had a girlfriend? Everything that the boss said was starting to make sense.
--To be continued...