Chapter - [ 10 ]

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I don't remember when I fell asleep after Elle helped me to walk back inside my room and treated my bruises. She insisted me on eating something but I refused. Nicholas' blank face appeared in the back of my mind whenever I try to close my eyes.

His coldness broke me to my dead end.

I woke up by a panicked Elle who was summoned by the Devil himself to help me in getting ready for the press conference. I too lost my shit when I looked at the watch, it showed eight thirty in the morning and I was supposed to be present before the conference starts.

I am wearing a rose gold midi dress with quarter sleeves and a deep halter neck. It fits me on my curves but I've seen Roselie carrying more bolder dresses elegantly and the look of adoration in Nicholas' eyes for her and here I am, nothing but a nervous wreck.

"How do I look, Elle?" I ask Elle who has been assisting me with the dress and the accessories as she knows better about the Blackwoods and their standard.

"You're looking lik