I was too shocked.
"What? Mom, I think I didn't hear clearly. Can you repeat?" I asked her. I am very much in doubt with my own ears right now.
"Dear, what are you playing now? I said the Kings invited us to their house for dinner tomorrow evening. I said clearly." She said. My face went almost yellow. I don't know why this is happening? How? Am I doing wrong by not bullying the female lead? But I wouldn't want my family and their lives at risk.
"Are you sure mom? We are speaking of Kings here. Maybe you heard wrong." I said to her as we walked towards the living room where dad and Sean were seated.
"Exactly, we are speaking of Kings here. How would I hear wrong? Madam King personally invited us." I took a seat. And there were some cookies on the table. So I grabbed them.
"So, we are going?" I asked mom, dad and Sean. Mom nodded her head.
"No matter what we are in a business collaboration with the Kings. Since they invited us, we should go." Dad said. I nodded my head thoughtfully. He is right. No matter what as long as we don't offend the Kings, they will not harm us.
"Dad is right. Kings are being nice enough to invite us. It would be very rude of us if we didn't go." Sean also said. Mom also agreed. At last we agreed.
Since tomorrow is Saturday, I have a holiday tomorrow. I went through my closet and found a pretty dress. The dress was light pink in color.
The dress was pretty and not very expensive. I only selected a sandle with low heels. Creating a picture of the look, I went to sleep.
I woke up little late and had my brunch. After that I started getting ready. I washed my face and used a moisturiser. Then I applied some sunscreen and some concealer. Then I applied light shaded eyeshadow and some mascara. Then I applied some blush and highlighter. I did my brows at last and applied some nude shaded lipstick matching my skin tone.
After this, I wore my dress and paired it with flower shaped diamond earrings. For my hair, since I have short hair, I hust twisted it and pinned it on both sides using some flowery pins. For the earrings in my other piercings, I let them be.
I really looked like a princess. How beautiful this host was! Such a good skin and body. Only if she had paid attention to herself than chasing after that damn Rustler.
After I got ready, I went downwards. Mom, Dad and Sean were also ready. Mom was wearing a light green dress. She looked pretty. Dad and Sean were wearing suits. They all complimented me. I smiled and thanked them.
Soon we headed out for Rustler's house. We reached there. I have to say, the Kings have a great mansion. Such a big mansion. I felt as if I was entering some royal palace. There were bodyguards everywhere.
Once we reached inside their mansion, Aunt Rachael welcomed us. We all greeted her. She was looking stunning. She was wearing a dress with black and white stripes complimenting her great body shape. We went inside and got seated inside the living room. Then arrived the famous, Antonio King. He looked so young and so alike like Rustler. I almost couldn't tell the difference if not for some white hairs. I greeted him. He just nodded. And he went to talk to dad and Sean. Then came another beautiful young lady. Almost of 18 years of age. She is definitely Rhyme King, the younger sister of Rustler.
And I thought the original host is pretty. Look at this girl. My god. She only got best features of her dad and mom. So pretty like an angel. She was wearing a dark blue dress. So beautiful. Even straight women can go gay for her.
She greeted us. I smiled and said hello. Then Rustler also arrived. I only smiled and said hello. He just said "hmm" and went to the men's talking section. The only member who didn't arrive was the oldest member of the Kings household, Edward King. This old man never really liked the original host no matter what. Anyways, who cares? I am not chasing after his grandson.
"Oh you look so good dear." Aunt Rachael said looking at me. I smiled.
"You look better, Aunt Rachael." I replied to her. She looked like a goddess. What am I compared to her?
"You guys have met before?" My mom asked looking very surprised. Then Aunt Rachael went explaning how she met me at the Company and so on.
"Sister Grace, you are really different." Suddenly, the silent Rhyme spoke.
"Huh? How am I different?" I was confused. Different? I remember Rustler saying that to me as well.
"You are not arrogant and rude like in the rumors." She said with a cute look and pink cheeks. I laughed.
"Hehe, you are so cute. Not all rumors are true." I said. Of course my reputation is bad. People always spread nasty rumors about me.
Her eyes sparkled suddenly. "Sister Grace, come to my room. I have a lot of things to talk with you. I have no one to talk with me." She said and grabbed my arm. I helplessly looked at Aunt Rachael.
"It's okay. There is some time in dinner. Once it is ready we will call you. You can just chat with Rhyme in her room. Rhyme does not have much people to talk to." She said. I nodded my head. Rhyme was not mentioned much in the novel, but I know she didn't like the original host. But she seems to like me. This is weird.
We went to the large curved staircase and went towards her room. While walking towards her room, Rhyme was continously talking and I was amused with her talking. She was so cute. I really wanted to pinch her cheeks. But suddenly I saw the figure of Pearl from other side.
What the hell is she doing here? Why is here? Are Rustler and Pearl dating already? How come so fast?
Rhyme also noticed me looking at somewhere and saw Pearl. I looked at Rhyme but she was frowning.
I was confused. Shouldn't Rhyme be liking Pearl? In the novel, Rhyme liked Pearl very much.
"Sister Grace, do you know her?" Rhyme asked as we reached her room. Her room was also cute with pink walls and queen sized bed. It looked cute and pretty.
I nodded my head. "Yes, she works in your dad's Company. She is also an intern like me." I answered her.
She told me to sit and I sat on a couch. She sat beside me. But her frown got deeper.
"Sister Grace, I don't like her." I was shocked.
"Oh? Why don't you like her? She seems like nice girl." I asked her. She is the female lead. She is the most nice girl in this whole world.
"I don't know but I don't like her. She seems dishonest and scheming kind of girl." I was surprised. Scheming and dishonest should be linked with me, right?
"Why did she come here?" I was very curious. I asked Rhyme.
"I don't know. But it seems like some Company's work. But grandpa saw her and called her in his room." She answered.
Company's work? At this hour? What a joke. This is just a chance for Rustler and Pearl to meet.
"Oh." I said. Of course. The old man remembered his beloved wife after seeing her.
"Sister Grace, you tell me how can there be any Company related work at this hour? Can't she wait for tomorrow? If it was that urgent then why didn't she completed it on time. Though I am not good at things related to Company but I am not dumb. And she kept looking at my brother so many times as well." She puffed her cheeks and there crept a red tint on her cheeks due to her anger. I was not sure whether to laugh or cry.
"There might be something urgent. And anyways your brother is a good looking man. So maybe she was fascinated by him?" I tried to defend Pearl
since Rhyme should not dislike Pearl.
"Then why didn't you look at my brother like her?" She raised her eyebrows and looked at me.
"Um. Because I don't like your brother? I mean not in other way." I said. I dislike your brother. Why would I look at him? If I had a chance, I wouldn't even appear infront of him but my luck is not good.
"Sister Grace, you are being too nice. I know these kinds of girls. They do not have good intentions. I even heard from mom that she will always meet my brother even in the Company." She said. I almost chocked myself when I heard her saying 'you are being too nice'. I just said some words.
"But no matter what we should not be talking bad about others behind their backs. She might not be a bad person. Anyways your brother is smart. He would not fall in traps easily." I said consoling her. I don't want to talk about them.
"You're right. My brother will not fall into those kinds of beauty traps. Anyways, sister you are studying fashion designing right?" She asked. I almost couldn't control my laughter when I heard 'beauty traps'.
"Yes, I am. " I replied.
Like this we were chatting when we heard a knock in the door.