Mistress of Seduction: Titterington Empire

DARANA

“Don't forget Rana, your main focus should be on Caliste Titterington and nothing else. We can't afford to mess this up”. Gemma’s firm voice filtered through the invisible Bluetooth device in my ear.

“Got it” I muttered as my eyes scanned the crowd for the woman in particular. She was standing at the center in a green glittering dress that was hard to miss. Caliste Titterington. Queen of the Titterington empire as people liked to call her. Our latest victim.

“Adrika, how far up are you?”Gemma’s voice filtered through the device again.

“I'm on the fifth floor” came Adrika’s muffled response. She had managed to slip in through the back windows. I heaved a breath of relief and once again rested my gaze on Caliste.

“Okay, good,” Gemma replied. “The room you're looking for is on the far end of the hallway. I've disabled the security alarms on the door for about….. one hour. So you have one hour, Adrika. One hour to slip in and take the jewel and get out”.

“Got it," Adrika replied and I heard her muffled footsteps.” “Good luck” I whispered under my breath.

“Rana, you're next” Gemma informed and I nodded even though she couldn't see me and made my way across the room.

I grabbed a drink from a passing waiter and walked towards the elderly woman every one knew to be Caliste. A small crowd of women had gathered around her and were listening to something she was saying with animated expressions on their faces.

“……And that was how dolls were banned from my house till date” she laughed as she waved her hands in the air.

I smiled slowly and walked silently into the line of her vision while I sipped on my drink cooly. It was only a matter of seconds before she noticed me.

“You… ” she called out and all eyes turned to me. I smiled innocently at her. “Yes?”

Her eyes scanned me from hair to heels and she pointed her finger in my direction. “You're wearing the same dress as me” she said almost in disbelief and the women around her gasped, unable to believe my audacity.

I ignored them and glanced from my green glittering dress to hers that was similar and smiled. “Apparently, that's the case”.

Caliste watched me for a few minutes before she burst into laughter making a few heads turn in our direction.

She clapped her hands and wiped the tears in her eyes. “Leave us” she said and the women surrounding her scurried off.

“I know you did this to get my attention,” she said with a smile. “So spill it, what do you want?" she asked and I opened my lips to speak but she held her finger.

“Not yet. First, tell me where you got the dress. There's only one of these outfits” . She asked and I smiled and drowned the last contents of my wine. “I'll never tell”.

My response earned a laugh from her