The Alpha Prince's Purchased Maid
Chapter 229: Official Preparations

Chapter 229: Official Preparations

Night had finally arrived. It felt like the daytime flew rapidly by and the sun seemed more eager to depart for the night to start than any other day. Formally spending the night of the full moon with Prince Leonard was a new thing to me and I didn’t know that there were supposed to be many preparations to be completed. It wasn’t as simple as turning up at his door or waiting for him to pay me a visit. To my slight dismay, the private and personal promise that I thought was romantic between the prince and me quickly evolved into an event that involved so many people.

“We’re here to help you prepare for tonight,” a senior maid informed me after knocking on my door.

Glancing behind her, I could see Salena and Jessie along with four other maids. I smiled a little and nodded without wanting to make a fuss before stepping back to let them into my room. Although I didn’t know why a mini-army of maids were required to help me get ready, I didn’t question it and just decided to go with the flow of how things were supposed to be done here.

“Do I get in here?” I asked to make sure.

I stood next to a large bath filled with steaming water with an abundance of deep red rose petals floating on the water’s surface. The smell of roses felt a little too heavy for my tastes and I wondered if it was designed to help me relax or for it to stick to my skin, perhaps it was for both purposes.

“Yes. Please get in and just relax. I will give you a light massage to loosen up the muscles in your back, arms, legs, and stomach,” the senior replied formally.

“Ok, thank you...” I murmured although I wasn’t quite comfortable with her proposal.

After carefully lowering myself into the bath, I let out a sigh of bliss as the warmth of the water enveloped my body. The water felt strangely light on my skin, and I wondered if it was just my own imagination or if the water had some special properties that I was not yet aware of. Having someone else touch my body even if it was for a massage felt strange and it was an experience that I wasn’t at all used to.

The senior maid was oddly patient with me and her touches felt relaxing just as she had promised. Jessie and Salena stood by observantly as the senior maid continued to do her amazing job of relaxing my muscles.

“Your shoulder muscles are very tight...” she commented.

“Really? I never knew that...” I replied.

“Yes. Sometimes because of stress your muscles can tense up without you knowing it so you have to be careful to manage your stress level,” she said as her hands continued to move on my shoulders and back.

“I’ll keep that in mind,” I replied before turning around to smile at the older lady.

“You two should keep a close look at what I’m doing. This is your first time helping out with the preparations but soon you two should be the one leading this,” the senior said in a strict tone.

“Yes...” Salena and Jessie replied in unison.

Sadly, there wasn’t much that my two dear friends could do to help me in the bath; however, they had more to contribute to my dress up session. To my relief, I didn’t have to handpick an outfit myself because it had already been selected for me. However, my relief did not live a long and undisturbed life, my smile fell away from my face when the senior maid held up the dress that I was supposed to wear to meet Prince Leonard.

“This is...a dress?” I asked as I blinked my eyes rapidly.

I wasn’t quite sure if the white satin fabric draped over the hanger could truly be called a dress. More accurately, it just looked like what it was, fabric draped over a hanger.

“You’ll get a better idea when you put it on. Here, let us help you with this,” she said before beckoning with her hand for my two friends to come closer to where we were standing.

When the two of them started pulling the white glossy fabric from the hanger, it became abundantly clear that what was supposed to be a dress was merely two long pieces of fabric and a sash. Salena turned to me while holding a piece of long fabric in her hand before offering me a shy smile. I didn’t know why she was blushing when I was the one who had to wear ‘the dress’.

“Lift your arms and stand still for a moment. We’ll put the dress on you,” the senior maid instructed.

“Ok...” I murmured hesitantly as I lifted my arms above my head.

With what seemed like practiced motions, my two friends and the senior maid draped the two pieces of fabric over my shoulders and adjusted it until both ends were of equal length which fell down to around my ankles. While my two friends held the fabric in place, the senior maid tied a golden sash around my waist to hold the fabric in place.

“All done,” she announced simply.

“That’s...it?” I asked as I stared at my reflection in the full-length mirror.

The fabric somehow covered my body; however, there were a lot of openings that shamelessly showed themselves when I moved my body. The fabric parted to show my legs all the way up to my waist and did a poor job of shielding away my breasts. That on top of the fact that I didn’t have any underwear on made me feel too vulnerable for my own liking.

“Yes, this is one of the usual dresses that for the night of the full moon. Of course, there are other similar variations and other colors. Are you dissatisfied with this one?” she explained before asking with a worried look on her face.

“Are there dresses that are less...revealing?” I asked although I didn’t dare let myself hope.

--To be continued...

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