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"I didn't realize that this was an office," Casey Lee commented.

I looked up from my laptop that was sitting in front of me at the dining room table and realized I wasn't the only one working that evening. Sarah, who I had noticed had been trying her best to avoid her work during her time at the Kaiba mansion was also at her laptop. Akiko, had what I was guessing was her "Look Book" (a fashion designer's book that has all the ideas/designs for an upcoming collection) in front of her and some fabric swatches as well. Down at the head of the table the Kaiba brothers also had laptops and papers in front of them.

That left Casey Lee without a thing to do…

"I'm sorry…would you like something to do?" I questioned, with a hint of amusement in my voice, "I'm sure one of us could find something for you to copy if you feel that left out."

She was about to retort, but was cut off by Kaiba. "Miss Howard, Miss McKinley…don't start," he said.

I looked down at the end of the table and my heart sank to the pit of my stomach, making me immediately look away. 'His eyes…I can't even look at him now without remembering how lifeless they were that day. Why did that memory…that nightmare have to come back all of a sudden?'

"I was just taught that the dinner table was a place to eat, not work…that's all," Casey Lee said.

"You obviously never had to run a company," I heard Sarah mumble.

Casey Lee shot her a glare and both Akiko and I did our best to hide laughter. She had a point; all Casey Lee ever had to do was smile for the camera and look her best…everyone does all the thinking for her. While on the other hand, the rest of us actually put as much effort into life as the rest of us. Sure looking into all of our backgrounds we've lived…privileged lives…but we haven't all been spoon fed throughout our lives.

"I may not run a company…" Casey Lee started, and I just sighed.

'Here comes the ass kissing,' I thought, seeing the fake politeness crawl onto her face.

"But, like I said…I was taught that the dinner table is a place to eat, not work. And I know I've been a bitch, but dinner should be a time to talk, not fight or work," she finished.

I heard a pen clicking towards the head of the table, but I didn't dare look in that direction. "You may be right about that…the dinner table is a place to talk," Kaiba started, "But sometimes you have to make exceptions to the rules…especially when it comes to your financial income. We don't all try on clothes for a living Miss Howard, do remember that before you open your trap."

It got deathly silent as he finished his sentence; he wasn't amused by anything that Casey Lee had just said, and apparently he wasn't in the mood for any ass kissing.

The silence continued for a few minutes before Kaiba cleared his throat. "There

are only four of you left in this competition, and though that may not seem like

much of a difference from the six that started here, things will start to change. As the days go by your true colors will start to show...and I don't mean true colors in the way of petty fights over the possession of clothing." He stopped and looked at Casey Lee and Akiko who sank back in their chairs slightly. "When I say your true colors are going to start to show, I mean that you will do anything to try and win this competition; you will start to use what you know and have to your advantage...that could be anything from gossip and lies about the other women around you or you will start trying to use your

beauty even more to your advantage."

I looked down at the end of the head of the table and saw the seriousness on his face. His eyes, unlike that of my memory were so focused as he basically stared each and every one of us.

"Though I wanted no part of this competition, as you know I am a duelist and as such I love a good fight to the finish...I've thought this through and whoever wins will not only win a date with me, but they will also win $10,000," Seto said, sitting back in his chair with a smirk.

"Seto!" Mokuba said, "That's not what this is all about!"

"Everyone likes a little further incentive," Seto replied.

I looked at the girls and saw that Sarah was shaking her head, Akiko looked unfazed by the incentive, and Casey Lee...well she practically had dollar signs in her eyes.

'This is not what I needed,' I thought.

-The Next Day-

Knock, knock, knock

"I'm comin', I'm comin'," I said, walking towards the bedroom door as I wrapped

my night robe tighter around me.

"Good morning, Krystal," Casey Lee said once I opened the door.

"Good morning, Casey Lee. And what do owe this displeasure?" I questioned.

Her eye started to twitch as she was obviously trying to stay calm. "Well I was

wondering...if you would like to join myself and the others for a shopping trip.

A girls' day out so to speak."

I let out a laugh. "There's only one reason why you want to have a 'girls' day out'…you're hoping that someone says or does something that you can throw back in their face so that you have that much more of an advantage."

"I wouldn't do that," she said, trying to look insulted.

"Yes you would…because you're that much of a vindictive bitch," I snapped, "But I'm gonna go, just so I can keep an eye on you." I slammed the door in her face before heading over to my suitcase and pulling out a cute light blue and purple sundress with matching flats. "I can look good if I want," I said looking at myself one last time before leaving the room and heading down the hall.

As I headed down the hall, I was checking my messages from Akai since he had me a mass amount of messages when, once again, I ran into someone. "I'm sorry," I apologized not looking up at the person.

"You should watch where you're going next time," a deep familiar voice.

I slowly looked up and Kaiba was looking down at me with a tired, but stern expression on his face.

"I…I…" I started, trying to look away from him.

"You're lost for words?" he questioned.

"I'll watch where I'm going next time…" I said, taking a step back.

He walked past me and I sighed. Every time I saw him now, all I could think about was that day that Uncle Max took his soul.

"Hey, you going shopping too?" I heard someone ask, snapping me out of my thoughts.

I looked over my shoulder and saw Sarah all dressed up and ready for a day of shopping. "Yeah…but I'm just going to keep an eye on Casey Lee, she's up to no good."

"That's what the rest of us this too…it's just too coincidental that Kaiba throws in a 10,000 dollar incentive and she wants to be all "let's have a girls day out"," she said.

"I agree," I said.

"The others are waiting downstairs, are you ready to go?" she asked.

"As I'll ever be," I replied before fallowing her downstairs.

TO BE CONTINUED…

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