Chapter 6

Pollen’s POV

“Where are you coming from?” She asked again. Her voice rose in volume and panic set in.

I fiddled with my fingers, not knowing what to say. I'd be dead if she finds out I spent the night with someone I was supposed to allure with my homely, yet seductive traits. Furthermore, I was also meant to show him how lucky he would be to have me as a partner, but what did I do? I ended up snagging him on the first night. What a perfect way to depict discipline.

“I’m talking to you, Pollen!” She fired, and I was jilted back to reality.

“I was at—” I stuttered.

Then I paused to look at my little sister who was flipping through a fashion magazine behind our mother, hoping she could help me with words. Anything at all to buy some time. She was good at these things, telling lies and convincing our mother to buy every one of it. But Laura shook her head while mouthing something I couldn't comprehend.

What the heck was she trying to