My FAIR Lady |FAIRVERSE Book ~ 1|✓

Chapter ♦ 33

Zylith.

Liana looked every bit reluctant that she was, she eyed the parcel in her hands as if it were a ticking time bomb just waiting to explode at any given second. I raised an amused brow at her funny antics, I knew that trying to sneak a peek at her parcel was an invasion of her privacy, but I couldn't help but feel more determined to know what was inside that forbidden parcel as I watched her solo freak-out show.

"Do open it Liana, what are you waiting for?" I said in a sly tone.

Even though she wanted to rebut my order she was unable to as I was her superior and she was my maid, hence unwillingly enough, she slowly opened the said parcel.

The parcel was beautifully wrapped in multi-coloured paper and looked utterly girly if you ask me, nevertheless it can be seen from the way it was gift-wrapped that the sender was very thoughtful and meticulous about the gift. In a way it could be said that it mirrored the sender's feelings.

I never pegged Liana to be a slowpoke, until today that is, she was taking forever to open the parcel, half the time I had the urge of snatching the parcel out of her hands and unwrapping it by myself. Thankfully though, finally the wrapper came off before I could carry out my unladylike actions. And from inside the parcel leaked out a pair of cute pink lacey undergarments.

Liana widened her eyes to the size of an owl's at the sight of her supposed gift, and the box which contained a set of baby pink quite attractive underwears was almost dropped to my floor as if it were a hot potato.

I had an inkling of a clue as from whom the parcel was from before Liana opened it, but now that I had seen it's unspeakably beautiful contents, my doubts had finally found it's surety. Believe me when I say this, I was trying real hard to not laugh at the sight of Liana's twisted bitter face but looking back at the incident and everything that transpired after, I really could not keep my laughter at bay. That bodyguard of mine was really a blockhead when it came to ladies.

I turned my face away from her and started tittering silently under my breath, I did not want to torture Liana any further than she already was, the poor little girl was embarrassed enough to commit suicide as it is.

But seems like her senses had heightened due to her recent sheer mortification, she snapped her head towards me and knitted her brows in a very unappealing fashion, seeming quite unpleased at my hush-hush cackling.

Believe me when I say this, I bit my lip real hard to stop myself from cracking up while I questioned her casually just to hide my amusement at other's disposal. "(Ahem!) My! What an adorable gift Liana, I wonder who it is from?"

Little Liana could no longer keep her composure and in a fit, she threw the package out of my window as hard as she could (I'd say she scored a homerun looking at the intensity of the throw). I was taken aback by her sudden erratic actions which were not at all like her usual self. It seems like she was really riled up by my knight this time. But unfortunately so, that was not the end of the strings of surprises that were dropping off on me today.

I heard a very loud "OOWWW!" from outside my window and I then knew, there was more drama to come.

It was the time of the day when the sun was casting its golden rays down upon the clouds of billowing smoke, the clouds seemed like cotton-candy, as though they blushed at the warm touch of the sun and the silhouettes of birds that flew home across the sky that was now magenta was visible; the mauve of the dusky sky had the biggest star already set in, which would, in a while give way to a thousand others. Amidst this lilac panorama, I along with a startled Liana went to my window to witness the scene of Alexteris grabbing hold of the fancy pink underwears that seemed to have landed on his head and pulling them off his head in a sullen demeanour. Coincidentally so, knight Fredurd happened to be present at this alleged site and I watched his face withering like a dying rose at the scene transpiring in front of him, that is, Alexteris inspecting the underwears from left to right and from top to bottom. I could no longer hold back my laughter and ended up chortling like a stentor, sounding almost like the screech of a rusty hinge. I was aware I sounded pretty annoying but what the hell, in my defence, the entire world was being too damn funny. Destiny was conspiring to make jokes right in front of my eyes, who was I to hold back my laughter. So, I'd say, go blame destiny for all I care.