The Mistress and her Manservant

Chapter 24

The next day, Ione ignored me till lunch time. I delivered her lunch and waited for further instructions while she talked on the phone.

"Yeah, send me the proposal, I'll go through them personally.", she laughed at the response from the other side and continued.

"Yeah, we are looking for fresh designs. Thank you. Yes, I'll be waiting for them."

"What is it?", she acknowledged me after hanging up the call.

"I have decided to stay and work with you."

"Okay", a small smile played on her lips and I turned around to leave when she stopped, "Wait!"

"Yes?", I faced her again.

"Have you read the rules in the contract?"

"I read some.", I answered sheepishly as I only read half the contract.

"Read the whole thing, you should know why you were punished and what all punishments are there."

"Yes Mistress.", my ears started heating up at this conversation.

"There is an important event tonight, you'll escort me there and attend it. We'll meet many important people there. Go to design department and ask them to give you a suit for the occasion."

"Yes Mistress.", I turned around giddily. That was going to be my first time attending event with Ione. I quickly completed the pending work and went to design department.

"What are you doing here?", Hana asked surprised when I walked in. Usually I just dropped or picked up documents from the front desk only, I had never been inside. Now that I was there, It was a very vibrant department, there were mannequins, fabrics of different types and designs scattered everywhere. The walls were filled with different designs and colors. 

"Mistress wants me to get a suit from here for tonight's event."

"She is taking you?", she asked

"Yeah."

"That's great, twirl for me, I want to look at you."

I turned around in a circle while she observed me and finally said, "You'll need a makeover, you have a great physic so you might fit into our haute couture collections."

"I don't want anything so fancy."

"You can't go wearing anything else.", she exclaimed, "It will take some time though. I'll talk to Ione about her dress.", She dialed Ione's number and and talked with her in a different room.

"Here.", she handed me the phone in the end.

"Pick me up 7.", her voice filtered in and the line went dead before I could say anything.

The next couple of hours went by grooming and choosing the right suit. Hana told me to get a haircut and shape my beard before doing anything else. She took me to the parlor setup in the office and they did the rest. They didn't show me the mirror till the whole was in progress, they just nodded their heads in approval.

Hana made me wear almost 10 suits before deciding on one. The one she chose was designed by Ione in her college days. It was never produced for sale and it had won prizes for great designs. I just hoped that she shouldn't be angry that I'm wearing this.

They showed me the mirror when it was almost time to leave. I couldn't believe the man staring back at me was myself. He had a French cut beard, his long hair fall in waves over his eyes and he was wearing a black suit with a belt holding it. The suit was designed in such a way that blazer looked like a part kimono and the cloth had hand embroidery. I had to peel myself away from the mirror.