Chapter 17

“Smile, my dear. You look stunning in your pantsuit. It suits you.”

I rolled my eyes at my mother and adjusted the frames of my eyeglasses. I felt so uncomfortable with my too conservative clothes and the stares people in the convention throw at me.

Of course I know why. They are as shocked as myself when mom pulled me out of my tedious answering of her endless calls to accompany her to a formal event. 

I felt so out of place with my clothes in the sea of dresses and coats. I did not come here to be one of the dignitaries but as a mere employee.

“Why didn’t you give me a heads up about this, mom? Look at them checking me out. It’s so embarrassing!” 

My mother laughed.

“That doesn’t change the fact that you are still my daughter and the future of our empire. You have nothing to be ashamed of,” she assured me.

“I know that but you could have at least informed me beforehand. I don’t even have my eye contacts in me and you of all peopl