The Girl Who Lived A Thousand Years | #Wattys2017 √

Chapter 12 -Father

I was awakened by a loud knock on the door, and right then I knew that Mikhail was just around the corner.

"Room service!" Said the girl from the other side of the door.

I opened the door and I did not expect that there would be a batallion of them entering my room.

There were five men who wore black suits and five girls who wore the same.

A woman that looked like the oldest of them approached me.

"I'm sorry for the short notice Ms. Greene but it's Mr. Levin's orders."

Woah, it's the first time Carl woke up early.

They entered the suite and started setting up a table with a large breakfast buffet.

"Good morning!" I was surprised to see Carl fully dressed in his ready-for-adventure kind of clothes early in the morning, which is very rare because he usually ends up being late all the time even at school.

"Mr. Levin, what is this large buffet all about?" I eyed the table and looked at him.

"Oh these?" He scratched his head.

"Uhm. Mikhail ordered us all of these and he was supposed to join us here too but he just left to fetch someone."

"Oh is that so? Then we must start eating then. Anyway, you look good in that color." I said as I eyed his pink shirt.

He winked and we started eating. It was a sumptuous meal.

After eating I left Carl still savouring his dessert.

I went to the bathroom and forgot that I dont have something to wear but I was surprised to see something hanged in the corner of the bathroom.

It's a floral romper. I quickly showered and changed into and exited the bathroom.

There was no sign of Carl and the buffet.

I took my time to groom my hair and I fixed my things inside. I opened the balcony and stared at the ocean front.

I saw Carl waving at me from the shore and I hurried down to join him.

"Ready?" He asked as he offered his hand to me.

"Ready!" I said as I hoped into the yatch.

We spent the day at the sea, snorkeling, diving and island hopping.

At three in the afternoon , we went back to prepare for the event at six in evening.

I was about to ask him what I'll wear but as I entered my suite, I saw boxes of my favorite signature brands in the room.

I looked at Carl and he just grinned at me.

"You know me too well Carl." I said as I returned the grin.

"Well, I think I'm still at the surface, I know there's more at the bottom, Ms. Greene." He said as he walked away.

It felt kinda weird that he was talking to me in a formal way. Stupid Carl, he can't fool me.

I opened the box and I was amazed by the elegant gown. It was magenta and it's revealing.

What is he thinking?!. Is he expecting me to wear such a revealing dress. It was backless and it clearly puts emphasis on the cleavage for god's sake.
I loved the dress, it's beautiful but I just don't have the confidence to wear it.

I looked at the time and I saw that I only have one hour left to prepare and I don't have any other options but to wear this, unless I want to be the center of attraction later if I'm gonna break the dress code and I'm not gonna like that.

I has no choice so I quickly changed into the revealing dress. I'm just a guest anyway and no need to be too overdressed so I just put light make up, what I mean is just powder and lipstick. I put my hair in a messy bun and regretted it because it just exposed my bare back, but oh well, this is what's normal these days.

A knock interrupted me from looking and examining myself in the mirror.

"Are you done Ally?" Carl asked

"I'm not sure, I don't know. The dress is too revealing."

"Oh come on, wait till you see the others, they're almost naked."

"What the hell Carl." Carl and his stupid mouth.

"Can I come in, it's about to start and you're my date." Right then, I knew why I was included and even invited in this party. Right, you all know it, I was Carl's date, he was just too shy to say it to me directly and there's his cousin, going along with this plan.

"Okay, coming."

I opened the door to see Carl with a look of shock in his face.

"Don't stare at me like that." I felt a little embarrassed.

"Uh..well..I didn't know you could look this amazing Ally."

"Should I thank you then? For this dress?" I raised my eyebrows and he looks

"Let's go, we can't be late." He took my hand and as we reached the entrance of the grand garden, a flash blinded me at the same time Carl flashed his wonderful smile and I don't know what to do so I did the same.

A man with a familiar face walked to us and I didn't expect that he would greet us with a smile, time hasn't change a thing, he still has that superior aura. He just aged a bit, the only thing he hadn't done in the past.

"It's nice to see you here Carl, and who is this beautiful lady?"

"I'm Nathalia sir, but you can call me Ally."

"It's nice to meet you Ally, I'm Condrad." He told me as he guided us inside the garden.

"Well, I'll leave you two here." He said as I saw that the guests are already here. He must be a businessman, I'm happy for him.

"Yes, we're good." Carl answered.

"Oh, and Ally"

"Yes?"

"Welcome to my daughter's party." These words had me dumbfounded and I felt jealous of him. But I didn't quite understand what he means.

"Who is he?" I asked Carl

"Oh, Mr. Condrad is the father of someone important to Mikhail." Really, what a coincidence, just like the old times. The only difference is that we're not a family anymore.

I prepared myself for this day, when I'll finally see him. But it still hurts to know the fact that I'll see him here with another family.

And he's got another daughter on his own now, and it's not me.