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"HOW COULD YOU NOT tell me this? I should have scheduled a fitting or at least a—"
"Don't worry, I already handled all of that. I knew you were busy with the club preparation so I already talked to a designer, and even took the liberty to invite a personal guest for you. Remember, even though outside matters shouldn't be talked about in the house, who you bring to the ball shows your status, which is why it is very important." Marcus tells Max on the other line, making Max grunt in frustration.
"Seniors and Juniors usually don't attend the ball anymore so you'll be fine. Just talk to Étienne, I already told him about the plans. Now I still have to prepare for the brotherhood presentation so I'll see you tonight. Bye Max!" Marcus says before finally ending the call.
Max takes a deep breath and looks at the rearview mirror to see Étienne staring directly at him. Max hides his phone in his pocket and crosses his arms. "So, who's the designer we're talking about here?"
Étienne looks back at the road and adjusts his tie. "Tom Ford," he answers.
Max chuckles in satisfaction and nods his head. "And the guest?"
"I heard it was..." Étienne pauses and looks at Max through the rearview mirror before saying, "Madam Cindy Lin."
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Max takes a deep breath after a long day of sudden preparations. He attended a fitting for his suit, bought jewelry that was worth more than what he donated to Jokers, and rushed to his appointment at the salon. The worst part about it all was that people saw him because of the J.S High uniform, so reporters started swarming him at the salon. He and Étienne barely escaped.
"You should consider your father's proposal about getting a bodyguard for you. I'm a butler, and there's only so little of what I can actually do for you," Étienne says as he's fixing his uniform that was aggressively pulled by dozens of reporters earlier.
Max ignores Étienne's suggestion and chuckles to himself instead. "Sometimes I forget that these things occasionally happen to me. It's almost laughable, considering the fact that I'm not even a celebrity, but I have more publicity than some of them," Max says while flattening the almost invisible wrinkle in his shirt.
Étienne glances at him through the rearview mirror but doesn't say anything anymore. He wanted to tell his master that being ambushed by reporters happens more on a regular basis and not just occasionally, considering the fact that Max is already so used to it.
"By the way, is Cindy going to meet me at J.S High?" Max asks while looking out of the window.
"Heard she was out of town earlier, but thankfully J.S High has a helipad that allowed them to park her helicopter," Étienne casually answers.
"Of course she did."
Cindy Lin, the sole heiress to the biggest investment company in the world. Max met Cindy at one of her father's conferences when Max was merely eight. Despite only being two years older than him, Cindy was very lady-like. She was quiet, smart, and graceful. She was the child her parents used as a trophy that they were proud of bragging about. Everyone's eyes were on her, and the main reason was that she's none other than the 2nd highest-ranking heir in the prestigious group of heirs called Crème de la crème.
"We're here master," Étienne announces as he drives past the gates of the House of Kings. And instead of heading to the Greenhouse where the welcome ball is supposed to be, Étienne drives to the East Bailey.
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