Come On, Make Me (COMPLETED)

Chapter 7

#COMM

Chapter 7

Mom was telling us about this function that she'd be attending. Normally, I'd looked really bored to indirectly tell her that there's no way that I'd attend that event... but today was different.

"Can I come?" I asked her.

She furrowed her brow. "Really?" she replied. It was really weird for me to look interested in anything political. It just wasn't my turf. I knew how crazy that world is and there's no way that I'd involve myself.

I nodded. "Yeah. Can I come?"

Mom explained that it's actually a party for the daughter of the new French ambassador and there would be dignitaries from different countries. I knew the drill—act properly and never do anything that might embarrass the family. This was precisely the reason why Mom never really wanted Psalm to come to super formal events. That brother of mine just really couldn't resist trouble like it was his middle name.

As I was picking what I'd wear, my door opened.

"So... that was Jasper," Addie said before she plopped on my bed.

"Yeah," I said, still focused on what I'd wear.

"He's cute."

"Really? I didn't notice," I said and then showed her the salmon evening dress that I ordered from Paris. "This look okay?"

She shrugged. "Are you attending Marisse's party?"

"Marisse who?"

"The French dignitary," she answered with her forehead furrowed.
"If you don't know her, why are you even attending?"

I shrugged. "I'm just bored."

She looked at me—the way she did when she's trying to measure the situation. Agad kong iniiwas ang tingin ko at binalik sa pamimili ng isusuot ko para mamaya.

"Quit staring," I said when she kept on looking at me like I was one of the book she's studying.

"You got a crush on your bodyguard."

Nanlaki ang mga mata ko. "Addie!"

She laughed. "That's why you're attending Marisse's party. To meet new guys."

"He's just outside!" I hissed.

"What? It's just a crush... unless..."

"I don't have a crush on Jasper!" I hissed, glaring at her. "I just want to attend a party! Why are you making this a big deal?!"

Addie laughed. She must've finished another book that's why she's bored again. This is why I'm thankful that I'm not that smart. Smart people get bored easily. They always want to learn something new. And I hate being the subject of Addie's attention. This girl could read people like we're her morning newspaper.

"Because you don't attend events like this, Maggie—at least not voluntarily," she said in her as-a-matter-of-fact tone.

"Just freaking get Maven and have a quiz bee or something. Stop analyzing me," I told her, frowning.

"But it's probably for the best," she said, shrugging. "You know our family would never approve."

"I don't care. I don't have a crush on Jasper."

She smiled at me. "Whatever makes you sleep at night, Maggie," she said and then handed me a folder. "That's everything I could get on your Jasper."

I frowned again. "He's not my Jasper."

"He may not be your Jasper, but I'm pretty sure that you're his Maggie."