I tugged at the dress that Father had chosen to wear for my engagement party.No matter how much i tugged though,the dress wouldn't get longer. For the meat show as what Ruth had said. I stared myself at the mirror,i have never worn something this revealing. The dress was clinging to my but nd ended at my upper thigh. "Mother,i can't wear that".
Mother met my gaze at the mirror. Her black hair had been pinned up. She was wearing a floor-length white elegant dress. I wish i had worn something this modest. "You look like a woman like that",she whispered.I cringed
"She look like a hooker". Ruth said from behind.
"Hookers can't afford adress like that".
"Father's mistress had clothes that cost more than some people spent on a car",Ruth whispered.
Mother release a sigh ang put her hands on my waist. "You have a wasp waist, and the dress makes your legs look very long. I'm sure Jaehyun will appreciate it."
I stared down at my cleavage. I had small breasts, even the push-up effect of the bustier couldn't change that. I was a sixteen-year-old dressed up to look like a woman.
"Here." Mother handed me five-inch black heels. Maybe I'd reach Jaehyun's chin when I wore them. I slipped into them. Mother forced her fake smile onto her face and smoothed down my long hair. "Hold your head high. Your
Father called you the most beautiful woman of the Outfit. Show Jaehyun and his entourage that you are more beautiful than any women. After all, Jaehyun will probably knows almost all of them."
"Mother," I said hesitantly, but she stepped back. "Now go. I'll come after you, but this is your day. You should enter the room alone. The men will be waiting. Your father will present you to Jaehyun and then we'll all come together in the dining room for dinner." She'd told me this hundreds of times already.
For a moment, I wanted to take her hand and beg her to accompany me; instead I turned and walked out of my room. I was glad that my mother had forced me to wear heels in the last few weeks. When I arrived in front of the door to the fireplace lounge on the first floor, my heart was beating in my throat. I wished Niki and Ruth was at my side, but Mother was probably warning Ruth to behave right now. I had to go through this alone. Nobody was supposed to steal the show from the bride-to-be.
I stared at the dark wood of the door and considered running away. Male laughter rang out behind it, my father and the Boss. A room filled with the most powerful and dangerous men in the country and I was supposed to go in. A lamb alone with wolves. I shook my head. I needed to stop thinking like that. I'd made them wait too long already.
