Allow Adriana to pick a dress for her

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[I am really sorry for the long wait, but here we go at last. This chapter was delayed a lot due to various reasons, the main ones being writer's block, me being sick a couple of times, and me having real-life obligations that took priority (sometimes all three at the same time). My goal is to go back to at least one update per week, but I'm not making any promises (just to be on the safe side).

This chapter did not turn out quite as good as I wanted, but I hope it is enjoyable regardless.]

“Sure, you can pick a dress for me, mom.” Cassandra decided after thinking about it for a few moments.

“Great! Now let me see...” Adriana went back to her wardrobe and started looking through it.

So she's going to give me one of her dresses? Well, we are almost the same size... I wonder if I should have asked her to include underwear? As she was waiting Cassandra got an idea. “By the way... How about we take a bath together? Just the two of us?”

“A bath together...” The older woman briefly paused as she considered the proposition. “Sure, why not. But not now – I already took a nice, long bath last night, and I don't need another one so soon.” She resumed searching through the dresses in her wardrobe.

“Great, I'm looking forward to it!” Cassandra wasn't sure whether to be disappointed that she would have to wait, or glad that she would get to share a bath with her mother without anyone else bothering them. She settled on a mix of both.

“Alright, let's try these – I think you'll look great wearing either one...” Adriana showed two dresses to her daughter. One was almost the same as the one Adriana herself was wearing currently, only showing slightly less cleavage, the other was practically the same as Adriana's but green, the same color as Cassandra's eyes.

Over the next short while Cassandra tried both dresses with the help of her mother – first the blue and then the green one. During that time Adriana's hands kept touching her daughter's body, especially her butt, every time she got a chance – and always seemingly by accident. Any other day I would believe it was all an accident. But today it seems completely intentional...

Cassandra, wearing the green dress, took a long look at her reflection in the mirror. “I think I'll wear this one...”

“Yes, I think you should go with this one for today.” The older woman agreed and moved closer, hugging her daughter from behind and pressing her body against her daughter's. She then leaned closer and whispered seductively in Cassandra's ear. “You look gorgeous in that dress. If you weren't my daughter I'd show you just how gorgeous...” Cassandra's face turned bright red and it took all of her willpower to not do something unbefitting a daughter talking to her mother. “Th-thank you...” She stammered, suddenly out of breath.

Adriana giggled like a little girl, let go of the younger woman, and pulled away. “I think that's enough for this morning. We took a while so it must be time for breakfast, or close to it.”

“Ah... yes...” Cassandra took a few deep breaths to calm down and for her blush to subside. I am SO going to pay you back for this, mother... Then a thought occurred to her. “By the way... Since you like the way I look so much, would you like to paint me? It has been years since the last time you painted me. I was... what, ten?” She tried to remember.

“Eleven, actually.” Adriana corrected. “You kept nagging me for weeks, until I finally agreed.” She paused and took a long look at her daughter. “I'd be happy to paint you, dear. I just need to check when I will be able to, as I already have several women waiting for me to paint them. But I have to warn you, it can be quite... boring.”

“Oh, I am sure we can find some way to make it less boring...” Getting a bath together, getting painted by you... I am definitely going to pay you back for teasing me, mom... “Anyway, you're right, we should go have breakfast. Just let me leave this pearl in my room first.” She had almost forgotten about the small pearl.

The two women left the master bedroom together and headed towards the stairs. Cassandra briefly went inside her room and left the small pearl. Should I put on some underwear? Nah, let's leave that for after breakfast. As she came out of her bedroom she heard a door opening. Looking to her left she saw her older sister Valeria come out of her own room, accompanied by Lily, one of the maids.

“Hi, Cass! Hi, mom! How are you today?” Valeria greeted as she saw the two women in the corridor. Lily meanwhile turned bright red and looked down at the carpeted floor.

“Again, sis? This is the third time in less than a week. Give poor Lily a break!” Cassandra playfully chastised her older sister.

“I can't help it! She's so cute when she's embarrassed, and she's so easy to embarrass...” Valeria shrugged. Just then the door to Alice's room opened and a rather sleepy-looking Alice came out.

“Hi, mom. Hi, Cass. Hi, Val. Are you torturing poor Lily again?”

“I'm not torturing her! I just made her spend the night, nothing more!” Valeria protested.

“A simple 'yes' would have been enough, sis.” Alice responded, ignoring her older sister's protest.

The four women kept chatting as they made their way down and sat around the table to have breakfast. Poor Lily was **** to join them, Valeria refusing to take 'no' for an answer. Adriana sat at the head of the table, with Cassandra and Alice on her right and Valeria and Lily on her left.

“At least wait until we have finished breakfast before you start groping poor Lily, Val.” Adriana chastised her daughter when she noticed that Valeria's left hand had gone under the table and that the brown-haired maid was blushing like mad.

“Fiiine!” Valeria pouted but removed her hand.

Soon the maids brought the breakfast, each one giving Lily pitying looks, and the conversation ended temporarily. While eating Cassandra considered what to do after breakfast...

Vote: What should Cassandra do after breakfast?
A. Stay at home and
A1. Spend some time with Adriana (Optional: Specify what to (try to) do)
A2. Spend some time with Valeria (Optional: Specify what to (try to) do)
A3. Spend some time with Alice (Optional: Specify what to (try to) do)
A4. Spend some time alone (Optional: Specify what to (try to) do)
B. Go out and:
B1. Visit Evelyn
B2. Visit Catherine
B3. Visit the “Traveler's Rest” and see what Lisa is doing
B4. Visit Margaret at the Academy and see what she's doing
B5. Visit the Market
B6. Visit the Temple
B7. Visit the Academy but without looking for Margaret
B8. Visit the prison
B9. Walk around the city at random and look for anything of interest
C. Something else (Specify what)

X. Minor action

Result: Five-way tie...

[Good thing you guys did not vote to visit Valeria's room first, or poor Lily might have died from embarrassment...

P.S.: I finally chose a family name for Cassandra – Taerin. Yes, that is the same name as my character from the forum game bastardlydastard started, but apart from the name Cassandra and Reana have almost nothing in common.

P.P.S.: I will update the Character Sheet and the NPC thread later.]

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