Silence engulfed the room like fire in a forest. No one said a single word. No one breathed too loudly. Every pair of eyes snapped to Lina as if they already knew the truth.
"So," Milo said. The tension was so thick, his words could slice it. "I guess the blind date did go well—"
Another knock on the door interrupted the conversation.
"Come in!" Milo chirped, hoping to ease the atmosphere.
Milo was beginning to suffocate in this spacious dining room. No one said anything besides him. You could even hear a gulp from across the room.
"Ahem, my apologies for interrupting the meal," the butler began as he bowed his head in greetings. "But we have just received another package…This time, the sender and receiver are addressed, unlike the first package."
Milo cringed. Well, that certainly didn't help anything.
"And to who?" Evelyn sharply asked, her eyes narrowing onto the white box with black ribbon. The polar opposites of each package.
