Eighteen miles away, at Kiran's villa.
Vanessa frowned as she looked at herself in the floor length mirror, spinning her body here and there. She had borrowed a gown from Suzanne, but their sizes were a bit different.
And although the yellow color was not particularly bad, it was not to Vanessa's taste.
She darted a glance at the walk-in closet, where the dresses Kiran had bought for her had lain untouched. Should she wear one of them, just this once?
Vanessa bit her lip, stuck in a dilemma.
Just as Vanessa was deliberating her choices, a maid came inside her room carrying a large white box with a red velvet bow on top.
She handled it like she was almost afraid to touch it, and gently put it down on her bed.
"Madam, sir told me to give this to you."
Seeing her questioning look, the
