The party lasted all day, by evening Dominic was already drunk.
"I don't want to go home at all."
We sat together outside the palace, the very spot where he said coldly that he wanted me to be his mistress. Now things have changed so much.
Dominic rarely shows such sweet gestures, he lies on my lap and constantly rubs. His eyes were a little dreamy, he seemed quite tired after a day of drinking.
"Didn't you say my bedroom was too shabby?" I stroked his hair and teased him.
"That's the truth. But if I had you, that room would be acceptable." Dominic smiled. "I haven't slept well these past few days."
He looked like he was blaming me for not sleeping with him causing him to lose sleep. His expression inexplicably made me feel very cuddly and cute. His cheeks were also slightly red from being drunk, his voice was hum, and his expression was dull.
"So if I let you, would you really sleep over at Joan's mansion with me?"
“Um…” Dominic nodded slightly, then he thought for a moment before speaking. "Or should we go home? It's more comfortable at home. I just got a new tub."
"Why do you have so many bad thoughts in your head?"
I giggled and squeezed his hand lightly.
After all, Dominic didn't stay. You need to go home and get ready for our engagement. A few days later, Dominic took me to visit my mother's grave. He said that he wanted to express his regret and remorse for not being able to save her.
We bought bouquets of pure white chrysanthemums and placed them on her gravestone. I felt that she was too lonely, when she was alive she was only me, when she died she was alone on this cold ground.
Every day, when I have to see my father and Ernesta happy and cuddling, I feel my heart ache. If my mother was still alive and she saw this, how heartbroken my mother would be.
Before winter break begins, Malibu Academy organizes a trip for all students. We are all excited for this trip to a pretty place.
"Wow, I've never been to the Alan mountains. I just looked online and this is a pretty popular tourist spot. We'll spend half a day climbing the mountain, then camping there for the night, play interesting games and the next day will go down the mountain." Veronica looked at our list of two-day-one-night trips as she spoke eagerly.
It was also my first time traveling, so there was also a sense of excitement and anticipation, even more so than others.
As expected, the school will divide into many groups and climb mountains at different stages, each group will have about 10-15 people. Group Royal will become a group traveling together on stage D.
Mount Alan is a fairly high mountain range, covered with heavy snow in winter. The Academy has chosen the climbing and camping stages at quite low levels to avoid the risks and dangers that may happen to the academies. Anyway, Malibu Academy's students are all young ladies and young masters from rich and powerful families, the academy needs to be careful not to let anything unfortunate happen.
Ms. Jenny led our group to start climbing. The snow was very thick and cold, but the scenery was breathtakingly beautiful. In fact, there is a cable car in this area, for those who are not in good health, they can use the cable car to get to the campsite first.
"Ma'am, I feel a bit sick to my stomach, I can't climb." Kaylin said with a grimace to Miss Jenny.
"Okay, if you're too tired, you can take the cable car."
Miss Jenny looked at Kaylin with concern, then without hesitation gave her special privileges to sit on the cable car. Today Kaylin chose an excellent dress, in the middle of this snowy winter she is the most outstanding. Unfortunately, her outfit wasn't suitable for climbing at all, she looked like a chameleon flaunting her beauty. That's not to mention the fact that that dress is too flimsy for this freezing cold weather.
From the moment she arrived at Mount Alan, she was shaking non-stop, her teeth chattering. I don't know if she really has a stomach ache, but looking at her pale face and hunched posture, I'm sure she's going to freeze to death.
"Miss, we also want to ride the cable car."
The girls who saw Kaylin comfortably sitting on the cable car also insisted on sitting there. In that group was also Jade Rosaleen. Currently, Kaylin and her old best friends are no longer together, they are always jealous and competing with each other.
"I can't. Kaylin is sick, that's why I allowed her to sit on the cable car. And you guys are in good health, if you can climb mountains, why bother with her?"
Miss Jenny staunchly opposed Jade and the girls who were with her, no matter how tired they begged and pretended to be. Kaylin's face was extremely triumphant, she sat on the cable car and smiled at the others.
"It's the first time I've seen a girl in a mini-skirt go hiking. It's crazy." Veronica whispered to me, then pouting towards Kaylin. "But we have to admit that Kaylin is biased. While it took us two hours to climb to the campsite, it took her only 15 minutes to ride the cable car and enjoy."
"I think climbing is still better. We are traveling, so we should experience something new a little. Besides, climbing like that also makes the body become warmer and healthier." I smiled softly.
"Haa... you always have a positive mindset."
Almost two hours later, Ms. Jenny and all the practitioners arrived at the campsite. Jade and the other ladies went last, panting and exhausted as if they were going to die. Veronica and I were also sweating profusely. Although we were tired, we felt very happy and excited. The glorious scene at Mount Alan really made me admire.
Instead of whining like lazy ladies, I would rather enjoy the beautiful scenery here.
Stage D is located right in the direction of the sunrise, the tent is already prepared and we just need to set it up.
For young ladies who have never had to work hard since childhood, setting up a tent is an unbelievable challenge. They squirmed at each other and sought help. Fortunately, the young masters were not so useless, after a long time they finally built a few shabby tents.
I calmly took out the wooden poles one by one and drove them deep into the ground, then I took the tent and began to tie the rope around the solid wood.
Setting up a tent for me is not difficult, the important thing is patience and meticulousness.
As soon as my tent was finished, Veronica shouted with joy.
"That's great, Esther. You're the best."
Veronica's shout caught the attention of the other students in the Royal group, who looked at us and couldn't contain their surprise. The boys kept glancing at me, trying to figure out how I was able to build a sturdy tent so quickly.
"Esther, have you had any experience setting up a tent?" Garrick had just finished setting up his tent, but it looked like it was about to be blown away by the wind.
"I only know a little bit." I humbly answer.
"So would you mind helping me out a bit? I don't know where I went wrong and my tent looks so bad."
Garrick hesitantly scratched his head, his face a little red from the sudden remark. He was a boy, so things like setting up a tent or driving wooden poles should all be done expertly.