Aster Veren
Episode 64

- Esther

Today the uncle came to visit the grandmother's house with a parcel in his hand, really a very large parcel.

"Uncle came by himself? I thought I'd come with Khael." I asked to feel disappointed because my uncle did not bring Khael home, even though I wanted to play with him again.

"How can uncle take Khael on such an important day. You will have to go to the Ravindra family residence with your father." Clearly while walking towards the stairs with a parcel in his hand.

"But the show's tonight." I muttered as I followed the steps of my uncle who kept walking up the stairs to my room.

"Hana's arriving soon, she'll help you prepare." Uncle's words surprised me and stopped my steps.

"Ma–meaning prepare it–now?" I immediately got a quick nod from the uncle who had stopped his steps on the last rung of the stairs while looking at me who was still pecking on the spot.

"Ta–but the time is still long ...." My words immediately got a big smile uncle who looks friendly with enthusiastic eyes that I can not explain.

"The preparation will not be enough if done later in the afternoon," explained the uncle again continued his steps when I got beside him.

What preparations should I make until it takes hours? Inner wondering.

"Hana will help you become the most beautiful girl for the evening event, when she until you will immediately receive facial treatments, hair, scrubs and–" explained my uncle immediately cut.

"Uncle is kidding, right? I mean– this is not my party and not a big event as well, why should I look beautiful and do all the care that–" I can not imagine the preparation meant by uncle.

"Of course you have to look beautiful, even all the women who will attend the party also do the same preparation. So today let your uncle help you yes, uncle has prepared the most beautiful dress for you." He was more enthusiastic than before.

It is not understandable, is not usually the owner of the party event who does the detailed preparation to look beautiful or handsome in his own way? Ya– the main characters of the show should look the most radiant right? And right now I'm just an invited guest who will attend the event later tonight right? Why bother with treatment? Inner wondering.

Yes, even though the last few days I have been doing body and facial skin care from Kak Hana who often comes to the house on the orders of uncle Arsel. But still I don't feel used to it all ....

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Brother Hana arrived at the house at 01:10 pm with uncle Eric, then the uncle asked sister Hana and the other two servants to help me prepare.

They were all really busy preparing for all my needs, from bathing me, washing my hair, massaging my body, masking my face and preparing my clothes and other accessories.

"For now, she can sleep for an hour, I will wake up if the water is ready." Obviously sister Hana after putting a mask on my face.

"Scented water?" My mumbling was not heard.

"After an hour, you wake the lady up and bathe her with scent water. I'll prepare other necessities for miss." Obviously, Hana's sister surprised me.

"Ma–mandi again?" My words can't say anything anymore.

"For the second bath, the lady will soak for thirty minutes with floral water that has been prepared Mr. Arsel, for now the lady can sleep first until I wake up later." Obviously the other waiter made me sleepless.

I'm sure I'll just go to Nathan's birthday party and celebrate his graduation. But why did the preparations get like this? My mind wondered while remembering some romance fiction novels I read.

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-ana

"Look how beautiful the lady is today." My words cannot be turned away from her figure that looks so beautiful with a black dress combined with purple color that is in line with the color of the eyes of the lady.

It seems that Mr. Arsel deliberately made a long-sleeved dress with a thin, transparent black cloth on his upper arm, and left the shoulder area up exposed with a piece of string that was coiled around the lady's neck.

The front of the dress was shorter than the back, and on the chest there was a large purple flower patch, sideways to the waist covered with ribbon.

"... Let me tighten the ribbon so that it doesn't come off while dancing later." Mila's voice broke my daydream, I saw she was busy tying a ribbon on the waist of the lady, Mila deliberately tied it on the back so as not to collide with the flower decoration near the waist of the lady.

"A–anu, isn't this too much?" Miss Aster's voice made me stare at the mirror which revealed a lady's awkward expression.

"No, miss, she looks beautiful." I answered while pairing a flower-shaped hairpin the size of a fist near the upper right ear of the lady.

"But ... isn't his back a little bit open?" The question made me stare at the back of the lady who was slightly exposed.

