Okay, so I won’t be going down to dinner in drab couture while everyone else is dressed in their finest garb.I can tick that off my list of things I can change.
Thankfully, I don’t see them for the rest of the day.My parents are not going to leave them alone, and my mom keeps telling me they’re so insanely good and kind and just perfect gentlemen.And refuses to question why they’re there in case she breaks the spell.
Gentlemen?Are they really though?
I tried the entire afternoon to get them alone to ask them what the hell, but it was impossible.It was almost as if they didn’t want to be alone with me at all.What is going on?
And unless I wanted to be in the room with them when they were in different states of dress while they showered for dinner, I wasn’t going to get any answers from them either.My mom didn’t make it any easier too.She dragged me away, made me promise to just let everything play out, and made me wait in her bedroom for Lily.Now it’s already dinner time.
I don’t recognize myself in the mirror, and neither does my mom.
The dress Lily brought fits me like a glove.It’s velvet and long-sleeved, but the back and front dip low into a couple of layers of ruffled fabric.The back exposes my bare skin, while the front offers just enough of a hint of cleavage.
I can’t wear a bra, but I drew the line at a pair of panties and donned a seamless pair.The fabric hugs my curves, and honestly, I didn’t know I had any hips or an ass to save my life, but apparently I do.
Lily did my hair before she left, leaving me with enough makeup to create a full glam look.Luckily, I didn’t mess up my face; it actually all turned out okay.
I feel like a new woman—one who is going to be seen.Usually, that makes me shy away, but not tonight.Whatever happens, I want to look like this.I want to be seen.By them.Which is stupid because tomorrow I’ll go back to being me.
I leave the room before I change my mind.If I’m going down tonight, I would at least look good and I promised myself I wouldn’t cry and ruin my makeup.
I didn’t expect to make an entrance, but I did.As I walk into the dining room, I see no one else but them.Only them.I barely hear my family joke about where the real Adalynn is.
I see only them.
Chapter Eleven
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Adalynn
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They’re absolutelystunning.Dressed in tuxedos, they’re so extraordinarily handsome that my eyes hurt.One thing is clear: I will always be out of their league, no matter how much I dress up.Which is fine because this is all pretend.I’m pretending.I don’t quite know what they’re doing just yet, but it’s all still pretense.Nothing here is real.
Except Ines and her ire.Her attention on me is as heavy as a brick.I offer her a radiant smile in return.I could get used to this power trip.Please don’t let them mess this up for me.At least not tonight.
