All her life, Calypso Nightingale has always lived in the shadows of her four older sisters. She stayed in the sidelines watching as they find their love matches, all of whom during their first seasons. With her sisters' perfect records, pressure ha...
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He didn't come.
So much for my highest hopes last night. I held on to my wishful thinking until it deemed hopeless. The day could've been bearable had he decided to show up in our front porch.
I just needed one smile from him. He didn't even have to talk. I just wanted to know if the moment we shared in Lady Danbury's ball meant something. Turns out, it was all one-sided.
As I lay in my bed of despair, I looked up to the ceiling. The fleeting feeling of excitement fresh within my heart. Along with it the memory of what transpired today.
I began the day excited. Full of hopes that at one point Anthony Bridgerton would show up at our steps. I bathed while singing a song I've heard Stella has been singing since she arrived here weeks ago.
While under the shower, I was already thinking of possible conversation starters. That get-to-know quick schemes only few people are gifted of acing. As the cold temperature of droplets of water hit my bare skin, I remembered the warmth I felt when I was dancing with the viscount. It made the cold bearable.
"Maam Callie," called out Hanna, our house maid and my dear friend. "The guests will be arriving in a couple of minutes now. Your mother instructed me to tell you to hurry up."
Inside the bathroom, my voice echoed as I spoke. "Hanna, please tell mother I'll be ready in about ten minutes. Thank you." I paused, as I scrub my skin with soap. "And what have I told you about simply addressing me Callie?"
"Okay, Callie," she replies. "It's just a little awkward now that you're——"
"I'm what?" I cut her off. "It's fine. Call me Callie. You have called me that since we we're little."
"As you say, Maam Callie," she teased, emphasizing on maam.
"Whatever Hanna," I rolled my eyes inside the bathroom. I almost laughed upon seeing my reflection on the mirror. "Now, tell mother I'll be ready soon."
"As you wish," she said, trailing sound of footsteps heard outside.
After a few moments, I got off of the bathroom. My lilac cotton towel dripping water. I put on my pastel blue dress that I'll be wearing in the hopes of enchanting the men that comes by, especially the viscount. Before putting it on, I asked Hanna to tighten my inner corset, that I'll be wearing beneath it just so I could have that hourglass-shaped body that effortlessly tantalizes the gazing eyes of men.
I wasn't doing it for their approval though. I wanted myself to look as presentable and gorgeous to feel good about myself, not that I don't already look good. It's simply the type of occasion designed for such practice and I'm fine dressing up for this.
