THE CROWN'S OBSESSION | LK ADAPTATION

Chapter 5 - Preparation To Go

The day of the ball finally arrived, and many young girls, women and men couldn't help but look forward to the night that was approaching closer with every tick of time and second that moved without waiting for anyone.

As written in the invitation, the ball would start at eight at night.

It was also added that everyone would be eating in the castle.

The thought of tasting something unusual with the mouth-watering delicacies that most had only dreamt, people could hardly wait.

The journey to the castle would take nearly an hour and none of them wanted to be late to the ball.

After all, it was once in a lifetime.

"Are you going to be alright?"

Asked Lalisa who was pulling the laces of the corset that her sister Rosé wore right now.

Rosé held her breath and nodded her head while she held one of the bedposts.

"Make it tighter,"

Rosé said and Lalisa pulled the lace further so that Rosé could have a more accentuated bodice of the figure once she would put the gown that was borrowed from Mr. Choi's shop,

"Okay, this looks good,"

The older girl went to stand in front of the mirror.

Turning herself back and front to make sure it looked as she wanted and it did.

"Will you be able to breathe?"

Lalisa asked at the tightness of her sister's corset that was making her worried just by looking at it.

"Absolutely,"

Rosé smiled with an assuring smile, "Come, let me help you with yours,"

Lalisa looked at her sister apprehensively.

"I will have Mama do my laces. I wouldn't want to die out of suffocation," said Lalisa whose arm was pulled by Rosé.

"Don't be a child. If you don't tie the corset with bodice the right, the gown is not going to sit well. I want to make sure my sister looks pretty,"

Rosé tugged her sister to come forward and stand near the bedpost,

"Hold your breath,"

And when Lalisa did as asked by Rosé as her sister pulled the laces from the back.

Lalisa let go of her breath, holding the post too so that she wouldn't be pulled back with the force that Rosé used to keep the laces tight together.

Rost was a good sister to Lalisa and personally, she didn't mean any wrong unless there was a need for competition.

She was a good person if things went her way.

She liked to be first in everything and it was something she had inherited since she was a young girl.

Rost was the first one to get ready as she had finished completed doing her hair by tying most of her hair up while leaving two pieces of her hair curled in the back to rest on her shoulder.

She wore the striking red dress that fit her perfectly that had a zip in the back.

It was a half-sleeved gown with stone works around her chest and at the bottom of her skirt that had several layers.

The elder daughter of the Manoban looked nothing less to a high standing woman of the society.

"Do you need any help?" asked Rosé who was yet to wear her dress.

"No, I am fine," Lalisa responded back who was looking at her shoe and then she turned around to look at her beautiful sister.

She could see the excitement in Rosé's eyes and she said, "I am sure we will have a line of men waiting for you tomorrow once we come back from the ball."

Rosé waved her hand before asking, "Do you think it looks fine?"

"I think it looks fantastic," Lalisa chuckled to hear her sister say.

"Are you sure you don't need any help? You haven't got your hair done yet either,"

Rosé pursed her lips looking at her sister.

To Lalisa, her sister's words were of concern shown towards her.

"Yes. I will be done soon. Why don't you see if mama and papa are ready?"

Lalisa asked her sister to check on their parents and Rosé gave her a nod.

"Alright," said Rosé leaving Lalisa in the room.

Lalisa finally wore the gown that was somewhat pale beige in colour.

Unlike her sister's dress that was made in silk, the texture of this gown was different and something she had never stumbled upon in past.

It showed her shoulders with a little extra work at the top that emphasized her figure as the dress travelled down her body to touch the floor.

The dress wasn't eye-catching but it was simple yet beautiful in its own way.

There were no stones but a lot of delicate thread work which Lalisa had to remind herself to bring back the dress to Mr. Choi in the same condition she had borrowed from the shop.

She then worked on her hair by taking many pieces of her hair at the front of her hair to tie and leaving out the rest of it that stopped just above her waist.

She used pins to secure her hair while pulling small pieces of her hair from the sides of her temple.

When everyone was finally ready, they could hear many carriages passing by their house as a lot of the guests had started to head to the castle to make sure they weren't going to miss anything today.

"Look at both of you, you look so beautiful,"

Mrs. Manoban, raised her hands to have both the girls hug her back.

When they pulled back, Mrs. Manoban asked Rosé, "Why didn't you help Lalisa with her hair? It looks very simple. There should still be time to fix it up,"

It was because Rosé's hairstyle suited her attire and the place they would be going while Lalisa appeared to have tied her hair by letting it down by simple clips.

"I did ask her," Rosé said looking at Lalisa's hair that did look simple and she pursed her lips.

She looked at the dress that her sister wore for the fifth time since Lalisa had worn it,

"I asked her if she needed help," this was precisely why she had asked if Lalisa needed help so that they wouldn't be late.

"That's alright, mama,"

Lalisa held her mother's hand, "Didn't you just say we look beautiful? It should be fine,"

She smiled at her mother, a smile that had her mother smiling too, "Doesn't Rosé look beautiful with the red dress? It suits her well,"

Lalisa deviated the topic where her mother gave her a knowing look before she said,

"Beautiful as always," hearing the sound of the carriage and horses again, they looked at the road to finally see the carriage stop at the front of their house.