Chương 7: Chapter Six: Shopping and Embarrassment

Never in my entire life, I would have thought that one day I too would wear pretty dresses that would cost hundreds and even thousands of dollars.

I didn't even get the chance to deny anything as Daniel kept loading clothes after clothes in the cart. All l did was to stare at their price tag.

"What about this one, Sorellina? Do you like this one?" Daniel asked as he picked up a royal blue-colored evening gown from the dozens of gowns that were presented in front of us at my brother's demand.

I looked at the gown. I liked the color. Dark colors were my taste. The gown was pretty long with a proper V-shaped neckline, though it wasn't deep at all, barely would show a little collarbone and the neck.

It was covered with silvery vines design in the middle and the sleeves could cover more than half of my hands.

In short, it was a very beautiful gown. Something that I would be comfortable in wearing and would also love to wear if given a chance.

My eyes that were staring at the dress with amazement probably answered his question as he chuckled slightly before ordering the saleswoman to pack the dress.

After that, a few more pretty and expensive dresses made their way into our cart, though we weren't carrying a cart in the first place.

I didn't even get to take a break before I found myself in the footwear section of the mall and this time Daniel actually picked a cart.

Who knew how many pairs of cute slippers, shoes, and boots Daniel bought for me. All I knew was that there was a beautiful pair of two inches black heels buried somewhere in the cart.

It was an only pair of heels in the entire cart that was filled to the brim with footwear from different brands, but I wasn't sad about it.

Rather, my mind was over flowing with worries. What if I ruined them? What if I end up breaking them somehow? What if I lost them?

Would my new family, my brothers, kick me out if I ended up ruining these expensive things?

They were the luxuries that I could never afford in my entire life and suddenly having so many expensive things in my possession was scaring me.

I wasn't excited about buying them at all anymore. Well, I wasn't excited even before but now, I was almost afraid of buying anything.

However, I stayed completely silent. Not uttering a single word because I didn't want to annoy Daniel.

He had been a good elder brother since the moment we met. Even though it could be a facade but I still appreciated it.

At least he didn't scare me like some of the others. Nor did I felt completely unwelcome in his presence.

I still had not gotten the chance to think deeply about this change in my life. I was too busy in keeping myself from freaking out that I never got the chance for it.

"Let's go and buy some personal items for you. Shall we, Sorellina?" Daniel asked, pulling me out of my trance.

Before I could form any words, I found Daniel grasping my hand in his large ones as he started walking out of the footwear section.

I had no idea exactly how much we have already bought. I could tell that each item was expensive and we have bought dozens.

After selecting all the items, we left them on the counter as we headed towards our next destination.

As I selected personal items like undergarments and sanitary pads for myself, Daniel was always standing behind me.

I wasn't comfortable with him being there with me while I was buying such items. It felt weird and I was sure that my cheeks were burning in embarrassment.

Before this, I was never accompanied by a man while buying such things. Suddenly being surrounded by only males in a house didn't felt really a great idea to me.

The staff of the mall that was trying their best not to look at us and the other customers, especially the females, who were looking at Daniel with dreamy eyes and at me with such darkness filled eyes, were not helping me much.

I had no idea what thoughts were flowing through their minds and for some reason, I wasn't interested in knowing either too.

The worst part started when Daniel started giving his suggestions about the size and quality of the underwears that I was buying.

He did the same while I was picking sanitary napkins. By the time we left the aisle, I was a replica of a tomato.

Throughout the ride back to the mansion, I was as quiet as I could be without appearing rude. In short, other than a head shake for saying no when Daniel asked if I wanted to eat ice cream, I stayed completely still and silent.

It's probably gonna take them some time to finally remember that I wasn't a fan of sweet things.

Though Daniel noticed my silence but he had no idea what suddenly happened to me.

I noticed him opening his mouth a few times through the corner of my eyes as if he was going to say something but then he changed his mind and stayed completely silent just like me.

The ride was a little awkward but I was not paying much attention to that. I just wanted to reach the mansion and lock myself in my room.

As soon as the car stopped at the foot of the staircases that led to the mansion, I was out of the car, speedily running towards the stairs.

I could tell that Daniel was staring at me from his driver seat with probably a dumbstruck expression plastered on his handsome face.

Though, I didn't care at all. I just needed to run away from him for the time being, so that I could calm down my chaotic mind.

I completely forgot my manners and the dozens of shopping bags that were stocked in his car.

Little did I knew that I was going to face my first ever punishment in the new house because of my reckless behavior and also that my brothers would finally realize that something was wrong with me...very, very wrong.