Chapter 11. The Cocktail Party

BRIANNA'S POV 

“You look so beautiful,” his vibrant eyes ravaged me, and assessed me, almost undressing me. 

Those were Hermes’s words the first day he met me at the local store. That fateful day, I blushed till my cheeks ached and my face reddened to the colour of blood. 

I shrugged it off as I nervously stood, pretending like I didn’t hear him. When an Alpha king calls his slave beautiful, then there is a hidden agenda. What were his plans? Why was he taking me to this party? Even though his wife wasn’t around like the maid assumed, he could surely go alone. 

“I have prepared her as you told me to, my lord,” the maid lowered to a respectful bow. 

“Thank you,” Sebastian said as his gaze returned to me and I flickered mine away to avoid meeting his. “You did a great job.” 

The maid smiled as she made her way to the door. That was the first time I was seeing her smile. But I could easily tell it was unnatural and hard