Maokitten

“It’s Duke Raymond, oh my god he looks so handsome in white!!” a lady exclaimed.

Just hearing this warning bell Eloise, peered to the right. A beautiful man dressed completely in white tux walked confidently into the ballroom. His black eyes wandered amongst the crowd, searching for a certain someone.

{‘Why is he here!!’} Eloise bit her lips anxiously. {‘Either way, lets run before he catches me,’} she pulled up her fluffy ruffle skirt to her knees and ran like the wind.

All of a sudden she felt her skirt being pulled from behind.

“How audacious of you to pull a lady’s skirt,” she shouted and pulled without taking a glance back.

“My, my, I think I stepped on a cockroach, what shall I do? Shall I roast it for tainting my shoes or should I chop its head off,” a hoarse voice jokingly said from behind.

{‘Shit, I’m dead,’} she glanced back in slow motion. “This..... My lord, can you let go of my skirt,” she pointed to his foot that was firmly stepping on the bottom of her skirt.

“Why not, I am just expressing my emotions to the lady who expressed ardent feeling to me in her letters,” he said with a smug smirk.

The crowd gasped. “She wrote him a love letter!! That shameless wrench,” some lady shouted out loud.

Hearing this, Eloise’s eyelid twitched, “sir... no, Lord, I think you misunderstood. I was only expressing my heartfelt gratitude with my ‘thank you’ letter,” she enunciated each word.

The duke chuckled. “Oh is that so,” he strode closer having a tight grip on her skirt, “are the words bat-shit-bastard, ring a bell. I read it in your letter,”

Eloise gritted her teeth, {‘so you plan to use my word against me, huh? We’ll see who wins,’} she stepped to his side, showing her back to the entire crowd. “MY LORD! Where are you touching me?!” Suddenly she shouted, gasping her bosom. “How audacious of you. I RESPECTED YOU SIR!! How could you do this,” she screamed and ran away while he was frozen in shock.

The entire ball room was in disarray. “Lord Raymond is a pervert!!”

P.s I dont own the cover art

Fish Out Of Water

Eloise Ayles and duke Raymond these two names became such a staple in the gossip amongst the people aboard the ship. Many came to see the new future duchess while some men still tried their luck at winning the new duchess's favor.

Eloise, on the other hand, was completely overwhelmed.

It had only been a week! A weekend she was over it!

The number of invites to personal balls and other tea parties had increased so much that the letters piled up in the corner of her room.

The ones who were entertained were her mum and Odette. They both found new pleasure in rejecting people's invitations for her. Weirdly, it gave them a sense of cheeriness.

"oh, this one is from Mrs. thumbless. Shall we attend their party dear?"

Chapter 61 - Setting boundaries