“What do you mean she escaped?” Ezra demanded as he gripped onto the handle of his chair.Escaping from a mental institution was something Ezra never phantoms Raquel would do, but now she was out there, running wild and doing only God knows what. Ezra didn’t even want to have the slightest thought.“I’m sorry Sir.” Jubril apologized with his head bowed. He truly felt incompetent, whereas it had nothing to do with his competency.“I see no reason why you should apologize. You’re not at fault, apologizing would only make it seem like you’re excessively self-blaming.” Ezra said and sighed. “I’ll assume you haven’t told Giselle about this?”The noirette shook his head. He only just got the news, and Ezra was the first person he was relaying it too. “No.” He firmly answered.“Leave it that way.” Ezra instructed and randomly added. “Place some people to look over Giselle, don’t let her notice. Don’t make it too obvious.” He said and waved Jubril off. “Do your job right this time around.”On

“Miss Heinrich, it’s a pleasure to meet you. Welcome to my boutique.” The elderly looking woman, who Giselle assumed is Madam Rong, greeted with a humble bow.Politely smiling, The brunette stepped forward. “Hello, you must be Madam Rong. It’s a pleasure to meet you too.”Madam Rong smiled at her modest greeting. “We’ve prepared outfits based on the photo Young master Heinrich sent. Please try them on and pick the one that’s to your liking.”"It that so. Well then i'll leave myself in your care." Giselle said and softly bowed her head before glancing at the dress hanger in front. The number and variety of dresses surprised her. But at first glance, the dress that caught her eyes was a lilac colored evening long sleeve gown.She stepped forward and pulled on the sleeves of the dress. The material felt like chiffon."Have you seen any that catches your eyes?" Madam Rong asked as she stood beside Giselle, arms folded in front of her chest. "Ahh, I see the YnanLi caught your fancy. Would

“Mr. Heinrich.” Emerald appeared in front of Ezra and Giselle’s table out of nowhere.Her sudden appearance broke Giselle out of her trans like state and she adjusted away from Ezra. Seeing this, the brunette’s lower lip curved into a frown.As Ezra turned to fix his gaze on the white haired lady in front, she shivered at the amount of hostility his gaze was giving off.Giselle on the other hand, felt something inside her tick, the moment she laid eyes on Emerald.It wasn’t disdain or anger, rather, it was something far from that.Fear.Giselle involuntarily shivered as she remembered the night back at Vincent’s party, to be precise, the time she had fallen into the swimming pool.At first, when Giselle had felt her body tip backwards, she tried fighting gravity, flaying her arms in an attempt to steady her balance, but obviously that was all in vain, and when freezing cold water rushed into her lungs, the brunette knew she had made the wrong choice of following Emerald out to ‘talk’

Ezra went about the rest of the party uninterested. The expression on his face mirrored that of a high schooler who was forced to go on a family vacation that they were highly against.Giselle noticed this, but however, she never really got the chance to hold a conversation with Ezra. The first reason being the incident that had happened before Emerald suddenly interrupted them and the second being because she was surprisingly thrown into a crowd of talkative women.Their conversations held little meaning and was of no interest to Giselle, so she paid little attention to it, constantly glancing back to check on Ezra, who was also at the center of his group of aristocrats.Not long after, Ezra gave his speech and moved out, Giselle literally had to speed walk in other to catch up to his pace as he approached the car.“Hey.” The Brunette called out as they stepped into the comfort of their home. She hadn’t started any conversation during the ride back home due to the aura he was giving

The next day, Giselle woke up feeling sore all over. She hadn’t done anything to strenuous the previous day, so she failed to understand why she felt so weighed down.‘Probably the stress from last night’s party.’ She tried convincing herself as she attempted to step out of bed, only to collapse back once her surroundings dazed and her body felt stiff.The weight on her eye lids increased, almost as if it was a sign from the heavens for her to stay in bed.Not bothering to fight against it, the brunette let out a muffled cough and allowed her eye lids close, feeling them rejoice as pressure slowly left them.After staying in bed for a couple of minutes, and thinking, the brunette narrowed it down to one thing; her usual Fall seasonal sickness.It was like a norms for the petit brunette to fall Ill for a couple of days, at least, it was a normal occurrence for she and her father.Giselle wasn’t sure when it started, but she realized, after falling ill on the days her father wanted to t