Chapter 11

As the night continued, Aiko mingled the crowd with elegance and ease. She held the influential businessmen's lingering stare with newfound confidence and calm.

Aiko knew the men in the room desired her, and she moved her curvy body sensually and gracefully to tease and provoke.

Minnow couldn't control anything happening to her; in what felt like an out-of-body experience. Nevertheless, they remained co-conscious in a state where one person was out, but the other was aware of what was transpiring.

Minnow was mortified over the way her alter acted around these big shots.

Her grandfather watched her from the centre of the room, surrounded by a group of flatterers. His usual disapproving frown was there, but there was a shift in his glare as curiosity flashed in his milky eyes.

"You seem so different. I thought you hated these kinds of events?" Saylor questioned as they danced to the upbeat tunes.

He glanced at her suspiciously, and she pouted her full lips and peeked at him from under