Chapter 141. Losing Hope

BRIANNA’S POV

“I can’t wear that,” downcast, I mumbled to one of the maids who was getting me ready for the welcome party.

They’d come after Hermes left to get me ready as he had instructed. They bathed me, styled my hair, and painted my face with heavy makeup. However, the clothing they were about to dress me in made me cringe. It was a short, skimpy red dress, made of elastic material that could barely contain my figure even if I were a teenager.

In my pregnant state, I couldn’t wear such dresses. The doctor had even advised against it during one of my appointments. I was to be wearing loose light clothing that could allow for comfort and ease of movement. But no matter how hard I tried to explain it to the maids, they just didn’t get it.

They were like robots programmed solely to carry out Hermes’s orders. Or maybe they still bore the grudge of what happened in the past where Hermes had punished one of them, Lily for trying to help me escape and warned the