Chapter 19 — The Royal Spring Ball.
Days went by...
On the eighth day, I had breakfast again with the Duke. Nothing out of ordinary happened.
That was also the day Paul was supposed to arrive and, thankfully, he arrived after dinner, very tired, so I didn’t have to see him until today.
The maid woke me up early in the morning and dressed me up in an outdoor dress after giving me a fancy bath. In the last five days, a beauty treatment was done to my whole body.
I was literally shining.
My skin almost looked like it was made of porcelain. My hair was silky and shiny, I actually envied the maid who had the duty to comb such smooth long hair. She stylised my hair using a ribbon as an accessory and applied light make-up, so I was looking quite natural all in all.....
And... I was even wearing jewellery!
The dress was of a bright sky blue and the jewellery was a simple but delicate necklace, made of silver that had blue jewels all along its length. It looked great on me, honestly.
I was wondering if they would serve breakfast seeing that the morning was passing fast, but they didn’t.
Albeit, I expected it. The dress prepared for today has to fit, even if I have to starve to do so. As the maids were doing the finishing touches to my make-up and hair, the Butler came to my door to notify that the carriage was ready.
Hence, I headed to the Main Hall as soon as I was done with preparations.
As I got to the main stairs, I ran into Theressa.