Of course, the first most beautiful person is my future wife.

Breakfast table at Chris’s villa was filled with chatter and laughter with the addition of the Burkes; topics of discussion ranged from politics to finance among men while the topic of fashion reigned supreme among the ladies. Lai-Li looked at everyone around her in wonder as she listened. This world was new to her, but it didn’t seem to disgust or bore her, in fact she found herself enjoying the company of Emile and Abbey; the addition of the Burke women was just an icing on top.

Lai-Li had gathered the impression that well-born ladies were arrogant and often looked down on everyone around them from her limited interaction with the outside world. She was initially uncomfortable when Master agreed to accept Chris’s hospitality but soon found Emile was a total contradiction to her understanding of well born women of high social status. She had originally placed Emile in the compartment of an anomaly; but she was constantly re-writing her understanding of the outside world as she mingle