Chapter Twelve

It pays to close your eyes for a moment and pretend the world and it problems does not exist. Because then, life becomes a lot more bearable…

Gregory allowed them to cheer to their hearts content before leading us to the end of the huge makeshift stage and that was when I saw the smaller and shorter makeshift platform behind it.

It wasn’t the fact that it was there that surprised me but the way it had been presented.

In actual sense, it looked like a bed. A large four poster bed with sheer curtains surrounding it.

It had what looked like rose petals scattered all over the pillows and the bedding. But I was comforted by the fact that, the actual bed wasn’t visible to the eyes of everyone.

The huge makeshift stage did a wonderful job of covering it to the exigent that only the curtains and the canopy of the bed could be seen.

The little privacy was much appreciated.

Wolf whistles and chuckles rang throughout the gathering as we all knew what was next.

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