Chapter 231: Dresses, drama, and tears (1)
After washing Rafael’s hair, Annalise returned to her bedroom and only came out when it was time for dinner. She turned down the offer to eat with the Callahans and ate with the servants so she could avoid Rafael for a short moment.
Rafael taking Siena to the ball puzzled her long after she had finished washing his hair. If this was some game to make her jealous, he was taking it too far by asking another woman to be his partner. This was strange for Rafael since she didn’t think he would stoop so low to take another woman to the ball just to make her jealous.
Unless there was some truth to him toying with her. What else was she to think when he was taking another woman to the ball after admitting to still having feelings for her?
Annalise tried not to think about it so much since it should not bother her. She didn’t need to think so much about what Rafael was doing since she rejected him over and over again.
She checked on Rafael to see if he needed her after dinner and when he didn’t, she went straight to bed.
The next day, Beatrice was as Rafael said by preparing for the ball hours before it was meant to start.
"My cheeks hurt," Annalise said, rubbing her cheeks to help with the pain from smiling so much.
Beatrice was excited to get dressed for the ball, but Annalise wasn’t. To not ruin Beatrice’s excitement, Annalise smiled and nodded her head at everything Beatrice said. She learned a lot about dresses that she didn’t need to know in the last two days.
Annalise pleaded with Rafael to save her and let her go with him and the knights, but he refused and laughed as he walked away.