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Rejected Feelings

I run straight to the garden, escaping the suffocating place of crowded strangers inside the mansion. I sit behind the tall arborvitae trees, obscuring me from the eyes of anyone lingering around the mansion.

With haste, I took off the corset with fast fingers and filled my lungs with fresh cold air as soon as I got rid of it. I don’t want to leave Phillius in the middle of that exuberant and glamorous event but I can’t be with him when my mind is filled with Xeno’s thoughts. I don’t want to be that cruel to Phillius and I hate myself for it.

Finally released from the agony of being tortured by the blasted thing I feel like slowly killing me, I leave the corset on the grass where I removed it and think of strolling inside the garden. The wind is chilly against my skin and I need the fresh air to calm my nerves. I still can’t take Xeno’s face out of my mind when I saw him inside the ballroom, hiding in the shadows.

Why is he glaring at me l
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