"It seems better than ever, her hair was covering the exposed part of my back. Thank you, Mila." She looked more confident than before.

"The makeup is finished, the clothes of the lady are also okay, the hair of the lady is also already .. Now wear this, the heels are not too high and have been adjusted to the legs of the lady. So the lady can comfortably linger wearing it." I clearly put black heels near the legs of the lady after being satisfied to pay attention to the beauty of Miss Aster.

"Thank you, Hana." He said while wearing heels in front of him and smiled kindly at me and Mila.

"Is it done?" Shouted Desi along with the door of the lady's room that was already wide open because of it.

"Can you not scream like that in front of the lady?" I asked a little glaring at her for feeling bad for miss.

"Ma–maaf, hehe .. I was too excited because Mr. Ansel was waiting downstairs. Rarely can I see her dressed so neatly, even though I used to see her." Clearly, he chuckled with a red hue on his face.

"Have you waited?" Tanya miss looks happy to make Desi nod quickly to answer her question.

"Then I'm down now." She immediately rushed to the ground floor to meet Mr. Ansel, as well as with me, Mila and Desi.

We went to take them to their doorstep.

"Have you waited so long?" Ask the lady when she arrived before Mr. Ansel, "today papa looks more handsome than usual huh ...." Furthermore, the lady muttered with her purple bead that could not turn away from the face of Mr. Ansel.

If you have to explain, Mr. Ansel does look handsome as the lady said. She doesn't even look like someone who already has a 13-year-old. Especially when his black hair is styled as neat as it is, it really makes anyone pangling when he sees it.

"Hana! Where's Arsel?" Ask Mr. Ansel to destroy my beautiful daydream that was admiring his charming figure and his beautiful daughter.

"Ya–tuan Arsel was gone an hour ago." My reply recalled that Mr. Arsel left in a hurry to leave me with Desi and Mila after being satisfied to see that miss was having trouble trying out all the clothes that Mr. Arsel had brought for the party tonight.

"What's up, papa?" Miss asked my attention who also wondered why you asked her sister?

"No, let's go now." He answered while guiding Miss Aster's hand towards Mr. Ansel's car which was parked in front of the house.

"I'll teach him a lesson later! How dare she put this open dress on my daughter." Mr. Ansel's murmur made me shudder because I heard his chatter.

"It looks like Mr Ansel loves his daughter very much huh?" Desi's whisper made me glance at her, it seems that it wasn't just me who heard her chatter, sir.

"She definitely doesn't want her daughter to be partied by a lot of guys later, so she's very upset to see her daughter dressed like that and looking so pretty, right?" Mila continued to whisper with a happy expression.

"Don't that mean our job of dressing the lady worked?" Tanya Desi was no less happy with Mila.

"You mean to make Mr Ansel upset?" My whisper makes them stoic.

"... really?" Miss's voice caught my attention.

"Yes, you're as beautiful as your mother." Said Mr. Ansel with a thin smile and his warm gaze, making my heart relieved that you did not protest with the lady's clothes to me, Hana and Mila.

He's looking for Mr. Arsel ....

"No way! Mr. Ansel looks happy." Desi's whispers made me sniff at her.

"Thank you for helping my daughter get ready, you can go back to Arsel's house now and give her my message that she needs to get ready! I'll go first." Mr. Ansel said before getting into the car with Ms. Aster.

Preparing– prepared it .. means Mr Ansel will scold Mr Arsel so? My mind wondered with the cold sweat I felt on my back when I saw Master Ansel's sharp gaze.

"See you later brother Hana, sister Mila and sister Desi." Said the lady while waving her hand behind the car window with a big smile. Looks very happy but can not eliminate my anxiety now. I don't know, I think I'll also get a scolding from Mr. Ansel about the dress that Miss is wearing now.

"Have a good time, miss." Said Mila and Desi together before the door of the car part of Mr. Ansel was closed by Rigel who had been only standing still near the master's car.

Die me! My mind sighed furiously while remembering when was the last time I dealt with master Ansel.

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