Save the Sinned | Eternal [1] [On Hold]

02 | Poisoned

The coward's weapon,
poison
-John Fletcher

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~ELYSSA HAMILTON~

"Let's start the dance!" Evan announced and the music started to play. Everyone paired up and started to dance to the melodies played by the musicians. Poised and graceful, Elyssa walked over to the young heirs of other companies to communicate.

"Good evening," Elyssa greeted with her usual fake smiles and politeness. She looked at them in the eye with a soft and non-intimidating look.

"Happy birthday Elyssa," one of them greeted with a smile. She had curly long blonde hair, green eyes and wore a black dress with flowery patterns on them. Another who had straight shoulder length dirty blonde hair, brown eyes and wore a yellow short dress said, "Thank you for inviting us." They were daughters of the chairman of a modeling agency under Elyssa's parents' company and went for modelling jobs. Their names were Emily and Ashlyn respectively.

"Thank you and it is not a problem. You are both welcomed to the party," Elyssa replied. They were charmed by Elyssa's every movement. The grace and the beauty of the young heir were not a joke. She had been practicing to posture herself like that since she was ten and she made sure take great are of her beauty since she was 12.

"Hey Elyssa, are you a fan of CrystaGirl?" Emily asked, sounding pretty excited.

"Not quite, but I have heard a song by her, it was pretty good," Elyssa replied with a calm tone. CrystaGirl was a famous masked vlogger and singer. She never showed her face or used her real name, but she always wore the same clothes that she designed by herself.

"Which song was it?" Ashlyn asked.

"I believe it was 'Royal', I found it catchy and her voice was really unique," Elyssa replied.

"Oh my god! That is like my favourite song and one of her top hit singles!" Emily squealed in fangirlism. Then she coughed and gave a smile, acting like it never happened.

"Is it true that you and Lysander are engaged? You are really lucky! Lysander is such a man," Ashlyn asked all of a sudden. Her eyes were glittering in happiness as if he was her prince charming.

"He is so handsome! I wish I could marry him," Emily cried, then she averted her eyes in embarrassment when she realized she said that out loud in front of his fiance. "But, of course. I believe that you and Lysander are the perfect match."

"Why would you think that?" Elyssa asked, though she could already tell why. It was too plain obvious given their statuses and achievements.

"Lysander is like one of the princes of fashion and you are the princess of fashion. Of course, you guys are a perfect match!" Emily squealed in delight.

"You are so lucky Elyssa!" Ashlyn exclaimed, though Elyssa could tell how upset she really was from her pained expression. Elyssa was getting a little uncomfortable with how it was going. The conversation was mainly about her and Lysander, it ticked her off to be frank.

"Excuse me," Elyssa said with a usual fake smile and left. She headed to the bathroom to touch up on any minor misarrangements in her makeup and dress. She also needed to relieve herself. She was about to open the cubicle door when she heard some annoyed voices having a conversation concerning her.

"Ugh, that monster is so annoying. She is the fiance to my Lysander?" A voice asked, Elyssa noticed that it belonged to Ashlyn, the girl with brown eyes.