CHAPTER 25-

ANDREA

"Hey!" I called, approaching the group of maidens that were stalled at one end of the long hallway, talking in indiscernible tone as I walked out of the dining room. They all raised their heads simultaneously and immediately scattered off into different directions.

That was the moment it hit me, like a freight train, that something was absolutely amiss. I stood there, dealing with the shock and the embarrassment that filled me now. I just couldn't believe what was going on. I remembered how a very similar incident had transpired just some minutes ago in the dining room.

The maid just strutted into the room, delivering the...