22 Play hard to get..

Dinner time came, I walked in the hallway towards the grand hall. I could see all eyes were staring at me. The ladies tightened their grips to their men, the men were glued on me, my tight dress, my small waist and my ample chest.

The women were fully dressed with all their finest garments and jewellery. Their hairstyles were almost as high as the ceiling and I saw all kinds of hair ornaments from pearls to jades and even diamonds.

My presence made these women uncomfortable. Here I was, dressed with a simple plain white silk dress with my hair down, a piece of necklace and a little crystal hairpin on my long, wavy and glossy hair.

They looked like they took hours to complete their looks while I looked like I just woke up effortlessly fresh and flawless.

And then the stranger named Karl approached me.. I could see that he was blushing and he couldn't take my eyes off my chest. I smiled and turned around.

My mother always told us to play hard to get and keep the men chasing. That was one of the many tactics that she did to my good old Papa.

She rejected him when he asked her to marry him because my grandparents felt that my mother was never good enough to be a future Empress but my father fought hard to win her hands and he never looked at other women all those times they were married even though he could have many mistresses if he wished too because he was the King and Emperor of one of the richest kingdoms in the world.

Alexei and I went to our table. Nobody was moving, they were just staring at me and for the first time in my life, I felt so powerful and in control.