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"Okay. It's okay," she lectured herself in the bathroom mirror at the restaurant. "Just get through the dinner, and give him his gift. Suck it up, nothing even happened to you, Nayeli," she continued.
The scenes from earlier kept replaying in her head. The fear and the determination in his eyes was enough to spook her thoroughly, and to make matters worse, thanks to her extremely sensitive skin, although she was dark, there was a bruise on her arm.
The dress she chose was completely sleeveless, and she had to either change it, or go hard on the makeup, and she chose the latter. She had already showed Mani the dress she was wearing and he said he was dressing to match her, so she used a hickey trick to lessen it as much as she could before putting concealer and foundation over it.
She knew if he saw it, Armani would raise all hell, Duck and Tripp would too.
She took a few more breaths before practicing her smile and heading back out to the main area. She could see their party all the way from her and she felt some relief seeing Armani so happy. Both his moms and his sisters were there and it was easier than she thought getting them together.
She texted them both separately, proposing that they both come to Armani's birthday dinner to surprise him, and they were both all in favor. But she knew they didn't know each other. They both knew her, though and consented to be put in a group text together so they could introduce one another.
One of Nai's errands today was to pick them up from the airport. Once they met in person, theu got along fantastically, much to Nai's happiness. They rode to Nai's apartment together and chatted while she got ready for dinner and now they were here, making their son's day.
That wasn't even the gift.
She saw Armani looking around, presumably for her, so she made her way over to their area as fast as she could in the high heels she wore. Once he caught a glimpse of her he shot out of his seat, rushing to meet her halfway and immediately wrapped his arms around her for a hug.
"Thank you," he mumbled into her neck. "I love you so much," he continued, and she could feel the smile on his face.
"Anything for you," she smiled genuinely back, glad he was happy with the surprise.
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