A Thousand Lies

Chapter 51

Chapter name: Restaurant

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Temperance

I slip a blue dress over my thin frame. The one-inch slit showing my stomach wasn't the thing making me feel exposed, it was the way the dress clung to my frame. Then I put on four-inch high heels. Even with these on I still have to look up to Alec.

Alec steps out of the bathroom in a black tux. "You look so fucking gorgeous." He wraps his toned arm around me and kisses my forehead sweetly. I sigh in his arms, his cologne dancing in my nostrils.

Tonight we will be going to dinner with Alec's family. Connor and Zander will be joining. The top picks from the gang will be acting security.

"And you look handsome as always." I compliment him back with a smile. Even though I feel exposed, I do feel pretty. This is the first time in a long time I feel pretty since my self-esteem had been destroyed over the years.

I put in silver hoop earrings and look at myself in the mirror for a second longer. I want to change something. But what?

Then I have the idea. "I want another piercing." I blurt. Alec looks at me, scanning me. He has piercings on his ears. So he shouldn't be upset about it. But I don't want it in my ear... well, I do but not just in my ear.

"Where?" He asks, standing beside me and looking at my face in the mirror. "My nose and cartilages," I reply confidently. I need a change. I've never had any piercings aside from the first hole I got when my mom was alive.

"We can do that." He replies. Then he grabs my hand. "Let's go." He starts to pull me out of the room. I struggle to walk in the heels at first but then soon get the hang of it.

I am nervous. Really nervous. Dinner with his parents. His dad doesn't even like me. He will hate me after this. I'm not much. He's probably looking for a princess type girl that's actually good enough for his son.

I'm definitely not the princess type girl. What type of girl am I? It seems like I can't even figure that out.

Whenever we get downstairs, the rest of the men are in tuxes. All of the men have guns tucked into their waistbands.

The girls all have on nice dresses. Vanessa looks like she was going to a party, though, which we are doing after dinner. Her dress is bright red and stops barely above her fingertips. "You look amazing Temp." Zander compliments. Alec sends him a glare.

"Our first family dinner!" Connor gushes. "It's not even your family." Ethan pops out of nowhere. "We are close enough to be family!" Connor is now frowning, causing me to laugh.

"Let's go bitches!" Vanessa yells for everyone to hear. Adam gives her a disapproving look, but his wife judges him, shutting him down immediately, and Vanessa shrugs it off as Ace walks her out the door.

Let the night begin I guess.

Then thirty minutes later, we are all getting out of the limo in front of a fancy restaurant. When we walk in, a chill hit my skin and immediately caused discomfort.

Too cold for my taste. All of the girls are now covered in goosebumps. Hopefully, when we get to our table, it'll be a little warmer.