Capítulo 8: Selfies

Knock

Knock...

Amelia's sleep was broken when she heard the tapping sound against her door. She glanced at the wall clock and realised that it was still 7.a.m. She gritted her teeth in anger. Last night, she only had a blink of sleep and early in the morning, someone was bothering her. Seriously!

Amelia held the urge to curse that person as she opened her mouth to speak. "Who's that?"

"Miss, it's me. Banty."

Amelia sighed. It was one of their servants at the house. But why was she disturbing her in the morning? Normally, she would never do something like that. Amelia reluctantly blurted out, "Come in."

Banty pushed open the door and came inside before standing in front of the sleepy-looking girl who had panda eyes.

"Why didn't you sleep well?" Banty asked, concern filled in her voice.

Amelia sighed for the second time. "I couldn't." She simply answered, not intending to say something further.

Banty didn't press on it when she understood that Amelia didn't want to tell her the reason for the lack of her sleep. She put down a bag on the bedside table saying, "A man in a suit came here early in the morning and told me to give this to you right away. But I was busy with the porridge so it was delayed by me."

"It's okay," Amelia said, pulling herself towards the bedside table and checking inside the bag.

"When did he come and what did he say?" She didn't forget to ask while doing so.

Banty thought for a moment. "Maybe around 5 a.m.? He didn't speak much. As I told you earlier, he just asked me to hand this bag over to you as soon as possible."

"Hmm..." Amelia took out a white colour dress from the bag and that long dress unfolded as the hem of the dress kissed the tile floor.

Amelia's eyes widened in shock the moment she saw that expensive-looking dress. It was the latest edition of the worldwide popular brand 'Velvet Fashions'.

Initially, she dreamt of owning a dress from that brand however, she didn't dare to do so. It wasn't because she was poor. Yes, it was somehow correct as she kept her identity as a poor girl.

But it wasn't the real reason. She thought that it was simply a waste to spend so much money on a single dress. Why couldn't they just spend that money to do something much more effective and thoughtful like investigating it for a business thingy? Even gifting them to charity was also greater than buying a dress which could only be worn for parties and events.

So simply saying, she wondered who was that fool to spend so much money on a dress and even bought it and sent it, especially for her. What a lunatic!

"Young miss, it seems like this dress is expensive, isn't it?" Banty was also not a stupid woman. With a single gaze, she could tell that it was a gown worthy of hundreds of thousands money.

"Hmmm... Not much, only 50 million." Amelia replied nonchalantly.

Banty widened her eyes, stunned. She blinked a few times as if she was suddenly electrified. '50 million?'

Ding!

A message popped up on Amelia's phone screen and she unlocked her phone before pressing the message to read it. Apparently, that message was from the lunatic who sent her the 50 million dress.

[Pain in the ass (boss): Wear that dress and get ready. I'll pick you up at 9.45 AM. Hurry up. I hate those who waste others' time.]

[Me: Ok.]

[Pain in the ass (boss): One more thing, pack your other stuff as well. You are gonna directly move on to my house.]

Amelia squinted her eyes unhappily. It was so soon and she wasn't ready yet.

[Me: I couldn't discuss my conditions with ya. Hope u can give me a chance as well.]

[Pain in the ass (boss): What conditions? I hope you won't step on my boundaries.]

Amelia rolled her eyes. Who wanted to do that?

[Me: 1. I need my own room. 2. Let's keep this marriage a secret. 3. Let's get a divorce after a year. 4. Never try to touch me.]

Caleb narrowed his eyes dangerously when he read her message. What was she thinking? Was she a kid who still didn't know how to make babies? Was she still thinking that a fairy sent babies to mommy's womb? Otherwise, why did she throw such ridiculous conditions at him?

[Me: Are you nuts? 1, 2, and 4- OBVIOUSLY NO! 3-I know already.]

Amelia's reply came after like an eternity. Caleb even thought that she fainted from panic and fear when she read his message.

[Secretary2Spy: Sorry, I forgot it.]

Unbeknownst to himself, Caleb let out a long sigh. He somehow felt sad deep in his heart as if he could feel the loneliness of that girl. It was so strange and he couldn't even figure out why he suddenly felt something like that. It was clearly a novel feeling to him.

Amelia sighed and looked up at the ceiling. Banty had left the room long ago during the time Amelia spent chatting with her boss. She was left alone as usual.

Even though there were many people around her, no one was able to erase the emptiness in her heart which was caused by her mother's unexpected death.

From that day on, she only pretended to be happy. But deep inside, she was alone and suffering. The thing was, she was a good actress who could hide her feelings from others. Hence, her father, grandparents or whoever it was... They never understood her true self, her true feelings because of the smiley mask she was wearing hiding her crying face.

"Mom..." She whispered to the empty room, the empty room in her heart. "As you said, I'll try my best to accept him as my husband. Although he's a playboy, I'll still try to change his bad deeds."

She let out a laugh after saying that. She looked like a mad girl. "I'm crazy. He changes girls like he changes his clothes. Who am I to think that he will fall for me? How ridiculous!" She sneered at herself. "How pathetic I am, truly pathetic!"

Amelia went inside the bathroom to freshen up. After coming out, she was about to put on the white dress when she heard another knock on the door.

"Come in." Her slightly weak voice sounded through the room.

This time, it wasn't Banty. Instead, a team of four women step inside the room, carrying various stuff like make-up. One of them had a box of high heels in her hands. The box was opened, showing the white, dazzling heels inside. They looked so beautiful and very well matched with the dress Caleb sent to her.

Amelia signed yet again. What was he doing? She really couldn't understand his purpose for doing something like that. Why did he bother to dress her up? Was it because he also started thinking about this marriage seriously? Amelia's lips subconsciously lifted up to a smile.

"Miss, we are here to decorate you. I-I mean..." The woman who looked like the leader of the group stammered awkwardly.

Amelia: "..."

'Decorate me?'

Her assistant quickly came to the rescue. "Sorry miss, her English is not good. We're here to get your makeup done before the ceremony."

Amelia nodded understandingly. Then she pointed her finger at the dress saying, "I guess I need your help with that dress too."

The leader's face lit up instantly. "We do more than happy." The assistant and Amelia exchanged glances before secretly smiling.

After more than two hours, Amelia was finally ready. She glanced up at the time and realised that it was 9.30.a.m. already. She panicked and looked at the group of helpers nervously.

"Aren't we late?" She asked, trying hard to appear nonchalant.

The stylist's heart ached when she saw the goddess she DECORATED for a long time panicked like that. She held the urge to pat her head which was designed with flowers and jewellery in case she would ruin it.

"Don't worry. We are here to pick you up as well. The van is parked next to your house. If you don't mind, you can come with us." The assistant said and the leader nodded her head like a rat.

"I don't mind," Amelia beamed. "Let's go."

On the way, the youngest one in the team leaned closer to Amelia as she whispered in a low voice, "Can I take a selfie with you? You're the most beautiful girl we have met so far."

Amelia giggled. "You're flattering me."

The girl pouted her lips cutely. "No, it's the truth, sister. You're so pretty like a deity."

Amelia shook her shoulders. "Okay, then. Your wish will be granted by this deity."

"I want to take a selfie with you too." Others also persuaded. Just like that, apart from the leader who drove the van, the other three women were busy taking photos with Amelia, nope, the deity.

Ka-chik

Ka-chik...

The leader's face darkened when she witnessed that scene. She stopped the van in a corner of the road before turning her head backwards. "I wants to snap a selfie with her too."

Just like that, all of them forgot everything entirely as they happily took selfies to their hearts' content.

"Gosh," Someone shouted. "It's 9.53 already."

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