Her beauty was beyond his expectation. She had always been cold, almost expressionless most of the time that he had known her. The only times that he had seen a smile on her face was when she was with his mother. It was the kind of smile that one would see on teenage girls, sweet and innocent. He had also seen the way Sabrina had distanced herself from everyone all the time like she didn't belong, but he had never seen her in such an indolent demeanor and was taken by surprise as to how alluring that had made her.
"How do I look?" Sabrina asked casually. No matter how hard life had been growing up, she had never imagined herself to one day earn a living by being a plaything for men. Even when she was trapped in prison for two years, she had never given up on life. She worked hard and studied architecture under Aunt Grace's wings and often dreamed of finding a designing job when she was released to make ends meet for her mother and herself. In her little fantasy, she would even find herself a boyfriend that loved her and live happily ever after. But things never quite turned out the way she had hoped. Perhaps her fate had always been decided, since that night Lincoln Lynn bailed her out only to have her deflowered by Sebastian. If she was destined to be a plaything, she might as well act the part.
"How do I look?" she asked again, doe-eyed.
"Take that off!" Sebastian seemed to have finally collected himself.
Sabrina didn’t know how to react and the saleswoman beside her was puzzled by his sudden change of attitude. 1
"That's alright, Mr. Ford." Though slightly humiliated, the saleswoman proceeded professionally. "We would still be able to sell it if you decide not to purchase this one. Well then, let's try a different gown." The saleswoman knew better than to deny Sebastian anything he wanted and leaped into action immediately when Sebastian asked for her to get another gown. However, she was stopped one step into running off to the backroom. 1
"You've misunderstood what I meant," said Sebastian.
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