~{DEBORAH'S POV}~
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'A few days later….'
"Where is Peter?"
"Preparing to chaperone Ruby to the ball she was invited to," the butler, Mr Brian, answered to my dismay.
"He is going?" I asked in horror.
"He is," he affirmed and wanted to leave.
"Why can't my stepmother go with her?" I demanded.
"Because she will be going to the orphanage home today with her ladies." He explained and it left me speechless.
Ever since our encounter at the pond, Peter and I never crossed paths.
Was he avoiding me?
And as usual, my pride didn't let me eat in the dining room so I stayed in the guest room and had my meals there to this very day.
Not once did he come to see me. So much for pursuing!
Ruby never came to plead with me to come with her and I see why now. Because Peter would chaperone her.
I felt jealous and did not like the fact that I was feeling this way.
